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<strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
October 09<br />
1<br />
North West Law<br />
Birmingham Bombings Inquests<br />
Jonathan Wall of Burton Copeland outlines the background<br />
to the Birmingham Bombings and the reasoning behind the<br />
re-opening of the inquests...<br />
In the early evening of<br />
21st November 1974, two<br />
devices exploded, within<br />
a few minutes of each<br />
other at the Tavern in the<br />
Town and Mulberry Bush<br />
public houses. Fourteen<br />
men and seven women<br />
were killed and approximately<br />
200 injured in<br />
what was, at that time, the<br />
worst terrorist attack in<br />
England.<br />
The original inquest was<br />
opened a few days after the<br />
attacks but was adjourned<br />
due to the ongoing criminal<br />
investigations in what is still<br />
to this day probably the<br />
biggest murder investigation<br />
ever conducted by<br />
West Midlands Police.<br />
Six men, later dubbed the<br />
"Birmingham six", Paddy<br />
Hill, Gerry Hunter, Johnny<br />
Walker, Hugh Callaghan,<br />
Richard McIlkenny and Billy<br />
Power were later charged<br />
and convicted of 21 offences<br />
of murder on 15th<br />
August 1985 and sentenced<br />
to life imprisonment. From<br />
their prison cells they embarked<br />
on a relentless campaign<br />
for justice which took<br />
them to the Court of Appeal<br />
three times and 16 years before<br />
eventually achieving<br />
success and release from<br />
prison.<br />
It’s not often that I refer to<br />
myself as young nowadays,<br />
but I am too young to recall<br />
where I was when the Birmingham<br />
bombs took place.<br />
However I do have vivid<br />
memories of seeing the images<br />
of the Birmingham six<br />
outside the Old Bailey when<br />
their second appeal hearing<br />
was concluded on the 14th<br />
March 1991 and resulted in<br />
their convictions being<br />
quashed. I had recently<br />
started work with defence<br />
lawyers Burton Copeland<br />
and clearly remember that<br />
the case was the talk of the<br />
legal profession for months<br />
and was being described as<br />
the biggest injustice of the<br />
twentieth century. I remember<br />
the feeling of disbelief<br />
that that sort of this could<br />
happen in Britain and it is a<br />
story has stuck with me<br />
throughout my career.<br />
Despite the quashing of the<br />
convictions the inquests have<br />
never reopened and the families<br />
of the deceased have also<br />
campaigned for justice for years...<br />
Despite the quashing of the<br />
convictions the inquests<br />
have never reopened and<br />
the families of the deceased<br />
have also campaigned for<br />
justice for years. They met<br />
with the Home Secretary<br />
Theresa May in March 2015<br />
and lodged an application<br />
to resume the inquest with<br />
the Attorney General which<br />
culminated in preliminary<br />
hearings before Senior<br />
Coroner for Birmingham,<br />
Louise Hunt earlier this year<br />
when submissions were<br />
heard from lawyers of Properly<br />
Interested Persons.<br />
Despite objections from<br />
those representing West<br />
Midlands Police that that<br />
she had no power, on 1st<br />
June <strong>2016</strong> the Coroner<br />
ruled that the inquests<br />
should resume. She determined<br />
that although it was<br />
not mandatory, she did<br />
have such power and the<br />
question she had to consider<br />
was whether there<br />
was “sufficient reason to resume?”<br />
Her conclusion was<br />
that there was and it is anticipated<br />
that a resumed inquest<br />
is likely to start next<br />
year.<br />
It is likely that the determination<br />
in this inquest will be<br />
that the deceased were undoubtedly<br />
unlawfully killed.<br />
But, in addition to the main<br />
function of an inquest in establishing<br />
who, where and<br />
how the deceased came by<br />
his or her death, the coroner<br />
also has a duty to issue a<br />
prevent future deaths (PFD)<br />
report where there is a concern<br />
that there may be a risk<br />
that other deaths would<br />
occur. The Human Rights<br />
Act of 1998 also impacts on<br />
the scope of an inquest, as<br />
although the inquest is not<br />
required to investigate<br />
other non-causative matters,<br />
the scope of the investigation<br />
must cover<br />
non-causative system failures<br />
to enable the coroner<br />
to make the PFD report.<br />
In deciding that an inquest<br />
would be resumed it is clear<br />
that this was in her mind as<br />
it is understood that two<br />
district matters were outlined<br />
in her judgement.<br />
Firstly the fact that there<br />
was evidence that required<br />
further investigation that<br />
the state did have advance<br />
warnings of the attacks and<br />
may not have taken all reasonable<br />
steps in response,<br />
and, secondly that there<br />
was a need to investigate<br />
whether any of the victims<br />
might have been saved by<br />
quicker treatment.<br />
It is also interesting that the<br />
judgement by the Coroner<br />
came only days after M15<br />
increased the threat level of<br />
an attack on the UK mainland<br />
from moderate to substantial,<br />
