Results tagged “legal awards” from LDP - The Legal Week

I AM often consulted by clients wishing to investigate a potential medical negligence claim due to their frustrations at the failure of medical staff to listen to their concerns they have regarding the care they are or their family are receiving.

I have a client who was in hospital for 3 months and from the 3rd week to the 8th week, he continually complained of pain in his behind.

He was ignored by the medical staff and when someone did listen to him, it was too late, in that he had developed a large pressure sore which he is still being treated for two years later.

The highs, lows, dancing and Roger Phillips from Saturday's Crowne Plaza bash. Scores of the city's top barristers and solicitors crammed into the hotel to see who would pick up the Liverpool Law Society's Legal Awards 2009.

SCORES of Merseyside and Cheshire's finest legal practionners crammed into the Crowne Plaza hotel on Saturday to hear who had scooped Liverpool Law Society's Legal Awards 2009.

And the winners are:

Law Firm of the Year - Jackson & Canter
sponsored by Alpha Biolabs

Niche Law Firm of the Year - Shipley Solicitors
sponsored by Laird Assessors

Corporate Team of the Year - Halliwells
sponsored by The National Solicitors Network

Real Estate and Environment Law Team of the Year - DLA Piper
sponsored by SearchFlow

Personal Injury Team of the Year - John Pickering & Partners
sponsored by Frenkel Topping

Dispute Resolution Team of the Year - Weightmans
sponsored by Robinsons Personal Financial Planners

Employment Team of the Year - Hill Dickinson
sponsored by DX

President's Award for Human Rights Work - Jackson & Canter
sponsored by Liverpool Daily Post

Barrister of the Year - Paul Burns, Exchange Chambers
sponsored by Allied Irish Bank

Merseyside Junior Lawyers Division Person of the Year - Edward Turner, Berrymans Lace Mawer
sponsored by Liverpool John Moores University

HOW EXCITING! As all you devotees of LDP Legal Week will already know, Liverpool Law Society has kindly shortlisted me for the Barrister of the Year award, the winner of which is to be announced at their very posh do at the Crowne Plaza later this month.

As one of only two to be shortlisted from the (presumably) hundreds nominated (perhaps a slight exaggeration, I accept), the Hillas-Meehan household has now been thrown into a heightened state of turmoil/excitement/excruciating self-assessment.

On the plus side, should I win, I will be Liverpool Law Society's Barrister of the Year (hurrah).

WINNERS of Liverpool Law Society's inaugural Legal Awards have encouraged the city's solicitors and barristers to put themselves forward for awards this year.

They say its crucial for the city's legal fraternity to celebrate the city's excellence in law.

And they have described their pride at receiving an award after being voted for by their peers.

Charlie Jones launches Liverpool Law Society's Legal Awards, 2009

LIVERPOOL'S Law Society today launches its second biannual Legal
Awards.

At a glittering ceremony planned for June, Merseyside's top legal professionals will be praised for their "excellence".

Charlie Jones, president of Liverpool Law Society and a partner at Weightmans, told LDP Legal: "Two years ago we had the first legal awards ceremony and dinner in Liverpool, run by Liverpool Law Society. The idea of that was to celebrate the excellence of Liverpool lawyers and the
excellence of the work done in Liverpool - and it was a resounding success.