2022 Bar Pro Bono Awards: Winners

Headline Sponsor: LexisNexis

The 2022 Bar Pro Bono Awards took place at Middle Temple Hall and were livestreamed on our YouTube channel.

The prestigious awards were hosted by Sir Robin Knowles CBE, with an introduction from Dame Maura McGowan KC, Treasurer of Middle Temple, and remarks from Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, and Pryanka Pratt, Head of Bar Marketing at LexisNexis.

The winners were featured in Counsel, read all about our winners here.

Read the full 2022 Bar Pro Bono Awards nominations brochure here.


Award Winners

Young Pro Bono Barrister of the Year

Winner: Annahita Moradi-Balf (One Pump Court Chambers)

Special mentions: Olivia Kirkbride (Serjeants’ Inn) & Ryan Ross (Farrar’s Building)

Annahita Moradi Balf

Junior Pro Bono Barrister of the Year

Winner: Catherine Meredith (Doughty Street Chambers)

Special mentions: Joanne Porter & Joanne Brown (4PB)Abigail Bright (Doughty Street Chambers)

Catherine Meredith

Pro Bono KC of the Year

Winner: Mark Harries KC (Serjeants' Inn)

Special mention: Sophie Cartwright KC (Deans Court Chambers)

Mark Harries KC

International Pro Bono Barrister of the Year

Winner:  Tatyana Eatwell (Doughty Street Chambers)

Tatyana Eatwell

Pro Bono Chambers Professional of the Year

Winner: Tom O’Connor (Serjeants’ Inn)

Special Mention: Jamie Tucker (12KBW)

Tom O Connor

Pro Bono Chambers of the Year

Winners: Gatehouse Chambers & Deans Court Chambers 

 

 

GatehouseDeans Court

Lifetime Achievement in Pro Bono, the Sydney Elland Goldsmith Award

Winner: Francesca Quint (Radcliffe Chambers)

Francesca Quint

John Collins Pro Bono Excellence Award

Winner: Joshua Griffin (Gatehouse Chambers)

Special Mention: Simon Rowbotham (7BR)

Joshua Griffin

Pro Bono Initiative of the Year

Winner: Ukraine Advice Project

 

 

 

Social Responsibility Initiative of the Year

Winner: Bridging the Bar

 

Bridging the Bar

Sustainability Initiative of the Year

Winner: Doughty Street Chambers 

 

Doughty Street

The winners of the 'Young Pro Bono Barrister of the Year Award' and the 'Lifetime Achievement in Pro Bono, the Sydney Elland Goldsmith Award' were announced at the Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference on 26 November 2022.