meaning that an<br />
attack relating to Northern<br />
Ireland terrorism is a strong<br />
possibility.<br />
In terms of the volume material<br />
which has been accumulated<br />
from the various<br />
organisations involved over<br />
the past forty years, coupled<br />
with problems with disclosure,<br />
issues of national security,<br />
disputed forensic<br />
findings, missing exhibits,<br />
alleged evidence of corruption<br />
and perjury against<br />
WMP officers and the fact<br />
that many witnesses are no<br />
longer with us, it is obvious<br />
that the Birmingham Inquests<br />
are likely to be considerably<br />
complex in nature<br />
and will go on for some<br />
time.<br />
Jonathan Wall<br />
But, we must remember<br />
that they will be the first<br />
time since 1974 that the<br />
families will be entitled to<br />
participate in questioning<br />
witnesses as to the circumstances<br />
surrounding the<br />
deaths of their loved ones<br />
and whether they might<br />
have been prevented. It is<br />
clearly the beginning of the<br />
end for them and I will be<br />
watching with keen interest.<br />
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News from the President<br />
page 5<br />
In this edition...<br />
NEWS<br />
Hall Brown Family Law strengthens team<br />
with three expert appointments<br />
Mark Farrell appointed as Managing<br />
Director at Hilary Meredith Solicitors<br />
Maurice Watkins treble success<br />
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Editorial Committee<br />
Raana Afsarpour, JMW Solicitors LLP<br />
Such Amin, Aequitas Legal<br />
David Anderson, St Johns Buildings<br />
Julia Baskerville, Baskerville Publications Ltd<br />
Fran Eccles-Bech, <strong>Manchester</strong> Law Society<br />
Danielle Best, Weightmans LLP<br />
Adam Entwistle, JMW Solicitors LLP<br />
Mark Fitzgibbon, Hill Dickinson<br />
Jemma Goldstone, JMW Solicitors LLP<br />
Michael Hardacre, Slater & Gordon<br />
Helen Kanczes, Clyde & Co<br />
Steve Kuncewicz, Bermans LLP<br />
Adrian Kwintner, Mills & Reeve<br />
Jeff Lewis, Brabners LLP<br />
Louise Straw, Burton Copeland<br />
Matthew Taylor, Eversheds LLP<br />
Pannone Corporate advises Stockportbased<br />
Abney Garsden on Simpson Millar<br />
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4 <strong>Manchester</strong> Law Society News<br />
News from Bridge Street<br />
!<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> Law Society’s<br />
Professionals’ Dinner Club<br />
Monday 18 <strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Throughout the month of May, the jewel of Spinningfields, Neighbourhood briefly<br />
closed its doors to undertake a major £1m refurbishment and we are delighted that<br />
this will be the next venue of our <strong>Manchester</strong> Professionals Dinner Club.<br />
The new look all-day eatery and bar has interiors designed by Edwin Pickett, the aficionado<br />
behind famed local restaurants ‘Australasia’ and ‘Tattu’, and of course, Neighbourhood’s<br />
original design.<br />
Neighbourhood melds a brasserie atmosphere with European and new American<br />
cuisine, offering accessible, refined all-day dining for local residents, shoppers, businesses<br />
and tourists alike.<br />
Under the careful stewardship of their Operations Director, Ciaran Hogg, formally<br />
General Manager of <strong>Manchester</strong> House, Neighbourhood will continue its legendary<br />
status, ensuring it has something for everybody.<br />
TIME: 6.00pm for 6.30pm<br />
COST: £48.00 including VAT (Includes a welcome drink, 3 course meal and a half<br />
bottle of Wine)<br />
This is an informal inter professional social networking event and we hope that this<br />
will be an opportunity for:<br />
• You to mix and network for both business and social purposes<br />
• Provide a social platform to build professional networks<br />
• Get to know other business practitioners facing the same issues in practice<br />
and discuss matters relevant to your business with likeminded people<br />
• Meet people from other professions and practices, which may result in<br />
cross referral of work<br />
• Enjoy a superb menu and have a fantastic evening with old and new<br />
friends<br />
MENU<br />
Arrival drink<br />
Glass of bubbles!<br />
STARTERS<br />
Tempura Prawns, Wasabi Mayonnaise<br />
Wild Mushrooms on Toast, Creamed Wild Mushrooms, Toasted Brioche<br />
Salmon Tartare, Soy Dressing, Spring Onion, Orange, Crispy Lotus Root<br />
Lil’ Burgers, Wagyu, Truffled Mac Sauce, Cheddar, Brioche<br />
MAIN COURSE<br />
USDA Strip Steak, Rosemary Salt, Caramelised Shallot Butter, Herb Chips<br />
Roast Cod, Mixed Beans, Chorizo, Padron Peppers<br />
NBHD Burger, Mac Sauce, Toasted Pretzel Roll, Mature Cheddar, Streaky Bacon, Fries<br />
Seasonal Risotto, Parmesan, Truffle Oil<br />
DESSERTS<br />
Baked New York Cheesecake, Served Whole<br />
Chocolate Éclair<br />
Box of Donuts<br />
What people are saying about the Professionals Dinner Club;<br />
“The Dinner Clubs are always a great opportunity for networking with other legal professionals<br />
and perhaps more importantly, across the business spectrum, with the added<br />
bonus of trying out some of <strong>Manchester</strong>’s finest restaurants into the bargain”<br />
Michael Hardacre, Slater and Gordon Lawyers<br />
