On Thursday 10th November 2022, 400 members of the legal profession from the Liverpool City Region came together for Liverpool Law Society’s glittering black-tie Annual Dinner and Legal Awards held at the Rum Warehouse in Liverpool. The event brought together the region’s legal sector to celebrate the successes of the profession, along with the President’s civic guests and presidents of other professional bodies including other local law societies.
Guest speaker the Right Hon Lord Burrows, Justice of the Supreme Court, who was educated in Knowsley, gave a fascinating insight to his route to, and his work in, the Supreme Court.
During the evening, the Legal Awards ceremony was held, which showcased the strength and excellence of legal work undertaken by firms and individuals in the area. The President of the Society, Steven Zdolyny, congratulated all those who had taken part, saying “Congratulations to all our award winners and shortlisted nominees. We are extremely proud to come together as a local legal community to celebrate the successes of some of the best talent the legal profession has to offer!”
And the 2022 winners of the Liverpool Law Society Legal Awards are:
- Law Firm Award (100+ employees) – Morecrofts Solicitors
- Law Firm Award (1-99 employees)- Astraea Linskills
- Outstanding Team Award (Litigation) – Provenio Litigation
- Outstanding Team Award (Non-Contentious) – In-House Legal Solutions
- Outstanding Lawyer Award – Paul Lunt from Brabners
- Highly Commended in the Outstanding Lawyer category was Rachel Stalker from the Legal Advice Centre at Liverpool John Moores University
- Rising Star Award – Bella Tait from Unit Chambers
The thanks of the Society go to all those who attended the event:
174 Family Law
Astraea Linskills
Bell Lamb & Joynson Solicitors
Bennett Williams Solicitors
Brabners
Burd Ward Solicitors
Carpenters
CEL Solicitors
Dains Forensic
Driscoll Kingston Solicitors
Exchange Chambers
Frenkel Topping
Hill Dickinson
Hodge Jones & Allen
Hogans Solicitors
In-House Legal Solutions
Irwin Mitchell
JMW Solicitors
Liverpool John Moores University
Merseyside Junior Lawyers Division
Morecrofts Solicitors
MSB Solicitors
Peter Edwards Law
President’s Guests
Provenio Litigation
Steve Cornforth Consultancy
Stowe Family Law
Taylor Wessing
The University of Law
Unit Chambers
University of Liverpool
Weightmans
The thanks of the Society also go to the sponsors of the evening Advanced, Frenkel Topping Group, Index PI, Konsileo, Landmark Information and the University of Law.
There was a collection for the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital charity, a wonderful charity that provides additional family facilities and supports research for all those affected by heart and lung disease, including purchasing the latest and best equipment. The hospital does incredible work treating 115,000 people every year. The amount raised at the Society’s Dinner, with gift aid, was a magnificent £3,100. Thank you very much to all who donated, your support is very much appreciated.
The Annual Dinner & Legal Awards 2022 photo album is available to view here.
Photos by Ray Farley.