Announcements and obituaries – Page 8
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Tributes paid to stab-death solicitor
Police treating death of criminal defence solicitor David Mark Edwards as murder.
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ProfileTribute: Roderick O’Driscoll, ADR pioneer
Rod O’Driscoll, a leading commercial and construction lawyer with a passionate interest in alternative dispute resolution, died on 10 May. Blair Gulland, chairman of Gullands, pays tribute.
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IBA joins Lee Kuan Yew tributes
The International Bar Association has paid tribute to Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, who died last week aged 91.
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NewsLegendary Scottish solicitor dies
Criminal defence lawyer Joe Beltrami, who became a household name in Scotland, has died aged 83.
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NewsTribute: Simon Chandler
Simon Chandler, a partner at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, died on 23 January. Katy Manley, president of the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association pays tribute.
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NewsEducation specialist and AIDS adviser dies at 68
Tributes paid to former Eversheds and Wedlake Saint solicitor Timothy Costello.
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NewsTribute to ‘shop front’ solicitor pioneer
Kasturi Kalra fought against regulations restricting lawyers to premises disconnected from the public.
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News‘Mad’ Frank the litigator
We recall the later career of ‘Mad’ Frank Fraser, who died last month.
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NewsJames Bolton dies at 93
Former Law Society council member spent his entire career with Longmores in Hertford.
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NewsCampaigner and lawyer Gooding dies
Caroline Gooding played a key role in bringing about the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
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NewsTributes paid to Stephen Lloyd
Former senior partner at Bates Wells Braithwaite dies following an accident on holiday.
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NewsLegal aid campaigner dies at 59
Simon Mumford, 59, fought for legal aid and access to justice, Michael Walters, administrator of Cardiff Law Society said.
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PI pioneer Rooney dies
Inventor of the marketing catchphrase ‘slip, trip or fall; call Paul’, has died following a long illness.
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NewsChancery Lane pays tribute to Nelson Mandela
Law Society president Nicholas Fluck has led tributes from the legal profession to the life of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa.
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NewsPioneer solicitor-judge dies at 86
His Honour Peter Goldstone, one of the first solicitors to be appointed a recorder, has died