“It has always been a pleasure to attend the Professionals’ Dinner Club spanning a number<br />
of years for me. It is always great to meet new people on your table. The enjoyment<br />
comes from the atmosphere, the people, the food - well everything! It is such a delight<br />
that we come back time after time. The feedback from all our guests is always positive.<br />
Everyone has expressed that they had so much fun and that the food and venues have<br />
always been superb. One of the best, if not the best, networking event for professionals in<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong>.”<br />
Gary Cook, Partner & Head of Legal Sector at Booth Ainsworth LLP<br />
If you would like to attend please contact Hollie Hurst<br />
HollieHirst@manchesterlawsociety.org.uk<br />
!<br />
Forthcoming Events<br />
Internet and Social Media Law Conference<br />
Wednesday 21st September <strong>2016</strong><br />
Hilton Hotel, Deansgate, <strong>Manchester</strong> M3 4LQ<br />
CPD: 5 hours<br />
Social media and the internet provide fantastic opportunities in communicating<br />
with clients and potential clients, as well as friends and family. But what happens<br />
when you, or your employees, share too much? What are the legal implications?<br />
What data needs to be protected and how do you keep it safe?<br />
09:00 Registration, refreshments and networking<br />
09:30 Welcome and introduction<br />
Steve Kuncewicz, Head of IP & Media, Bermans and Council Member of <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Law Society & Law Society of England & Wales<br />
09:40 Employment and social media<br />
Paul Chamberlain, Head of Employment, Brabners<br />
10:10 Advertising, marketing and social media<br />
Steve Kuncewicz, Head of IP & Media, Bermans and Council Member of <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Law Society & Law Society of England & Wales<br />
10:40 Refreshments and networking<br />
11:10 Panel session: Criminal Law and social media<br />
Nick Cassidy, Donald Race Newton<br />
Amanda Coleman, Greater <strong>Manchester</strong> Police<br />
TBC, Crown Prosecution Service<br />
Tim Storrie, Lincoln House Chambers<br />
11:40 "Right To Be Forgotten" Update<br />
Christina Michalos , 5RB<br />
12:10 Networking lunch<br />
13:10 Defamation, Data Protection and alternative causes of action<br />
Richard Munden, 5RB<br />
13:40 Key case update: Morrisons<br />
Nick McAleenan, JMW Solicitors LLP<br />
14:10 Refreshments and networking<br />
14:40 Data Protection and Cyber Security – New Kids On The Block?<br />
TBC, ICO<br />
15:10 Panel session: Managing Reputation in the Digital Age<br />
Richard Munden, 5RB<br />
TBC, ICO<br />
Nick McAleenan, JMW Solicitors LLP<br />
Jason Searle, St Johns Buildings<br />
Dan Nolan, The E Word<br />
Anna Wilson, Tangerine PR<br />
16:10 Chair’s closing remarks<br />
16:30 Close of conference<br />
Cost to attend:<br />
MLS Members £110.00 + VAT (£132.00) Non-members £150.00 + VAT (£180.00)<br />
What’s all the noise about Noise Induced Hearing Loss?<br />
Tuesday 14th June <strong>2016</strong><br />
Venue: <strong>Manchester</strong> United Football Club, Sir Matt Busby Way, Old Trafford, <strong>Manchester</strong>,<br />
M16 0RA<br />
This is a fully comprehensive conference on NIHL covering;<br />
· The changing market and how to run cases successfully<br />
· The perils and pitfalls of dealing with NIHL and how to avoid them<br />
· The future of NIHL; emerging legal and causation arguments<br />
Conference Programme<br />
09:00am<br />
Registration;<br />
09:30am<br />
Chairman`s Welcome<br />
09:45am<br />
NIHL: Turning up the volume: The changing market and how to success<br />
fully run claims<br />
Karen Jackson, CEO, Roberts Jackson<br />
10:30am<br />
Coffee Break<br />
10.50am<br />
The perils and pitfalls in running a NIHL book – how to avoid them<br />
Zoe Holland, Founder & Managing Director, Zebra LC<br />
11.30am<br />
Panel debate: The current market and the Future of NIHL;<br />
Karen Jackson, Roberts Jackson,<br />
Zoe Holland, Zebra LC,<br />
Professor Mark Lutman,<br />
Dominic Weir Slater & Gordon<br />
12:45pm<br />
Lunch;<br />
1.45pm<br />
Quantification of Noise Induced Hearing Loss<br />
Professor Mark Lutman<br />
2.30pm<br />
Panel debate: Legal issues in NIHL including causation, limitation and<br />
breach of duty .<br />
Professor Mark Lutman<br />
Dominic Weir, Slater & Gordon<br />
David Wynn, Clyde & Co<br />
Judge Allan Gore QC<br />
3.30pm<br />
Chairman’s summing up and closing remarks<br />
MLS Members £130.00 + VAT (£156.00) Non Members £170.00 + VAT (£204.00)<br />
Price includes light refreshments, lunch and course materials.<br />
To book a place on any of the above events, please email<br />
victoriaridge@manchesterlawsociety.org.uk or<br />
CarlaJones@manchesterlawsociety.org.uk
President’s Column<br />
5<br />
5<br />
From the President<br />
I have spoken this month<br />
with Mark Fitzgibbon,<br />
Head of Commercial and<br />
IP at Hill Dickinson, in<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong>. As a preface<br />
to my conversation, I<br />
should say that I was most<br />
interested to find out<br />
what practitioners in noncontentious<br />
practice<br />
areas are getting on, especially<br />
in the corporate<br />
