District judge Nicholas Crichton has scooped the top award for outstanding achievement at this year’s LALYs.
Doreen Lawrence, justice campaigner and mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence, presented the awards. The LALYs (Legal aid lawyer of the year) awards are now in their ninth year.
Marc Willers of Garden Court Chambers, won the barrister award and family law solicitor, Lorna Cservenka of Hanne & Co, won the family award.
Baljeet Sandhu, of Islington law centre refugee children’s rights project, is this year’s young legal aid solicitor, while Doughty Street’s Steve Broach is the young legal aid barrister.
