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Staff

Elizabeth Rimmer

CEO

Elizabeth started her working life as a solicitor specialising in clinical negligence. She has been managing and developing charities in the mental health sector for over 15 years, and joined LawCare as Chief Executive in 2014.

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Anna Buttimore

Administrator

Anna is responsible for the day-to-day running of the LawCare office. She is LawCare’s longest serving member of staff, and joined us in 1998 after working as a legal secretary for a sole practitioner.

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Mary Jackson

Coordinator, Ireland

Mary has been a teacher and a solicitor, as well as Manager of the Law Society's South West Regional Office. Mary has been with LawCare since 2008. She recently qualified as a therapeutic counsellor and is a full member of the BACP.

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Ann Charlton

Coordinator, England & Wales

Ann is a former solicitor with over 20 years’ experience in family law. She is a trained Samaritan and joined LawCare in 2005.

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Trish McLellan

Coordinator, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Trish practised as a solicitor in England for over 10 years, specialising in family law, and is now based in Edinburgh. She joined LawCare in 2005.

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Gemma Matthews

Communications Manager

Gemma joined LawCare in January 2018 having worked in communications for charities including Cystic Fibrosis Trust, the British Dupuytren's Society, and NHS England.

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Trustees

Andrew Caplen

Our chair Andrew is a Solicitor and Notary Public. He was President of the Law Society of England and Wales from 2014/2015. Andrew is a Consultant with Heppenstalls, Solicitors, in Hampshire. He is also Chair of Spurgeons Childrens Charity and Co-Director of ‘Restored’, a charity making a stand against issues of gender based violence.

Louise Campbell

Louise Campbell has been a LawCare Trustee since 2008. She is a solicitor in the Law Society of Ireland’s Policy and Public Affairs Department. She qualified as a solicitor in 2001. Prior to joining the Society Louise worked in private practice.

John Guerin

John Guerin is a partner at BLM in Belfast where he specialises in defence litigation for insurance companies, employment law, and professional disciplinary and regulatory work. He is Senior Vice President of the Law Society of Northern Ireland.

Kayleigh Leonie

Kayleigh is solicitor specialising in employment law. Kayleigh has undertaken research, written articles and published best practice guidance for employers on supporting the wellbeing of their employees on behalf of The Law Society of England and Wales.

Iain Mackie

Iain is a partner in a large London firm where he is head of litigation and dispute resolution.

Alexandra Marks

Alexandra Marks qualified as a solicitor in 1983, and was a partner at Linklaters (1990-2003). She now sits as a Deputy High Court Judge, Recorder and First Tier Tribunal Judge.

Valerie Peart

A Solicitor since 1980, Valerie has been a Council Member since 2009. Along with her role as one of the Irish Trustees for LawCare, Valerie sits on a number of Task Forces and Working Groups within the Law Society. She also serves on The Education Committee, and is vice-chair of The Guidance and Ethics Committee.

Bronwen Still

Bronwen is a solicitor and compliance expert who specialises in helping firms and ABSs with all aspects of applying to be authorised and licensed by the SRA.

Paul Venton

Paul worked in a “high street” practice for some 50 years before retiring in 2009, his primary field of work was commercial transaction both property and corporate.

Helen Whiteman

Helen Whiteman is Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. She was previously CEO of CILEx Regulation having also served as COO and head of corporate affairs at CILEx Regulation and director of member services at LawNet.

Volunteers

At the heart of LawCare’s work is our network of over 100 volunteers. These are people from across the legal community who want to help others: some have overcome their own problems, while others have transitioned from law to the helping professions. Some of our volunteers are trained to take calls on the Helpline, and others offer ongoing one-to-one support.

Volunteers

​Helpline Volunteer Training 2016​

You really helped me when I was being bullied and did not know where to turn. You made me feel sane again, as I was beginning to wonder if the way I was being treated was normal

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