Leading West Midlands law firm Sydney Mitchell celebrated its 6^th successful quiz, raising much needed funds for its nominated charities, the Maria Watt Foundation and the Birmingham Women’s Hospital Charity.  22 teams took part in an action packed night, taking their chances, and playing their joker cards in a very strategic quiz game.

The winner of the much coveted Sydney Mitchell Charity Quiz Trophy for 2014 was Merito Financial Services, who were closely followed by Grant Thornton and Brewin Dolphin in second and third places respectively.

Eileen Rock of the Birmingham Women’s Hospital Charity and Diane Watt of the Maria Watt Foundation spoke to all quizzers and thanked Sydney Mitchell for its continued support.

Kam Majevadia, Sydney Mitchell Partner and Quizmaster for the night, commented:

It was a fantastic night and very exciting as teams bought chance cards, giving teams the opportunity to take off points, give points or double their points during the night.  We thank all of our staff for giving their time in making this event so successful and for the professional community in their continued support of our event.

We are raising funds for two great charities. The Maria Watt Foundation is a local charity whose aim is to promote understanding about leukemia and other cancers that affect children, teenagers and young adults.  This was set up in 2005 by Diane Watt after the tragic loss of her daughter Maria who had planned to go to university to become a lawyer.

The Birmingham Women’s Hospital Neonatal "Tiny Babies, Big Appeal" is the Neonatal appeal at Birmingham Women's Hospital. All donations will help care for sick and premature babies, not just in Birmingham but throughout the West Midlands.

Sydney Mitchell is Legal 500 Top Tier Midlands based law firm with offices in Birmingham city centre, Sheldon and Shirley.  The firm provides an extensive portfolio of legal services and has been awarded the Birmingham Law Society's award for Law Firm of the Year (5-15 partners) in 2013, 2011 and 2008.  Sydney Mitchell employs 100 people and has 11 partners.  For more information contact call 0121 746 3300 or visit www.sydneymitchell.co.uk

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Pictures:  

1. 1^st Prize winners – Jonathan Hearn, David Fleet, Rob Kenyon and Martin Crutchley – Merito Financial Services
2. 2^nd Prize winners – Charlotte Lunt, Mary McLaughlin and Michelle Buckley (fourth member of team not pictured Steve Thomspon) – Grant Thornton
3. 3^rd Prize winners – Jason Hewitt, Paul Fielding, Peter Meckiff, Stephen Williams – Brewin Dolphin

For further information, please contact:

Linda Heyworth, Senior Marketing Manager

Tel – 0121 746 3300    Mobile: 0777 279 5041

Email – l.heyworth@sydneymitchell.co.uk

About Sydney Mitchell:

Sydney Mitchell is a Midlands based award winning law firm, with offices in Birmingham City Centre, Sheldon and Shirley.  Offering a range of specialist legal and services for both businesses and individuals, are in the Top Tier and Recommended in Legal 500, Lexcel accredited and won the Law Firm of the Year in 2013, 2011 and 2008 (5-15 partners) in the Birmingham Law Society Legal Awards. The firm’s specialist teams include employment, commercial property, company and commercial services, litigation, insolvency, licensing and gambling law. Private client teams include family law, residential property, dispute resolution and wills and probate, tax and trusts and personal injury.

About Maria Watt

Maria Watt Foundation raises funds to support specific projects such as the recent development of a Teenage Cancer Unit at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. They are also actively involved in raising awareness of the early signs of childhood cancer working with schools and GPs. Support is also given to the Beads of Courage Programme which helps to decrease illness related stress through using positive coping strategies to help children suffering serious illness.

The Maria Watt Foundation is an independently registered charity no. 1118733 and can be contacted at: Diane Watt, Maria Watt Foundation,

http://www.mariawattfoundation.org/index.html

http://www.mariawattfoundation.org/our-projects/beads-of-courage.html

About the Birmingham Women’s Hospital ‘BWH’ – Neonatal appeal

BWH Charity supports the work of Birmingham Women's Hospital. They fundraise to provide vital equipment and facilities to enable the best possible care for the women and babies of the West Midlands region. The Birmingham Women’s Hospital Neonatal "Tiny Babies, Big Appeal" is the Neonatal appeal at Birmingham Women's Hospital. All donations will help care for sick and premature babies, not just in Birmingham but throughout the West Midlands. For more information on how you can help support the “Tiny Babies, Big Appeal” please email eileen.rock@bwhct.nhs.uk or call Fundraising Office on 0121 623 6874

Birmingham Women's Hospital  Charity Registration No. 1089035