Category : Â鶹Éç
Date : 27.05.2004
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The Â鶹Éç has
appointed Valerie Nazareth, currently a senior lawyer in the
Â鶹Éç's Programme Legal Advice department, as Head of Programme Legal
Advice.
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She will succeed Glenn Del Medico, when he retires
in August.
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Valerie Nazareth was born in Kenya in 1963. She was
educated at Island School in Hong Kong before coming to England to read
law at University College London.
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She qualified as a solicitor in 1987 with Goodman Derrick,
where she worked in the litigation department for a further three years.
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In 1990 she joined the Â鶹Éç Solicitor's Department, dealing
with litigation and programme clearance.
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She has worked in Programme Legal Advice Department
since its inception in 1991, although during this time she has spent
periods on attachment in the Litigation Department and in Editorial
Policy.
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Announcing the appointment, Nicholas Eldred, Â鶹Éç General
Counsel, said: "Valerie has substantial experience in this area
and also in the wider work of programme-making within the Â鶹Éç.
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"She is rightly highly regarded by programme-makers
and journalists across the Â鶹Éç and I believe she will make a substantial
contribution in this new role.
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"She takes over a strong and much respected department,
built up since its inception by the outstanding work of Glenn Del Medico."
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Valerie Nazareth said: "I am delighted to be invited
to lead a department which is at the heart of programme-making in the
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"The Programme Legal Advice department is one of
the most talented team of media lawyers in the country and I look forward
with them to assisting programme makers and journalists to make the
best programmes they can."
