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Lawyers recognised in New Year Honours list

A number of lawyers and others connected to the legal practice, advice and support, and education worlds, and to the law enforcement field, have been recognised for their achievement and service in the 2017 New Year Honours list:

Companion of the Order of the Bath

• Matthew Cyrus Coats, chief operating officer , Ministry of Justice, for public service.
• Peter James Reginald Fish, director general, Government Legal Department C and legal adviser, Home Office , for legal services to government.

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire

• Vera Baird QC, Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, for services to women and equality.

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

• Rt Rev James Stuart Jones, for services to bereaved families and justice.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

• Robert Michael Gilbert, chair, Intellectual Property Office , for services to the legal profession and the economy.
• Amanda Jeffery (Mrs Mason), deputy director, Judicial Office of England and Wales, for services to the administration of justice and the judiciary.
• Professor Nicola Mary Lacey FBA, School Professor of Law, Gender and Social Policy, London School of Economics, for services to law, justice and gender politics.
• Dr Jane Elizabeth Martin, Local Government Ombudsman and chair of Commission for Local Administration in England, for services to administrative justice and transparency in local government.
• Professor Colin Peter Mayer, member of Competition Appeal Tribunal, for services to business education and the administration of justice in the economic sphere. • • Rt Hon Francis Mulholland QC, lately Lord Advocate, for services to law in Scotland.
• Professor John Rason Spencer QC, Professor Emeritus of Law, University of Cambridge, for services to the reform of law concerning child witnesses.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

• Kim Considine, lately head of North West Protected Persons Service, TITAN Regional Organised Crime Unit, for services to vulnerable victims and witnesses.
• Professor Gene Solomon Feder, general practitioner, Helios Medical Centre, Bristol, and Professor of Primary Care, University of Bristol, for services to healthcare and victims of domestic abuse.
• Jennifer Fowler, senior advisory lawyer, Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber), HM Courts and Tribunals Service, for services to the administration of justice.
• James Christopher Gosling, solicitor and partner, Holman Fenwick Willan LLP, for services to the legal profession and maritime hostages.
• Richard Lionel Guy, for services to justice, mental health support and the community in Cambridgeshire.
• Ms Shirley Kennerson, head of South Essex Local Delivery Unit, Ministry of Justice, for services to probation and criminal justice.
• Sara Jane Lewis, head of prosecutions, Metropolitan Police, for services to criminal justice services.
• Elspeth MacDonald, lately deputy director, criminal justice, Scottish government, for services to criminal justice.
• Christopher Nott, founder and senior partner, Capital Law LLP, for services to business and economic development in Wales.
• Caroline Anne Ross, lawyer, Department of Energy and Climate Change, for legal services to international climate change negotiations.
• Professor Sally Wheeler, Professor of law and head of the school of law, Queen's University Belfast, for services to higher education in Northern Ireland.
• Danny Wilks, resourcing manager, West Yorkshire Police, for services to policing and voluntary services to justice and the community in West Yorkshire.
• Hon Lord Kinclaven Alexander Featherstonhaugh Wylie, founder, MiniTrials, for services to the introduction of the Scottish legal system in schools.

Member of the Order of the British Empire

• Mark Michael Terence Casali, lately chief immigration officer , West London Operational Intelligence Unit, London and South Immigration Enforcement, for services to law and order.
• Christine Elizabeth Dawn Casey, for services to victims of abuse.
• Shaun Nicholas Edwards, cutter commander, Maritime Command, Border Force, for services to law enforcement and humanitarian services in the Mediterranean.
• Neil David St John Roberts, Grade 7, Home Office , for services to truth and justice through the Hillsborough Independent Panel.
• Mary Elizabeth Scales, higher executive officer , Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Operations, DWP, for services to social justice.
• Marcia Shakespeare, public volunteer on gang, gun and knife projects, Birmingham Area, West Midlands Police, for services to law and order.

Medallist of the Order of the British Empire

• Trudi Jeannette Abadi, manager, National Confidential Unit, North of England, National Crime Agency, for services to law and order.
• Mr Peter John Cave, volunteer, Victim Support, for services to victims and witnesses in Staffordshire.