The City Leap Team at Bristol City Council has been named Team of the Year at the LLG Awards 2023.
Bristol City Leap is a partnership between the local authority and Ameresco aimed at accelerating green energy investment in Bristol and help towards decarbonising the city.
The awards were hosted last Friday by LLG President Rachel McKoy at the Sky Loft on the 16th Floor of the Park Regis Hotel in Birmingham, the venue of the first day of LLG’s Spring Conference.
The West Midlands Combined Authority was highly commended and City of Wolverhampton was commended in the Team of the Year category, which was sponsored by law firms Browne Jacobson and Trowers & Hamlins
Stephen Taylor, currently monitoring officer at Slough Borough Council, was recognised for his significant contribution to the local government legal profession. This award was sponsored by Bevan Brittan and The Local Government Legal Trust.
The other award winners and those to receive commendations were:
Junior Lawyer (sponsored by IKEN and Womble Bond Dickinson)
- Winner – Sebastian Teterra
- Highly Commended – Jennifer Batten
- Highly Commended – Kieran Brehany
Leadership in the Profession (sponsored by Wilkin Chapman and VWV)
- Winner – Sandra O’Brien of Brighton and Hove City Council
- Highly Commended – Gloucestershire County Council
- Commended – Elizabeth Warhurst of North West Leicestershire Council
- Commended – Liverpool City Council
Community Impact (sponsored by Greenburgh & Co and Thomson Reuters)
- Winner – Wolverhampton City Council
- Highly Commended – Bristol City Council
- Commended – Telford & Wrekin Council
Lawyer of the Year (sponsored by Anthony Collins Solicitors, Sharpe Pritchard and Weightmans)
- Winner – Laura Summers of Milton Keynes Council.
- Highly Commended – Helen Reed of Bristol City Council
- Commended – Kate Hillier of North West Leicestershire Council