and commercial arenas.<br />
Mark’s been a partner at Hill<br />
Dickinson for 6 years, specialising<br />
in non-contentious<br />
commercial and public procurement<br />
work with a focus<br />
on working with clients in<br />
the public sector, including<br />
healthcare, local government<br />
and education<br />
providers. He heads up a<br />
team of 8 fee earners and<br />
has been in post as head of<br />
the team for 2 years. A large<br />
part of the focus of their<br />
winning new work involves<br />
having to tender directly or<br />
to be on frameworks of<br />
legal services providers for<br />
commercial work for large<br />
public sector bodies such as<br />
NHS England, Health Education<br />
England, Local Authorities<br />
(via the North West<br />
Legal Consortium), health<br />
commissioners and<br />
providers (including large<br />
acute, mental health and<br />
community NHS Trusts). It<br />
is, not unsurprisingly, an extremely<br />
competitive sector,<br />
especially since the downturn.<br />
As public sector resources<br />
have been<br />
squeezed, so has the pressure<br />
on legal spend. The<br />
North West Legal Consortium,<br />
for example is a<br />
grouping of public authorities<br />
collaborating in the<br />
procurement and provision<br />
of their legal services to the<br />
respective authorities. Of<br />
course the commercial rationale<br />
for an organisation<br />
like NWLC is to maximise efficiency,<br />
increase the effectiveness<br />
of their external<br />
legal support and avoid<br />
multiple procurements having<br />
to be undertaken - you<br />
can’t argue with that in<br />
principle. Mark’s firm are<br />
partners on the NWLC<br />
framework which is, in effect,<br />
a legal provider panel;<br />
that then gives the firm the<br />
opportunity to compete for<br />
mini tenders for pieces of<br />
work as and when they<br />
come up for all participating<br />
members. The effect in<br />
practice is constantly having<br />
to think on your feet<br />
and be as lean and responsive<br />
as possible, particularly<br />
when complex opportunities<br />
often arise at very short<br />
notice.<br />
Inevitably, if the piece of<br />
work seeks a fixed or<br />
capped fee it means that<br />
Mark, with his broad experience<br />
of competitive tendering,<br />
is required to be able to<br />
price individual pieces or a<br />
book of work but it does<br />
mean that he needs to be<br />
acutely aware of how to resource<br />
individual pieces of<br />
work, often requiring specialist<br />
input, in order for it to<br />
stack up financially.<br />
The theme, as ever, is that it<br />
is tough out there and very<br />
competitive, such as it always<br />
has been, but in order<br />
to be able to compete (and<br />
remain profitable at the<br />
same time), firms servicing<br />
public sector clients in particular,<br />
have had to rethink<br />
their provision and pricing<br />
models quite dramatically –<br />
relying, where feasible, on<br />
paralegal provision.<br />
This speaks of course, to another<br />
underlying theme,<br />
across the profession, that<br />
is, in blunt terms, that of<br />
deskilling. I don’t wish to<br />
undermine the qualities of<br />
paralegals in any way. They<br />
play a vital role in most<br />
legal services businesses<br />
now and contribute enormously<br />
to these organisations.<br />
What I do have some difficulty<br />
with is that the proliferation<br />
of undergraduate<br />
courses in the last 10-15<br />
years in further education<br />
institutions has led to a glut<br />
of law graduates. On top of<br />
that are the dozens of different<br />
post graduate legal<br />
services providers, who the<br />
undergraduates feed into,<br />
resulting in increasing debt<br />
at a time when the chance<br />
of qualifying as a solicitor at<br />
the end of it has become<br />
ever more remote.<br />
The first cohort of graduates<br />
under the increased<br />
£9,000 a year tuition fees<br />
have come through the system<br />
and with them now<br />
taking on CPE and LPC debt<br />
to then try and qualify as a<br />
solicitor in a market place,<br />
more competitive than it<br />
has ever been, is a very difficult<br />
proposition.<br />
I have heard it said that one<br />
of the reasons there are so<br />
many law graduates these<br />
days is that in very simple<br />
terms putting on a law degree<br />
course is considered to<br />
Michael Hardacre<br />
be a cheap option by universities<br />
which I think is a<br />
sad indictment of our further<br />
education system. Supply<br />
and demand hasn’t<br />
worked. There are too many<br />
young graduates coming<br />
out of the universities and<br />
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equity and M&A experience<br />
having spent more than 25<br />
years in the <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
market advising private equity<br />
houses and some of the<br />
region’s top public and private<br />
companies on major<br />
transactions.<br />
Tim said: “After many years<br />
in the industry, I know that<br />
I’m at my best working with<br />
and alongside entrepreneurs.<br />
Pannone Corporate is<br />
an entrepreneurial law firm<br />
with a clear vision and an<br />
