Former Isle of Man Law Society president Jonathan Wild has received the society’s Deemster Kerruish Endeavour Award.

Current president Kevin O’Riordan said he felt the award was for the society’s unsung heroes and that Mr Wild had never courted publicity for the work he had undertaken on behalf of the society. The award represented, he said,  ‘a wonderful opportunity’ to celebrate Mr Wild’s work for the society and his fundraising for charity.

Deemster Kerruish’s widow, Marianne, was moved to hear Mr Wild’s fond recollections of her late husband and particularly touched by his reading of a comment, made after His Honour’s death, that summed up his character: ‘There are great men who can make every man feel small. But the truly great man is the man that makes every man feel great.’

His Honour Judge of Appeal Geoffrey Tattersall QC, Marianne Kerruish and Kevin O’Riordan were the judging panel charged with deliberating on the nominations made by the society to determine which advocate best deserved the honour.

Mr Wild was presented with a personalised illuminated certificate created by local artist Colleen Corlett, which, on its obverse, bears a picture of the late Deemster and some of the many positive eulogies delivered in 2010 after his untimely death.  

Photo - Jonathan Wild is pictured, centre, with Marianne Kerruish and Isle of Man Law Society president Kevin O’Riordan.