2024 Bar Pro Bono Awards: winners’ stories
In the second of a series celebrating the Bar Pro Bono Award winners, Jake Rudman, Jennifer MacLeod, 4PB, Mark Ronson and Dads House share the stories behind their awards
Billy our CEO, founder and single dad himself, has spearheaded the pro bono family law clinic. 2024 marks our four-year anniversary, where not only are we honoured with winning the Pro Bono Initiative of the Year, but Billy received a lifetime achievement civic honour from Hammersmith and Fulham.
Billy’s unwavering commitment is evidenced by his collaboration with our esteemed legal director Simon Bruce, a family law partner at Dawson Cornwell. Together, they have transformed lives. Through their combined efforts and now Ceri’s, Dads House’s Family Law Clinic Manager, so many families have found solace. However, this is not the limits of how Dads House helps. Our clients have access to our foodbank, lunch clubs and programmes for dads, whether that is our emotional support group, yoga and/or football.
Our Family Law Clinic runs every Wednesday and Friday afternoon, helping on average between three to six clients per clinic. Each for an hour. Our child law experts are Simon Miller (Harcourt Chambers), William Hogg and Jacqueline Fitzgerald (Laurus Law), Veryan Exelby (Farrer & Co LLP), Victoria Teymourian-Yates (Hunters Law) and Gorkem Ozsoy (Branch Austin McCormick). We are a tight and collaborative group…
