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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NEWS
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