Past Winners of the Bar Pro Bono Awards
Young Pro Bono Barrister of the Year
2024 Winner: Tinessa Kaur (4BB Chambers)
2022 Winner: Annahita Moradi-Balf (One Pump Court Chambers)
2021 Winner: Daniel Grütters (One Pump Court Chambers)
2020 Winners: Catherine Jaquiss (Goldsmith Chambers), Jennifer MacLeod and Emma Mockford (Brick Court Chambers)
2019 Winner: Jennifer MacLeod (Brick Court Chambers)
2018 Winner: Marianne Alton (Lincoln House Chambers & Evolve)
Junior Pro Bono Barrister of the Year
2024 Winners: Jake Rudman (Hatton Chambers) and Jennifer MacLeod (Brick Court Chambers)
2022 Winner: Catherine Meredith (Doughty Street Chambers)
Special mentions: Joanne Porter & Joanne Brown (4PB) & Abigail Bright (Doughty Street Chambers)
2021 Winner: Sarah Abram (Brick Court)
Special mentions: Samina Iqbal (Goldsmith Chambers) and Grainne Mellon (Garden Court Chambers)
2020 Winner: Zimran Samuel (Doughty Street Chambers)
2019 Winner: Shu Shin Luh (Garden Court Chambers)
Special mention: Sanaz Saifolahi (Goldsmith Chambers)
2018 Winner: Sarah Keogh (Old Square Chambers)
Pro Bono KC of the Year
2024 Winner: Samantha Hillas KC (St John's Buildings)
2022 Winner: Mark Harries KC (Serjeants' Inn)
Special mention: Sophie Cartwright KC (Deans Court Chambers)
2021 Winner: Anthony Metzer KC (Goldsmith Chambers)
2020 Winner: Ben Collins KC (Old Square Chambers)
2019 Winner: Anthony Metzer KC (Goldsmith Chambers)
2018 Winner: Deirdre Fottrell KC (1GC|Family Law)
International Pro Bono Barrister of the Year
2024 Winner: Haydee Dijkstal (33 Bedford Row)
2022 Winner: Tatyana Eatwell (Doughty Street Chambers)
2021 Winner: Rhys Davies (Temple Garden Chambers) and Ben Keith (5 St Andrew's Hill)
2020 Winner: Sangeetha Iyengar (Goldsmith Chambers)
2019 Winner: Jennifer Robinson and Jelia Sane (Doughty Street Chambers)
2018 Winner: Kirsty Brimelow KC (Doughty Street Chambers and Bar Human Rights Committee)
Employed Pro Bono Barrister of the Year
2018 Winner: Daria Gleyze (Law Commission)
Pro Bono Chambers’ Professional of the Year
2024 Winner: Mark Ronson (Kings Chambers)
2022 Winner: Tom O’Connor (Serjeants’ Inn)
Special Mention: Jamie Tucker (12KBW)
2021 Winner: Leigh Royall (Spire Barristers) and Patrick Sarson (Gatehouse Chambers)
2020 Winner: Nick Levett (Outer Temple Chambers)
2019 Winner: Peter Campbell (39 Essex Chambers) and Ben Connor (Landmark Chambers)
2018 Winner: Deborah Anderson (Practice Director, Gatehouse Chambers)
Pro Bono Initiative of the Year
2024 Winner: Dads House
2022 Winner: Ukraine Advice Project
2021 Winner: Leducate
2019 Winner: The Transparency Project's Legal Blogging Pilot
2018 Winner: Pro Bono Connect
Pro Bono Chambers of the Year
2024 Winner: 4PB
2022 Joint Winners: Gatehouse Chambers & Deans Court Chambers
2021 Winner: 12 KBW
2020 Winner: Goldsmith Chambers
2019 Winner: Fenners Chambers
2018 Winner: Cloisters Chambers
Lifetime Achievement in Pro Bono, the Sydney Elland Goldsmith Award
2024 Winner: Christopher Naish (Magdalen Chambers)
2022 Winner: Francesca Quint (Radcliffe Chambers)
2021 Winner: Anthony Speaight KC
2020 Winner: John Collins (deceased) (Park Square Barristers)
2019 Winner: Andrew Hillier KC
2018 Winner: Patrick O'Connor KC (Doughty Street Chambers)
John Collins Pro Bono Excellence Award (In partnership with the North-Eastern Circuit)
2024 Winner: Joseph Sinclair (Mountford Chambers)
2022 Winner: Joshua Griffin (Gatehouse Chambers)
Special Mention: Simon Rowbotham (7BR)
2021 Winner: Sarah Blackmore (Spire Barristers)
The Sir Henry Brooke Award
Winner: Sir Henry Brooke (posthumously)
2017: Tanya Murshed,1 MCB and Evolve
2016: John Collins, Zenith Chambers
2015: Joe Middleton, Doughty Street Chambers
2014: Monika Sobiecki, Pump Court Chambers
2013: Sarah Hannett, Matrix Chambers
2012: Alison Gurden, I Gray’s Inn Square
2011: Shereener Browne, Garden Court Chambers
2010: Maria Scotland, 7 Bedford Row
2009: Andrew Walker KC, Maitland Chambers
2008: Access to Justice in Afghanistan Project Team, Bar Human Rights Committee
2007: Guy Opperman MP, 3 Paper Buildings
2006: Michael Fordham KC, Blackstone Chambers
2005: The Rt Hon Keir Starmer KCB KC MP, Doughty Street Chambers
2004: Andrew Hall KC, Doughty Street Chambers
2003: John Horan, Cloisters
2002: Samantha Knights KC, Matrix Chambers
2001: Simon Michael, No 5 Chambers
2000: Daniel Leader and Philippa Page, (now Leigh Day and Goldsmith Chambers)
1999: Doughty Street Chambers
1998: Two Garden Court Chambers
1997: Judith Farbey KC, Doughty Street Chambers