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22 May 2008 / L-j Patterson
Issue: 7322 / Categories: Features , Legal services , Procedure & practice , Profession
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In her final article on women who have forged significant pathways through our legal landscape, L-J Patterson turns the spotlight on Susanna FitzGerald QC

Table dancers, strip clubs, gambling, draughty fields and playing computer games. Certainly not the average day in chambers! Susanna FitzGerald QC has made work in these areas her domain, with vast success.

FitzGerald is a leader in the field of liquor, gaming, public entertainment and betting licensing law and recognised as such by Chambers UK. She has achieved victories for nightclubs including Stringfellows and Spearmint Rhino and was heavily involved in structuring the Gambling Bill 2004 (now 2005 Act).

She has acted on numerous cases involving television companies, pubs and amusement centres, in addition to being a director of Business in Sport and Leisure (BISL); trustee of the charity GamCare; a director of the Institute of Licensing; and contributing editor to Law of Betting Gaming and Lotteries (Smith and Monkcom) and Halsbury's Laws. FitzGerald doesn't just stand out for the controversial cases

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