obvious choice for dynamic<br />
and fast-growing clients<br />
with ambitious aspirations. I<br />
am looking forward to helping<br />
these clients achieve<br />
their goals through securing<br />
external investment and<br />
mergers and acquisitions.”<br />
Pannone Corporate Managing<br />
Partner Paul Jonson<br />
said: “Tim is highly respected<br />
in the dealmaking<br />
community and enjoys excellent<br />
relationships with<br />
the region’s private equity<br />
houses. We will benefit<br />
greatly from his relationships,<br />
knowledge and expertise.”<br />
Promotions follow strong year for Hill Dickinson’s<br />
Employment and Pensions team<br />
International law firm Hill<br />
Dickinson has bolstered<br />
its Employment and Pensions<br />
team after reporting<br />
a strong year-end across<br />
the group.<br />
Paula Warnock and Michael<br />
Wright have both been promoted<br />
to Partner. Paula has<br />
been with the firm for over 3<br />
years and specialises in Pensions.<br />
Paula’s technical ability<br />
has assisted clients with<br />
historical drafting problems<br />
and preparing complex rule<br />
amendments. In addition,<br />
Paula has recently been instructed<br />
by a number of<br />
schemes to implement closure<br />
and winding up projects.<br />
Michael Wright has also<br />
been with the firm for three<br />
years, and is a national expert<br />
in issues concerning<br />
the training of medical professionals.<br />
He recently successfully<br />
represented a<br />
client in a significant case<br />
concerning the application<br />
of whistleblowing protection<br />
to all junior doctors in<br />
training.<br />
The Pensions team, led by<br />
Barry Gibb in <strong>Manchester</strong>,<br />
now stands five strong and<br />
services a raft of clients<br />
across the North West and<br />
nationally. The team has<br />
grown rapidly overly the<br />
last 3 years and aims to<br />
achieve a turnover of £2m<br />
by 2018.<br />
Barry Gibb, head of Pensions<br />
at Hill Dickinson said:<br />
“Hill Dickinson is committed<br />
to investing in quality talent<br />
to support its growth and<br />
Paula is a prime example of<br />
this. The team has grown<br />
significantly over the past<br />
couple of years and Paula<br />
has played an integral role.<br />
I’m delighted to announce<br />
her promotion.”<br />
Andrew Gibson heads up<br />
the <strong>Manchester</strong> arm of the<br />
12- strong specialist NHS<br />
Employment team.<br />
Andrew said: “Michael’s promotion<br />
to partner in the<br />
NHS Employment team is<br />
testament to the continued<br />
importance the firm places<br />
on its expertise in this area,<br />
and Michael’s extraordinary<br />
success. The team can be<br />
confident of continued<br />
growth and exceptional<br />
client quality led by<br />
Michael’s example.”<br />
Paula Warnock<br />
Michael Wright<br />
Hall Brown Family Law strengthens team<br />
with three expert appointments<br />
Hall Brown Family Law has<br />
boosted its growing team<br />
with the appointments of<br />
a Senior Associate, Associate<br />
and Solicitor only six<br />
weeks after opening its<br />
doors in King Street, <strong>Manchester</strong>.<br />
Eleanor Aguirre joins as Senior<br />
Associate, with Laura<br />
Guillon as Associate, and<br />
Alice Couriel, Solicitor. All<br />
three were part of the family<br />
team assembled by Hall<br />
Brown founders, Sam Hall<br />
and James Brown, when at<br />
JMW Solicitors and instrumental<br />
in raising the family<br />
department from a Tier 4 to<br />
the top Tier 1 ranking.<br />
With more than five years’<br />
experience in all areas of<br />
family law, Eleanor Aguirre,<br />
who is also fluent in Japanese,<br />
has particular expertise<br />
in complex contact disputes,<br />
international relocation,<br />
drug and alcohol<br />
concerns, and allegations of<br />
harm toward children.<br />
Eleanor adds: “Like Sam and<br />
James, I believe it’s more important<br />
to invest time with<br />
clients, and offer empathy<br />
and a quality service, rather<br />
than have a high volume of<br />
cases. It’s exciting to be invited<br />
to join a firm with such<br />
respected individuals, a<br />
strong shared ethos and be<br />
involved in its development.”<br />
Joining as an Associate,<br />
Laura Guillon, is experienced<br />
in working with high<br />
profile individuals, cases involving<br />
complex trust assets,<br />
property abroad and<br />
pre-marriage issues. Half-<br />
French, bilingual Laura says:<br />
“Having previously worked<br />
with Sam and James for two<br />
years, I am delighted to be<br />
reunited and join Hall<br />
Brown Family Law. I am a<br />
huge fan of straight-talking<br />
and cutting through corporate<br />
legal jargon, and<br />
strongly believe clients appreciate<br />
honest answers<br />
from professional and empathetic<br />
advisors – that’s<br />
why they recommend<br />
lawyers they trust.”<br />
Solicitor, Alice Couriel,<br />
trained under Sam and<br />
James at JMW and has been<br />
Back, L to R: Ele Aguirre, Laura Guillon and Alice Couriel.<br />
Front: Sam Hall and James Brown.<br />
involved in a range of family<br />
law disputes, including<br />
complex high value financial<br />
settlements and private<br />
