The Legal Aid Practitioners’ Group has announced the finalists for its Lawyer of the Year 2011.
They include Razi Shah, solicitor at Windsor firm Appleby Shaw, who successfully appealed against the custodial sentence given to Munir Hussain.
Hussain had been convicted of grevious bodily harm on an intruder who had threatened his family with a knife.
Lorna Cservenka, solicitor at London firm Hanne & Co, was praised by judges for her work in a care case challenging apparently unassailable hair strand testing evidence, which resulted in a young woman’s children being returned to her.
The full list of shortlisted nominees in the nine categories is below:
Criminal defence lawyer:
Jane Hiatt, Footner & Ewing, SouthamptonRazi Shah, Appleby Shaw, WindsorSarah Williams, Watkins & Gunn, Pontypool
Family legal aid lawyer:
Lorna Cservenka, Hanne & Co, LondonMichael George, Ridley & Hall, HuddersfieldKuljit Lally, Adams Moore, Luton
Immigration lawyer:
Smita Bajaria, Birnberg Peirce, LondonChris Eades, Asylum Aid, LondonBryony Rest, David Gray Solicitors, Newcastle
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Young legal aid solicitor:
Sara Lomri, Bindmans, LondonBaljeet Sandhu, Refugee Children’s Rights Project (Islington Law Centre), LondonPolly Sweeney, Irwin Mitchell, Sheffield
Young Legal Aid Barrister:
Steve Broach, Doughty Street, LondonChris Buttler, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, LondonAdam Sandell, Matrix, London
Legal Aid Barrister:
Justin Ageros, 4 Paper Buildings, LondonJohn Nicholson, Kenworthy Chambers, ManchesterMarc Willers, Garden Court, London
Mental Health:
Rheian Davies, DH Law, LondonKate Luscombe, Duncan Lewis, LondonDavid McLaughlin, Edwards Duthie, London
Social & Welfare:
Charlotte Collins, Anthony Gold, LondonMathieu Culverhouse, Irwin Mitchell, SheffieldDavid Thomas, GT Stewart Solicitors, London
Legal Aid Firm/Not-for-profit Organisation:
Community Law Partnership, BirminghamNational Youth Advocacy Service, WirralPublic Interest Lawyers, Birmingham Prisoners Advice Service, London
The winners will be announced by Cherie Booth QC at a ceremony in London on 28 June 2011.
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