Past Winners of the Bar Pro Bono Awards
Young Pro Bono Barrister of the Year
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
2020 Winner: Zimran Samuel (Doughty Street Chambers)
2019 Winner: Shu Shin Luh (Garden Court Chambers)
2019 Highly Commended: Sanaz Saifolahi (Goldsmith Chambers)
2018 Winner: Sarah Keogh (Old Square Chambers)
Pro Bono QC of the Year
2020 Winner: Ben Collins QC (Old Square Chambers)
2019 Winner: Anthony Metzer QC (Goldsmith Chambers)
2018 Winner: Deirdre Fottrell QC (1GC|Family Law)
International Pro Bono Barrister of the Year
2020 Winner: Sangeetha Iyengar (Goldsmith Chambers)
2019 Winner: Jennifer Robinson and Jelia Sane (Doughty Street Chambers)
2018 Winner: Kirsty Brimelow QC (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
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 Innovation of the Year
2019 Winner: The Transparency Project's Legal Blogging Pilot
2018 Winner: Pro Bono Connect
Pro Bono Chambers of the Year
2020 Winner: Goldsmith Chambers
2019 Winner: Fenners Chambers
2018 Winner: Cloisters Chambers
Lifetime Achievement in Pro Bono, the Sydney Elland Goldsmith Award
2020 Winner: John Collins (deceased) (Park Square Barristers)
2019 Winner: Andrew Hillier QC
2018 Winner: Patrick O'Connor QC (Doughty Street Chambers)
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 QC, Maitland Chambers
2008: Access to Justice in Afghanistan Project Team, Bar Human Rights Committee
2007: Guy Opperman MP, 3 Paper Buildings
2006: Michael Fordham QC, Blackstone Chambers
2005: The Rt Hon Keir Starmer KCB QC MP, Doughty Street Chambers
2004: Andrew Hall QC, Doughty Street Chambers
2003: John Horan, Cloisters
2002: Samantha Knights QC, 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 QC, Doughty Street Chambers