children law proceedings.<br />
The 25-year-old said: “It is<br />
particularly exciting to be<br />
involved with a new firm so<br />
early on in its evolution.<br />
And to know, trust and admire<br />
your colleagues creates<br />
such a positive,<br />
mutually respectful and optimistic<br />
atmosphere. The future<br />
looks bright.”<br />
Hall Brown co-founders,<br />
Sam Hall and James Brown,<br />
added: “We are delighted to<br />
get the old team back together.<br />
Ele, Laura and Alice<br />
are excellent lawyers and<br />
are committed to delivering<br />
the service that our clients<br />
deserve and expect. We<br />
could not have asked for a<br />
better start for the firm. As<br />
well as the clients who followed<br />
us, we have had a<br />
record number of new<br />
clients in the first few weeks<br />
of trading and, as a result,<br />
require several other members<br />
of staff which is very<br />
exciting.”<br />
President’s Column<br />
continued...<br />
not enough jobs as solicitors for them at the end of the process. I reiterate that paralegals<br />
have an important role to play, but there is no question that many school leavers commence<br />
law undergraduate courses blissfully unaware that the chance of them qualifying<br />
as a solicitor several years down the line is increasingly remote.<br />
I’ll come back to this in later columns as the recent consultation on the introduction of a<br />
Solicitors Qualifying Examination closed in April <strong>2016</strong> following much debate and discussion.<br />
I will be discussing that in more detail with Julie Brannan, the SRA’s director of Education<br />
and Training and will report back, so watch this space.<br />
Michael Hardacre<br />
President<br />
The deadline for the August<br />
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is 14th <strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
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Regulatory Affairs Committee Update<br />
On 8 and 9 June, I had the<br />
great pleasure of chairing<br />
the Liverpool and <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Law Societies’ annual<br />
regulatory<br />
conferences. We had excellent<br />
speakers on a wide<br />
variety of subjects so, for<br />
those of you who were unable<br />
to attend, I will use<br />
this opportunity to update<br />
you on some of the<br />
key messages from the<br />
conferences.<br />
SRA<br />
The SRA’s focus was on the<br />
new consultation “Looking<br />
to the Future”, released only<br />
a week prior to the conferences<br />
so it was very new to<br />
everyone. This is probably<br />
the most significant consultation<br />
issued by the SRA<br />
since the proposed introduction<br />
of OFR in 2010. You<br />
will have heard of the SRA’s<br />
plans to reduce the size of<br />
the Handbook and we now<br />
have the detailed proposals<br />
as to how the SRA plans to<br />
do this. The intention is to<br />
reduce the number of Principles<br />
from 10 down to 6<br />
and to then have 2 Codes of<br />
Conduct, one for individual<br />
solicitors and the other for<br />
firms. The Codes have been<br />
reduced in size and content<br />
too with the solicitor code<br />
stretching to only 7 pages<br />
and the firm code being 6<br />
pages long. The intention is<br />
to provide guidance and<br />
toolkits in the form of case<br />
studies/decision trees etc to<br />
help firms and individuals<br />
understand what is expected<br />
of them. Those delegates<br />
in <strong>Manchester</strong> had an<br />
opportunity to look at some<br />
of the case studies the SRA<br />
has annexed to the consultation<br />
and I think it is fair to<br />
say that they were unimpressed<br />
with them as tools<br />
that would assist. Take a<br />
look for yourself and let me<br />
know what you think! The<br />
other part of the consultation<br />
relates to access to justice<br />
and the proposal to<br />
allow solicitors to deliver<br />
services to the public as solicitors<br />
in unregulated businesses.<br />
This is just as<br />
important a proposal and<br />
requires a great deal of consideration<br />
so I urge you all<br />
to read the consultation,<br />
watch the SRA’s webinars,<br />
engage in the debate and<br />
feed back either direct to<br />
the SRA, or through your<br />
local law society contacts.<br />
The consultation is open<br />
until 21 September.<br />
Accounts Rules<br />
Continuing with the theme<br />
of consultations, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
delegates also heard<br />
from Andrew Baker of RSM<br />
accountants on the different<br />
approach now being<br />
adopted by reporting accountants<br />
following revisions<br />
made in November<br />
2015 with the focus now<br />
being on the risks to client<br />
money and providing qualified<br />
reports only were there<br />
have been material<br />
breaches and/or significant<br />
weaknesses in the firm’s systems<br />
and controls. He also<br />
discussed the proposed<br />
changes to the Accounts<br />
Rules (the consultation on<br />
this is running in parallel to<br />
the consultation on the revisions<br />
to the handbook I<br />
mentioned above) involving,<br />
again, a slimmed down<br />
version with a redefining of<br />
