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22 July 2022
Issue: 7988 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Winners at LALYs

Housing barrister Zia Nabi, of Doughty Street, won the award for outstanding achievement, this year’s Laly’s (Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards)

Nabi was recognised for '30 years, living and breathing housing law’, winning better protections for tenants and homeless people.

Criminal defence lawyer of the year went to solicitor Laura O’Brien, of Hodge, Jones & Allen, who successfully represented the ‘Colston 4’ who made history by toppling the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol.

Wilson Solicitors’ Chris McKendry won social welfare law for his work at the Special immigration Appeals Commission ‘involving closed hearings, which neither lawyer or client can attend’. Family law barrister Amean Elgadhy, of One Pump Court, won Legal aid barrister of the year. Leigh Day’s Anna Moore won the award for Disability rights.

See the rest of the 2022 winners here.

Issue: 7988 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

HFW—Simon Petch

HFW—Simon Petch

Global shipping practice expands with experienced ship finance partner hire

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Infrastructure specialist joins as partner in Glasgow office

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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