Birthday Honours 2025
Paulette Mastin CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
“For services to Diversity in Legal Services.”
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
14 June 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Paulette Maria MASTIN
Solicitor and Chair, The Black Solicitors’ Network
For services to Diversity in Legal Services.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 108 times in the Birthday Honours List 2025 — about 7% of the list.
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64759, notice 4905953. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2025).
Published 13 June 2025.
Location (Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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