Bristol Law Society staged its annual awards dinner recently at the Bristol Marriott Hotel City Centre with more than 300 guests from across the West of England’s legal sector.
Distinguished guests included the Lord-Lieutenant of Bristol Peaches Golding and the High Sheriff of Bristol Anthony Brown.
Veale Wasbrough Vizards (VWV) landed the large law firm of the year title while Barcan+Kirby’s Fiona Dabell won the coveted Junior Lawyer of the Year prize and colleague Samantha Castle scooped the strongly contested Lawyer of the Year Award.
The firm also won the CSR Firm of the Year Award for its work with dementia charity Bristol Dementia Action Alliance (BDAA).
The President’s Outstanding Achievement Award was presented posthumously to widely respected family solicitor Julie Exton, a former president of the Association of Her Majesty’s District Judges, who died recently aged 59.
Pictured below: The team from AMD Solicitors collect the Law Firm of the Year (up to 15 partners) award, with Bristol Law Society president Becky Moyce, right
Pictured below: The team of the year award went to the Litigant in Person (LiP) Service
Pictured below: Albion Chambers with their award for Chambers of the Year
Pictured below: The Barrister of the Year award went to Natasha Dzameh from St John’s Chambers
Pictured below: The Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year trophy went to Beverley Watkins of Watkins Solicitors incorporating Brain Sinnott & Co
Pictured below: Samantha Castle of Barcan + Kirby won the Lawyer of the Year award
Pictured below: Jerry Fowler of Bristol County Court’s civil and justice centre with his Support Team Member of the Year award
