Manchester Messenger Jan 16

January 2016
October 09
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North West Law
Osborne pledges to raise the small claims limit for PI claims
to £5,000 and scrap damages for soft tissue injuries
The government is set to
remove the right to general
damages for minor
soft tissue injuries and increase
the small claims
limit for personal injury
claims from £1,000 to
£5,000.
In moves likely to hit personal
injury lawyers very
hard, the Treasury said: “The
government is determined
to crack down on the fraud
and claims culture in motor
insurance. Whiplash claims
cost the country £2bn a
year, an average of £90 per
motor insurance policy [figures
it attributes to the Association
of British Insurers],
which is out of all proportion
to any genuine injury
suffered.
“The government intends to
introduce measures to end
the right to cash compensation
for minor whiplash injuries,
and will consult on
the details in the New Year.
“This will end the cycle in
which responsible motorists
pay higher premiums to
cover false claims by others.
It will remove over £1bn
from the cost of providing
motor insurance and the
government expects the insurance
industry to pass an
average saving of £40 to
£50 per motor insurance
policy on to consumers.”
It said that claimants would
still be entitled to claim for
‘special damages’, including
treatment for any injury if
required and any loss of
earnings.
“More injuries will also be
able to go to the small
claims court as the upper
limit for these claims will be
increased from £1,000 to
£5,000,” the Autumn Statement
said.
The spending review statement
said the government
intends to introduce measures
to end the right to cash
compensation for minor
whiplash injuries, and will
consult on the details in the
new year.
Huw Evans, director general
of the Association of British
Insurers, said: ‘This is a significant
breakthrough in
tackling the compensation
culture and is good news for
motorists. Insurers have
long called for meaningful
reform in reducing costs in
the compensation system,
including increasing the
small claims track limit.
‘Previous government reforms
have already led to insurers
passing on over £1bn
in savings to motorists
through lower premiums,
and in a highly competitive
motor insurance market, insurers
will continue to pass
on savings to customers.’
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are, no matter where you
live or whatever your financial
situation, everyone in
England and Wales must be
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The Law Society is concerned
that plans outlined
in the chancellor's Autumn
Statement will contribute to
the continued erosion of access
to justice for ordinary
people.
'There are three areas of particular
concern: many people
who have suffered
injuries will not have access
to specialist legal advice;
plans to close local courts
are moving ahead before
the technology to replace
them has been tested; and
the Ministry of Justice will
be heavily hit by cuts to
both the front line and administrative
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NEWS
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Sports and Media firm Centrefield LLP
Jeff Lewis steps down from Council after
16 years
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Michael Hardacre, Slater & Gordon
Helen Kanczes, Cylde & Co
Steve Kuncewicz, Bermans LLP
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4 Manchester Law Society News
News from Bridge Street
Manchester Law Society helds its AGM on 7th December. The following
Officers were elected:
MICHAEL HARDACRE – PRESIDENT
JON HAINEY – VICE PRESIDENT
MATTHEW TAYLOR – HONORARY TREASURER
DAVID ANDERSON – JOINT HONORARY SECRETARY
DAVID TRAVIS – JOINT HONORARY SECRETARY
Forthcoming Events
Litigation Conference
Wednesday, 20th January 2016
We are delighted to announce our Litigation Conference with a keynote address
from His Honour Judge Allan Gore QC, Designated Civil Judge for
Greater Manchester.
The programme also feature interactive breakout sessions on e-disclosure,
Commercial Judicial Review, the ban on whiplash claims and the small
claims increase limit.
For more details on the programme and speakers please visit our website
www.manchesterlawsociety.org.uk/events-training
President
Michael Hardacre
Vice President
Jon Hainey
Venue:
Hilton Hotel, Deansgate, Manchester
Cost to attend: MLS Members £110.00 + VAT (£132.00)
Non-members £150.00 + VAT (£180.00)
Registration: 09:00
Sessions start: 09:30
Conference closes: 16:40
Trainee Solicitors Conference
Friday 29th January 2016
Set your Trainees up for success with advice on how to build their profile,
techniques for effective networking as well as methods for managing stress
and workload successfully. Providing an opportunity for local Trainee
Solicitors to build a support network and prepare for their roles ahead, this
conference is one not to miss.
Venue:
BPP Law School, St James’s Building, 79 Oxford
Street, Manchester M1 6FQ
Cost: Member rate £60.00 + VAT (£72.00)
Non-member rate £90.00 + VAT (£108.00)
Registration: 09:00
Sessions start: 09:30
Conference closes: 16:30
HR Conference
Thursday, 25th February 2016
Tailored to the needs of HR practitioners in law firms this conference provides
an Employment Law update from Chris Thompson of Gateley PLC. How
to manage conflict management will be addressed by Acas. Chris Evans will
be discussing Health and Wellbeing strategy while Kath Riley of Douglas
Scott Legal looks at how to source the talent for tomorrow. The conference
closes with a networking lunch.
Michael Hardacre and Jon Hainey
This event is held jointly with HR in Law.
Venue:
The Ainscow Hotel, Trinity Way, Salford M3 5EN
Cost to attend:
MLS and HR in Law Members £45.00 + VAT
(£54.00) Non-members £55.00 + VAT (£66.00)
Registration: 10:30
Sessions start: 11:00
Conference closes: 13:30 with a networking lunch
Keep up to date with the latest event information at
www.manchesterlawsociety.org.uk
or follow us on Twitter @ManLawSoc
To book a place on any of the above events, please email
CarlaJones@manchesterlawsociety.org.uk

President’s Column
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Meet the President
Michael Hardacre of Slater
& Gordon was elected the
President of Manchester
Law Society at the AGM in
December 2015.
Michael studied law at university,
but then embarked
on a career in sales and marketing
with a London-based
publishing company. However,
after five years the law
beckoned and he started
the LPC. It was the first year
of the LPC and Michael
found that the greater emphasis
on practical skills
was ideal after being away
from the law. He adds “The
LPC was great at transferring
that confidence and
ability to sell yourself and
your skills to potential
clients into a legal context.”
Michael took his training
contract with Sedgwick
Phelan and Partners in Old
Trafford when he returned
to Manchester. Michael says
that working in a small firm
was fantastic experience in
dealing with clients on the
front line. He adds “I was
straight in at the deep end.
The firm gave me an excellent
grounding and I had
my own personal injury
caseload from day one.”
Michael qualified as a solicitor
in 1997 and saw an advert
for a vacancy at
Pannone and Partners.
Knowing the great reputation
of Pannone for personal
injury work, he was
delighted to be offered the
job. He became a partner in
2001 and joined Slater &
Gordon when the firms
merged in 2014.
In 2002, Michael took a 12
month sabbatical and had a
wonderful time travelling,
taking in India, SE Asia, Australia
and New Zealand and
then back to Europe. “I was
lucky enough to be offered
a career break by Pannone
and I’m still grateful now to
have been given that opportunity
by Joy Kingsley
and Carol Jackson”.
Michael joined the Council
of Manchester Law Society
in 2005 and became the
Honorary Secretary in 2007.
What had quickly become
apparent to Michael was
that Manchester Law Society
is an organisation that
‘punches above its weight’
and that it offers its members
real and tangible benefits.
We are a relatively small
organisation with a small
team of staff, but the Chief
Executive, Fran-Eccles-Bech
is unique and one of the
reasons that the Manchester
Law Society is held in
such high regard. Clearly,
the Manchester Legal
Awards have become a
highlight in the legal calendar,
but the Society also offers
other excellent
networking opportunities
such as the Professionals
Dinner Clubs, which give
members the opportunity
to meet in a relaxed and informal
environment.
Michael says one of his aims
is to encourage members to
become more involved with
the Society, whether that be
through attending one of
the many courses and conferences
offered on a whole
range of legal and practical
topics, or by taking advantage
of inter-professional
and networking opportunities
which are organised by
the Society.
Looking to the year ahead,
Michael’s theme will be to
promote a better understanding
of what other solicitors
do. He says “We are
all lawyers, but we tend to
work in isolation, not knowing
or understanding the
work of our colleagues in
other firms, or even in other
departments within firms.
Clearly some practitioners,
particularly those in crime,
employment, family and
personal injury are facing
very challenging times and I
think it is time for greater
solidarity across the profession.”
Away from the office
Michael takes part in
triathlons, and trains by running
between 20-30 km a
week and in the summer
months cycling into the office.
He is also having swim
training, to improve his
crawl stroke. He adds, “I
think this may be the onset
of a mid life crisis, but also I
want to prove to myself that
I can do this, and it does
provide a great sense of
achievement!”
Michael also enjoys going
to the theatre and museums.
“One of the best
things about living in Manchester
is seeing how it has
Michael Hardacre
President of Manchester Law Society
become such a great place for cultural activities in the last
few years”. He also spends as much time as he can with his
children. Michael’s older son is autistic, which is why Michael
has chosen ‘Forever Manchester’ as his charity for the year.
Forever Manchester is a charity that funds and supports
thousands of community projects, including for children
with additional needs, across Greater Manchester and over
the past 25 years has distributed £35m in financial support.
Michael adds “They do great work and it is a charity close
to my heart.”
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6 Movers & Shakers
Stockport child abuse solicitor collects
top award at Legal Oscars
Child abuse solicitor, Peter
Garsden of law firm QualitySolicitors
Abney Garsden
based in Cheadle
Hulme, picked up the Solicitor
of the year award at
the Law Society Excellence
Awards held in London.
