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The Chamberlain presented the names of one hundred and fifty-six persons to be made free of this City, and it is Ordered that they be admitted into the Freedom of this City accordingly, as follows:-

Name	Occupation	Address	Company

Dr Tariq Javaid Abbasi	a Communications Director	Bexleyheath, Kent	Communicators
Dr Zaheer Ahmad, MBE	a Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Officer	Barking, Essex	Educators
Burhan Mahmood Al-Chalabi	a Property Management Company Director	East Dulwich	Wheelwrights
Ridade Samir Izzedin Al-Daghestani	an Artist	St Leonard's-on-Sea, East Sussex	Upholders
Freya Jade Lucy May Allen	a Ladies Footwear Designer	Wetherby, West Yorkshire	Pattenmakers
Christopher James Andrews	a Senior Software Engineer	Southampton, Hampshire	Clockmakers
Derram Justin Attfield	an Executive Headhunter	Kennington	Bowyers
Jonathon Norman Backhouse	a Solicitor	Near Skipton, Lancashire	Carmen
Shahrukh Ryan Balgobin	a General Insurance Actuary	Harlesden	Actuaries
Dr Frederick George Barker	a Medical Practitioner, retired	Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire	Scientific Instrument Makers
Joshua Edward Barton	a Student	Sidcup, Kent	Plaisterers
Nicholas Jorg Baumgartner	a Lawyer	Archway	Musicians
Dr Stephen Bennett	a Historian and Insurance Managing Director	Farnham, Surrey	Farriers
Paul Martin Benscher	a Hardware and Electrical Retailer, retired	Woodford Green, Redbridge	Painter-Stainers
Anne Caroline Berridge-Sharp	a Dispensing Optician	Ferndown, Dorset	Spectacle Makers
Beatrice Amina Blakeman	a Saddle Fitting Business Owner	Cheshire	Saddlers
Joanna Ruth Bleasdale	a Communications Director	Wanstead	Communicators
John Robert Boyne-Aitken	a Professional Woodturner	Trowbridge, Wiltshire	Turners
Miles Arthur Bradbury	a Chartered Accountant	Bristol, Avon	Chartered Accountants
Hannah Rebecca Bunting	a Chartered Surveyor	Archway	Pewterers
Peter Aeneas Cameron	an Antique Dealer	Holborn	Goldsmiths
Jinyue Cao	a Tax Adviser	Woodford Green, Essex	Tax Advisers
Patrick Ker Carnie	an Energy and Marine Strategy Director	Edinburgh, Scotland	Shipwrights
Howard Charles Cattermole	a Chartered Manager for the Church of England	Chichester, West Sussex	Chartered Secretaries & Administrators
James David Healy Chesterman	a Solicitor	North Sheen	Solicitors
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Application of the following for Translation of Mother Livery Company

Name Companies

Nicholas Charles Ravenhall World Traders to Distillers

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Minutes:

Application of the following to be recorded as having Translated their Mother Livery Company from the Company of Fruiterers to the Company of Skinners:

Name Companies

Nicholas Charles Ravenhall World Traders to Distillers

Read and Agreed to.

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Report: General Purposes Committee of Aldermen

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Aldermanic Qualifications – Checks

The Court of Aldermen considered a recommendation of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen relative to the introduction of checks in relation to Aldermanic qualifications.

It was recommended that the Court introduce a procedure based on the extant power of the Court of Aldermen post-election to examine and determine whether or not any person returned as Alderman Elect is a fit and proper person and qualified for the office. The procedure proposed relies on the use of a statutory declaration that an AldermanElect is qualified for office. A declaration is required in respect of each qualification (with the exception of “not being an Alderman in another Ward” which is obviously known to the Court of Aldermen).

The procedure is designed to be effective, yet simple, proportionate and cost effective in terms of administration and minimises the processing of personal data. A statutory declaration is a declaration as to the truth of the facts and matters contained therein and made in accordance with the Statutory Declarations Act 1835. It is commonly used where relevant documents are not readily available.

Knowingly and wilfully making a statutory declaration that is false in a material particular is a serious criminal offence under s.5 of the Perjury Act 1911, carrying a sentence of up to 2 years imprisonment and/or a fine on conviction. A refusal to provide a statutory declaration as to qualification would be a reasonable ground for refusing to admit an Alderman Elect.

Resolved Unanimously: - That the Court of Aldermen adopt this new procedure with immediate effect to provide assurance that successful candidates satisfy the qualification requirements and instruct that appropriate amendments be made to the Corporation’s Elections guidance and the Wardmote Book to reflect this.

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