Lord Woolf among top lawyers recognised in Queen's birthday honours
Former chief justice scoops award alongside former National Grid GC and ex-Solicitors Regulation Authority chair
June 15, 2015 at 02:30 PM
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Lord Harry Woolf has been awarded the title of Companion of Honour in the Queen's birthday honours list, which was unveiled on Friday.
Woolf, the former chief justice who wrote the report on the 1991 Strangeways Prison riot, received the award for his services to the public and community relations.
He became the first lord chief justice to be president of the Courts of England and Wales following the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. He is currently a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong.
Others connected with the legal profession to be recognised in the birthday honours included former National Grid general counsel Helen Mahy, who was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Mahy, who stepped down from National Grid at the start of 2013 after 11 years at the FTSE 100 company, was awarded the CBE for services to business and voluntary service, particularly to the legal profession, and diversity in the workplace.
During her career at National Grid Mahy oversaw several major deals including the multibillion-pound acquisition of US utility company KeySpan in 2007. She also led an overhaul of the company's legal panel in 2011.
She is currently non-executive director on the boards of several companies.
Previously, she was also chair of legal solutions company Obelisk from February 2013 until April this year.
Charles Plant, former chair of the Solicitors Regulation Authority's (SRA) board, was also awarded a CBE for services to legal education and regulation.
Plant led the SRA board from January 2010, with his term of office ending in December 2014.
Other legal professionals to recieve honours included Keating Chambers' Paul Darling QC, who was awarded an OBE, and former legacy Wragge & Co lawyer Shane Nainappan, who is currently UK Asset Recovery Adviser to the United Arab Emirates at the Crown Prosecution Service and was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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