STAFF
Paul im Thurn
[Manager / Solicitor / Housing Supervisor]
Paul has worked in Law Centres since 1988. First he volunteered at Tower Hamlets Law Centre while working as a trainee and then solicitor at a city firm (Norton Rose) in central London. Then he worked as a solicitor at Brent Community Law Centre from 1993 to 2001. He has been at Carlisle since then. His current specialisms are Housing, Education and Community Care. Paul is also interested in Human Rights law. |
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Michael Delaboe
[Caseworker / Welfare Benefits]
Michael Delaboe has worked as a welfare rights advisor since 1999. Having worked at Carlisle Benefits Advice Centre, and Whitehaven C.A.B, he came to the Law Centre in 2004. Michael specialises in Welfare Rights and also advises on housing. Michael lives in Carlisle with his fiancee, son and two cats. |
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Jane Hunter
Jane qualified as a solicitor in 1992 and joined the Law Centre in 1994. Although Jane has a general knowledge of most areas of social welfare, she specialises in Employment Law. Jane is famous in the Law Centre for her homemade sticky toffee pudding, for which she still refuses to give the recipe! Jane is currently on maternity leave.
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Michael Bauer
[Solicitor / Employment Supervisor]
Mike qualified as a solicitor in 1998. He worked in a Commercial law firm but decided it wasn't for him and that a life as a Legal Aid lawyer would be far more rewarding. Mike eventually decided to relocate to the North with his family and joined Carlisle Law Centre in 1999. He specialises in Employment Law. He loves his job and has not looked back since.
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Linda Wong
Linda left commercial work in the big city to pursue her passion in social welfare law. She decided to work within a Legal Aid firm and joined Carlisle Law Centre in 2005. Linda has worked as an adviser in Women's Aid and Shelter in South East Asia, and she is still an active campainer on specific human rights issues in Asia. She loves carpentry, writing and backpacking.
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Eva Irving
[Trainee Solicitor]
Eva speaks Greek, French and Italian and has taught English in the UK and abroad. She has worked as a specialist Housing Adviser and Trainer for Shelter and is also a volunteer Adviser and Advice Session Supervisor at Carlisle CAB. She lives in Carlisle with her husband and enjoys singing in a local choral society.
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Jennie Cafferky
[Trainee Solicitor]
Jennie studied law in Aberystwyth and completed her LPC in Newcastle. She is from the North East and joined the Law Centre in June 2007. Jennie has previous experience within the legal aid sector as an adviser for CLS Direct and a volunteer for the Student Law Office at Northumbria University. She is currently working on Employment Law. Jennie also co-ordinates the Student Law Clinic.
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Jane Parkin
[Case Worker / Debt Specialist]
Jane joined the Carlisle Law Centre in 2006. She specialises in Debt advice. |
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Joanne Ratcliffe
[Legal Secretary]
Originally hailing from Berwick on Tweed, Joanne juggles working life and motherhood in a calm, efficient and seamless manner. Her legendary typing speed ensures that work never piles up while she is around.
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Julie Goldsmith
[Legal Secretary]
Jules joins us after six years in Peterborough where she worked in both the legal and accountancy sectors. Typing at the speed of light, she is extremely organised and efficient with highly developed IT skills that ensure that everyone wants to keep on her good side! Add to this a fine, dry sense of humour and you have a very effective team member.
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Fiona McCrum
[Receptionist/Volunteer Coordinator]
Fiona is an avid footie fan and has been a Sunderland season ticket holder for the past 10 years. She also attends Wimbledon each year. She is a volunteer mentor in her spare time which she finds very rewarding and enjoyable. She is also studying for an ECDL qualification, enjoys the cinema and spending time with friends and family.
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