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 .
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