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It’s an Honour

17 June 2014
Issue: 7611 / Categories: Legal News
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The hard work and achievements of a legal aid lawyer and a part-time family judge were among those recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

Pamela Kenworthy, the former legal director at Howells, received an OBE for services to legal aid, while David Hodson, co-founder and partner at The International Family Law Group and part-time family court judge, received an OBE for services to international family law.

Also receiving an OBE were: Karen Jones, Crown Advocate at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), for services to law and order; David Thomas, senior legal business advisor at the CPS, for services to law and order; Derrick Kelleher, head of operations in the National Crime Agency’s organised crime command; Graeme Nuttall, partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse, for services to employee ownership, share schemes and mutual; Jennifer Bibbings, Dubai partner at Trowers & Hamlins, for services to British business interests; and Elspeth Macarthur, former member of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland, for services to judicial appointments.

Robert Francis QC, of Sergeants’ Inn Chambers, who chaired the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, was knighted for services to healthcare and patients. 

International criminal lawyer Ingrid Elliott received an MBE for services to international justice.

Sunita Mason, a district judge at Peterborough County Court, was made a CBE for services to public protection. 

 

Issue: 7611 / Categories: Legal News
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