Helen Molyneux
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Helen Molyneux is a Welsh lawyer who founded and was the CEO of the UK personal injury law firm NewLaw Solicitors. In 2024 she had led the installation of three new statues of leading Welsh women and she became one of the BBC's 100 Women.
Molyneux was born March 1965,[citation needed] in the Welsh town of Caerphilly. She studied law at Cardiff University and qualified as a solicitor in 1991.[1]
On 24 April 2012 her firm Newlaw became the 1st Welsh and 4th overall practice to be licensed as an alternative business structure (ABS) by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.[2] The idea originated, when Molyneux met a gentleman on a London train who owned an insurance brokers firm and they talked about the insurance market; they then came up with the idea of creating a law firm that manages personal injury claims from insurance companies and brokers.[3]
In 2013, Molyneux was named Law Society Business Women of the year for employing over 470 people in the UK, turning over £35m annually in work with leading consumer brands.[4] Molyneux later sold the firm.[5]
Legal awards and achievements
| Date | Award Title | Awarding Body |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Best Women in Legal Business and Welsh Women of the year[6] | Welsh Women Mean Business Awards 2011 |
| 2011 | Lexcel Award for Excellence in Practice Management (Highly Commended)[7] | The Law Society Excellence Awards 2011 |
| 2013 | Law Society Business Women of the year | The Law Society |
| 2014 | Fellow/ Chairman [1] | Institute of Welsh Affairs |
| 2015 | Honorary Doctorate of Laws[8] | University of South Wales |