Kate Hincks, vice-chair of the Lawyers with Disabilities Division of the Law Society, was chosen from 30,000 People’s Champions to carry the Olympic torch through Royal Wootton Bassett on its journey around Britain.
Hincks has been volunteering since she was 11 years old and currently gives art classes to elderly and disabled people as well as legal advice. Also in the picture is fellow torch-carrier Dan McNaughton, a primary school teacher.
Government says 10% hike is justified because costs incurred by HM Courts & Tribunals Service to facilitate access to justice have gone up.
A paradigm shift is under way whereby human rights laws which are binding on business will increasingly become the norm, says former ECtHR president Robert Spano. The consequences for lawyers will be profound.
Three women who have reached the peak of their jurisdiction’s judiciary talk to Catherine Baksi about the challenges they have faced.
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