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The author of last year’s hard-hitting independent review of the Windrush immigration scandal heads the list of solicitors recognised in the 2021 New Year Honours.
Wendy Williams, admitted in 1991, receives the CBE for public service. She is currently HM Inspector of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services for 13 forces across the Midlands, Wales and south-west England. Her review of the Windrush affair accused ministers and officials of failing to acknowledge the suffering of people wrongly classified as illegal immigrants. Her recommendations were accepted in full by the government.
A prominent solicitor judge, His Honour Phillip Sycamore, former circuit judge and senior commissioner, Judicial Appointments Commission, also receives the CBE for public service. HHJ Sycamore was admitted as a solicitor in 1975 and served as president of the Law Society in 1997.