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Ian Huddleston is new President of Northern Ireland Law Society
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he Law Society of Northern Ireland has welcomed Mr Ian Huddleston as its new President .
Mr Huddleston is originally from Downpatrick and studied Law at Queens University in Belfast before undertaking a Master ’ s Degree in Commercial Law at Bristol University .
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After completing his apprenticeship with Murlands Solicitors in Downpatrick he was admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in Northern Ireland in 1991 and subsequently to the Roll of solicitors in England and Wales in 2010 .
He is also actively involved in the area of charity law and philanthropy .
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Search starts for Northern Ireland Directors of the Year
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he Institute of Directors today launched its annual search for Northern Ireland ’ s most successful directors at Riddel Hall in Belfast .
The IoD First Trust Bank Director of the Year Awards recognise the outstanding achievements and leadership of directors in Northern Ireland across 10 categories .
For the past two years , winners from the Northern Ireland awards have gone on to claim the title of overall UK Director of the Year at the finals held in London .
Linda Brown , Director of IoD , Northern Ireland , said : “ The IoD First Trust Bank Director of the Year Awards are an opportunity for Northern Ireland ’ s directors to receive well deserved recognition for their high standards in leadership and business .
“ Year after year , winners from the Northern Ireland finals have gone on to dominate the UK awards with five category winners and 5 highly commended directors this year alone , including Brendan McGurgan of CDE Global who won the UK Director of the Year title . Northern Ireland even claimed the only highly commended award in this overall category with Alastair Hamilton of Invest NI coming second to Brendan .
Brendan McGurgan CDir , Managing Director of CDE Global , Ian Sheppard , Chairman of the IoD NI and Des Moore , Managing Director of First Trust Bank .
“ The IoD aims to develop the leadership skills of directors and the success of our members on a national level proves that Northern Ireland continues to produce business men and women of the highest calibre .”
The 10 category winners are put forward to the IoD UK Finals later in the year .
Criteria for all the awards can be viewed and application forms downloaded at www . iodni . com / news .