Due to the University of Hertfordshire not requiring students to submit their dissertation in a bound format, I really wanted to share with you my acknowledgements page, especially as I know a fair few people mentioned in my dissertation read my blog.
I will be getting copies of my dissertation bound, so that I have a ‘proper’ copy and I have been asked to give copies to various people, so I will get that sorted in the coming weeks.
In the meantime please see my Acknowledgements section of my dissertation below and I do want to say a massive thank you once again to everyone for their support with my dissertation and my degree in general.
Rebecca x
Firstly I would like to thank my family, in particular my mum and dad and sisters Rachael and Isobel for their support during my dissertation and throughout my degree, as well as my career in general, without them I would not be where I am today.
I would also like to thank Stefan Fafinski for his support and encouragement when I was first working through various topics for my dissertation, as well as some useful writing tips.
I would also like to extend my thanks to Terrence Donovan (Partner and Practice Area Leader, for Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury) at Kingsley Napley. Terrence has spent a lot of time discussing this topic area with me over the last 8 months and his insight into the topic area has been invaluable.
I would also like to thank Andrew Hogarth QC, Barrister and Head of Chambers at 12 Kings Bench Walk for sending me a copy of a presentation he produced with the College of Law, on Psychiatric Injury.
I would like to thank Nicola Monaghan (LLB, LLM, Barrister, FHEA, Principal Lecturer in Law) for her ongoing support when writing my dissertation, and throughout my law degree and legal career. Nicola has been invaluable in terms of advocacy training and her support and encouragement.
I would like to thank Peter Handford for sending me a bundle of his articles that I was unable to obtain copies of here in the UK. I am truly grateful that Peter was kind enough to send these to me, as it provided much greater depth and understanding on this topic.
I would also like to extend my thanks to Stephen McPartland (MP for Stevenage) for taking the time to discuss with me in Parliament the topic of Law Reform for Psychiatric Injury for Secondary Victims, as well as discussing my Blog, legal career and the legal environment at present. I would like to thank you for your ongoing support and also for the tour of Parliament, it is an experience I will never forget.
Finally, I would like to thank Neal Geach (AHEA, LLB, LLM, Barrister, Principal Lecturer and Associate Dean (Enterprise) at the University of Hertfordshire for all the time, effort, support, encouragement and feedback on my dissertation, I feel extremely lucky to have had Neal as my supervisor for this. I would also like to extend my thanks to Neal for his support and guidance with regard to my degree and chosen career path, he has been invaluable in ensuring that I have gained lots of experience in terms of advocacy and also networking, and his general enthusiasm has played a huge role in motivating many students with their degree.