QualitySolicitors Abney
Garsden who are celebrating
their 30th anniversary
specialise in family law, wills
& probate and abuse. It was
the firm’s work with child
abuse victims that led to
Peter Garsden winning Solicitor
of the Year.
Peter leads a team of some
of the most highly respected
child abuse lawyers
in the country. His firm has
won a number of awards for
the care and empathy they
show their clients and in addition
he has devoted the
last 20 years of his career to
support clients and undertakes
pro bono work supporting
many charities.
The Solicitor of the Year
award was designed to
recognise an ‘outstanding
contribution made by a solicitor
in private practice’.
The winner is someone in a
legal practice who is seen
by colleagues as going ‘that
extra mile'.
Receiving his award Peter
Garsden said: “It is a cliché
to say I was humbled to
have been awarded Solicitor
of the Year award by the
Law Society because I am
delighted. It is a recognition
of 20 years very hard work
fighting for the rights of
abuse victims and survivors
are the real heroes of the
struggle, as well as, of
course, the many loyal and
hardworking team at QualitySolicitors
Abney Garsden
who deserve equal credit
for helping me fight so
many battles over the years.
Time for a well-deserved
celebration!”
HRC Law LLP appoints corporate and commercial
specialist Jane Wilkinson
HRC Law LLP are delighted
to announce the
appointment of Jane
Wilkinson as a solicitor in
the firm’s expanding corporate
and commercial
department. Wilkinson,
who joins from MLP Law,
will handle a range of
transactional work along
with providing clients
with advice on its trading
contracts.
Mark Traynor, a partner at
HRC Law said: "We are delighted
to welcome Jane on
board at a time of exciting
growth for the firm. Her expertise
and experience will
add to our high quality service
offering.”
Brabners forms collaboration with new
Sports and Media firm Centrefield LLP
Commercial law firm Brabners
LLP has entered into
a collaboration agreement
with a new law firm
formed out of its established
sports practice,
which will see the two
firms work closely to provide
complementary legal
services.
The agreement will see
three Partners exit Brabners
to form a specialist sports
and media law firm, Centrefield
LLP based in Manchester.
Brabners’ established sports
practice, led by Maurice
Watkins CBE and Jason
Smith will continue to provide
a broad range of legal
services to national and international
clients, across
the sports industry.
Centrefield LLP has been established
by Matthew Bennett,
David Bentham and
Edward Canty, together
with a team of seven solicitors
and associates. The two
firms will work closely to
service existing and new
clients.
Clough & Willis – the Bury
based law firm – has promoted
two of its solicitors
to associate level with immediate
effect.
Sally Cook joined Clough &
Willis in February 2014.
Since her arrival Sally has
headed up the Private
Client team which focuses
on a variety of core work including:
wealth and succession
planning, inheritance
tax advice, trust creation
and administration, wills,
lasting powers of attorney
and estate administration.
Sally’s own specialist areas
are wills, inheritance tax and
Mark Brandwood, Managing
Partner of Brabners LLP,
said: “Placing a clear focus
on core commercial services,
across key sectors, continues
to deliver growth for
Brabners and this remains
our long term strategy. This
agreement will enable
Matthew, David, Edward
and their team to focus on
sports and media law, and
for our two firms to work together
on a mutually beneficial
basis.
“Sport remains an important
sector for the firm and
in Maurice Watkins CBE and
Jason Smith we have two of
the most renowned sports
lawyers in the country. They
continue to advise some of
the UK’s most prestigious
brands and are supported
by members of the wider
firm in offering a range of
other services to clients in
the sector, including employment,
corporate, property,
litigation, private client,
matrimonial, charity and tax
law.”
Matthew Bennett, said:
“After many successful years
as part of a larger organisation,
we now feel the time is
right to focus our efforts entirely
on our specialism. We
are looking forward to
launching our new venture
and continuing to work
closely with our colleagues
at Brabners.”
Brabners employs 347 people,
including 62 partners,
across three offices in Manchester,
Liverpool and Preston.
In its most recent
financial results (April 2014)
the firm saw fee income rise
to £30.2m (2013: £28.9m).
Clough & Willis announces Private
Client Team promotions
estate planning, powers of
attorney and Court of Protection
matters as well as
estate administration (probate
& intestacy) and trusts.
The second promotion is
Karen Yates. Karen started
her career at Clough & Willis
over 10 years ago. She
works alongside Sally in the
Private Client department
and also deals with property
transactions and residential
conveyancing
matters for clients in the
North West and across the
whole of the UK. Following
her promotion she will now
lead all work in her areas of
Mark Brandwood
law at the firm’s newly
opened office in Bolton.
Shefali Talukdar – managing
partner of Clough & Willis –
said: “Both Sally and Karen
are fantastic lawyers and
their promotions are much
deserved. They are both
dedicated to their careers
and strive to offer the best
possible service to their
clients. Therefore, we felt it
was right to formally recognise
their effort and we look
forward to seeing them
progress their careers over
the coming years.”
Wilkinson added: “I’m delighted
to join the team at
HRC Law and look forward
to working with the firm’s
excellent client base.”
Jane Wilkinson
The deadline for the February 2016
edition of the Messenger
is 14th January
Sally Cook and Karen Yates

Regulatory Affairs Committee Update
Happy New Year everyone!
And what a year it is likely to
be in the regulatory world.
2015 was a year of change,
competition and consultations,
and based on announcements
made both by
the SRA and the government
in the last month or so,
we can I’m sure be guaranteed
more of the same this
year.
All Change?
The SRA has outlined its “vision
for the future” and has
issued a position paper
which can be found on its
website setting out their
plans to push ahead with a
shift away from prescriptive
rules in favour of setting out
the principles that solicitors
should follow. But wasn’t
that what the SRA did in
2011when the SRA Handbook
and OFR was introduced,
I hear you ask? Yes it
was but clearly this isn’t
enough for the SRA and
they plan to make further
significant changes to the
Handbook. At a recent conference
I attended, Crispin
Passmore of the SRA made it
very clear that he would
love to see the Handbook
reduced in size down from
600(+) pages to 50! The desire
is to give law firms the
freedom to run their businesses
as they see fit whilst
at the same time still ensuring
clients are protected. It is
hoped that such changes
will give flexibility to help
law firms adapt to the ever
changing legal market. The
paper discusses the possibility
of removing non-mandatory
guidance/Indicative
behaviours and provide
“useful, relevant and supportive
on-line resources including
case studies and
toolkits”. I remember all too
well the concerns that many
people had when OFR was
introduced about the lack of
rules and guidance from
their regulator and these
proposed changes will I’m
sure bring those concerns to
the fore once again. That is
not to say that reducing the
size of the Handbook would
be a bad thing but in my
view, the SRA will need to do
a lot of work internally to
provide meaningful case
studies to guide firms as to
what the SRA expects from
them and make its enforcement
strategy and procedures
much more
transparent than they are
currently.
The SRA will also be looking
at allowing solicitors to practise
in unauthorised businesses.
Currently, the rules
say that solicitors in firms
not authorised by the SRA or
another legal services regulator
cannot deliver legal
services to the public (except
in very limited circumstances).
Under the
proposals, solicitors would
be free to practise in the
wider legal market, delivering
non-reserved legal services
outside of law firms. This
means that the SRA needs
to look at regulating the solicitor
as an individual on the
basis of the services they
provide (and to whom)
rather than on the type of
organisation/entity they
work in. How this will affect
the solicitor brand is something
no doubt people will
have strong feelings about –
the SRA’s view is that it
would not be diluted – on
the contrary, such changes
would, in its view,
strengthen the solicitor
brand. Again, your views will
be sought when the consultation
opens.
The government has also
announced in its paper “A
better deal: boosting competition
to bring down bills
for families and firms” that it
wants to further reduce barriers
to make it easier for alternative
business
structures, such as supermarkets
and estate agents,
to offer legal services like
conveyancing, probate and
litigation. Extending the
types of organisations that
solicitors could work in coupled
with the governments
intentions really does open
up the possibility that the
public could buy legal advice
alongside their tins of
beans in the future!
Competition
Government proposals regarding
PI whiplash claims
and the increase in the small
claims limit will be of great
concern particularly in the
north west. I am sure this
will be covered in much
more detail elsewhere but
from a regulatory perspective,
any firms affected will
need to be keeping a very
close eye on developments,
starting to think about contingency
plans and their
firm’s financial stability. Paul
Philip has just also announced
that the SRA will
be carrying out research on
the “competence” of personal
injury lawyers to gain
an understanding of the
profile of firms/entities providing
legal services to
claimants and discover the
main changes firms have implemented
in response to
LASPO. Given the previous
thematic risk project when
LASPO was introduced and
the number of ABS applications
involving PI firms, its
an interesting admission on
the SRA’s part that it still
needs to understand the PI
market.
And talking of firm closures
and ABSs, we have recently
seen the news about Parabis
going into administration.
Parabis was of course one of
the first ABSs with external
investment and it will inevitably
lead many to question
whether the concept of
ABS is dead in the water. Personally,
I don’t think it is but
having assisted many businesses
with their ABS applications,
it is clear that, as
with any other law firm business,
the key to long term
success is to be found in
strong management, good
procedures and a well defined
business plan involving
horizon scanning and
the ability to change depending
upon changes in
the marketplace.
Independent regulation
In the same paper mentioned
above, the government
has also indicated an
intention to consult on making
regulators independent
from representative bodies.
