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Helen Molyneux
Welsh lawyer
Helen Molyneux is a Welsh lawyer who founded and was the CEO of the UK personal injury law firm NewLaw Solicitors.
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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 ABM 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]
| 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 |
In 2016, Molyneux and four others came together to discuss the lack of statues in Wales dedicated to women; they then created the Monumental Welsh Women group with the aim of creating five statues around the country.[9]
The first statue, of headteacher Betty Campbell, was unveiled in September 2021.[10] Four more statues of Elaine Morgan, Elizabeth Andrews, Cranogwen and Lady Rhondda were to be created,[11][12][13] and a theatre show was planned.[14]
Molyneux is one of the founders of Women Angels of Wales, an angel investment group.[5]
- "Trustees | IWA". IWA. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- "Double ABS first for NewLaw Legal | News | Law Society Gazette". Law Society Gazette. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- WalesOnline (2011-03-16). "Molyneux takes Woman of the Year title at awards". walesonline. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- "Legal Business Woman of the Year - The Law Society". www.lawsociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- "Lexcel Award for Excellence in Practice Management 2011 - The Law Society". www.lawsociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- "Helen Molyneux". www.southwales.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-28.