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Gavin Patience

LawyerAdvocateUnited Kingdom

LawyerAdvocate

United Kingdom

Bipolar disorderSelf-disclosed[1]

Gavin Patience is a retired British solicitor who spent 35 years in general and commercial legal practice, including work in agricultural property, landed estates, and farm finance, and now volunteers with LawCare. [1]

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Career and work

Patience qualified as a solicitor in 1980 and practiced for about 35 years. His career included general and commercial law, private client work, agricultural property, landed estates, and farm finance. [1]

He was Senior Partner at Patience Clarke & Burrowes in Shrewsbury before moving into larger commercial practices, later working as a consultant in a national real estate practice. He also served as a visiting lecturer at Harper Adams University College. [3][1][2]

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  1. LawCare“Bipolar and me”

    A detailed first-person account by Patience covering his legal career, bipolar episodes, psychiatric admissions, mania and depression, ECT, medication, recovery, career changes, Mind involvement, and work as a LawCare peer supporter.

  2. Law Gazette“Moving on”

    Contemporary legal-industry reporting confirming Patience’s senior-partner role at Patience Clarke & Burrowes.

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