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 November 2020 saw the 25th anniversary of   the passage of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA). At the time, I was a schoolboy of  16 and   the campaign for disabled peoples’ Civil Rights was very close to my heart as a result of being born with a physical disability.  An impairment has implications far beyond the … Read more

I first met Rosemary in about 2000 in the canteen at the Peterborough Combined Court Centre. We were involved in the same case and, if I remember rightly, it was a care case in which we were each representing one of the predictably hapless parents. I was struck immediately by Rosemary’s intelligence, tenacity and compassion. Tribute … Read more

What Covid candidates say about the impact of the pandemic. The influence on the legal sector due to Covid-19 has been vast and catastrophic. For many firms, this has taken the form of lost business, adapting to a remote working style and balancing the retention of the workforce itself. But for law students and juniors, whose … Read more

Greetings! To members, Patrons, Sponsors and other Leicestershire Law Society supporters.  Happy New Year and let us all hope that 2021 will be an  improvement on 2020. Christl Hughes : Greetings! To members, Patrons, Sponsors At the AGM in September 2020 I was delighted to be elected as your President for the second time. I am … Read more

To say that this year is a big year in climate politics is almost an understatement, as the UK hosts the absolutely pivotal United Nations Climate Change Conference (‘COP26’) in Glasgow this November. Moving with the times, last September the Law Society formed a ‘Climate Change Working Group’ to review the Law Society’s current approach and … Read more

Having spent the last 16 years spending my time travelling the length and breadth of the country delivering training courses to the legal profession at conferences , training courses and for the last five years or so webinars on behalf of the largest legal training provider in the country I have found 2020 so far to … Read more

We are delighted to welcome back Kauser Patel as our LLS manager.   Kauser previously worked for the LLS for 5 years (6 Presidents) and delivered more events than she can remember.  After taking a couple of years off to spend with her two young boys Kauser returned to the LLS in September 2020, as her … Read more

Anna Bradley, Chair of the SRA Board Hello again, Cambridge & District. Thank you once more for the opportunity to write for you. We find ourselves at the start, we hope, of the end of lockdown. Anna Bradley : Customer reviews are the new word-of-mouth We are probably all asking ourselves what life will be like … Read more