{"id":82128,"date":"2017-07-02T12:56:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T12:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=8dfef53fca279b994e28810b10d4b9a0"},"modified":"2017-07-02T12:56:30","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T12:56:30","slug":"news-story-gld-barristers-are-winners-in-the-employed-bar-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=82128","title":{"rendered":"News story: GLD barristers are winners in the Employed Bar Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The inaugural Bar Council Employed Bar Awards ceremony on 30 June saw the award for \u2018Outstanding achievement by a public service barrister\u2019 go to GLD\u2019s David Browitt (DfT Legal Advisers), and the first ever \u2018Young employed barrister of the year\u2019 confirmed as GLD\u2019s Matthew Johnston (Home Office Legal Advisers).<\/p>\n

The \u2018Young employed barrister of the year\u2019 award is for a barrister with under 7 years\u2019 practice. The judges praised Matthew\u2019s clarity, calmness, objectivity and expertise in his work, and his understanding of ministerial priorities.<\/p>\n

The award for \u2018Outstanding achievement by a public service barrister\u2019 was open to the CPS, GLD, local government and public service defenders. The judges noted David\u2019s clear leadership, energy and guidance in his work, his team working and his fine legal judgment.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Jones said:<\/p>\n

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As one of the judges of the first ever Employed Bar Awards I naturally approached my role with complete impartiality. Nonetheless I was very pleased to see that a number of GLD lawyers had been nominated and shortlisted (I played no part in the shortlisting). And I am delighted that all the judges agreed on Matthew and David as the winners in their categories. The work that we do in GLD is unlike the work of any other members of the employed Bar, and it is fantastic that the achievements and dedication of our people are now being celebrated by the wider profession.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The full list of those shortlisted (which also included GLD lawyers Jamie Johnston and Tom Reveley, both of DfE Legal Advisers) and all category winners can be found on the Bar Council website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The inaugural Bar Council Employed Bar Awards ceremony on 30 June saw GLD barristers win 2 awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}