Awards

Eversheds Sutherland NI has celebrated after being named 2024 Property Legal Team of the Year at the Belfast Telegraph Property Awards.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has been recognised with an international human rights award for coming to the defence of a solicitor disparaged in the House of Commons. A statement issued by the Society last year called for an end to “attacks on lawyers” after Ian Paisley Jr, the DU

William Fry has been named Ireland's patent litigation firm of the year at the Global IP Awards 2024. The awards ceremony, which took place at St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London on Thursday 17 October, brought together leading law firms and practitioners from around the world to celebrate achiev

Philip Lee lawyer Maeve Delargy has been recognised with an award for her role in establishing a network for women working in the Irish solar industry. Ms Delargy, a senior associate in Philip Lee's planning and environmental team, won the Empowering Diversity in Solar award at the first-ever Irish

Chicago lawyer Caroleann Gallagher is to receive an Irish diaspora award in Donegal next week. Ms Gallagher, who grew up on Arranmore Island and was one of the first students to attend Gairmscoil Mhic Diarmada, qualified as a solicitor in Ireland in 2004 before later relocating to the US and becomin

McCann FitzGerald LLP has been named Anti-Discrimination Firm of the Year in Europe at the Legal Benchmarking Group’s Social Impact EMEA Awards 2024. The awards, which took place last Thursday in London, recognise leading law firms and figures from across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa fo

Philip Lee senior associate Maeve Delargy has been shortlisted for an LGBTQ+ Person of the Year Award. Ms Delargy is one of four nominees in the category at Ireland’s only LGBTQ+ awards, the GALAS, run by the National LGBT Federation (NXF).

Walkers partner Noeleen Ruddy has been named Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyer of the Year at the Women in Business Law Awards for 2024. Ms Ruddy, co-head of Walkers' finance and capital markets team in Ireland, received the award at a ceremony in London late last month.

Former Cleaver Fulton Rankin partner Joy Scott has been recognised in the King's birthday honours list. Ms Scott, who chaired Clanmil Housing Group from 2018 until 2021, was named Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to social housing.

The director of the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) at Queen's University Belfast has been recognised in the King's birthday honours list. Professor Barbara Jemphrey has been named Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to education.

A social mobility programme launched by the London Irish Lawyers Association (LILA) has been recognised by the Law Society of England and Wales. Michael Walker, of London firm Kingsley Napley, has been nominated for a Law Society Legal Hero award for his role in establishing the LILA Trailblazers pr

Northern Ireland commercial law firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has been recognised for its commitment to workplace health and wellbeing at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2024. The firm won the Excellence in Health and Wellbeing Award, which recognises an employer that has made a commitment to fos

A&L Goodbody's captive alternative legal services provider ALG Solutions has been recognised with an award at the ALM Law.com International Legal Innovation & Technology Awards. The firm was presented with the 'Future of Legal Services Innovation' award at the 10th annual awards ceremony in

Former chief justice Mr Justice Frank Clarke is to be awarded the Hibernian Law Medal next week. Awarded by the Hibernian Law Journal since 2018, medal recipients have included senior judges from Ireland and other jurisdictions. The most recent awardees were former president Mary Robinson and former

McKenna & Co Solicitors principal solicitor Lisa McKenna has been recognised with a diversity and inclusion award.