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Politics, Law & Religion


Adam Afriyie Conservative MP, Windsor


In the past year Adam was appointed chairman of the House of Commons Committee on Members’ Allowances, chairman of the Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology and chairman of the Parliamentary Space Committee. At the 2010 general election, he won the biggest majority in the history of the Windsor constituency, with 60.75% (30,172) of the votes. In the last government, the father of three was previously the shadow minister for innovation, universities and skills, with responsibilities for science and innovation. He was also formerly a member of the children, school and families select committee. Te self-made millionaire – he is one of the wealthiest MPs and is said to be worth as much as £100m – was a founding director and is now a non-executive chairman of Connect Support Services, an IT services company that pioneered fixed-price support that was recognised in 2002 by Te Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100, an annual list of Britain’s fastest growing private companies. In 2005, Adam sold his controlling interest in DeHavilland Information Services, a news and information services company, to Emap. He is the patron of Berkshire Young Enterprise.


Daniel Alexander, QC Barrister


Daniel is recognised as one of the most celebrated intellectual property/media and IT lawyers of the modern era. Tis year the Chambers Directory awarded him a commendable three-star ranking. His clients include the BBC, BSkyB, Channel 4, French Connection and several prominent entertainment/creative media individuals. Awarded the Chambers Bar Awards IT Silk of the Year 2007, Daniel has been at the centre of a plethora of groundbreaking judgments that have helped to shape trademark law. He represented Te Beatles in the well-known trademark dispute with US technology giant Apple, and has been involved in a host of other celebrated cases. Daniel obtained a first in physics and philosophy at Oxford and an LLM from Harvard Law School as a Kennedy Scholar. Daniel is a member of the Oxford University Law Faculty Advisory Group and a member of the Bar Council professional disciplinary panels. Five years ago he was appointed to sit as a Deputy High Court Judge. In addition to being one of the UK’s top commercial law experts he is also a proud trustee of the Natural History Museum and has recently taken a further role on the Development Trust.


Margaret Casely-Hayford


Director of Legal Services, John Lewis Partnership Plc


Mrs Justice Dobbs High Court Judge


Margaret is company secretary and chief legal officer to one of the country’s most well-known and highly respected retailers, which has 70,000 employees and a £7bn annual turnover. She took up the position in 2006. Te Oxford graduate made her mark with a fearless shake-up of the company’s legal panel, bringing on board fresh blood to help secure the company’s expansion within the UK. She was appointed to the NHS Commissioning Board as a non-executive director as well as sitting on the board of the British Retail Consortium and on its general purposes committee. Troughout her career she has been a serial trailblazer. In 1998, she became the first black woman to be made partner of a City firm (Denton Wilde Sapte) and successfully challenged the Bar Council over rules that stated that barristers must first disbar before qualifying as solicitors. Te crucial amendment brought enormous benefit to solicitors across the country. At Denton she was lead adviser to Camden Council in the £2bn Kings Cross regeneration project. Margaret is a former special trustee of the Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity.


Justice Linda Dobbs is Britain’s first black High Court judge. She is assigned as one of the judges nominated to hear cases in the administrative court. Previously, Justice Dobbs, 61, was a top criminal QC who was chair of the Criminal Bar Association, the biggest specialist group at the bar. She also chaired the Bar’s Professional Standards Committee. She has spent much of her career campaigning for equality for ethnic minorities, devoting much free time to working with youngsters to end the perception that judges are remote. She studied Russian and law at the University of Surrey followed by a Master’s in law and a doctorate in Soviet criminology and penology from the London School of Economics. She has five honorary doctorates, is director of international training for the Judicial College, is a member of the Advisory Board of the Association of Commonwealth Criminal Lawyers and she was awarded Te Black Solicitors’ Network Lifetime Achievement Award 2010. She continues her work with BME students and law graduates, hosting them at court and offering guidance. Her accomplishments have been recognised by the Bar Council, the Law Society and the Black Solicitors Network.


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