Times Law Awards: Winners
Download the winning essays from previous competitions:
- 2023: "Should states and private parties be entitled to recover reparations from aggressor states, and if so, how?"
- 1st: Elijah Bossa
- 2nd: Olivia Horn
- 3rd: Veniomin Kiraikou
- Runner-up: Farid Ahmed
- Runner-up: David Zuther
- Runner-up: Robyn Wickers
- 2022: “To no one will we sell, to no one will we deny or delay right or justice.” Magna Carta clause 40. Is the state financing the criminal justice system properly and, if not, is privatisation a possible solution? Would this mean selling justice?"
- 1st: Jeffrey Chu
- 2nd: William Kitchen
- 3rd: Thomas Beardsworth
- Runner-up: James Cox
- Runner-up: Willem de Vries
- Runner-up: Frank Lawton
- 2021: Stereotyping and unconscious racial bias: stumbling blocks for parties, witnesses and aspirant lawyers alike. How should the law and the profession respond?
- 1st: Carola Binney
- 2nd: Michael O'Connor
- 3rd: Afiya Amesu
- Runner-up: Eugene Tang
- Runner-up: Theo Dixon
- Runner-up: Charlene Hamilton
- 2020: Taming the Social Media Giants: How far should the state go in regulating online content?
- 1st: James Kane
- 2nd: Kathryn Handley
- 3rd: Talodabioluwa Olu-Odugbemi
- Runner-up: Antonio Fanna
- Runner-up: Talia Zybutz
- Runner-up: Charlie Colenutt
- 2019: Brexit: A threat or an opportunity for UK lawyers and legal London?
- 1st: George Croft
- 2nd: Nyasha Weinberg
- 3rd: Alexander Shaw
- Runner-up: William Beddows
- Runner-up: Sam Dayan
- Runner-up: Elijah Bossa
- 2018: Should history be rewritten in line with modern day views of human rights?
- 1st: Spencer Turner
- 2nd: Yuan Yi Zhu
- 3rd: Katie Ratcliffe
- Runner-up: Harry Balfour-Lynn
- Runner-up: Max Twivy
- Runner-up: KayKay Marivate
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2017: Brexit: should Parliament be able to overrule the referendum?
- 1st: Genevieve Woods
- 2nd: Leo Kirby
- 3rd: Yuan Yi Zhu
- Runner-up: Dominic Behar
- Runner-up: James Kirby
- Runner-up: Krishan Nadesan
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2016: Does Europe need a new legal framework to tackle the crisis of mass migration?
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1st: Joshua Brown
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2nd: Gavin Dingley
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3rd: Tristan Goodman
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Runner-up: Louisa Zangina
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Runner-up: Jack Bradley-Seddon
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Runner-up: John Morgan
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- 2015: Is Magna Carta more honoured in the breach?
- 1st: James Green
- 2nd: Ian McDonald
- 3rd: Alex Courtnage
- Runner-up: Natalie Cargill
- Runner-up: Christopher Sykes
- Runner-up: Francesca Norris
- 2014: Morality versus legality: When is war justified?
- 1st: George White
- 2nd: James Beeton
- 3rd: Lara Hassell
- Runner-up: Daniel Webb
- Runner-up: Birju Kotecha
- Runner-up: Koo Asakura
- 2013: Privacy and the Press: is state regulation in the public interest?
- 1st: Dr. Andrew Lomas
- 2nd: Lara Hassell
- 3rd: Gillian Hughes
- Runner-up: Elizabeth Houghton
- Runner-up: Henry Mance
- Runner-up: Joel McMillan
- 2012: Cameras in court: justice's loss or gain?
- 1st: James Potts
- 2nd: Thomas Coates
- 3rd: Eirwen-Jane Pierrot
- Runner-up: Edward Granger
- Runner-up: Kyle Lawson
- Runner-up: Jamie Susskind
- 2011: Justice under the axe: can the Government's cuts be fair?
- 1st: Anthony Pavlovich
- 2nd: Andrew McIntyre
- 3rd: David Mead
- Runner-up: Stephen Donnelly
- Runner-up: Adam Myers
- Runner-up: Jack Simpson
- 2010: Supreme Court UK: Radical change, or business as usual?
