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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
Being philanthropic is part of our DNA. When we see somebody struggle our natural instinct is to help and many people do this by donating to charities in their lifetime or leaving charitable legacies in their wills. Other people decide to create their own charity to achieve their philanthropic aims and there has been a noticeable increase of this happening in England and Wales. As at October 2023, there were over 169,000 charities registered in England and Wales and collectively their income was circa £89 billion.
Entering the legal profession is an extremely daunting task in and of itself. The odds of success are slim – 2% if you want to be specific (Chambers Student, 2020). Against this background, those seeking to enter the profession face a cacophony of dissonant perfectionism. It is a constant rhetoric that every part of your academic journey must be flawless, coupled with an exceptional level of work experience and a multitude of extra-curricular activities. It is frankly exhausting before you have even written a word of the application. So, what do you do when you don’t fit the mould of the perfect candidate?
Refugee Week seems like the perfect opportunity to celebrate and introduce CARAS, one of KN’s two newly nominated charities which we will be supporting for the years 2022-2024.
It has now been over two months since Russia launched its military invasion of Ukraine. Since then, thousands of people have died, towns and cities have been destroyed and 13 million people have been displaced. As a result, people around the World have mobilised to help in any way they can and Kingsley Napley also wants to play its part.
This quarterly environmental law update provides a summary of a cross-section of news stories in the period July 2021 - September 2021.
Jemma Brimblecombe
Charles Richardson
Oliver Oldman
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