client money. Again, have a<br />
read of the consultation and<br />
feedback your views.<br />
Legal Ombudsman<br />
Kathryn Stone, chief Legal<br />
Ombudsman, was very well<br />
received and spoke about<br />
the importance of signposting<br />
clients to the LeO in the<br />
final decision letter. She expressed<br />
“disappointment<br />
and dismay” at the number<br />
of firms who fail to signpost<br />
and even where the firm<br />
does signpost, many provide<br />
the wrong details!<br />
Check your complaints policy<br />
and procedures to ensure<br />
you don’t end up<br />
having to pay a case fee for<br />
something that can so easily<br />
be rectified. She also confirmed<br />
that the LeO will be<br />
looking in more detail at the<br />
issue of third party complaints<br />
and the case fee debate<br />
so watch this space for<br />
further developments.<br />
The Information Commissioner<br />
also spoke at the Liverpool<br />
conference about<br />
the GDPRs and the importance<br />
of reviewing your<br />
data protection procedures<br />
now so that you are geared<br />
up for the changes ahead.<br />
Fraud<br />
Mickaela Fox of Weightmans<br />
gave a detailed review<br />
of fraud issues affecting law<br />
firms including mortgage<br />
fraud and money laundering,<br />
personal injury/EL and<br />
PL claims and cyber crime<br />
and provided a number of<br />
very useful tips for avoiding<br />
falling victim to such scams.<br />
Reviews of your policies and<br />
procedures, the need for<br />
training of your staff and<br />
audit/testing were recommended<br />
as essential steps<br />
all firms need to be taking.<br />
Sara Hutton of RBS Bank<br />
also provided a useful insight<br />
into cyber attacks<br />
from the bank’s perspective<br />
at the <strong>Manchester</strong> conference.<br />
AML<br />
Continuing the fraud<br />
theme, Jonathan Fisher QC<br />
gave a thoroughly engaging<br />
and interesting update<br />
on recent AML case law at<br />
the Liverpool conference<br />
whilst Bill Jones, CEO of<br />
Riliance Training Ltd, focussed<br />
in <strong>Manchester</strong> on<br />
the specific obligation of<br />
LLPs and Limited Companies<br />
to now keep a PSC Register,<br />
emphasising that it is a<br />
criminal offence not to do<br />
so.<br />
PII Insurance and Risk<br />
Colin Taylor of Willis entertained<br />
the Liverpool delegates<br />
with stories of how to<br />
manage client expectations<br />
and the importance of risk<br />
management from an insurer’s<br />
perspective whilst<br />
Richard Gledhill of MFL in<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> reminded<br />
everyone of the impact of<br />
the new Insurance Act.<br />
My thanks go to all the<br />
speakers for giving up their<br />
time and for helping create<br />
such a stimulating and<br />
thought provoking day. I<br />
promised an information<br />
packed day and we certainly<br />
got it! My thanks also<br />
to all delegates for your<br />
contributions and feedback.<br />
If you didn’t come, you<br />
missed a treat – next year<br />
perhaps?!<br />
In the meantime, check out<br />
the consultations!<br />
Michelle Garlick<br />
Chair<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> Law Society<br />
Regulatory Affairs<br />
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8 Movers & Shakers<br />
Davis Blank Furniss announces new partner,<br />
promotions & NQ appointment<br />
Davis Blank Furniss - the<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> & Glossop<br />
based law firm – has promoted<br />
Anita Shepherd to<br />
partner in its Family team.<br />
Anita joined the firm in<br />
2012 and works out of the<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> and Glossop offices.<br />
She handles all aspects<br />
of family law and is<br />
also a Resolution Advanced<br />
Accredited Specialist with a<br />
focus on domestic abuse<br />
and advanced financial provision.<br />
Before qualifying,<br />
Anita studied Applied Social<br />
Studies at Sheffield Hallam<br />
University and she then<br />
completed her Legal Practice<br />
Course at <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Metropolitan University.<br />
Kate Oldfield – managing<br />
partner – said: “Since arriving<br />
at Davis Blank Furniss,<br />
Anita has made a huge impact;<br />
her drive, enthusiasm,<br />
rapport and knowledge of<br />
the law have all helped to<br />
grow the team so her promotion<br />
is much deserved<br />
and is a clear reflection of<br />
her talent.”<br />
Anita added: “The last four<br />
years have been a period of<br />
growth for me as Kate and<br />
the partnership have allowed<br />
me to grow my work<br />
in my own way. That level of<br />
autonomy has really inspired<br />
me. Becoming a partner<br />
is - of course - a milestone<br />
in my career, but my<br />
focus is now on adding<br />
more value to the business<br />
and our clients.”<br />
The firm has also promoted<br />
Jennifer Smith to associate<br />
in the Property team and<br />
Kirsty Morbey to associate<br />
in the Family team. Whilst<br />
Edward Moss has been appointed<br />
as a clinical negligence<br />
and professional<br />
negligence solicitor following<br />
the successful completion<br />
of his training contract.<br />