- 1st: Anita Davies
- 2nd: Ian Higgins
- 3rd: Ian McFarlane
- Runner-up: Natalie Kyneswood
- Runner-up: Jack Pailing
- Runner-up: Ben Zurawel
- 2009: Should people in the public eye have a right to privacy?
- 1st: Bryan Adams
- 2nd: Alexander Halban
- 3rd: Fraser Campbell
- Runner-up: Dominic Brown
- Runner-up: Lee Howard
- Runner-up: Justin Leslie
- 2008: In the bank or under the bed: Should the law protect your money?
- 1st: Ben Zurawel
- 2nd: Fraser Campbell
- 3rd: Peter Head
- Runner-up: Robert Grindrod
- Runner-up: Christopher Lillywhite
- Runner-up: Tom Xavier
- 2007: Extradition to foreign courts: are our laws fair?
- 1st: Andrew McIntyre
- 2nd: David Roderick
- 3rd: Helen Nugent
- Runner-up: William East
- Runner-up: Edward Ho
- Runner-up: Greg Unwin
- 2006: Terrorism -v- Human Rights - Where do you draw the line ?
- 1st: Amy Rogers
- 2nd: Tim McAtackney
- 3rd: Alexander Roy
- Runner-up: Charles Dawson
- Runner-up: Emma Douglas
- Runner-up: Andrew McIntyre
- 2005: Tesco Law: The Shape of Things to Come? Will Clementi be good for consumers but bad for lawyers?
- 1st: Fraser Campbell
- 1st: Sarah Love
- 3rd: Arturo John
- Runner-up: Criseyda Cox
- Runner-up: Edward Ho
- Runner-up: Alan Mak
- 2004: Constitutional Reform: Will the justice system benefit?
- 1st: James Brilliant
- 2nd: Nicholas Roberts
- 3rd: Yasseen Gailani
- Runner-up: Edward Ho
- Runner-up: James MacDonald
- Runner-up: Joanna McGinley
- 2003: Victims or Defendants - Can there be Justice For All?
- 1st: Adam Sher
- 2nd: Alexander Mills
- 3rd: Andrew Lang
- Runner-up: Caroline Moore
- Runner-up: Kasia Walawska
- Runner-up: Aidan Wilcox
- 2002: International terrorists: What role should the law play?
- 1st: Matthew Gullick
- 2nd: William Tautz
- 3rd: Jonathan Crompton
- Runner-up: Sarai Jacob
- Runner-up: Katy Ralph
- Runner-up: Andrew Roberts
- 2001: Ethical Dilemmas: Who should decide – lawyers, scientists or God?
- 1st: Jonathan Davey
- 2nd: Caroline Foster
- 3rd: Adrian Delmont
- Runner-up: Katrina Bochner
- Runner-up: Richard Hamilton
- Runner-up: Timothy Walker
- 2000: Crimes against humanity: Who has the right to intervene?
- 1st: Alice Marshment
- 2nd: Donna Eccott
- 3rd: Daniel Hubbard
- Runner-up: Joshua Hubbard
- Runner-up: Patrick Murphy
- Runner-up: C. Esther Wood
- 1998: Access to justice – who pays the price?
- 1st: Mike Thomas
- 2nd: Sarah Palin
- 3rd: Suzana Sava
- Runner-up: Alastair Ladkin
- Runner-up: David Lewis
- Runner-up: Andrea Markham
- Special prize winner: Rachael Levene
- 1997: Privacy and the Press: Is Law the answer?
- 1st: Adam Speker
- 2nd: Ben McFarlane
- 3rd: Paul McQuade
- Runner-up: Louise Oxford
- Runner-up: Sarah Palin
- Runner-up: Dominic Rose
- 1996: Law Lords in the 90’s – a new Supreme Court
- 1st: Elizabeth Errington
- 2nd: John McKeever
- 3rd: Kenneth Yap
- Runner-up: Nicholas Oakeshott
- Runner-up: Elisabeth Peden
- Runner-up: Richard Wald
- 1995: Advocacy – what is its future?
- 1st: Renuka Kukanesen
- 2nd: James Nicholls
- 3rd: Christopher Daniels
- Runner-up: Philip Daniels
- Runner-up: Jasbir Dhillon
- Runner-up: Daniel Raglan