The SRA has made it clear
that it is strongly in favour of
this change. The Law Society
understandably is less keen,
Catherine Dixon commenting
that “the profession
should be free to set its own
standards and rules, and to
“own” legal education and
training”
Other news
Onto more positive news!
The SRA has published a
new report on regulation for
small law firms which summarises
the changes the
SRA has made that are relevant
for small law firms and
includes tailored risk management
information and
case studies based on experiences
from small firms.
For any of you who offer unbundled
services, some
good news from the Court
of Appeal. The case of
Minkin v Lesley Landsberg
has held that solicitors instructed
on a limited retainer
do not have a broader
duty of care to their clients,
thus asserting the importance
of ensuring that
lawyers can offer unbundled
services. However, offering
such services does not come
without risk and there is a
very clear need to ensure
that your supporting client
care letters and formal written
retainers are drafted
with care to reflect the
client’s specific instructions
and what you have agreed
to do for the client. There is a
practice note on the Law Society’s
website about this or
do get in touch with myself
or any of the Compli team
who will be able to help.
And finally, the Legal Ombudsman
has announced
that complaints about law
firms are projected to have
fallen 22% in four years. Its
not entirely clear why this is,
the Legal Ombudsman
identifying a number of possibilities
including “silent
sufferers”(who will tolerate
poor service without complaining),
more clients acting
as litigants in person or
using unregulated providers
and so have no redress from
the LeO, but also (and here’s
the positive bit!) that solicitors
are getting better at responding
to complaints
during the first tier process.
Watch out though if you are
one of the firms who behave
poorly because the LeO is
looking at the possibility of
using its name and shame
powers to greater effect!
Best
and
Flaw
Michelle Garlick
Chair Manchester Law
Society Regulatory Affairs
Committee
Weightmans LLP
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Jeff Lewis steps down from Council after 16 years
Last month's AGM saw
Manchester Law Society's
longest-serving Council
member, Jeff Lewis, stand
down after 16 years.
Jeff commented: "It's important
to get new, fresh blood
on to Council. We're very
fortunate to have some
younger, enthusiastic people
on Council, and it's not
right for 'the old guard' to
hang around.
Has Jeff seen many changes
to the Society's Council over
his 16 years? "Absolutely," he
says."Probably the most welcome
change is that we've
moved from being an 'old
boys' club', with outdated
methods and antiquated
practices, to a modern, diverse,
forward-thinking organisation,
adapting to
market trends and constantly
reinventing ourselves.
The transition from
the old-style formal Dinner
(which people had largely
stopped attending) to the
highly-popular, alwaysoversubscribed
Legal
Awards is symbolic of how
things have changed."
Jeff was President of Manchester
Law Society in 2011-
12 and regards that as the
highlight of his association
with the organisation. "Particular
stand-out moments
include meeting Nick Clegg,
then the Deputy Prime Minister,
and having him in
Brabners' offices meeting
Manchester firms' senior
partners, and subsequently
being invited to the Queen's
Garden Party, meeting
Prince Charles and rubbing
shoulders with Britain's
Olympic heroes" he says.
During his year as President
he changed the style of
Council meetings to make
them more relevant and inclusive.
"I realised that the
format needed to be refreshed.
There was no point
in attracting great new talent
on to Council and then
not giving them the opportunity
to participate," says
Jeff.
Jeff spent 7 years as Chair of
the Society's Civil Litigation
Committee, and it's that
which gives him some of his
most prominent memories.
"I compiled the Society's voluminous
submission to
Lord Justice Jackson's consultation
on his costs review,"
says Jeff, “only to be
rather shocked when he
came to Manchester to
meet practitioners and took
me to task on some of the
things I'd said! But he was
always prepared to debate
things sensibly, and I always
found him extremely pleasant
to deal with". One thing
he doesn't miss is the annual
battle with the local judiciary
over guideline
hourly rates, before the
Jeff lewis and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in 2012
rates were set nationally.
"Year after year, we'd come
up with compelling evidence
for a substantial increase,"
he says, "but what
we said always seemed to
fall on deaf ears!".
Chief Executive Fran Eccles-
Bech commented: "Jeff's
made a huge contribution
to Manchester Law Society
over the years, especially in
relation to civil litigation. We
will miss his wit and wisdom
around the Council table,
but we're delighted that
he's agreed to continue to
sit on the Civil Litigation
Committee and to continue
to represent the Society on
Court Users' Committees".
But Jeff won't be putting his
feet up: he has a busy professional
life as Head of Litigation
in the Manchester
office of Brabners LLP and
as a Deputy District Judge.
He also has an increasingly
busy practice as a mediator.
"The outrageous hike in
Court fees in March has
made mediation an absolute
essential in civil disputes,"
says Jeff.
Jeff has also been appointed
to the national Law
Society's Civil Justice Committee.
"I'm sure I'll enjoy life
on the 'national scene', but I
suspect that my heart will
always lie with Manchester
Law Society," he says.
New Appointment at Nesbit Law Group LLP
Head Office in North Manchester
The growth of NLG's
award winning Claimant
Road Traffic Accident Personal
Injury Team continues
with the addition of
Melanie Metcalfe, a feeearner
with a specialist interest
in complex fraud
matters, and a member of
the Chartered Institute of
Legal Executives.
Melanie has a strong record
of dealing with specialist
multi-track litigation claims,
having previously worked
for a number of niche personal
injury law firms, including
spending several
years at Antony Hodari LLP.
After taking time out to
travel, then deciding to
begin a career in law via the
insurance claims department
at Aviva, Melanie
began dealing with Credit
Hire and Personal Injury
files, and developed a specialist
interest in complex
fraud claims; in her own
words: 'the work is complex
and at times challenging,
but by it's nature rewarding'.
Outside of the day-job
Melanie has represented
England in Show-Jumping,
and is currently studying for
a professional qualification
as a make-up artist.
NLG are recognised within
the industry as experts in
dealing with complex fraud
claims, with a track record of
success against highly resourced
and motivated De-
Melanie Metcalfe
fendant insurers, and are always
looking to recruit
highly skilled and motivated
individuals to help
keep the firm driving forward;
Melanie's expertise
and desire to excel make
her a welcome addition to
the firm.
Manchester Lawyer secures place in
prestigious guide
A Manchester based family
and divorce lawyer has
been included in a prestigious
guide to the best
private client advisors in
the country.
Ros Bever, a Partner at Irwin
Mitchell, who this year won
two Supreme Court cases
on behalf of wives challenging
their unfair divorce settlements,
has been named
in the Spear’s 500 Directory
for 2016.
Spear's 500 is an essential
guide to the top private
client advisers, wealth managers,
lawyers and service
providers for high and ultrahigh
net worth individuals.
Ros heads up Irwin
Mitchell’s top-ranked family
law team in Manchester and
is one of the few advisors
outside of London to be included
in the guide.
Featuring in the directory is
strictly by invite only and is
testament to the expertise,
client care and incredible
profile that Ros has demonstrated
in helping her both
her high profile and other
clients in recent years.
An example of a notable
success is her recent representation
of divorcees Alison
Sharland and Varsha
Gohil at the Supreme Court,
who claimed they were misled
in relation to the real
value of their respective exhusbands’
assets. After securing
a successful
judgment on behalf of both
women, Ros said that the
case showed that ‘dishonesty
will not be tolerated by
the courts’.
Ros Bever Family Law Partner
at Irwin Mitchell, said: "I
was honoured when Spears
Ros Bever
invited me to be included
again in this year's directory.
Spear's provides a collection
of the best legal and private
client advisors, hand-picked
as leaders in their field and
experts - not only providing
the right technical advice
but a bespoke level of client
service, which is exactly
what we provide to all
clients, not just high net
worth."
Ros was also named Lawyer
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last month.

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Manchester Law Society – Cybersecurity & Risk In
The Information Age Conference 2015 Report
After months of planning,
Manchester Law Society’s
inaugural Cybersecurity &
Risk In The Information
Age Conference took
place at the Manchester
Hilton on the fitting date
of 5 November 2015.
Given recent high-profile
cybersecurity incidents including
the leak of personal
data relating to thousands
of Morrisons Employees
(2000 of which are represented
by Nick McAleenan
at JMW, who had a frontrow
seat for the day), reports
that cybercrime
accounts for the second
highest number of reported
events in the UK and our
own Chief Executive’s recent
identity theft in which she
became known internationally
as a Russian Bodybuilder
(one of these is
true), the event couldn’t
have been more topical,
and the packed crowd saw a
diverse line-up of high-profile
speakers address each
and every facet of what is
fast becoming one of the
most serious risks to the
businesses of solicitors and,
more importantly, our
clients.
To be asked to chair the
event was a rare privilege,
as was setting the agenda
with Steve Robinson of
Xyone – we’ve been working
on a social engineering
study in conjunction with
Lancaster University into
the Manchester Legal Market
which is still looking for
contributions, and Steve’s
expertise, knowledge and
patience (along with
painstaking encouragement
from Fran) made the
day a huge success.
The first session, run by my
great friend and fellow Law
Society Council Member (as
well as the chair of the Technology
& Law Reference
Group) Peter Wright and
Richard Syers, the ICO’s Lead
Policy Officer and Strategic
Liaison, set the tone early,
educating us on how to mitigate
the likelihood of a
data breach and what to do
should one take place.
