It’s all change again in the FRU office. We were sorry to say goodbye to Imogen Leipnik, our legal secondee from Linklaters LLP. Imogen qualified as a solicitor at the end of September and left us to go back to her position at Linklaters. Imogen was a fantastic advocate and also pitched in to help us to run our service. We wish her all the best in her career. Almost at the same time our new Outer Temple Chambers pupil joined us. Maria Aisha has obtained an extended pupillage, and will be with us for the next 6 months and again in her formal second VI months period of pupillage. We wish Maria a warm welcome.
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Goodbye to Imogen and hello to MariaTue, 10/15/2019 - 11:29
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Thank you to the Ride London fourWed, 08/07/2019 - 15:13
Thanks to our four cyclists for taking part in Ride London on 4 August. Our team consisted of Anne Fairpo, Tony Almeida, Jack Gilliland and Amrit Bachu.
Together they rode 400 miles to raise funds for FRU. Over £650 has already been raised from the event.Our thanks go to each of them for giving their time and effort to support our service.
You can continue to donate for any of our riders via our two event pages below:
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Four hundred mile cycle ride for FRUWed, 07/31/2019 - 15:10
Four intrepid riders will each be cycling 100 miles on Sunday 4th August to raise money for FRU.
The four: Amrit Bachu, Anne Frizzel, Jack Gilliland and Tony Almeida are taking part in Ride London, a 100 mile cycle ride across London and Surrey.
FRU Chief Executive David Abbott said:
“FRU receives no state funding and we need to raise around £500k each year. We can only maintain our service through the hard work of people like Amrit, Anne, Jack and Tony who give up their time and effort to fundraise for us. Thanks to all four of them, please sponsor them to make their exertions really worthwhile”.
If you would like to make a donation for any or all of our four riders please use the JustGiving fundraising pages below that have been set up by Anne and Jack.
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Gemma Daly talks to the BBC about social security tribunalsWed, 06/26/2019 - 07:47
FRU volunteer and barrister Gemma Daly recently talked to Joshua Rosenberg about representing FRU clients in social security tribunals. Gemma talked about the issues of poor DWP decision making and about the impact of having professional representation. The piece on Radio 4’s Law in Action series covered the role of these tribunals and what it is like to be an appellant.
Gemma is in practice as a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers and further information and access to the programme can be found by following this link https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/gemma-daly-discusses-social-security-tribunals-radio-4s-law-action.
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Goodbye to Ayesha!Thu, 06/20/2019 - 09:56
We are very sad to be saying goodbye to our fantastic administrator/receptionist Ayesha Tarannum. Ayesha is heading off to become a teacher.
We would like to thank Ayesha for her hard work and dedication, which was demonstrated by the fact that she got us a leaving present by raising nearly £400 through JustGiving.
Bon voyage Ayesha and thanks for everything!