Women in the Law – Page 3
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ProfileMy legal life: Camella Cephas, WSP Solicitors
Board member, head of children and care law and soon to be managing director at WSP Solicitors, Gloucestershire
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NewsDiversity champion for legal sector in King’s Honours list
Relatively small number of solicitors recognised in the latest awards.
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OpinionA sticking plaster, not a solution: violence against women and the sentencing review
Review risks being another example of 'piecemeal policies'.
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ProfileLawyer in the news: Hannah Brown, Richard Buxton Solicitors
Firm represented Open Spaces Society, permitted to intervene at the Supreme Court in support of Dartmoor National Park Authority’s argument that wild camping is part of a broad right of open-air recreation granted to the public.
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NewsTributes for ‘bright talent’ who died before she could start solicitor apprenticeship
Lily Lammond leaves lasting legacy through fundraising for charitable causes.
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NewsSix in 10 women suffered sex discrimination in past five years
Next 100 Years chief urges firms to redouble their commitment to workplace equality and empower women to speak out.
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NewsDana Denis-Smith to be Society president in 2027
Founder of First 100 Years project elected deputy vice president of the Law Society of England and Wales.
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ProfileLawyer in the news: Sarah Myatt, Switalskis
Firm represented Peter Sullivan, whose conviction for murder was quashed by the Court of Appeal this month. Sullivan spent 38 years in prison.
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OpinionMother in Law: Scott Simmons, rainmaker maker
Diary of a busy practitioner, somewhere in England.
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ProfilePeople, clients, money – in that order: an interview with Linda Woolley
Kingsley Napley’s Linda Woolley, who is retiring after 21 years as managing partner, tells Eduardo Reyes that kindness and commerciality go hand in hand.
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ProfileLawyer in the news: Nusrat Zar, Herbert Smith Freehills
Firm represented intervener Public Law Project at the Court of Appeal, which found the government had wrongly used ‘Henry VIII’ powers to pass protest legislation.
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NewsCarrie Morrison lecture: No room for complacency over equal opportunities
Law Society and Eversheds co-host Carrie Morrison lecture on ‘shaping the future for women solicitors’ .
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OpinionMother in Law: The meaning of life
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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ProfileMy legal life: Brenda Albert, KONE plc
Legal director (Great Britain, Ireland and Netherlands) at KONE plc, a lift and escalator manufacturer.
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NewsSue Stapely, doyenne of legal PR, dies at 78
Former BBC production assistant became the Law Society’s first head of public relations and then ‘invented crisis PR’.
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NewsMore partner promotions as Irwin Mitchell unveils female-only cohort
Meanwhile global firm DLA Piper announces 65 promotions internationally with a quarter of UK partner promotions going to women.
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ProfileMy legal life: Mital Raithatha, Coram Children’s Legal Centre
Senior solicitor and head of education law, London.