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<strong>Thomson</strong> <strong>Reuters</strong> <strong>Supports</strong> <strong>Criminal</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> Association’s Bursary Award Scheme<br />
Inaugural awards ceremony held at the Old Bailey<br />
London, UK, November 21, 2012 – <strong>Thomson</strong> <strong>Reuters</strong> <strong>Sweet</strong> & <strong>Maxwell</strong>, the leading legal information<br />
provider, congratulates the winners of the <strong>Criminal</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> Association’s (CBA) inaugural bursary award<br />
scheme, established to help support practitioners during their early years of practice at the <strong>Criminal</strong><br />
<strong>Bar</strong>.<br />
The awards were presented by Sir Anthony Hooper, honorary member of the <strong>Criminal</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> Association,<br />
and recognised talented new practitioners, especially those who would otherwise find it difficult to<br />
survive the burden of debt during their early years of practice.<br />
<strong>Thomson</strong> <strong>Reuters</strong> <strong>Sweet</strong> and <strong>Maxwell</strong> is one of the principal backers of the CBA scheme and is<br />
pleased to have supported two of the four bursaries awarded by the CBA. The two awards included; the<br />
Archbold award, and a joint Archbold and <strong>Criminal</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> Association award.<br />
The winner of the Archbold award received a bursary together with an iPad®, a copy of Archbold in<br />
eBook format, and a subscription to <strong>Thomson</strong> <strong>Reuters</strong> Westlaw Crime. The second award, presented<br />
jointly with the CBA, consisted of a bursary, an iPad® and a copy of the Archbold eBook<br />
The winners were presented with their prizes at a ceremony held at the Old Bailey<br />
Winner of the Archbold Award<br />
Stephanie Varle of Harrington Street Chambers, Liverpool.<br />
Winner of the Archbold/<strong>Criminal</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> Association Award<br />
Briony Molyneux of Furnival Chambers.<br />
Congratulations also go to the winners of the CBA’s two other bursaries; Jodie Woodward of 187 Fleet<br />
St., and Helen Randall of Iscoed Chambers, Swansea.<br />
“The CBA exists to support and promote the interests of all members, but these awards underline our<br />
commitment, in the face of government cuts and legal aid upheaval, to the <strong>Criminal</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> being open to<br />
all, not just to those who can afford to practice,” said Edmund Vickers, treasurer, <strong>Criminal</strong> <strong>Bar</strong><br />
Association. “We want to ensure that the publicly funded <strong>Bar</strong> continues to recruit practitioners on merit,<br />
and to ensure a strong and diverse profession.”<br />
<strong>Thomson</strong> <strong>Reuters</strong> <strong>Sweet</strong> & <strong>Maxwell</strong> is the publisher of Archbold: <strong>Criminal</strong> Pleading, Evidence and<br />
Practice, one of the UK’s most widely used legal reference books. Archbold has been in publication<br />
since 1822 and offers the most authoritative and comprehensive coverage of practice and procedure<br />
within the Crown Court.
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“Archbold has been established as the leading criminal law text for close to 200 years, and has an<br />
author team of practitioners and judges who have come exclusively through the bar,” said Katherine<br />
Brewer, head of bar, <strong>Thomson</strong> <strong>Reuters</strong> <strong>Sweet</strong> & <strong>Maxwell</strong>. “As the publisher of Archbold, we are thrilled<br />
to play a role in the new bursary scheme, and we’re delighted to show our continuing support for the<br />
criminal bar by awarding two bursaries this year. Our warmest congratulations go to all of the scheme’s<br />
winners.”<br />
<strong>Sweet</strong> & <strong>Maxwell</strong>, through its highly acclaimed online services Lawtel and Westlaw UK and its print and<br />
other digital publications, is now the leading provider of information and solutions to the legal and<br />
professional markets in the UK and Ireland.<br />
Part of <strong>Thomson</strong> <strong>Reuters</strong> and with over 200 years of history and heritage in legal publishing, <strong>Sweet</strong> &<br />
<strong>Maxwell</strong> offers detailed and specialist knowledge, understanding, interpretation and commentary across<br />
a wide range of subjects in a variety of formats to meet customers’ needs – online, books, journals,<br />
periodicals, looseleafs and DVDs.<br />
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