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Law: Carry on campaigning

Alegal institution will disappear at the end of the month with the retirement of David Tench after 25 years of campaigning for the Consumers' Association (CA).

Mr Tench, CA's director of legal affairs, has been responsible, directly or indirectly, for an impressive array of legislation, including the 1977 Unfair Contract Terms Act and the 1987 Consumer Protection Act.

He hopes to continue campaigning, however, persuading law firms of the advantages of embarking on political lobbying, or advocacy as he prefers to call it. Mr Tench is surprised that Clifford Chance is one of the few law firms to employ someone in that capacity.

"I would have thought that many London firms, especially the large ...

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