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LALY awards celebrate legal aid stars

19 July 2023
Issue: 8034 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Legal aid focus , Career focus
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Deighton Pierce Glynn has won Legal Aid Firm of the Year at this year’s Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards (LALYs) for its work supporting former Ministry of Defence interpreters in Afghanistan at risk from Taliban reprisals.

The civil rights firm brought several successful judicial reviews on behalf of Afghan nationals who worked with the British forces yet were refused entry to the UK despite living in fear of their life. Partner Daniel Carey, accepting the award, revealed two clients had been kidnapped and tortured by the Taliban before the firm was able to help.

More than 500 people attended the awards in London last week, organised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group and compèred by broadcaster Symeon Brown.

The Outstanding Achievement award went to the family and legal team (Leigh Day and One Crown Office Row) of 14-year-old Molly Russell, who took her own life after viewing online material ‘romanticising self-harm’.

Other winners included Christian Weaver of Garden Court North (legal aid newcomer), Kathryn Cronin of Garden Court (barrister) and Alison Stanley of Bindmans (immigration).

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