Tower Hamlets wins local authority team of the year at Family Law Awards 2016

The Legal Services Social Care Team at the London Borough of Tower Hamlets was last week named Local Authority Family Team of the Year at the Family Law Awards 2016.

Helen Osborn of Kent County Council Legal Services meanwhile won Family Law Associate of the Year.

The Cornwell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Family Law was won by the late Bridget Lindley OBE, Family Rights Group.

A full list of winners can be viewed here.

This was the sixth year of LexisNexis’ Family Law Awards, which were held this time at the Bloomsbury Big Top.

The shortlist and winners were chosen by a judging panel made up of the heads of the Family Law Bar Association, Resolution, CILEx and the Association of Lawyers for Children, along with Family Law and LexisNexis editors and executives.