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Where are we now? The current and future shape of professional support for brain injury survivors and their families In September of 2019, the Ahead Together conference at Oxford’s Rhodes House brought together family members of brain injury survivors with recognised experts in the field, to share their deeply emotional stories, learning and wisdom on understanding … Read more

The University of Hertfordshire’s Law Clinic has been giving free legal advice to members of the public since October 2019 in various areas of law including family and employment. Many of HLS member firms have assisted the clinic by allowing students to shadow them giving verbal advice to clients, and/or supervised them writing letters of advice. … Read more

I am an Associate at Birketts LLP in Cambridge, specialising in Employment Law. I qualified as a solicitor in September 2016 and joined Birketts upon qualification. WHO’S WHO? Josie Beal I moved to Cambridge at the same time, having grown up in rural Essex and lived in a variety of places whilst studying for my degree, … Read more

Inez Brown Scholarship success under diversity inclusion scheme Two students are on their way to becoming solicitors, thanks to the diversity inclusion scheme set up by Inez Brown, president of Birmingham Law Society. The scheme, which offers scholarships to two students who would not otherwise have been able to complete their Law Practice Course, has been … Read more

The Law Society (TLS) : SNELS : Council Member (CM) report Chancery Lane September 2020 CM Brief As Law Society Council Constituency Member for Suffolk and North Essex I represent SNELS members nationally both on TLS Council, the Conveyancing and Land Law Committee (CLLC) and on the Property Section (PS) Executive Committee. CM Activity Attended/ing         … Read more

A REPORT FROM LAW SOCIETY COUNCIL MEMBER LUBNA SHUJA Lubna Shuja The last few months, during which we have had to adapt to different ways of working during the Covid-19 pandemic, have been incredibly challenging and difficult for many members of our profession. I am pleased to be able to report that, although the Law Society … Read more

Dear Members, Since the last edition of the Leicestershire Law Society magazine, the legal world as we know it has become unrecognisable. Little could I have imagined that by the time I was writing my next President’s Report for the magazine, we would be facing a world-wide pandemic, and a justice system under such acute strain … Read more

Questions for Northamptonshire Law Society Bulletin Autumn 2020 – COVID Edition 1.Please provide a brief description of you, your organisation, number of employees and areas of work. We are Aardvark Planning Law, a specialist planning and environmental law firm with three solicitors. 2.When did you first become aware of Coronavirus and what were your initial thoughts? … Read more

Russell Evans Russell Evans, a Senior Mediator at Resolve UK who works from bases in Oxfordshire & London, has been recognised in the national mediation community, winning ‘Mediation Expert of the Year in the United Kingdom’ – Global Advisory Experts Award 2020. After training and then working for CEDR as a Mediator & Arbitrator on their … Read more