The winners of the second annual Bar Council Employed Barristers’ Awards have been announced from more than 50 nominations. Katherine Willerton, Government Legal Department, scooped the trophy for employed barrister of the year, while the Crown Prosecution Service’s Catherine Yardley took home the prize for young employed barrister of the year.
Aoife Drudy, Government Legal Department, won the award for outstanding achievement by a public service barrister, while Grant Warnsby, BP, won outstanding achievement by a barrister in a corporate organisation or solicitors’ firm. The prize for employed advocate of the year went to Alistair Grainger, Reeds Solicitors/Reeds Chambers, and the award for outstanding performance by an HM forces barrister went to Commander Ian Park, Royal Navy.
The award for exceptional contribution to the employed bar went to Ros Wright CB QC.
Chair of the Bar, Andrew Walker QC, said: ‘The winners and the shortlisted nominees, attest to the exceptional quality of those working at the employed Bar... At the heart of what we do, we remain one Bar.’
