Simcocks’ advocate Kevin O’Loughlin has been awarded the 2015 George Johnson Law Prize.

Presenting the award His Honour Deemster Doyle said Mr O’Loughlin’s submission dealt with a difficult subject “in a mature way”, and went on to say, “the author had studied the relevant law in detail and the objective of the prize had been satisfied.”

The winning essay was called Is insolvency different? A discussion of the decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Singularis Holdings Limited v PwC.

Founded in 1943 in memory of George Sayle Johnson, a former president of the Isle of Man Law Society, the award seeks to encourage the study of law and establish a bank of authoritative Manx jurisprudence through the submission of an academic paper.

Deemster Doyle said: “It is a great honour to win the prize and this year’s competition has been particularly keen.”

Kevin, an advocate in Simcocks corporate and commercial department, said: “The essay topics were very interesting this year, and I am very pleased to have been selected for this award.”

Chief executive officer for the Isle of Man Law Society, Juan Moore said: “With so many entrants for this year’s award, and given the high standards, Kevin’s achievement is very well earned. It is pleasing to see this competition growing from strength to strength and I now look forward to the 2016 George Johnson Law Prize.”

The essay can be viewed under the publications section of Simcocks website at www.simcocks.com. 

Kevin was recently singled out by the independent researchers at The Legal 500, widely considered to be the Who’s Who of the legal profession. The guide ranked Simcocks as a top tier company for its private client advice describing the lawyers in the team as ‘professional, approachable and solution-oriented’ and going on to describe Kevin as an “expert”.

Photo - left to right - Simon Cain, President of the Isle of Man Law Society Council; Deemster Doyle and Kevin O'Loughlin.