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Values into Community Action | 2007-2008 evening surgery emma shaw manages the Battersea evening surgery rota and organises in-house training seminars for volunteers in areas of law that they may encounter. This is complemented by the Law Works training programme which all volunteers are encouraged to attend. The following people have participated at the Battersea evening surgery: sejal Aghera, nilon Akther, Hannah Ambrose, Chris Angus, Patrick Arnold, Laura Baird, Kathryn Ballintine, Peter Banks, Keily Beirne, Penny Blair, Caroline Bordas, David Bridge, Charles Buckworth, David Campbell, Alex Carrington, Ash Chandhok, Michelle Chowdhury, James Cockburn, Dan Cocker, Louise Coggins, Richard Cohen, spencer Collins, tim Conduit, Andy Cork, Viv Cotes, Helen Cowley, stephanie Dee, Bas Dixon, natasha Doulia, suanne Duhig, emily Dupee, Portia edmiston, Claire edmunton, stina ekblad, Katerina engelbrecht, Rainer evers, thomas evans, Alice Falconer, Daniel Fisher, Barbara Forman, Alastair Foy, James Freeman, Laura Gatward, nesa Ghadiri-Zare, Davina Given, James Godfrey, narda Graham, seonaid Grimstone, James Haggie, Miriam Hashim, Alexis Hayworth, Jane Higgins, Alistair Hill, Matthew Hill, natalie Hill, Rishi Hindocha, Matthew Hodgson, Andrew Howard, Kate Jackson, Hetti Jackson-stops, Jay Jamnadas, Alison Jensen, Keshinda Johnson-Lewis, Cecelia Joyce, Katie Joyce, sarah Juniper, sophia Khan, Jonty Knight, Valentina Kovaluk, Kunal Kumbhat, Conan Lauterpacht, Jonathan Le Rossignol, Xia Li, Luke Lightfoot, erynne Lim, Jenny Ljunghammar, suzy Lloyd, James Loat, Matthew Longstaff, Genevieve Loveland, Laura MacFarlane, David Mackie, Jennifer Manning, Alasdair McKenzie, eliza Meehan, Leigh Missig, Claire Mousley, ed Murray, eibhlin Murray, Christina nayman-Mills, Richard norridge, James norris, Dominic O'Brien, Maureen O'neill, Patrizia Pasqualini, Olivia Pim, Loretta Pugh, tim Regis, stephen Richards, Alistair Robertson, tobi Rufus, Kate Rushworth, Paul sampson, Jane samuelson, nick saner, Hayk sarkissian, Anna saville, James sealey, serena seddon, Prashanthy shankar, Victoria sharpe, Reena sheth, nicola simson, James sinclair, Anna southworth, Katie spooner, sebastian steinfeld, tim stewart, Luke streatfeild, Rafiel sunmonu, Melissa sweeting, Pam taak, Mark thompson, Charles toland, James turnbull, ekaterina Venidiktova, Rachael Visick, Xue Wang, Lauren Warner, Rachel Watson, Catherine Weller, Gemma Westaby, Luke Whibley, Richard Whitaker, Anna Whitney, nicole Williams, Lauren Willis, Paula Wilson, sarah Wilson, Rebecca Windle, Lai Lai Wong, Diane Wood, Jaclyn Yeap, sophie Zadmehr and shanshan Zhang. PA rota Since September 2006, A&O has been providing secretarial support to SWLLCʼs branches in Croydon and Colliers Wood, with a weekly rota managed by Sue Wisbey. This frees up the lawyers from administrative tasks, and the model is now being replicated by other firms. In addition, A&O provide further administrative support through an archiving service, storing hundreds of boxes of client files for Battersea in the firmʼs own storage facility. Volunteers during the course of the year are: Helen Arnold, tricia Beckford, natalie Brough, Helen ennis, Yvette Gustave, Angela Halstead, Melissa James, soneua Jenoure, Audrey Larmond, Alison Lawrence, nicola Martin, Khrista nanayakkara and nicola spence. LAW CentRes’ FeDeRAtIOn As well as providing SWLLC itself with advice on a wide range of matters, A&O has extended this advice and casework to help national organisations such as the Law Centresʼ Federation (LCF) and Advice UK as well as their member advice organisations and law centres. The following people have provided advice through this scheme to the LCF and its member organisations, Advice UK and to SWLLC itself: Ian Bevan, Helen Buzzacott, Lydia Chesshyre, tobias Crump, Haylie Flatt, sarah Henchoz, Alistair Hill, Mark Mansell, Brin Mazen, Mark simms, David Williams and Jessica Williams. In addition, sue smith and Annmarie elmer advised the LCF on the best use of space and desk layouts when they moved to new offices this year. 74 © Allen & Overy LLP 2008
LOnDOn LeGAL sUPPORt tRUst 2007-2008 I Values into Community Action The London Legal Support Trust was launched in April 2004, with the support of the London office, to help raise funds for London's voluntary legal agencies such as the Law Centre and Citizens Advice Bureaux (including Battersea Legal Advice Centre). Bob Nightingale MBE is the CEO of the LLST. In 2005, Allen & Overy pioneered a scheme under which it donates to the LLST an amount equivalent to the interest earned on consolidated client accounts. Over the last two years, Allen & Overy has donated £172,000 in this way and continues working to get other law firms to sign up to the scheme, which could potentially raise hundreds of thousands of pounds per year for law centres. Contributions from Allen & Overy aside, the LLSTʼs largest source of funds is its annual walkathon. Representatives from across the legal community walk to raise funds for the LLST and various law centres. The inaugural walkathon saw 300 participants raise £35,000 for law centres. By 2007, this had increased to 1,800 walkers – including the entire judiciary – who raised £210,000. Bob Nightingale says, “Law firms are our only source of finance, so it's really important for firms like A&O to continue to support us in our much-needed work.” As a result, the LLST has been able to make grants to several law centres facing closure, as well as grants to allow advice agencies to continue their work and develop new services. The LLST funded Tower Hamlets Law Centre for three years to enable the centre to develop its services and integrate free legal advice services across the whole of East London. Enormous support has been provided by Creative services who have produced the majority of LLSTʼs materials including newsletters, banners and walkathon papers. Robert Crane and trevor Woodley from Finance created a detailed presentation for LLST to use whilst meeting senior partners of other law firms to encourage them to join the client account scheme. Jane Harold processed all of LLSTʼs Gift Aid forms. Mike Furr developed and updated the LLSTʼs website. emma shaw is the membership secretary and, together with sue Wisbey, sits on the walk committee. terri Wipperman provides admin support. ACCess tO JUstICe FOUnDAtIOn On an even wider scale, Allen & Overy is helping to establish a national foundation, using the LLST model that it developed with Bob Nightingale. This national foundation will assist law centres across the UK improve funding and sustainability. Ian elder, a former partner, has been part of the working committee comprised of senior members of the bar, the Attorney Generalʼs pro bono ambassador, partners from other law firms and senior members of not-for-profit legal agencies who have been working to drive forward this important pro bono and social policy project. The aim is to establish a new charity which will be able to receive funds from a variety of sources and then distribute these to legal advice agencies around the country, who are in desperate need of funding. Some of the potential sources of funds include: n Pro bono costs awards made possible by the Legal Services Act; n Interest on client account schemes; n Donations and other funds raised from law firms and other organisations. Liz Brownsell has been assisting Ian Elder with the legal documentation for the establishment of this new charity. © Allen & Overy LLP 2008 75
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