An insight into the sheer
number of attempted data
breaches thanks to some
nifty graphics from Peter
was followed up by a very
practical session on the
SRA’s view on Cybercrime
and Law Firms. Steve
Wilmott has been travelling
the length and breadth of
the UK to engage with the
industry and provide practical
advice to firms still grappling
with the scale of the
risk that cybercrime can
cause, and left us with some
very hand guidance on
what your regulator and
other stakeholders expect
from professionals who are
meant to put confidentiality
at the top of their clients’
evolving list of best interests.
From there, Dave Harrison
of the Centre For Assessment
educated us on the
benefits of cybersecurity
and IT management accreditation
before the lawyer
jokes gave way, for at least
half an hour, to the view
from the Banks as Stewart
Thorn gave us an insight
into how to resist scams
from an industry which has
had to get to grips with
doing so faster than any
other. Our last session before
lunch involved your
chair leading a fascinating
(despite my best efforts)
panel debate on the real issues
facing the profession
before our delegates were
left to sample the Hilton’s
typically superb hospitality
and get to know our sponsors
and exhibitors (without
whom, we ain’t got an
event) and the services
which they offer a little better.
After lunch, Aaron Naisbitt
of ConvergeIT not only dispelled
many myths about
the perceived vulnerability
of cloud IT solutions, but
stepped into the breach on
several occasions when IT
went rogue, proof if any
were needed that the MLS
Advantage suppliers are
worth every penny! Next up
was the Local Hero that is
Bill Jones, reminding us all
that cybersecurity only
helps to facilitate money
laundering and giving us an
insight into how sophisticated
that this evolving
threat has become. And he
didn’t throw any eggs into
the crowd.
Rounding out the day were
Steve Kuncewicz
sessions from Steve Robinson
on the new threat of social
engineering and social
media risk and his colleague
Zain Javed from Xyone who
treated us to a truly scary
live hacking demonstration
(so much so that I can’t be
sure if he’s typing this or I
am), before Detective Sup.
Jason Hudson of TITAN gave
us a rare insight into the
work of the North West’s Serious
Organised Crime Unit.
Amidst hanging out over
2,000 years of prison time,
Jason truly brought home
the scale of the cyber threat,
but never failed to remind
us of the ongoing importance
of basic human vigilance.
We couldn’t be happier with
the way that the day went,
and we look forward to seeing
you next year, with a
whole new set of technological
threats to
master…and hopefully a
better Chair.
Steve Kuncewicz
Conference Chair
Head of IP & Media
Bermans

10 PI
Martin Coyne of Ralli Solicitors and Chris Murray of Clyde & Co respond to the
proposals to reduce the small claims limit and scrap whiplash claims...
George Osborne: stripping away injured people’s
rights. Stand up for justice and let’s fight back!
George Osborne’s Autumn
Statement delivered a
nasty surprise for accident
victims and their representatives-
and also the
Ministry of Justice who
didn’t know about it either.
Out of the blue, he
announced an increase in
the Small Claims Limit for
damages for pain suffering
and loss of amenity
(PSLA) from £1000 to
£5000 for all claims. There
would be no compensation
whatsoever for
“minor soft tissue injuries”
(MSTI). As the vast
majority of all accidents
attract damages below
£5000 for PSLA, victims
will lose- and insurers
cash in.
The consequences for
clients are nothing short of
disastrous. If these proposals
had been implemented
last year, up to 95% of the
759,763 road traffic accident
victims in 2014 who were
awarded compensation
would have been unable to
claim for their injuries at all.
Also last year, there were
208,310 claims by those injured
at work, through public
liability or the fault of
occupiers. Up to 85% would
have been forced to bring
their claims in the Small
Claims Court (SCC), facing a
stark choice. Take on the insurance
company alone
without a lawyer, or pay the
whole of their legal costs
from any compensation
awarded. Unrepresented
claimants – litigants in person
vs hard bitten experienced
insurance claims
assessor - persuading an
overworked District Judge
to award compensation?
Hardly justice!
Even those injured people
who would be prepared to
sacrifice a large chunk of
their compensation - between
30-40%- to hire a
lawyer and pay their outgoings
will find it hard to find
one. Many specialist personal
injury solicitors who
are able to work cost effectively
through economies of
scale will be forced out of
business - a recipe for charlatans,
the unscrupulous
unqualified and higher
costs bills from non specialist
dabblers.
The financial risk to
claimants and the stress on
their nerves is singularly un-
attractive. So claimants
won’t risk pursuing their
otherwise fully justified
claims, either with or without
a solicitor’s help. What
will happen? If they are
lucky, they will be approached
direct by the insurers
who may offer a ‘take
it or leave it’ pittance. Ever
bigger insurer profits will be
made on the back of undercompensated
claimants.
Why is the Chancellor doing
this? He claims it will cut
£1bn from the cost of motor
insurance. He “expects’” the
insurance industry to pass
this on to motorists to the
tune of £40-50 per year.
We have heard this before.
The insurers promised to reduce
premiums before the
last round of anti-victim
cuts in LASPO. Even though
solicitors’ fees were slashed
by 60%, insurance premiums
barely moved. Ironically,
Mr Osborne has just
increased Insurance Premium
Tax (IPT) by 3.5%, increasing
insurance
premiums for everyone. So
insurance now costs more
and hundreds of thousands
of injured claimants lose out
anyway.
But this is short-sighted
‘back of an envelope’ economics,
that doesn’t add up.
The expert Faculty of Actuaries
has just reported:
The government announced
last week in the
Autumn Statement plans to
make it more difficult for
people to claim compensation
for exaggerated or
fraudulent whiplash claims,
by ending the right to cash
payments and the ability for
more cases to be taken to
small claims court.
They expect that these
changes could reduce
motor insurance premiums
by £40 to £50 a year. Our
analysis shows that this
would be equivalent to
stopping all third party injury
claims under £13,000.
The measures necessary to
achieve this could be quite
draconian and could affect
legitimate whiplash claims."
Moreover, the Treasury is
likely to lose in excess of
£1billion from lower recovery
of welfare benefits paid
to the DWP from successful
claims, and loss of VAT, Income
Tax and Corporation
Tax from the demise of law
firms, their suppliers and
contractors, as thousands of
lawyers and their hard
working staff are thrown on
George Osborne’s scrap
heap and the dole.
The Access to Justice Action
Group (AJAG) believes this
campaign is ‘do or die’ for
representation of injured
people- our one and only
raison d’etre. We intend to
fight this tooth and nail with
no distractions to ensure
that the Government think
again. Please pledge your
support.
To find out more, please
refer to www.ajag.co.uk and
AJAG@ralli.co.uk
Martin Coyne
Solicitor
Ralli Ltd
Copyright 03/12/2015
George's Marvellous Medicine?
Having spent the last 18
years specialising in the
representation of Insurers
and their policyholders
one might expect a partisan
cheer from me in response
to George
(Osbourne) and his marvellous
medicine to solve
the so called compensation
culture and disproportionate
accrual of legal
costs. However, as with
any medicine it comes
with side effects.
I can see both sides of the
argument. George wants to
tackle the accusation of the
compensation culture and
whilst most, if not all of us,
applaud self responsibility,
the genie is already out of
that bottle. Compensation
culture is difficult to define.
Members of the public
know they have rights and it
is made very plain where
and how they can seek redress.
The second limb of George's
justification for increase in
small claims track limit and
raising the spectre of eliminating
low value whiplash
or soft tissue injury claims is
the disproportionate cost.
The Jackson Reforms strap
line introduced by LASPO
was to end legal remedies
at any cost. The introduction
of the Reform has resulted
in a far more proportionate
costs regime. The increase
in the Small Track limit for
injury claims had been
hinted at and really this announcement
shouldn't
come as too much of a surprise.
If anything the surprise
is that the limit hasn't
been raised to £10,000. Nevertheless,
there are consequences
of the decision.
Eliminating costs recovery
for minor injuries or disallowing
these claims in their
entirety will result in a potentially
massive saving for
insurers and the intention is
to benefit society at large by
passing on these savings to
consumers. This is an attractive
proposition but where I
am more sceptical is in respect
of the inevitable
claims inflation when the
bottom of the bracket becomes
£5,000 rather than
£1,000. If this happens any
savings will vanish. Within
my case load I see "gaming",
sometimes on a grand scale
either by way of "kitchen
sink" schedules or the metamorphosis
of a straightforward
soft tissue injury claim
into the chronic pain category.
The custodians of the
system are the judiciary and
as yet we haven't seen
enough application of the
fundamental dishonesty
button. The law in this area
will mature but it cannot be
codified as it such a subjective
measure. The introduction
of qualified one way
costs shifting has removed
the costs deterrent from litigation
in most circumstances.
The irony is that a
successful fundamental dishonesty
application usually
results in the withdrawal of
legal expense insurance
cover which is to the detriment
of the insurers and
their successful policyholder.
George and his advisors will
have to proceed very carefully
in their definition of
what attracts damages and
what no longer qualifies.
Cases falling below the
threshold of £5,000 will not
attract legal costs and it is
likely any funding will be secured
by way of damages
based agreements or possibly
even a return to the traditional
lawyer/client
retainer. The American system
survived on the basis of
no recoverability of costs
but for me that approach
undermines the principal of
tort law which is based on
putting the claimant back in
their position they were in
but for the negligence of
the third party.
I am confident there will be
plenty of discussion about
how to make the proposals
work. Low value claims do
not require technical legal
argument and I sometimes
wonder how far away we
are from a self-service system.
