Liverpool Law Mar 2017

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Newly Qualified Lawyers Celebration
On 26th January LLS and MJLD members
came together at the Hard Day’s Night
Hotel to celebrate the achievements of all
of the Solicitors and Barristers who
qualified in Liverpool and Wirral during
2016.
This event has gone from strength to
strength with the support of the MJLD and
this year saw HHJ Graham Wood QC
present the 42 newly qualified solicitors and
9 barristers with their certificates welcoming
them to the profession and wished them all
well in their careers.
It was particularly heartening to see a wide
spread of firms represented and able to offer
careers to new solicitors and barristers with
newly qualified lawyers from 12 different
member firms and 6 chambers.
The Nebulaes
The President, John Ballam had some
words of wisdom for all of those entering
the profession – preparation is the key. As a
holder of one of these certificates you can
also apparently demand of your managing
partner that it be framed and hung in
reception!
For the first time this year, the LLS prizes
were also presented at this event. The
Timpron Martin, Rupert Bremner, Atkinson
and Enoch Harvey prizes are awarded for
achievement in professional examinations
based on the results of the Legal Practice
Course at the University of Law in Chester
and the Liverpool John Moores University
and for the first time from BPP.
The Prize winners for 2016 were Ory
Ejuoneatse of DLA Piper, Will Eggleston of
Brabners, Harriet Edwards of Weightmans
and Clare Marsh of Weightmans. The
awards are now funded by Liverpool Law
Society through its charitable funds and
each prize winner received a copy of ‘A
Century of Liverpool Lawyers’, together
with a cheque for £100.00.
The E. Rex Makin Prize is awarded to the
youngest Solicitor to be admitted to the roll
in the Liverpool constituency. The winner
this year was Josh Makin of Morecrofts.
The Muir Matthews Prize is awarded to a
young or trainee solicitor in Liverpool who
is judged to have made the largest
contribution on an all-round basis. The
winner was Richard Burrows of
Weightmans who is currently also the chair
of the MJLD. Both of these winners
received a cheque for £50 and a copy of ‘A
Century of Liverpool Lawyers’.
After the presentations and pictures there
was the chance for some networking and a
celebratory drink with peers and more
senior (!) members of LLS.
Weightman’s NQs
Hill Dickinson’s NQs
EAD’s NQs
HHJ Graham Wood makes the
presentations
Nina Ferris
Vice President
Hill Dickinson LLP
The Prizewinners
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