“Kid Harwood is reshaping the legal landscape through innovation, combining legal expertise with entrepreneurial vision to make services more accessible and transparent. His work at the intersection of law and technology is helping firms grow while delivering a better experience for clients.”

Fantastic Lawyers® Editorial 2026

Kid Harwood is a Solicitor, legal tech innovator and CEO of LawBid, based in Manchester. With a background as a Partner in private practice and extensive experience in business and legal operations, he specialises in transforming how legal services are delivered through technology, transparency and client-focused innovation.

What Kid Harwood does

Kid works at the intersection of law, technology and business, focusing on:

• Legal technology innovation and platform development
• Improving access to legal services for consumers
• Law firm growth, strategy and digital transformation
• Client acquisition and online legal service delivery

Through LawBid, he has created a platform designed to simplify how clients find and instruct lawyers, while helping law firms connect with new business opportunities more efficiently.

Why he stands out

Kid stands out for his entrepreneurial mindset and ability to challenge traditional legal models. Drawing on over a decade as a Solicitor Partner, he identified a clear gap in the market for more transparent, accessible legal services and built a solution to address it.

He combines legal expertise with commercial thinking, focusing on practical innovation that benefits both clients and law firms.

Trust markers

• CEO and Founder of LawBid, a UK legal comparison platform
• Former Solicitor Partner with over a decade of leadership experience
• National and regional award winner for legal technology innovation
• Legal Tech Editor and Columnist for Manchester Law Society
• Over 15 years’ experience across legal practice and business leadership

Client and industry impact

Kid’s work focuses on making legal services more accessible, efficient and transparent. LawBid has been developed to respond to modern client expectations, offering a streamlined way to connect with legal professionals while giving firms a powerful digital tool to grow their client base.

He is also actively involved in thought leadership within the legal tech space, contributing to discussions on the future of law and innovation in legal services.

Background

Kid began his career in legal practice before becoming a Partner at Wildings Solicitors, where he gained extensive experience across multiple areas of law and business management. He later founded LawBid, combining his legal knowledge with entrepreneurial vision to drive change in the legal sector.

He holds a Law with Business degree and a Master’s degree in Employment Law, forming the foundation of his legal and commercial expertise.