2009 Results
Law Awards of Scotland 2009, in association with Registers of Scotland Results
Law Firm of the Year (under 50 fee earners)
NOMINATION
Bell and Craig
Inksters Solicitors
MBM Commercial
Govan Law Centre
SHORTLISTED
Andersons Solicitors LLP
AWARD
Blacklocks
Law Firm of the Year (over 50 fee earners)
Sponsored by Registers of Scotland
SHORTLISTED
Harper Macleod
AWARD
Thompsons
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Criminal Law Firm of the Year
NOMINATION
Capital Defence Lawyers
NOMINATION
Aamer Anwar
NOMINATION
Central Criminal Lawyers
NOMINATION
Nicholas J Scullion & Co.
NOMINATION
JP Mowberry
Adams Whyte
AWARD
Liam O’Donnell & Co.
Criminal Lawyer of the Year
NOMINATION
Aamer Anwar – Aamer Anwar & Co.
AWARD
John Scott – Capital Defence Lawyers
Family Law Firm of the Year
NOMINATION
Bonar Mackenzie
Inksters
HBJ Gateley Wareing
Thorley Stephenson SSC
SHORTLISTED
Maxwell MacLaurin
SHORTLISTED
Morton Fraser
AWARD
Mowatt Hall Dick
Private Client Firm of the Year
NOMINATION
Mowatt Hall Dick
Balfour and Manson LLP
SHORTLISTED
Morton Fraser
AWARD
Brodies
Up and Coming Law Firm of the Year
NOMINATION
Mowatt Hall Dick
NOMINATION
Nicholas J Scullion & Co.
NOMINATION
JR Rahman Solicitors
NOMINATION
JP Mowberry
AWARD
Kerr Brown Partnership
Employment Firm of the Year
NOMINATION
Balfour & Manson
AWARD
Miller Samuel
Litigation Firm of the Year
Sponsored by StirlingPark
NOMINATION
Thompsons
NOMINATION
Morisons LLP
Morton Fraser
Andersons Solicitors LLP
NOMINATION
HBJ Gateley Wareing
Anderson Fyfe LLP
NOMINATION
Balfour & Manson
SHORTLISTED
Kelly & Co.
Brodies
AWARD
Digby Brown
Corporate Law Firm of the Year
HBJ Gateley Wareing
Conveyancing Firm of the Year
Sponsored by DX
SHORTLISTED
Bell and Craig
AWARD
Morton Fraser
Corporate Lawyer of the Year
Sponsored by Professional Office Supplies
AWARD
William McIntosh – Lindsays
Up and Coming Lawyer of the Year
Sponsored by PracticeCare
NOMINATION
Jelina Berlow Rahman – JR Rahman Solicitors
SHORTLISTED
Jamie Watt – Harper Macleod
AWARD
John Paul Mowberry – JP Mowberry
Trainee of the Year
NOMINATION
Lisa Ann Taylor – Bell and Craig
NOMINATION
Kathleen Simmonds – Inksters
SHORTLISTED
Julia Bryden – Morton Fraser
AWARD
Fiona Byron – Morton Fraser
Marketing Team of the Year
Sponsored by Line
SHORTLISTED
Inksters
AWARD
Pagan Osborne
Corporate Social Responsibility Firm of the Year
Sponsored by Law Society of Scotland
AWARD
HBJ Gateley Wareing
IP Lawyer of the Year
AWARD
Colin Hulme – Burness LLP
Solicitor of the Year
Sponsored by Bank of Ireland
NOMINATION
Aamer Anwar – Aamer Anwar & Co.
SHORTLISTED
Alastair Keatinge – Lindsays
Gilbert Anderson – Andersons Solicitors LLP
Partner of the Year
NOMINATION
Richard J Porter – Bell and Craig
AWARD
Prof Lorne Crerar and Martin Darroch – Harper Macleod
Paralegal of the Year
SHORTLISTED
Louise Barrington – Morton Fraser
Deborah Carmichael - Brodies
AWARD
Fiona Shields – Pagan Osborne
Commercial Property Firm of the Year
No entries
In-house Lawyer of the Year
NOMINATION
Colin Anderson - Standard Life
NOMINATION
Bruce Beveridge - former Registers of Scotland
SHORTLISTED
Diane Campbell - East Dunbartonshire Council
AWARD
Bruce Ritchie - Law Society of Scotland
Mediator of the Year
AWARD
John Sturrock, QC
Law Lecturer of the Year
Sponsored by Bank of Ireland
NOMINATION
Dr Paul Maharg - Strathclyde University and Glasgow Graduate School of Law
Duncan Speirs - Napier University
Hilary Hiram - Glasgow University
Dr Andrew JM Steven - Edinburgh University
Nick McKerrell - Glasgow Caledonian University
Alistair Henry - Edinburgh University
AWARD
Moira MacMillan - Glasgow Caledonian University
Legal Personality of the Year
Sponsored by StirlingPark
Alistair Bonnington
Lifetime Achievement Award
Ian Hamilton, QC
Chairman’s Award
Sponsored by LexisNexis
Govan Law Centre
The following categories have been created from the Law Awards of Scotland comprehensive research process and nominations and the award were chosen as a result of client, peer and advocate polls.
Client Poll – Firm
NOMINATION
Aamer Anwar and Co
NOMINATION
Central Criminal Lawyers
NOMINATION
Nicholas J Scullion & Co
NOMINATION
Turnbull McCarron
AWARD
Adams Whyte
Solicitors poll – Individual
NOMINATION
Hamish Patrick - Tods Murray
NOMINATION
Marie MacDonald - Miller Samuel
NOMINATION
Mike Dailly - Govan Law Centre
NOMINATION
Stuart Clubb – HBJ Gateley Wareing
AWARD
Stephen Miller - MacRoberts
Solicitors poll – Firm
NOMINATION
Anderson Strathern
NOMINATION
Balfour & Manson
NOMINATION
Dundas & Wilson
AWARD
Turcan Connell
Advocates poll – Individual
NOMINATION
Donald Findlay QC
NOMINATION
George Moore QC - HBM Sayers
NOMINATION
Liam O'Donnell - Liam O’Donnell & Co
NOMINATION
Robert Swanney - Digby Brown
AWARD
Murray Macara QC - Beltrami & Co
AWARD
David Brown - Drummond Miller
Advocates poll – Firm
NOMINATION
Anderson Strathern
NOMINATION
Drummond Miller
NOMINATION
HBM Sayers
NOMINATION
Shepherd & Wedderburn
NOMINATION
Turcan Connell
AWARD
Digby Brown
Editors Choice
Dorothy Bain, QC
No categories available.
