Some of the most forward-thinking individuals, law firms and services providers in the legal industry were honoured earlier this year at the fourth annual Legal Week Innovation Awards.

The ceremony, hosted by comedian Zoe Lyons at The Brewery in London, saw Addleshaw Goddard take home two major honours, in the Future of Legal Services Innovation and Rising Star categories, with innovation and legal technology head Kerry Westland (pictured above centre) picking up the latter award for her continued efforts to drive change at the firm.

Other major law firms to receive awards included Bird & Bird, Shearman & Sterling, Mayer Brown, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and Macfarlanes, while offshore firm Ogier secured an underdog victory against global giants including Dentons and Hogan Lovells to take the International Law Firm Innovation prize.

The awards, which cover disciplines including BD, finance, IT, project management, PR and recruitment, also this year recognised the continued rise in prominence of legal operations, with Coventry Building Society's legal team recognised for their efforts in this increasingly important area.

Ex-Linklaters lawyer Julia Salasky was named Outstanding Innovator for founding CrowdJustice, a crowdfunding platform that has helped raise millions of of pounds to fund legal cases in the UK and US. Earlier this year, she talked to Legal Week editor Georgina Stanley about democratising access to law and changing the way cases are funded.

Click on the links below for more information about all the winners.

Legal Innovation Awards winners in full