Tooks Scoop Two at the LALY Awards!

Against tough competition Adam Straw won the award for Young Barrister of the Year whilst Michael Mansfield QC was honoured with the award for Outstanding Achievement.

The Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) Awards, a unique celebration of the invaluable work done by solicitors, barristers, legal executives and others working in the publicly funded sector, were presented at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre last night.

The judging panel included Cherie Booth QC (who presented the awards); Doreen Lawrence of the Stephen Lawrence Trust; legal journalist Joshua Rozenberg, Mr Justice McFarlane from the Family Division; LAPG chair Roy Morgan; as well as other leading practitioners.

To watch the video clip for Michael Mansfield's nomination for the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Outstanding Achievement Award follow the Guardian's link below http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2010/jun/04/legal-aid-lawyer-awards

To read Fiona Bawden's interview with Michael Mansfield follow this link http://www.lag.org.uk/files/93390/FileName/FeatureJuly10.pdf

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Tooks Chambers is a large, modern and efficient set of barristers united in their commitment to access to justice and representation without fear or favour. Founded on 1st May 1984 at the height of the Miners' Strike, much of Tooks' early work was defending miners wrongly accused of riot and affray. Members' expertise now extends across criminal and civil specialist areas of law but with an emphasis on protecting the individual against the interests of the state.

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