Wills and equity committee

CHAIRMANRichard Bark-Jones became chairman of the wills and equity committee in 1998, after serving as a member on predecessor committees.

He is a third-generation partner in Morecroft Urquhart, a Liverpool firm founded in 1813.

A former President of Liverpool Law Society, he lectures on trusts, wills and probate.

His interests, when not tasting the latest guest ale in his local, include sailing, skiing and (now as spectator) rugby.

Richard is married with three children, one of whom appears determined to follow her father into the profession.

COMMITTEE MEMBERSMeg Andrews, Hartley & Worstenholme, CastlefordHelen Clarke, solicitor and academic, HarrogateRichard Ford (Chairman from September 2001), Wood Awdry & Ford, MarlboroughCharles Gordon, Foster Savage & Gordon, FarnboroughDiana Graves, Pemberton Greenish, LondonMurray Hallam, Withers, LondonMichael Hayes Macfarlanes, LondonProfessor Lesley King, solicitor & academic, LondonClive Margrave-Jones, Margraves, PowysNancy Nagle, Montague Harris, Chipping SodburyStephen Pallister, Pinsent Curtis Biddle, BristolGill Steel, solicitor and trainer, WinchesterRobert Venables, Bircham Dyson Bell, London.l For additional information about the work of the wills and equity committee, contact Sonia Purser, policy adviser, the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL, DX 56 London/Chancery Lane, e-mail: sonia.purser@lawsociety.org.uk