Previous winners
2018
Employed barrister of the year
- Mike Jones QC, CPS
- Elizabeth Prochaska, Equality and Human Rights Commission
Winner: Katherine Willerton, GLD
Young employed barrister of the year
- Bethan Evans, CPS
- Jonathan Orde, GLD
Winner: Catherine Yardley, CPS
Outstanding achievement by a public service barrister
- Duncan Richie, CPS
- Janine Wood, CPS
Winner: Aoife Drudy, GLD
Outstanding achievement by a barrister in a corporate organisation or solicitors firm.
- Phillip Souta, Clifford Chance
- Polly Sprenger, Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP
Winner: Grant Warnsby, BP
Employed advocate of the year
- Emma Jordan, Taylor Wessing
- Nicholas Khan QC, European Commission Legal Services
Winner: Alistair Grainger, Reeds Solicitors/Reeds Chambers
Outstanding performance by an HM forces barrister
- Major Jennifer Agnew, Army Legal Services
Winner: Commander Ian Park, Royal Navy
Exceptional Contribution to the Employed Bar
- Mari Reid, CPS
- Paul Richmond, Richmond Chambers LLP
Winner: Ros Wright CB QC
2017
Employed barrister of the year
- James Hanlon, IKEA
- Nigel Povoas, United Nations
Winner: Camilla de Silva, Serious Fraud Office
Young employed barrister of the year
- Michael Fry, DLA Piper
- Jamie Johnston, Government Legal Department
Winner: Matthew Johnston, Government Legal Department
Employed advocate of the year
- Simon Heptonstall, Crown Prosecution Service
- Philip Bennetts QC, Crown Prosecution Service
Winner: Matthew Gowen, Birketts LLP
Outstanding achievement by a public service barrister
- Thomas Reveley, Government Legal Department
- Dominic Alexander, HMRC
Winner: David Browitt, Government Legal Department
Outstanding achievement by a barrister in a corporate organisation or solicitors’ firm
- Guy Micklewright, Blake Morgan LLP
- Jamie Hunt, ACCA
Winner: Hannah Laming, Peters & Peters
Outstanding performance by a HM Forces barrister
- Air Vice Marshal Lindsay Irvine, RAF
- Major Christopher Storr, Army Legal Services
Winner: Commander Carolyn Kenyon, Royal Navy