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06 April 2009
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Philip Freedman CBE Queen's Counsel honoris causa

Philip Freedman CBE, a solicitor and member of the Law Society's conveyancing and land law committee, is one of six Queen's Counsel honoris causa announced this month.

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Philip Freedman CBE, a solicitor and member of the Law Society's conveyancing and land law committee, is one of six Queen's Counsel honoris causa announced this month. Philip has been appointed for his work developing the practical aspects of property law.

The celebrated award is made to lawyers who have made a major contribution to the law outside the courts. outsideand author on land law.

The other recipients are: Paul Jenkins, head of the government legal service; Professor John Tiley CBE, professor of tax law and fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge University; David McIntosh, a solicitor and chairman of the City of London Law Society; Abbas Mithani, a circuit judge, honorary professor of law at Birmingham University and visiting professor of law at Newcastle University; and Philip Wood, a solicitor and visiting professor at the University of Oxford, University of London and LSE.

The awards will be made at the QC appointment ceremony at Westminster Hall on 30 March.

 

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