Simone Prendergast
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Dame Simone Ruth Prendergast, DBE, JP
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was created a DBE for her political and public service. She is a retired member of the UK's Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
' Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal which reviews cases of malfeasance and/or misconduct against British solicitors.
John Potter, chairman of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, sitting with David Faull and Dame Simone Prendergast, said: "This is a dreadful course of conduct by Mr Redfern over a substantial period of time to the prejudice of a number of people."
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, was founder of Marks & Spencer. She married Christopher Anthony Prendergast in 1959 and he died in 1998. One sister, Ann Esther Laski, married David R. Susman.
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
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Doctor of Letters
Doctor of Letters is a university academic degree, often a higher doctorate which is frequently awarded as an honorary degree in recognition of outstanding scholarship or other merits.-Commonwealth:...
was created a DBE for her political and public service. She is a retired member of the UK's Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Director of Public Prosecutions
The Director of Public Prosecutions is the officer charged with the prosecution of criminal offences in several criminal jurisdictions around the world...
' Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal which reviews cases of malfeasance and/or misconduct against British solicitors.
Case of Philip Redfern
Prendergast and two others presided in panel over the case of Philip Redfern, a solicitor from near Blackburn "who acted for clients against a firm of which he was a director has been after being found guilty of professional misconduct [and] ... [who] had also breached undertakings and delayed in dealing with conveyancing matters". He was "struck off" or disbarred, in consequence.John Potter, chairman of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, sitting with David Faull and Dame Simone Prendergast, said: "This is a dreadful course of conduct by Mr Redfern over a substantial period of time to the prejudice of a number of people."
Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade
She is former Head (and a current Patron) of the UK Jewish Lads' and Girls' BrigadeJewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade
The Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade is a national Jewish youth organisation.The JLGB is the UK's oldest Jewish youth movement. It was founded in 1895 as the Jewish Lads' Brigade by Colonel Albert E. W. Goldsmid, a senior army officer, to provide an interest for children of the many poor immigrant...
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Biographical Information
She was born July 2, 1930 in London to Norman and Elaine (Marks) Laski. Her maternal grandfather, Michael MarksMichael Marks
Michael Marks, , was one of the two co-founders of the retail chain Marks & Spencer.-Biography:...
, was founder of Marks & Spencer. She married Christopher Anthony Prendergast in 1959 and he died in 1998. One sister, Ann Esther Laski, married David R. Susman.