Internet enabled
claimants will be able to
enter their details on to a
portal, be allocated an appointment
with a medical
expert from the Medco list,
the report will be read by an
intelligent valuation system
to assess pain, suffering and
loss of amenity and special
damages will be limited to
certain categories requiring
prescribed evidence. If the
offer is unacceptable an appeal
board could hear the
case subject to payment of
a proportionate fee. It probably
won't be too long before
computers can work
out liability disputes too.
The cost of progress will inevitably
be an ever more
contracting claimant's solicitor
market and we have already
seen the share price
of some of the listed
claimant firms significantly
reduced. Fundamental to
my existence is a good quality
claimant's solicitor market
and I would not want
that undermined. A far
more persuasive argument
is the proposition that
claimants require representation
as on their own they
do not know the true value
of their claim or the long
term consequences of their
injury hence the need for
properly qualified and regulated
expert claimant's solicitors.
If one of the outcomes of
George's Marvellous Medicine
is to disassociate the
'solicitor brand' with claims
farming or ambulance chasing
or the dreaded compensation
culture then we
would all benefit from a
dose of George's Marvellous
Medicine.
Chris Murray
Senior Equity Partner
Clyde & Co
Please send your views on the proposals for the next edition to j.baskerville@jbaskerville.co.uk

Feature & Charity 11
Reputation Management –
The Impossible Dream Or Comeback Kid?
Law firm’s festive food donation to
help families in need at Christmas
Staff at Slater and Gordon helped to spread a little festive
cheer to those in need this Christmas.
In the social media world, where brands are made and
broken overnight, more ethical consumers search for
the slightest excuse to turn against the establishment
for lapses in moral judgment and anyone’s opinion and
snap judgment, it may be easy to think that the days of
managing, let alone defending your reputation are long
gone.
After all, recent reports show that, since the Defamation Act
2013 came into force, defamation as a legal discipline may
be on the decline – Thomson Reuters recently found that
only 20 defamation cases reached a hearing in 2012 to
2013, down 58% on 2008-2009’s high watermark of 48. In
fact, the total number of defamation cases fell from 86 to 63.
As much as the new requirement of serious harm has done
much to discourage and weed out claims with tenuous
merit (replacing the more active approach to case management
and strike-outs led by the Jameel line of cases some
years ago), it may be fair to think that both the media and
potential claimants are becoming more cautious and less
eager to have the details of their dispute and any potential
vindication undone by crowdsourced opinion, potentially
creating a Streisand Effect of massive proportions and undoing
the whole objective.
You may think that, but I think you may be wrong. Buried
in these figures, alongside the drop in claims brought by
businesses of 45%, was an increase in defamation cases
linked to social media activity, which is increasingly becoming
the new battleground in the war of public perception.
We’re starting to see a line of cases such as Cooke. Lachaux
and Brett Wilson, all of which have begun to fill in the blanks
of the 2013 Act’s “plain English” approach to a traditionally
obtuse and esoteric legal discipline We may yet be starting
to see the new frontier and a move back towards a more
equal realignment of the interests of business against the
occasionally ill-informed individual.
That said, defamation is only a part of the online conversation
prism. As it has struggled to re-establish its relevance
in the information age, data protection has well and truly
come out swinging, with the recent ground-breaking Vidal-
Hall decision potentially opening up a whole new era of
claims for non-pecuniary damage arising from breaches of
the Data Protection Act 1998. The first few claims relating to
data breaches are only now starting to make their way into
court lists, and the next few years are going to be fascinating
as Judges get to grips with the true worth of privacy,
both before and after it’s compromised. Not only that, but
the line between citizen “journalism” and the private purposes
exemption from the 1998 act’s stringent requirement
may being data privacy to the fore of public consciousness
like never before, with the IP address replacing the PI litigator
as the next wave of volume litigation.
As straight privacy cases also continue to make headlines
and set the criteria for “reasonable expectation” and genuine
public interests, with social media playing an increasingly
important role both as a source and distribution
channel of the most intimate information and the “right to
be forgotten” continues to be defined through Google’s
own imperfect implementation of the Spanish decision
against them which gave birth to the very concept, the fact
is that in the digital environment the defence of reputation
and privacy is increasingly complex and involves more ingenuity
than ever before. As technology has outpaced the
legal framework which (tries) to regulate it, the next few
years may well see a much clearer picture emerge of what
businesses and individuals can be expected to tolerate in a
24-hour news cycle, often driven by contributors without
any formal journalism training. The lawyers who can evolve
to meet that challenge may yet truly help their clients continue
to prosper in the unflinching gaze of a crowd which is
sometimes not as wise as we wish it to be.
We are fortunate to live in interesting times, and what
comes next may yet remind us that the basic rights to defend
unwarranted attacks and the pre-eminence of privacy
could make the enlightened even more lucky. Reputational
risk is at the top of many agendas, and defending it may be
see the playing out of what we as human beings love more
than anything else – a comeback story.
Steve Kuncewicz
Head of IP & Media
Bermans
Law Society Council Member
Every department got involved in the collection for Manchester’s
Wood Street Mission, filling boxes with food for
families living in poverty – from cupboard essentials to festive
treats.
Hundreds of items were donated and handed over to the
charity in mid-December so volunteers could deliver the
food parcels in time for Christmas.
Head of personal injury Emma Holt said: “This is the first
Christmas we have celebrated since moving into our Mosley
Street office and it seemed right to choose a charity that’s
close to the local community.
“Wood Street does fantastic work and we were delighted by
how keen everyone was to get involved.”
In the run up to Christmas, the law firm held a week-long
festive fair in its recently opened walk-in legal advice centre,
inviting charities and local businesses to come in and set up
stalls.
Staff and members of the public were encouraged to use
the ground floor centre as a drop-off point for Key 103’s ‘Mission
Christmas’ collection for disadvantaged children across
Greater Manchester.
The firm also held a dress down Christmas jumper day to
raise funds for the radio station’s annual appeal.
Charlotte Bertie, with some of the donations for
Wood Street Mission
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12 Feature
Meet the Officers
Following on from the AGM, we asked the new Officers of the Society to reveal their
views on a number of topical issues....
PRESIDENT
Michael Hardacre
Slater and Gordon
Area of Practice
Claimant Personal Injury
What are the current challenges for the legal profession?
There are a broad range of challenges, but the most personal ones to me relate to access to justice. Crime, Personal Injury, Employment and Family have
all been seriously impacted over the last few years with increased fees, reduction and removal of legal aid and proposed court closures amongst other
things. We (and by “we”, I mean all solicitors, not just those in affected areas), need to be steadfast and robust in doing everything we can to stall the momentum
of further change. We are professionals and we need to tirelessly press home the message that we add value to the litigation process, not just
an unnecessary cost. As the judiciary are finding much to their dismay, if you take solicitors out of the equation, you remove an essential piece of the jigsaw,
without which the system will grind to a shuddering halt before you know it.
Is the "Tesco-isation" of legal services a good thing?
I’m realistic about this; I’ve always taken the view that certain areas of lower value litigation, where the issues are not complex, can be competently conducted,
in an efficient way using good case management systems, without any loss of service to the client. But, there is a limit and in my view we have
now reached that limit. Contrary to popular perception, I think law firms have proved to be very adaptable to change and I’ve seen no evidence that non
lawyers can add anything significant beneficial to how legal services are provided.
What do you enjoy about your job?
I’ve never lost that satisfaction of getting the right settlement for my clients and I hope I never do.
Are there things you dislike about your job?
None that really add up to much, I still feel privileged to earn a decent living doing a job that still motivates me.
What is your New Year resolution?
The same one as every year, keep smiling.
and finally if you were a sandwich, what would you be?
Cheese and pickle, keep it simple.
VICE PRESIDENT
Jon Hainey
DWF LLP
Area of Practice
Commercial and Public Law Litigation
What are the current challenges for the legal profession?
There are of-course many such as increasing competition (some of it unregulated), a relentless assault on various sectors of the profession by the MOJ,
emerging technologies which are capable of replacing aspects of what we do and commoditisation resulting in downward pressure on fees, to name but
a few. That said, there are many opportunities emerging from all of those challenges and, as always in life, those who adapt the quickest will still be able
to thrive. There are numerous innovative firms in the North West, big and small, who are well placed to capitalise on the opportunities and over the next
few years MLS shall be focussing on how we can best help all firms in the region stay ahead of the curve and continue to compete effectively.
Is the "Tesco-isation" of legal services a good thing?
In theory it’s not a bad thing as it has the potential at-least to improve access to legal services and reduce costs, which would no doubt be welcomed by
consumers. The risk is that, as has sadly been seen on the High Street, the market becomes consolidated and choice and quality are compromised. Again,
I would expect many in the profession to rise to the challenge and provide an attractive alternative to the larger corporates who shall be providing legal
services alongside groceries, insurance etc.
What do you enjoy about your job?
Getting great results for my clients and helping my junior colleagues develop and achieve their goals.
Are there things you dislike about your job?
The drive into Manchester from Bolton. It appears that someone is going out of their way to make it virtually impossible to access the City Centre without
me having to sit in a traffic jam for half the morning, no matter how early I leave the house!
What is your New Year resolution?
To stop moaning about the traffic and get the train (presuming the work on the electrification of the line is complete by January).
and finally if you were a sandwich, what would you be?
