As a new term beings here at Durham, we reflect on the outstanding achievements of our students. Durham Law School Undergraduate Prizes recognise outstanding academic achievement across a range of subject areas and year groups.
We are delighted to celebrate the achievements of our students during the 2025–2026 academic year and to acknowledge the generous support of our donors, whose contributions make these awards possible.
Prizes for the current academic year 2026-7, can be found on the webpages here. If you have any questions, please contact jessica.banks@durham.ac.uk for further information.
Congratulations to the prize winners for the Introduction to English Law and Legal Methods prize:
1st Anya Ng
2nd Nicola Bell
3rd Annemieke Karssens
Congratulations to the prize winners for the Mr Justice Goss University College Law Prize:
1st Alkyoni Kotsis
Joint 2nd Andreas Geordiades and Georgia Mead
Congratulations to the prize winners for the Toby Hooper KC Prize for Law in Grey College:
1st Nikolas Peljhan
2nd Ethan Rabetrano
3rd Ethan Lim and Tsk Mok
Congratulations to the prize winners for the Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Prize in Tort Law:
1st Cheryl Foo Xuan Xuan
2nd Kabir Anand
3rd Eleonora Lucic
Congratulations to the prize winners for the Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Prize in Contract Law:
1st Kanishka Kesarwani
2nd Jessica Woolhead
3rd Ana Alania
Congratulations to prize winner for The Francis Taylor Buildings Chambers Prize in UK Constitutional Law:
1st Vedant Das
Congratulations to the prize winner for The Francis Taylor Buildings Chambers Prize in Individual and the State:
Congratulations to the prize winners for the Lord Hughes of Ombersley Prize for Law in Van Mildert:
2nd Lakshaniya Bavaharan
3rd Karen Katagiri
Congratulations to the prize in OUP Criminal Law by Oxford University Press:
1st Senudi Loku Umagiliyage
Congratulations to the prize winners for the Three Verulam Buildings Prize in Commercial Law:
1st Malika Eshanova
Joint 2nd Sardar Muhammad Musa Khan & Rui Xuan Ree Ann SOH
Congratulations to the prize winner for the Colin and Romey Warbrick Prize for Public International Law:
1st Shivani Muralidharan
Congratulations to the prize winners for the Gray's Inn Master John Steel Prize in Public Law by John Steel KC
1st Arielle Indraguna
2nd Callista Partsafas
3rd Amber Morris
Congratulations to the prize winners for the Law of Family Relationships Prize:
1st Grace Robinson
2nd Annabelle Martin
3rd Matthew Ward
Congratulations to prize winner for the Slaughter and May Prize for Pensions Law:
1st James Adamson
Congratulations to the prize winner for the Association of Pension Lawyers Prize:
1st Thom Wheeler
2nd Ernesto Valverde Chedraui
Congratulations to the prize winner for the Hefin Rees KC Prize for Media Law:
1st Olivia Seredzinska
2nd Ka H Yip
3rd Aditi Soni
Congratulations to the prize winner for the Thomson Reuters Best in Third Year Performance Prize:
1st Gabriella Deegan
Congratulations to the prize winner for the Hart Publishing Prize:
1st Pitchapha Smitasiri
We extend our sincere thanks to all our donors whose generosity enables us to recognise and celebrate excellence across our student community.
Slaughter and May
The Honourable Mr James Goss
His Honour Toby Hooper KC
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Francis Taylor Buildings Chambers
The Rt Hon Lord Hughes of Ombersley, KC
Oxford University Press
Three Verulam Buildings
Sir Franklin (Frank) Berman KCMG QC, Sir Michael Wood KCMG, Professor Vaughan Lowe QC
Mr John Steel, KC
Sir Andrew McFarlane
The Slaughter and May
The Association of Pension Lawyers
Mr Hefin Rees, KC
Thomson Reuters
Hart Publishing Bloomsbury
Durham Law School warmly congratulates all prize recipients on their outstanding academic success.
