Kim Lovegrove RML, FAIB awarded Humanitarian Honour for humanitarian services to Ethiopia by Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie
By Justin Cotton, Director, Lovegrove & Cotton – Construction and Planning Lawyers
Kim Lovegrove RML, FAIB was bestowed the RML – Royal Order of the Lion by Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie (President of the Crown Council of Ethiopia and grandson of the late Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie) for humanitarian services to Ethiopia, at a private function for the Prince in Melbourne on Saturday 24th of June. The Lion symbolises the Lion of Judah, which was also one of the titles of the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie.
A profile of Kim published in Lawyers Weekly may be accessed via the following link: https://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/features/7210-legal-leaders-kim-lovegrove-for-the-love-of-africa. A feature article on point was also published in the national Australian newspaper, The Australian, in 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/pro-bono-with-humanitarian-bang-for-buck/news-story/98301bdb50b42bd7dce8547d6c9915d3