We had the privilege of attending the Yorkshire Post Business Awards 2025, an event that celebrates the very best of Yorkshire innovation, leadership and enterprise.
To be in a room filled with so many of the region’s most ambitious and values-driven businesses was genuinely awe-inspiring. From fast-growing start-ups to global organisations with Yorkshire roots, the evening showcased the strength. Confidence and creativity of our regional business community.
Highly Commended: Technology & Digital Award
We were absolutely delighted that whatwouldajudgesay.com received a Highly Commended recognition in the Technology & Digital Award category.
To be recognised alongside established technology innovators is a significant moment for our team. Our firm was created to address a fundamental problem in family law: the lack of clarity around financial outcomes during divorce.
By providing judge-led insight into likely financial settlements, delivered quickly and at a fixed cost. Our platform helps separating couples make informed decisions earlier, reduce conflict, and avoid unnecessary delay and expense.
This recognition reinforces our belief that technology, used responsibly and ethically, can improve access to justice rather than complicate it.
Celebrating Yorkshire Innovation
The awards celebrated businesses of every size and sector, from manufacturing and finance to healthcare, technology and professional services.
We were inspired by the breadth of talent recognised on the night. These included organisations such as Yorkshire Building Society and UKREiiF, as well as the many small and medium-sized businesses driving innovation across the region.
A highlight of the evening was the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award to Dame Linda Pollard. This extraordinary contribution to Yorkshire’s public, private and charitable sectors was met with a deserved standing ovation.
Paradigm Family Law LLP: Shortlisted for International Business of the Year
We were equally proud to see Paradigm Family Law LLP shortlisted for International Business of the Year at the Yorkshire Post Business Awards 2025.
Headquartered in York, Paradigm Family Law delivers fixed-fee family law services with genuine international reach. They advise clients across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, the Americas and beyond.
Led by Frank Arndt, a dual-qualified solicitor in England & Wales and Germany, trained judge and mediator. Paradigm is known for handling some of the most complex cross-border family law matters, including:
International financial remedy and jurisdictional disputes
Offshore asset tracing and trust structures
Child abduction and Hague Convention cases
International enforcement and mirror orders
Paradigm’s work is supported by a carefully curated global network of trusted lawyers. This is built over decades, enabling clients to receive coordinated, culturally fluent advice across multiple legal systems.
The firm also embraces innovation responsibly, using bilingual AI tools to support cross-border analysis and reduce friction in international cases — always with human expertise firmly at the centre.
This shortlisting recognises that international excellence in family law does not require a London postcode, and that Yorkshire firms are setting global standards.
One Shared Vision, Two Complementary Platforms
While whatwouldajudgesay.com and Paradigm Family Law LLP operate as distinct services, they are united by a shared philosophy:
Clarity over confusion
Outcomes over process
Fixed fees over open-ended costs
Innovation that serves people, not systems
From early-stage, judge-led financial clarity through to complex international litigation, the work recognised at the Yorkshire Post Business Awards 2025 reflects a single ambition: to make family law faster, fairer and more transparent.
Thank You
Our sincere thanks to The Yorkshire Post, the judges, sponsors and organisers for delivering such a memorable evening. We continue to champion Yorkshire as a region where ambitious ideas can start, scale and succeed.
The Yorkshire Post Business Awards 2025 were a powerful reminder that this region is not just competing nationally, but influencing conversations and standards far beyond its borders.
We are proud to be building here — and we are only just getting started.