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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MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gilson Gray—Paul Madden
Partner appointed to head international insolvency and dispute resolution for England
Brachers—Gill Turner Tucker
Kent firm expands regional footprint through strategic acquisition
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—William Charles
Financial disputes and investigations specialist joins as partner in London
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The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains
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