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Alison Pickup of Doughty Street scooped the barrister of the year award at the Legal Aid Practitioner’s Group Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards. Described as the ‘guardian of legal aid’, she was recognised for her work on successful challenges to the legal aid exceptional funding regulations and the residence test. Garden Court’s Connor Johnston, the former co-chair of the Young Legal Aid Lawyers group, received the newcomer award.
Alison Pickup of Doughty Street scooped the barrister of the year award at the Legal Aid Practitioner’s Group Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards. Described as the ‘guardian of legal aid’, she was recognised for her work on successful challenges to the legal aid exceptional funding regulations and the residence test. Garden Court’s Connor Johnston, the former co-chair of the Young Legal Aid Lawyers group, received the newcomer award.
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