15 May 2019
Solicitor Wins Employee of the Year in the Belfast Business Awards
Laura Banks, Solicitor with Belfast law firm Francis Hanna
& Co, has won the award for Employee of the Year in the Belfast Business
Awards.
The award was announced on Friday 10th May 2019 at a Gala
event in the Titanic Building hosted by the Belfast Chamber of Trade and
Commerce.
Laura was feted by the Judges as “Outstanding,
ground-breaking and game changing” for her successful work in the Supreme Court
case of Siobhan McLaughlin in which the UK government was found to unlawfully
discriminate against bereaved children because of their parents’ marital
status.
Laura commented : “It is a huge honour to have
won this award and to have taken part in an evening celebrating Belfast’s many
thriving businesses. It is particularly important in the current climate to
showcase the achievements of our local businesses and the talent that we have
here, as well as having the work of a Belfast law firm celebrated at this
event. It is lovely to be recognised for hard work and I am extremely fortunate
to be surrounded by supportive colleagues who nominated me.”