Obituaries

‘The heart of our firm’: Rajah & Tann mourns death of former managing partner

Preeminent restructuring lawyer Patrick Ang has passed away aged 61

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‘Outstanding barrister of his generation’ – lawyers mourn death of Timothy Dutton KC

Former Bar Council chair Dutton dies at 68, a decade after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease

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Lady chief justice leads tributes to ‘inspiring judge and leader’ Lord Etherton, who has died aged 73

Trailblazing former master of the rolls was awarded knight grand cross for services to LGBT veterans last year

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‘Lighting the way for lawyers’ – UK legal PR pioneer Sue Stapely has died, aged 79

Stapely was head of public relations at the Law Society before moving into consultancy work

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Former International Bar Association president Emilio Jorge Cárdenas has died, aged 81

Argentinian lawyer was the first Latin American to hold the IBA presidency

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EU competition law ‘pathfinder’ and former IBA president Michael Reynolds has died, aged 75

Tributes led by IBA president Jaime Carey and former A&O senior partner David Morley

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Squire Patton Boggs pays tribute to associate who died after suspected methanol poisoning in Laos

Simone White is among six tourists who have died after apparently being served bootleg alcohol

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Mike Lynch: the legaltech pioneer embroiled in an epic transatlantic legal fight

Autonomy founder killed in Sicily yacht sinking had secured a memorable victory, but other legal battles loomed, reports Ben Rigby

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‘Family man first, amazing lawyer second’: tributes paid to CC partner killed in Sicily yacht sinking

Clifford Chance ‘heartbroken’ after deaths of Christopher Morvillo and wife Neda are confirmed

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‘Giant of the profession’ – IBA mourns death of former president Sternford Moyo

Revered Zimbabwean lawyer – the first African IBA president – has died aged 68

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Tributes pour in for former leader of the Law Society of Scotland’s in-house lawyers group

Janet Hood, a Scottish licensing specialist, died suddenly last week

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‘One of a kind’ – distinguished shipping lawyer Julian Clark has died, aged 60

Tributes paid to former Ince & Co senior partner and global head of shipping at Hill Dickinson

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Australia’s HWL Ebsworth mourns death of long-serving managing partner

Juan Martinez, who led the firm for almost four decades, passed away unexpectedly, aged 64

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Law Society’s ‘enormously influential’ international champion Stephen Denyer has died, aged 68

Tributes paid to former Allen & Overy partner who spearheaded society’s international relations

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