If there is any truth in the saying that you are what you eat, I must be a ham sandwich! I had to say that as I know my colleagues will all be thinking it as I
only ever bring in ham sandwiches and 2 apples. It’s part of my rock and roll lifestyle!

JOINT HONORARY SECRETARY
David Anderson
St John’s Buildings Chambers
Feature 13
Area of Practice
Company Secretary and Head of Corporate Services
What are the current challenges for the legal profession?
So many, but the profession is fantastic at meeting challenges. Accessibility is perhaps the main challenge. Increased court and tribunal fees, reduced court
centres, reduced legal aid scope, changes to CFA uplifts and the proposed change to the small claims limit are combining to make it impossible for all but
the wealthiest in society to access much needed legal services. The professions have done what they can to fill the void with pro-bono and charitable endeavour,
but even that is creaking at the seams. Technology needs to be embraced and the professions need to work together to ensure duplication is
removed and access to justice preserved.
Is the "Tesco-isation" of legal services a good thing?
This is not a question that can be answered in a couple of sentences, but here we go…Despite the challenge of accessibility, I’m not convinced that the
arguments in favour of further deregulation have been properly made out. The legal market is incredibly competitive and there are few signs that the increased
competition in the market since ABS regulation has resulted in any tangible savings or improvement in service for the consumer. I am also concerned
that the primary motivation for some new entrants would be profit for the benefit of their shareholders, particularly where repeat business is
unlikely. What might this goal be at the expense of? Until a new entrant improves the quality of representation, advice and service that a client gets over
that which is currently available I will remain unconvinced as to the benefit of deregulation or “Tesco-isation”. That is not to say it can’t happen, just that it
hasn’t happened yet.
What do you enjoy about your job?
Working with brilliant and challenging people.
Are there things you dislike about your job?
Brilliant and challenging people aren’t always great to work with!
What is your New Year resolution?
To break my new year’s resolution.
and finally if you were a sandwich, what would you be?
I’d be Fourth Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, who invented the sandwich so he didn’t have to leave the gambling table.
JOINT HONORARY SECRETARY
David Travis
RBS - future Williams & Glyn
Area of Practice
Senior solicitor - commercial and intellectual property
What are the current challenges for the legal profession?
Two things spring to mind. First, the unprecedented cuts to the budget of the Ministry of Justice could have a profound effect on the operation of both
the civil and criminal courts and access to justice. 2016 could be an extremely challenging year. Second, as an in-house lawyer I feel that the profession is
waking up late to the fact that almost a quarter of solicitors in England and Wales work for companies and the public and not-for profit sectors, not for
law firms. The launch of the national Law Society's in-house engagement programme is a welcome development to address our particular needs and concerns.
Is the "Tesco-isation" of legal services a good thing?
Please see the answer from David Anderson - I can't better that!
What do you enjoy about your job?
I won't be starting my new role until January but it will be exciting to have the unique opportunity to help launch a new UK bank.
Are there things you dislike about your job?
Ask me in six months!
What is your New Year resolution?
To allocate more thinking time. It's very easy to become caught up in the day-to-day challenges of a busy office.
and finally if you were a sandwich, what would you be?
As I'm in France at the moment, it would have to be a croque monsieur - it's easy to put together and usually hits the spot.
HONORARY TREASURER
Matt Taylor
Eversheds
Area of Practice
Commercial dispute resolution (or litigation to give it its proper title)
What are the current challenges for the legal profession?
Whether it is criminal contracts, civil court fees or the recent proposal to raise the small claims threshold for personal injury claims, the challenges facing
the profession at the moment all centre around one thing – access to justice. It is imperative that the profession stands up to these challenges and fights
to ensure that everyone in the country continues to enjoy this fundamental right.
Is the "Tesco-isation" of legal services a good thing?
See David Travis’ excellent answer.
What do you enjoy about your job?
Working with people who are much smarter than I am.
Are there things you dislike about your job?
Working with people who are much smarter than I am.
What is your New Year resolution?
My wife is due to give birth on New Year’s Eve. I doubt that I will have the time to pay attention to any other resolutions!
If you were a sandwich, what would you be?
A bacon butty. You can’t go wrong with a bacon butty.

14 News
Local Search Delays and “Groundhog Days”
The effect of cuts in Local Authority staffing levels
is hitting Land Charges staff as much as other departments.
Solicitor’s reports of increasing delays
in obtaining the replies to Local Authority
Searches have led to headlines in regional newspapers
talking of “Groundhog Day on homes as
chains break over “appalling” time it takes council
to do land searches” (Salisbury Journal 24 June
2015). Delays of between 12 and 17 weeks have
been reported and other councils have blamed
the volume of search requests for delays of over 5
weeks.
Conveyancers will know that delays like this are a
major contributor to chains falling through and
transactions failing to complete. With more law
firms offering “No Completion, No Fee” deals
lawyers are losing out.
Lawyers looking to limit the problems caused by
these delays need to look at where No Search or
Delayed Search Insurance is suitable. Stewart Title
offers a range of these policies to protect both
buyers and their lenders. In the case of re-mortgages,
Lender Only policies can be provided.
Standard policies can normally be ordered on line
or in more difficult or unusual cases from our underwriting
team.
As well as usually being quicker than a full written
search, the premiums for No Search Insurance are
normally lower than the fee payable to the Local
Authority.
There is some confusion amongst conveyancers
regarding the attitude of lenders to No Search Insurance.
Whilst some lenders are not willing to
accept it in lieu of full written searches; a quick
check of Part 2 of the CML Lenders Handbook
shows that (as at 19 November 2015)a large number
of main lenders accept Insurance for purchase
transactions and even more for
re-mortgages. Conveyancers should however always
check the replies to Question 5.4.6 of Part 2
of the CML Handbook before recommending Insurance
to a buyer. Similarly (in the same way you
would check the replies to a written search) Conveyancers
should always check that the policy
provided offers adequate protection for their
client and their lenders ( in terms of both the extent
and financial level of cover).
To discuss the issues raised in this article or for
any other queries you have regarding our
products, please contact Robert Kelly on
07415 240 703 or robert.kelly@stewart.com.
Robert Kelly, Commercial Business
Development Manager, Stewart Title Limited
Robert joined Stewart Title in 2013 after 25 years of
experience as a Commercial Property lawyer specialising
in development and portfolio management.
This experience plays a vital part in his role
working closely with the Property industry to use Indemnity
Insurance to resolve title problems and
speed up transactions.
Conveyancers will know that
delays like this are
a major contributor to
chains falling through
and transactions failing
to complete. With more
law firms offering
“No Completion, No Fee”
deals lawyers are losing out.
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Claire’s
evening out
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a speedy
response
to an urgent
title matter.
After another hectic week at work, Claire was looking forward to a night
out with friends – until a problem with access to a property threatened to
derail one of her exchanges. But Claire didn’t panic. Instead, she contacted
Stewart Title. We responded quickly and provided cover for her client just
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© 2015 Stewart. All rights reserved.

16 Management Issues
Management Matters
This column is now into its fifth year and feedback is still good. We would still like to receive observations and ideas for future
issues. Please mail Bill Kirby at billkirby@professionalchoiceconsultancy.com or the publisher Julia Baskerville at
j.baskerville@jbaskerville.co.uk
More Agility, Flexibility, People
Development and Training
Following the acquisition of MLS Advantage Member ML Solutions
Ltd by Riliance Software Ltd the company has now
been rebranded as Riliance Training Ltd. http://riliancetraining.com
Bill Jones is the new CEO and the company is in the process of
significantly developing its training services.
In addition to the Money Laundering products there will be
Cyber training, Bribery and Corruption and more and upon a
significantly enhanced platform.
We frequently hear about the benefits of mobility and agility
(hosted IT and Comms, video conferencing, outsourced transcription,
hot-desking and the like)provided by other MLS Advantage
members. The new e-learning revolution will add to
all of that as well as the learning benefits
• 24 hour access to training content from any PC, tablet or mobile
phone
• Instant access to a comprehensive suite of relevant training
courses and other training material.
• On going refresher training using inter active animated content.
• Functionality to provide bespoke reporting on training results.
• Embracing mobile learning as part of an integrated training
solution.
• The ability to easily manage content delivery, sequencing
and versioning.
• Advanced content distribution, management and tracking
capabilities.
Bill Jones comments "The link up between Riliance and ML Solutions
has created a fantastic opportunity to develop a
unique training service that will cater for the needs of all businesses
in this modern and ever changing world"
Bill and I both believe that we are about to enter a new era of
e-learning and that businesses will demand firstly training that
they can control and supervise and secondly training that
meets their required outcomes.
bill.jones@riliancetraining.com
or
suzanne.allwright@riliance.co.uk
Slightly Stunned by this………
That “selling” word
Despite starting my career as an accountant(not a lawyer)- I
spent an early days with a career with Rank Xerox - probably
the best sales business at the time.
We all had to undergo sales training and the company
spawned two leading sales courses PSS and SPIN and I don’t
think it did me any harm. Some of us were lucky enough to
participate in a Senior Management Education Programme
something which I am working on for the legal sector – more
on that in the next few months.
I spend a great deal of times with law firms on their strategies
and business development plans which require a process and
cultural change for all lawyers to enable capitalisation on
client retention, client development and new business acquisition.
How to communicate the proposition - to whom - and
when - and how to ask for the order.
It seems, as though suddenly, after regarding the word with
distaste, lawyers are talking about “selling”. Magic circle firms,
global firms, full service regional firms, specialist practitioners
and local family firms are experiencing competition and fee
pressure.
