Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council was highly commended in the category, which was sponsored by Bevan Brittan, Weightmans and Browne Jacobson.
The winners and placements in the other categories were:
Significant Contribution to Local Government Law & Practice (sponsored by VWV; and Anthony Collins Solicitors)
- Winner: Natasha Watson (pictured), Brighton & Hove City Council.
- Highly Commended: Sarah Duxbury, Warwickshire County Council.
Lawyer of the Year (sponsored by Shoosmiths; Eversheds Sutherland; and Trowers & Hamlins):
- Winner: Kieran Stockley, Melton Borough Council.
- Highly Commended: Lucie Hardwick, Torbay Council; and Sarah Hall, Mansfield District Council.
Junior Lawyer of the Year (sponsored by Greenburgh & Co; Iken; and Thomson Reuters):
- Winner: Eleanor Troke, Wakefield Council.
- Highly Commended: Laura Sturgess, North West Leicestershire DIstrict Council; Sara Zadeh, Brighton & Hove City Council.
- Finalists: Stephanie Hartopp, Warwickshire County Council; Rachel Smith, Derbyshire County Council.
Legal Project Individual/Team of the Year (sponsored by Sharpe Pritchard; Wilkin Chapman; and Womble Bond Dickinson)
- Winner: Jack Cantwell, Warwickshire County Council.
- Highly Commended: North West Leicestershire In-House Legal Team.
- Finalists: Southampton & Fareham Legal Partnership; Kieran Stockley, Melton Borough Council; and Brent Council Legal Services Commercial Team.
The awards ceremony took place at LLG’s Spring Conference in Durham last week (27 May).