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Russell-Cooke LLP

2 PUTNEY HILL, LONDON, SW15 6AB, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 8789 9111
Fax:
Fax 020 8788 1656
DX:
59456 PUTNEY
Web:
www.russell-cooke.co.uk
Email:

James Sinclair Taylor

Tel:
Work +44 20 8394 6480
Email:
Russell-Cooke LLP

Work Department

Charity team.

Position

Head of charity team dealing with charities, social enterprise, mutuals and public bodies and not-for-profit organisations including large social care providers such as Scope and Sense; international bodies such as UNICEF UK and PLAN UK; religious, social care; educational and health charities; royal societies and professional bodies; regeneration campaigning and environmental, and medical bodies.

Career

Trained Vivash Hunt; qualified 1976; worked at North Kensington Law Centre then helped found Hounslow Law Centre; founded Sinclair Taylor & Martin 1981 – later merged with Russell-Cooke to become the charity team. Publications: ‘Russell-Cooke Voluntary Sector Legal Handbook’; ‘The Company Secretaries Handbook for Voluntary Sector Companies’; director PCI Ltd. Trustee of grant-making, educational, information, housing and medical charities.

Member

Charity Law Association.

Education

Grenville College; University of Leicester (BA Social Sciences).

Leisure

Sailing (London Corinthians and Swanage Sailing Club), cycling, walking, gardening, fringe theatre.

Practice Areas

Charities and not-for-profit; Professional disciplinary and regulatory law (including police law); Public sector

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