In short, we are beginning to understand that business won’t
just come walking in and we have to do something to get it.
Unfortunately often the people who are closest to the clients
(lawyers themselves) are generally very poor at the behavioural
skills they need to persuade clients to choose them
above other apparently similar options.
If we can’t establish differentiation in the sales process, the
only other determinants of winning new business are price
and luck. Some firms have specialist BD managers, but these
people rarely get anywhere near the client conversations at
the critical points, and don’t have consultative selling skills either.
So it’s a challenge we are beginning to recognise.
Imagine my surprise when 30+ years on I came across this
from Huthwaite International
http://www.huthwaite.co.uk/market-sectors/legal/spin-selling-for-lawyers/
yes SPIN selling for lawyers. The whole programme
specifically adapted.
Huthwaite International, has adapted its behavioural skills
training especially for lawyers and their firms. Lawyers can
now benefit from the research base into what successful people
do in sales conversations, and experience a highly immersive
training programme with extensive role-play and
feedback, a range of digital pre- and post-course preparation
and reinforcement, and participation in a worldwide sales excellence
community. The programmes are offered to firms inhouse,
or for individuals at a public course. All you need is an
open mind, with a readiness to change behaviour and change
results.
The main message to me is that lawyers are obviously recognising
the benefits that this sort of personal development can
bring.
New Year Resolutions
No apologies for a reminder. As managing partner;
• I will ensure that the 3 year business strategy is in place and
up to date
• I will sit down individually with the other partners in the firm
and have an honest discussion about their likes and dislikes
particularly with regards management and business development
and potential retirement of career changes so that we
can make sure we have the right people managing and doing
business development and if necessary have a succession plan
in place
• I will make sure that there is enhanced communication
within the practice so that everyone understands the strategy,
the business plan and their role in it and will make sure perhaps
with internal newsletters and departmental feedback
how it is all going
• I will ensure that my legal department heads have clear delegated
accountability for
o Billing
o Gross Profit
o Working Capital
o Compliance
o Business Development
• I will ensure that this accountability is delegated to individual
fee earners by the department heads and that their responsibility
for billing, time targets and cash collection are
quite clear – measured and with Key Performance Indicators
in place to drive behaviour
• I will look at some meritocracy reward as some of the team
contribute so much more than others in management and
business development.
• I will make sure there are training and coaching programmes
in place for people development and above all meeting the
objectives of the business not just ticking the box for CPD
points.
• I will ensure that the department head has a clear approach
to bring shortcomings back to budget or has in place a means
to capitalise on opportunities providing regular forecasts
• I will ensure that I have checked personally the business continuity
and disaster recovery plans for my IT function as we
cannot afford for the system not to perform or be unrecoverable
for a week
• I will make sure that my Microsoft licenses are still supported
and that controls are in place to make sure my IT and telephony
are safe from cyber attack
• I will ensure that there a teams within every department,
with people of all levels and disciplines are looking at our
business processes to improve effectiveness and efficiency –
cutting costs and enhancing client experience
• I will start a new regime where I and department heads take
much more interest in the capability of our Practice and Case
Management systems and by engagement with the vendors
see if the products with their latest releases can assist in our
business priorities and if not make it clear to the vendors what
is wanted including where necessary integration with third
party products
• I will ensure that there is a prioritisation and plan around essential
IT development to assist in the achievement of objectives
across all departments – not who shouts the loudest
• I will make sure that my IT is used to the full to ease the compliance
process
• I will ensure that there is a clear authority matrix is in place
to ensure that discretionary spend and recruitment is controlled
• I will ensure that the firm has clear processes and mind set
and culture to ensure that in bound business enquiries are
handled pleasantly and effectively. I will challenge department
heads to up their conversion rates of inbound enquiries
with a say 60% target for starters.
• I will make sure that n% client satisfaction rating is my Number
1 non-financial KPI. I will measure it and take action in
areas where we fall short
• I will always remember that my greatest source on future
business is from my existing clients and I will make sure they
know about all of our services, repeats (like Wills) and new
market trends (like LPA)
• I will make sure that I monitor marketing initiatives for new
business and ensure that success is measured, go for low
hanging fruit and not carry on a programme with poor results
Bill Kirby is a director of Professional Choice Consultancy offering
advice to firms on business issues from strategy, planning,
business development, the effective use of IT
applications and IT hosting for compliance, business continuity
and DR. He can be contacted at billkirby@professionalchoiceconsultancy.com

Probate 17
Pay-per-Probate versus
Capital Spend Comparison
v
Pay-per-Probate, sometimes referred to as Pay-as-you-Go, might at
first glance seem to make good financial sense. For the smaller practice
with very few estate administration matters that is certainly the
case.
In this example, we use figures from Isokon Software which provides
a complete probate accounting system with an integrated case management
component. The Pay-per-Probate model by contrast is a
case management system, without the benefit of a backend accounting
database to contain the plethora of financial details involved
in handling a probate matter.
Let’s consider the costs over 5 years for a case management system,
without the benefit of a full accounting system, charging £60 per
probate matter for a firm receiving an average of 10 matters per
month, which equals 120 matters x £60. Your annual costs in this example
would be £7,200. Over a five year period your total spend
would be £36,000.
By contrast your capital spend on a system with three fee earners
(who with effective software could easily handle 120 cases annually)
would be £7,850 plus five years support at £1,570 per annum over
five years. This would equal a total capital spend of £15,700 - a difference
of more than £20,000
This represents a massive saving compared with the pay-per-probate
model. The PPP model only begins to compete financially if your intake
of estate matters is approximately four per month.
r
Let’s not forget that after 5 years your costs on the PPP model will
continue at a significantly higher rate than the capital spend model.
Comparing the ongoing support costs, your ongoing annual cost for
support on the capital spend model (after the capital spend has
been completed) for three users will be £1,570 annually for an unlimited
number of cases.
On this basis of four probates a month, you would clearly not require
as many fee earners. Consequently your capital spend on a capital
purchase including support would be reduced to £12,800 over the
five year period. For your PPP model to compare with this figure, you
would need to be receiving fewer than 3.5 new cases per month (3.5
PPP cases x £60 = £210 per month x 12 months = £2,520 per annum
x 5 years = £12,600).
Any more than 3.5 cases will leave you out of pocket using the PPP
model.
By contrast receiving any more than 2 cases per month using the PPP
model (2 PPP cases x £60 = £120 per month x 12 months = £1,440)
will be akin to throwing your money away.
The capital purchase model will provide you with a complete accounting
system combined with integrated case management,
whereas the PPP model will only provide you with case management.
Conclusion: the capital spend model provides more software for
less money.
Isokon
For further information please contact: Gregory van Dyk Watson, Managing Director of Isokon Limited.
Email: gregory@isokon.com or call 020 7482 6555. Alternatively visit www.isokon.com
Isokon was founded by Gregory van Dyk Watson in 1999. The company has invested 44,000 man hours in development of the product over the
last 16 years. The company is currently the leading supplier of software for Probate and Private Client work. Isokon is used by 40% of law firms
who do private client work. It is used by more than 2,000 individual users. Isokon is used for the most complex estates, as well as basic estates.
Isokon is based on an accounting database engine with an integrated Isokon case management component.
Alternatively visit www.isokon.com

20 News
CILEX
MTSG News
Yet another round-up of recent
MTSG activities along with
what we’ve got planned to take
us into the New Year.
Education
As usual, we have had a packed month of educational MTSG
activities. On 2nd December our members attended a speed
networking event at the University of Law designed to create
links between students and those within the profession.
On 10th December Deans Court Chambers hosted our extremely
popular Advocacy Training event followed (as one
would expect) by drinks, nibbles and a healthy dose of networking.
Social and FELT
Following on from the incredible success of our ball and sellout
FELT wine-tasting event organised by Adam Hattersley,
our huge January social will be taking place at the wonderful
Sakana on Peter Street. Keep your eyes peeled for announcements
on Twitter and via your inboxes.
Charity
There was an enthusiastic response to the raffle ticket sale
at the MTSG Winter Ball, with a grand total of £480 being
raised for this year’s nominated charities, Forever Manches-
ter and the British Heart Foundation. The lucky winners
walked away with prizes including Stereophonics’ tickets,
theatre tickets and even vouchers for a wine tasting
course. We are arranging a number of further fundraising
events for the new year including a charity spa evening in
January, and hope to maintain this momentum and raise
as much money as we can for these great causes.
The Trainee Games
Sports Secretaries Shalina Bhatia and Kris Scales have
made great progress towards our headline sporting event
of the year, the Northern Trainee Games, which we are
pleased to announce will be held in Manchester at Manchester
City FC’s Etihad Campus. Trainee Solicitor Groups
from Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham and Sheffield Junior
Lawyer Divisions will be descending upon Manchester in
the Spring each determined to take the crown as the
supreme TSG for sport.
Martin Bloor,
MTSG Chairman
Martin.Bloor@Brabners.com
MYSG News
This is the January edition of the
Messenger therefore it is necessary
for me to wish the members
of Manchester Law Society a
Happy New Year.
For 2016 the Manchester Young Solicitors Group has a number
of exciting events and seminars arranged for our member.
It all kick starts on the 13th January with our ‘Health and
Wellness’ Event at Castlefield Gym. Attendees will be treated
to an informative presentation from a nutritional expert and
a complimentary body conditioning class – a sure way to
beat those January blues and get fit for 2016. For those of
us who are more inclined to the traditional kind of networking
“in the pub” we will be holding a wine tasting event with
the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors towards the end
of January.
