Pro Bono Week profile: Mark Townsend
Deputy senior clerk, Mark Townsend is the first point of contact for the referrers of pro bono work. He helps identify a suitable barrister to take on each case. Here he explains what pro bono means to him.
Deputy senior clerk, Mark Townsend is the first point of contact for the referrers of pro bono work. He helps identify a suitable barrister to take on each case. Here he explains what pro bono means to him.
Nikolas Clarke represented the local authority social services’ department in an inquest concerning MM, a 17-year-old young man, who died in February 2020. MM was being housed by the local authority.
Rebecca Handcock wrote a detailed pro bono advice for a woman who had longstanding issues with a local authority. Her complaints related to housing and homelessness and stretched back to 2006.
We are delighted to welcome Savannah Bullen-Manson as a new tenant. Savannah's areas of practice are family, property and Court of Protection.
Christine Cooper represented the London Borough of Ealing which successfully defended an application for judicial review concerning a Care Act assessment carried out remotely. The claimant was refused permission for a judicial review.
Professor Bill Bowring is representing the Bar Council of England & Wales at the first ever meeting between the ECHR and representatives of the Bars and Law Societies of the 47 Council of Europe’s member states.
We are delighted that 7 members of chambers have been included in Chambers and Partners 2022. Additionally, we continue to be ranked as a set for our social housing law team.
Nikolas Clarke represented the local authority social services department in an inquest concerning IMT, an 82-year-old woman, who died in May 2020. She was being supported at home by a private care agency contracted by the local authority as part of a care package.
An 11-person team of our barristers and staff took part in the 10km London Legal Walk yesterday. They walked with more than 8,000 other lawyers to raise funds for free legal services across London and the South East.
We are delighted to announce that Nikolas Clarke has been appointed a part-time fee-paid employment judge by the Lord Chancellor.