Winners
Times Law Awards: Winners
Download the winning essays from previous competitions:
- 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