February brings the giant inter-professional event to Manchester
to be hosted on the 18th February Revolucion De
Cuba.
This event hosts circa 700 attendees from a variety of professions
within the city centre including the Young Solicitors
Group, the Young Chartered Accountants Group, the Town
Planners Institute and the Chartered Surveyors. It is set to
be a great success as it has been in previous years with attendees
clearly being the future leaders in their professions.
Members are encouraged to check the website regularly
for news and updates as we are receiving an unprecedented
amount of interest in each of our events and attendance
is on a first come first served basis.
Charlotte Brinsley
Chair of Manchester Young Solicitors Group
Family Solicitor at Slater and Gordon Lawyers
Charlotte.brinsley@slatergordon.co.uk
CILEX News
CILEx Greater Manchester Branch
The branch is currently working on a full calendar of events for
2016. So far the following events have been scheduled:
CPD Events
28 January 2016
‘Anti-Money Laundering - understanding the basics’
(provided by Legal Eye)
Unless otherwise stated all CPD events take place at 6pm at
the offices of Weightmans LLP, 3 Piccadilly Place, Manchester,
M1 3BN and are open to both members and non-members.
If you would like further details of any of these events and/or
you have any requests or suggestions for CPD topics you
would like to see covered please contact the branch at: manchestercilex@outlook.com
Branch AGM
The date of the branch AGM has now been agreed upon and
will be held at 6pm on Thursday 4th February 2016 at the offices
of Weightmans LLP, 3 Piccadilly Place, Manchester, M1
3BN. At this meeting the branch Chairperson and committee
for the coming year will be decided upon so if you would like
to get involved in the running of the branch and help raise the
profile of CILEx in the Greater Manchester region please do
come and along and show your support. The meeting is open
to both members and non-members. Fresh blood and new
ideas are always!
The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives
CILEx Regulation calls for LSB to direct regulators to eliminate
barrier when switching regulator
CILEx Regulation has submitted a report to the Legal Services
Board asking for a review of the anti-competitive repercussions
that run-off insurance is having on legal entities.
Currently law firms must have six years of run-off insurance
cover in the event they close down. However the same rule applies
if they were to switch regulator, despite still being in business.
The report, compiled following discussions and submissions
from insurers and legal businesses, demonstrates that entities
looking to change regulator will be adversely affected.
Wills Jacobsen Legal Ltd, a law firm that switched regulator to
CILEx Regulation, had to incur the additional costs. Clare Wills,
the owner, said: “In the end we bit the bullet and made the
change knowing it was the right thing for our business – but if
this additional burden hadn’t been there, it would have made
the switch quicker, simpler, and cheaper.”
Stilwell and Singleton Solicitors explored transferring regulator
albeit less successfully. Ian Chivers, partner at the firm, said: “Disappointingly
we had to make the difficult decision to opt
against transfer due to the financial burden of run-off, which is
currently acting as a mechanism to constrain the free movement
of legal entities between regulators.
We would transfer regulator immediately if the unnecessary financial
burdens were removed.”
The requirement for run-off cover increases the risk of ‘double
insurance’, where a firm takes run-off insurance but works on a
continuous retainer under a new insurer. If something goes
wrong the two insurers may question responsibility and dispute
claims, ultimately leaving consumers and entities in a vulnerable
situation.
CILEx Regulation Chair, Sam Younger (pictured) said: “We
have had several law firms wanting to switch from their current
regulator to CILEx Regulation, but are unable to because
of the prohibitive run-off costs. This is a rule made by the regulators,
and it prevents legal businesses choosing the regulator
that is right for their business model, their specialism,
and their consumers.
CILEx Regional Contact
If you would like any further information about CILEx please
contact Chris Hoskin, CILEx Development Officer for The
North of England:
Phone: 07881 286267
Email:
choskin@cilex.org.uk

LawCare 21
All About LawCare
Since 1997 LawCare, through its free, confidential
and independent helpline service has
been helping members of the legal professions,
their support staff and families by providing
information and support with any
issues affecting them.. However, there are still
many lawyers who are not aware of the support
available and we are often asked questions
about what we offer.
How are you funded?
LawCare is a registered charity funded primarily by the
professional bodies for legal groupings throughout the
British Isles. Although we do welcome any donation,
however small.
Is LawCare part of any of the professional bodies?
No. LawCare is entirely independent of all the professional
bodies and only reports statistics to them.
Is it a counselling service?
Callers to the LawCare helpline are provided with initial
support from our staff, who all have experience of
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and can provide reassurance and even if a solution
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but our helpline personnel have experience of the
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that arise. If more specific advice is required, then, in
most instances, we can signpost you to someone who
can help.
Can anyone phone LawCare?
Anyone in the legal profession, from a Judge to a paralegal,
their immediate families and staff, are welcome
to use LawCare’s service. This includes students and
trainees.
Is it free?
LawCare’s helpline service is entirely free. However, if
we help identify a counsellor, other therapist or treatment
unit then funding will normally need to be provided
by the caller, though wherever possible we will
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Is it confidential?
Confidentiality is at the heart of what we do. You don’t
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records we need to keep are stored on a secure and
closed computer system accessible only to LawCare
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support.
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ear.
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A Practitioner's Guide to Powers of Attorney 9th ed: John Thurston
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APIL Guide to Tripping and Slipping Cases 2nd ed: Charles Foster; Ben Bradley
Archbold: Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice 2016: Edited by: P. J. Richardson
Assessment of Mental Capacity: A Practical Guide for Doctors and Lawyers 4th ed: BMA; The
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Care Act Manual 2nd ed: Tim Spencer-Lane
Chitty on Contracts 32nd ed: Volume 1 (General Principles) & Volume 2 (Specific Contracts):
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Evidence of Bad Character 2nd ed: J.R. Spencer
Family Law Protocol 4th ed: The Law Society
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Law of Guarantees 7th ed: Geraldine Andrews; Richard Millett
Law of Insolvent Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships: Elspeth Berry; Rebecca Parry
Local Authority Liability 6th ed: John Morrell; His Honour Judge Richard Foster
MacGillivray on Insurance Law: Relating to all Risks Other than Marine 13th ed
May on Criminal Evidence 6th ed: Richard May; Steven Powles
Mental Capacity: Law and Practice 3rd ed: Edited by: District Judge Gordon Ashton
O'Hare & Browne: Civil Litigation 17th ed: John O'Hare; Kevin Browne
PACE: A Practical Guide to the PACE Act 1984 4th ed: Paul Ozin; Heather Norton; Perry Spivey
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The Law of Motor Insurance 2nd ed: Robert Merkin; Jeremy Stuart-Smith
The Law Society's Conveyancing Handbook 22nd ed: Edited by: Frances Silverman
Thomas' Sentencing Referencer 2016: Edited by: Nicola Padfield; Lyndon Harris;
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Work Accidents at Sea: Grahame Aldous; Linda Nelson; 9 Gough Square
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A little bit of history
Adrift is the statue by the
Irish sculptor John Cassidy,
was completed in
1907 and used to stand in
Piccadilly Gardens. It is
now near the Central Library
in St Peter's Square.
The Public Monument and
Sculpture associations describes
the sculpture “The
bronze sculpture depicts a
family clinging to a raft in a
stormy sea. The central figure
is a half-naked man, holding
a sheet aloft in his raised right
hand, calling for help.
Arranged around him are the
figures of his wife and three
children. His wife is shown
leaning over and kissing their
infant son. To the left, is the
daughter, her raised arm held
in her father’s left hand. At
the rear is the prone figure of
a youth, the elder son, holding
his breast. Parts of the raft
are visible in the waves which
make up the base.”
Adrift was first exhibited in
1907 at the New Gallery in
London. Its creator John Cassidy was born in County Meath
in 1860, son of a farmer, joined many of his compatriots in
the late 19th century settling in Manchester where he enrolled
in the City’s School of Art, setting up studios in Barton
Arcade and later in Chorlton on Medlock from where his
greatest works would be conceived.
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5. Email
According to Movable Ink,
73% of emails in the UK are
opened on a mobile device.
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These exposures apply to, inter alia,
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your PI Insurance policy and any other
insurance covers you may hold and
covering you for legal liabilities and own
costs, whilst we can then also consider
cyber-attacks by way of additional cover
if this is not already in place.
Do note, however, that insurance is
not a replacement for good cyber
security. It can though provide
security systems be breached.
Our cyber insurance facility is designed
to complement your own operational
and technological risk management.
Whilst of course taking into account
any cyber security measures you have
in place already, this facility will also
who are able to evidence they have
applied certain minimum standards of
security following their own use of the
TS or XyOne Cyber Security, specialists
in Cloud Services and Pen Testing
respectively and both members of
Manchester Law Society.
We shall thus write separately to all
members over the coming weeks
providing full details of this facility, but
in the meantime please do not hesitate
to contact us should you wish to discuss
further.
This article does not present a complete or
comprehensive statement of the law, nor does it
constitute legal advice. It is intended only to highlight
issues that may be of interest to MLS members and
solicitors. Specialist advice should always be sought in
any particular case.
© MFL Professional 2016
MFL Professional is a division of McParland Finn Ltd.
McParland Finn Ltd is authorised and regulated by the
Financial Conduct Authority.
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T: 0161 237 7725
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07984 879124
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