Lucy McCaughan
Law graduate
Lucy McCaughan graduated from New College, Oxford in 2023 with first class honours in Law. She is currently working at the Law Commission in the Property, Family and Trusts Team. Lucy is assisting the Business Tenancies project but she maintains a keen interest in the Family bar. She will commence the Bar Course at the Inns of Court College of Advocacy in September, having been awarded a Lord Mansfield scholarship by Lincoln’s Inn.
Law graduate
Lucy McCaughan graduated from New College, Oxford in 2023 with first class honours in Law. She is currently working at the Law Commission in the Property, Family and Trusts Team. Lucy is assisting the Business Tenancies project but she maintains a keen interest in the Family bar. She will commence the Bar Course at the Inns of Court College of Advocacy in September, having been awarded a Lord Mansfield scholarship by Lincoln’s Inn.
Lucy McCaughan, winner of 4PB's inaugural Alan Inglis essay competition, puts the case for the expansion of legal parenthood beyond the current dyadic model
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Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
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