AO Hall becomes first law firm to achieve local award

Monday 14th March 2011, 2:30PM GMT.

The AO Hall partners, from the left: group partner Sam Shires with partners Louise Hall, Jon Barclay, Elaine Gray and Alison Ozanne. (Picture by Tom Tardif, 1101297)

WHEN AO Hall won one of the three main business prizes at the 2010 Guernsey Awards for Achievement it became the first law firm ever to do so.

Carey Langlois and Collas Day had both won the excellence in training award in the past, but since the small, medium and large business categories were introduced for the 2004 awards, no law firm had managed to win one.

It was in fact the second time AO Hall had put itself forward for the awards.

The firm, which was founded by Advocates Alison Ozanne and Louise Hall back in 2005, actually entered the small business category a year after launching.