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Trustees

We have an experienced, dedicated and specialist Board of Trustees who volunteer their time to govern the organisation and direct our strategy.

We are currently looking for one more person to join our Board of Trustees. We are particularly looking for people with local knowledge of Birmingham. See our Work for Us page for more details.

We are also grateful to have the support of our patron, Lord Willy Bach who works tirelessly for the cause of access to justice. He has recently chaired the Bach Commission on Access to Justice.

If you are interested in becoming a trustee please get in touch.

Chris West

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Chris is a public service professional, and a qualified accountant (CIPFA), with over 32 years’ service in local Government.  He was Director of Resources/Finance for Coventry City Council from 2007 to 2017. Prior to that he spent 9 years as Assistant Director of Education, for 2 of which he was also Acting Director of Education. Since leaving local government in 2017, Chris works as a self-employed consultant and a non-executive director in roles across the public, private and voluntary sector. His focus and drive are working to improve the quality of life for our citizens and communities.

Published: 1st July, 2020

Updated: 2nd July, 2020

Author: Elliot Randle

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Chris King

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With a background initially in the arts, and subsequently as a solicitor in private practice, Chris became a Lecturer in the School of Law at what was then the University of Central England (now Birmingham City University) in 2003.  He became Director of the University's then law clinic, the Free Representation Unit in 2004 and, as a Senior Lecturer, has been module leader for the placement-based Legal Advice & Representation Unit module on the LL.B. at Birmingham City University since 2008.  In this capacity, Chris has acquired significant experience of working with pro bono organisations in Birmingham and the wider West Midlands.

Published: 1st July, 2020

Updated: 2nd July, 2020

Author: Elliot Randle

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Professor Jean McHale

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Jean is Professor of Healthcare Law and Director of the Centre for Health Law Science and Policy at the University of Birmingham. Her recent books include Principles of Medical Law (4th ed) (Oxford University Press 2017, edited with Judy Laing) and European Health Law: Themes and Implications (Cambridge University Press 2015, co-authored with Tamara Hervey).

Published: 15th August, 2018

Author: Claire Stern

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June Jeffrey

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June was a Civil Servant until her retirement, specialising in the interpretation and application of legislation and advising on compliance, particularly in relation to trusts and settlements. She is a Director of Coventry Community Empowerment Network.

Published: 15th August, 2018

Author: Claire Stern

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David Welsh

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Published: 15th August, 2018

Author: Claire Stern

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Graham Moffat

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Graham is a retired Associate Professor from the University of Warwick Law School and a Member of the Socio-Legal Studies Association. He is an expert in charity law.

Published: 15th August, 2018

Updated: 15th October, 2018

Author: Claire Stern

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Keith Wilding

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Keith qualified as a social worker in 1974. He worked in area teams and hospitals before leaving in 1988 to read for the Bar. He was a barrister between 1990 and 2012. He completed his LLM in Social Welfare Law in 2008. For 20 years he was a fee paid judge in what is now the Social Entitlement Chamber of the Tribunals Service and he has been a fee paid judge in the Health and Social Care Chamber (mental health tribunals) for 10 years, sitting in the Midlands. He is a Member of the Inner Temple and a retired member of the Midland Circuit.

Published: 15th August, 2018

Updated: 6th July, 2020

Author: Claire Stern

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Professor Harinder Bahra - Chair

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Harinder is Professor Emeritus in management and diversity. He has worked in a number of senior academic roles including dean of a faculty of business and law.  An advocate of social inclusion, equity and social cohesion, Harinder has advised and led transformative change projects around leadership and diversity management with many private, public and voluntary sector organisations.

Published: 4th July, 2018

Updated: 2nd July, 2020

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Lord Willy Bach - Patron

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Currently Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire, Lord Bach was created a life peer in 1998. He has held various front bench and government posts, including Shadow Attorney General and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice. He recently chaired the Bach Commission on Access to Justice.  He is also a great-nephew of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst.

Published: 3rd July, 2018

Updated: 15th August, 2018

Author: Claire Stern

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    We want to live in a society where people’s rights are upheld, their needs met and they are enabled to thrive. We are the largest Law Centre in the UK. We provide free specialist legal advice to people across central England.

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    Following the breakdown of a relationship, we provide advice and representation on all aspects of family and childcare law.

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    Legal advice and representation to people seeking to regularise their immigration status.

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    All our services are free funded by a wide range of partners and supporters.

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    Our history

    The national Law Centre movement was started in the 1970s by radical lawyers who were disappointed in the failure of the welfare state to eradicate poverty and deliver a more equal society. Coventry Law Centre was founded in 1976 by four Councillors: Tom McLatchie, Gilbert Richards, Arthur Waugh Senior and Charles Ward. Coventry City Council has been a key supporter of our work ever since.

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    Every day we help people to know their legal rights and have them upheld. We change the lives of the people we help, and change society to make it fairer for all and more equal.

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