We are proud to announce that Nicholas Asprey has been nominated for this year’s Bar Pro Bono Awards.

He has been nominated for his work with a historic charity which was set up for the accommodation of disabled servicemen and their families and which had recently been ‘taken over’ by a housing association. The charity needed to re-establish its independence and the obvious solution was to apply to the Charity Commission for a scheme, however, as the charity had surrendered its independence this route seemed to be blocked. Finally a way round this was found, the application was made and the housing association threw in the towel.