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06 January 2021
Issue: 7915 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Lawyers honoured

The founder of the Black Solicitors Network (BSN) was among the lawyers celebrating gongs in the New Year Honours List

Cordella Bart-Stewart, judge, founder of London firm Stewart & Co and social mobility campaigner, received an OBE.

OBEs also went to: Jonathan Bamford, formerly of the Information Commissioner's Office; Louise Di Mambro, registrar, Supreme Court; Professor Christopher Hodges, head, CMS research programme; Sarah Marchant, Crown Prosecution Service, South West; and Frances Woolley, former general counsel, Ofcom.

Glynis Wright, who launched Leicester firm Glynis Wright Solicitors, which merged with Nelsons in December, received the MBE for female entrepreneurship.

Wright said: ‘It truly is a privilege.’

MBEs also went to Nigel Priestley, senior partner, Ridley & Hall, and Sylvia Cundell, senior Crown Prosecutor, East of England.

CBEs went to: barrister and judge Fayyaz Afzal, who used technology to overcome visual impairment; former law commissioner Professor David Ormerod QC; and former Judicial Appointments Commission senior commissioner Phillip Sycamore.

Geoffrey Cox QC MP, former Attorney General, received a knighthood.

Issue: 7915 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Stephen Ward, The Barrister Group

NLJ Career Profile: Stephen Ward, The Barrister Group

From mowing lawns to life at the Bar: Stephen Ward reflects on an unconventional career

Clarke Willmott—Ben Loosemore

Clarke Willmott—Ben Loosemore

Commercial property partner joins Clarke Willmott in Southampton

Ellisons—Robert Tiffen

Ellisons—Robert Tiffen

Robert Tiffen joins Ellisons as Partner in growing Norwich office

NEWS
The Law Society RFC Festival of Sport returns next month, bringing together legal and financial services professionals for one of the sector’s largest annual sporting events
Legal aid deserts leave almost one in four without adequate access to justice
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned solicitors and law firms that using artificial intelligence does not alter their professional obligations, amid concerns over inaccurate legal material and client confidentiality
From forgotten interest claims to case-management appeals, a string of procedural developments offers useful—and occasionally cautionary—lessons for practitioners

Jonathan Fisher KC highlights that it now accounts for around 40% of criminal offences, with roughly 70% involving technology, and argues that the UK cannot simply prosecute its way out of the problem. Detection, investigation and prosecution all require improvement, while different fraud types demand tailored responses.

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