FOR RELEASE AFTER 12PM WEDNESDAY 27 JULY 2011
PRO BONO LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES NAMED FOR LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMIC GAMES
With exactly one year to go until the opening of the Games, Sport Resolutions, The Bar Council, Law Society and the British Association of Sport and Law have today announced the names of the 17 solicitors' firms and barristers’ chambers and the 19 individual advocates who have been appointed to the London 2012 Pro Bono Legal Advice and Representation Service. The final lists were selected from over 150 applications from members of the UK legal profession who offered their services during the Games.
The Service is being established at the request of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. It assembles solicitors, barristers and individual practitioners to provide free legal advice and representation from 9 July to 12 September 2012 for accredited athletes, coaches, team officials, National Olympic Committees, National Paralympic Committees and International Federations. A general service covering six areas of law is to be offered along with a sports advocacy service for athletes appearing before the ad hoc division of the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) which sits during the period of the Games.
The Service is being managed by Sport Resolutions, the specialist independent dispute service, with appointments made by a Selection Committee made up of representatives from the Bar Council, Law Society and the British Association of Sport and Law. GENERAL SECTION
Firm/Chambers Office Location(s) Areas of Law to be provided under the scheme
Argent and Lincoln House London & Sport, Criminal, Defamation and Privacy, Immigration Chambers Manchester and Asylum, Discrimination, Personal Injury
2 Bedford Row London Sport, Criminal
36 Bedford Row London Sport, Criminal, Defamation and Privacy, Immigration and Asylum, Discrimination, Personal Injury
Blackstone Chambers London Sport, Defamation and Privacy, Discrimination
Brabners Chaffe Street Manchester Sport
Charles Russell London Sport, Defamation and Privacy
1 Crown Office Row London Sport, Immigration and Asylum, Discrimination, Personal Injury
DLA Piper London Sport, Defamation and Privacy
Farrer & Co London Sport, Defamation and Privacy
4‐5 Gray’s Inn Square London Sport, Defamation and Privacy, Discrimination, Personal Injury
Harper Macleod Glasgow Sport, Criminal, Defamation and Privacy, Immigration and Asylum, Discrimination, Personal Injury
2 Hare Court London Sport, Criminal
Mischon de Reya London Sport, Defamation and Privacy, Immigration and Asylum
4 New Square London Sport, Immigration and Asylum
18 Red Lion Court London Criminal
Russell Cooke London Sport, Criminal, Defamation and Privacy, Personal Injury
Wright Hassall Leamington Spa Sport, Defamation and Privacy, Immigration and Asylum, Discrimination, Personal injury
SPORTS ADVOCACY SECTION
Advocate Profession Firm/Chambers
Mark Afeeva Barrister Matrix Chambers
Katherine Apps Barrister Littleton Chambers
Fiona Banks Barrister Monkton Chambers
Stuart Cutting Solicitor Wright Hassall
Max Duthie Solicitor Bird & Bird
Paul Harris QC Barrister Monkton Chambers
Laura Heeley Solicitor Wright Hassall
Elisa Holmes Barrister Monkton Chambers
Brian Kennelly Barrister Blackstone Chambers
Richard Lane Solicitor Wright Hassall
Adam Lewis QC Barrister Blackstone Chambers
Graeme McPherson QC Barrister 4 New Square
John Mehrzad Barrister Littleton Chambers
Ian Mill QC Barrister Blackstone Chambers
Jane Mulcahy Barrister Blackstone Chambers
Tim Otty QC Barrister Blackstone Chambers
Jamie Riley Barrister 11 Stone Buildings
Daniel Saoul Barrister/Solicitor 4 New Square
Jim Sturman QC Barrister 2 Bedford Row