Simone Prendergast

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Dame Simone Ruth Prendergast, DBE, JP, DL (née Laski; 2 July 1930 – 11 August 2012) was created a member of the UK's Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions' Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal which reviews cases of malfeasance and/or misconduct against British solicitors.

She was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her political and public service.

Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade

She was the Head and later a Patron of the UK Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade.[citation needed]

Personal life & death

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Prendergast was born 2 July 1930 in London to Norman and Elaine (née Marks) Laski. Her maternal grandfather, Michael Marks, was a co-founder of Marks & Spencer. She married Christopher Anthony Prendergast in 1959; he died in 1998. She had one sister, Mrs Ann Esther Susman.[citation needed]

Dame Simone Prendergast died at the age of 82 on 11 August 2012.

Legacy

The Simone Prendergast Charitable Trust was established in her honour.

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