The 2009 Winners
The 2009 Legal Awards took place on Friday 27 March 2009 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
For full details of the winners click on the categories below.
Firm of the Year >
DX Firm of the Year
Finalists:
Blackadders
Biggart Baillie
Harper Macleod
Morton Fraser
Pagan Osborne
Your Conveyancer
Winner: Pagan Osborne
Lifetime Achievement Award >
The Scotsman Lifetime Achievement Award
The Rt. Hon. Lord Mackay of Clashfern QC PC KT
Family Law Team of the Year >
Pointsize Wolffe and Co Family Law Team of the Year
Finalists:
HBJ Gateley Wareing
Lindsays
Morton Fraser
Simpson & Marwick
Winner: Morton Fraser
Support Team of the Year >
O2 Support Team of the Year
Finalists:
Blackadders
Harper Macleod
Inksters
Pagan Osborne
Winner: Harper Macleod
Employment Team of the Year >
PRG Employment Team of the Year
Finalists:
Balfour + Manson
Biggart Baillie
Lindsays
Morton Fraser
Shepherd and Wedderburn
Winner: Shepherd and Wedderburn
Rising Star of the Year >
Registers of Scotland Rising Star of the Year
Finalists:
Stuart Clubb, HBJ Gateley Wareing
Alison Gilson, HBJ Gateley Wareing
Lianne Lodge, Pagan Osborne
Louise Walker, Pagan Osborne
Winners: Stuart Clubb and Alison Gilson both of HBJ Gateley Wareing
Litigation Team of the Year >
Grant Thornton UK LLP Litigation Team of the Year
Finalists:
Balfour + Manson
Biggart Baillie
HBJ Gateley Wareing
Morton Fraser
Winner: Morton Fraser
Community Initiative of the Year >
Law Society of Scotland Community Initiative of the Year
Finalists:
Harper Macleod
McGrigors
Govan Law Centre
Winner: McGrigors
Property Team of the Year >
Woods of Perth Property Team of the Year
Finalists:
Bell & Scott
Biggart Baillie
Blackadders
Caesar & Howie
Harper Macleod
Pagan Osborne
Winner: Pagan Osborne
Paralegal of the Year >
Edinburgh Napier University Business School Paralegal of the Year
Finalists:
Ruth Simpson, Blackadders
Elaine Heinsar, Morton Fraser
Fiona Shields, Pagan Osborne
Winner: Fiona Shields, Pagan Osborne
Private Client Team of the Year >
Sound + Vision Private Client of the Year
Finalists:
Anderson Strathern
Balfour + Manson
Blackadders
Brodies
HBJ Gateley Wareing
Morton Fraser
Winner: Anderson Strathern
Highly Commended: Morton Fraser