Clyde & Co enhances infrastructure offering<br />
with new partner hire in <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Global law firm Clyde & Co<br />
has announced the arrival<br />
of Steve Cannon as a Partner<br />
in its Global Projects<br />
and Construction Group.<br />
Steve's arrival further expands<br />
the firm's growing infrastructure<br />
offering. He<br />
joins the <strong>Manchester</strong> office<br />
bringing a wealth of expertise<br />
and experience in construction<br />
and engineering<br />
dispute resolution. He joins<br />
the firm from Eversheds.<br />
Cannon is a recognised<br />
leader in construction and<br />
engineering disputes with<br />
over 15 years' experience.<br />
He has expertise and experience<br />
in national and international<br />
markets including<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> and the North<br />
West, the Middle East and<br />
Singapore. Steve specialises<br />
in complex international arbitration<br />
and cross border<br />
dispute resolution.<br />
John Morris, Global Head<br />
the Projects and Construction<br />
Group said: "Steve is a<br />
valuable addition to our<br />
growing infrastructure offering<br />
and will significantly<br />
enhance our construction<br />
and engineering capabilities<br />
in the UK. With many of<br />
our contractor, developer<br />
and international investor<br />
clients increasingly looking<br />
at projects in the North<br />
West, Steve's appointment<br />
will further enhance our offering<br />
in the region.<br />
Steve Cannon said: "I am delighted<br />
to be joining Clyde<br />
& Co and its market leading<br />
global construction practice.<br />
Locally, the North West<br />
continues to see significant<br />
construction opportunities<br />
and with ongoing infrastructure<br />
investment interest<br />
and the government's<br />
devolution agenda, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
will continue to be<br />
an exciting place to practice."<br />
The firm's infrastructure<br />
group has seen significant<br />
growth in the past 12<br />
months in the UK and globally.<br />
In June 2015, Clyde &<br />
Co's infrastructure practice<br />
was joined by market leaders<br />
Liam Buckley and Stelios<br />
Coutsavlis who strengthened<br />
the firm's real estate,<br />
projects and energy sector<br />
offerings and developed a<br />
new commercial real estate<br />
practice in <strong>Manchester</strong>.<br />
Edward Moss, Anita Shepherd, Kirsty Morbey & Jennifer Smith.<br />
Mark Farrell appointed as Managing Director<br />
at Hilary Meredith Solicitors<br />
Wilmslow-based Hilary<br />
Meredith Solicitors Ltd<br />
has appointed Mark Farrell<br />
as Managing Director.<br />
Mark, who joined the firm<br />
last year as Operations Director,<br />
has extensive experience<br />
in the legal, claims<br />
management and financial<br />
services sectors. Previous<br />
roles include CEO at Beresfords<br />
Solicitors and Managing<br />
Director at Capita. He<br />
also has extensive experience<br />
in the insurance sector,<br />
having worked at Aon and<br />
Royal & Sun Alliance.<br />
Said Hilary Meredith:“Since<br />
joining as Operations Director<br />
at the beginning of<br />
2015, Mark has been instrumental<br />
in increasing the<br />
strategic focus of the business.<br />
As a member of our<br />
main board he has an important<br />
role to play in the<br />
ongoing development of<br />
the firm. We are delighted to<br />
appoint him as Managing<br />
Director.”<br />
Mark Farrell<br />
Said Mark Farrell:“In a fast changing legal services market,<br />
we are continuing to build the business by delivering an<br />
outstanding service to our clients.”<br />
Leading <strong>Manchester</strong> Business Dispute Resolution<br />
Team expands with new recruit<br />
Dispute resolution lawyer,<br />
Leighton Baldwin, is the<br />
latest recruit as Slater and<br />
Gordon expand its business<br />
services practice in<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong>.<br />
Leighton specialises in dispute<br />
resolution and covers<br />
many areas including landlord<br />
and tenant, rent and<br />
service charge disputes and<br />
property litigation.<br />
He said: “I am thrilled to be<br />
joining Slater and Gordon’s<br />
business services team. I<br />
aim to satisfy my clients’<br />
personal and commercial<br />
aims whilst resolving their<br />
business disputes.”<br />
Leighton has further experience<br />
in breach of<br />
covenants, forfeiture and<br />
Commercial property law<br />
specialist, HRC Law, has<br />
advised Afrapoco Limited<br />
trading as Jazooli on its<br />
recent acquisition of<br />
larger warehouse premises<br />
to support their continued<br />
business growth.<br />
The e-commerce retailer,<br />
based in South <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
and specialising in electronic<br />
gadgets, has seen<br />
substantial growth since inception<br />
in 2008. In 2012, the<br />
business relocated to a<br />
2,500 square foot warehouse<br />
which the operation<br />
has now outgrown and this<br />
recent acquisition sees the<br />
business take another leap<br />
forward in terms of size, taking<br />
on 36,000 square feet of<br />
space.<br />
Jazooli operates nationally<br />
termination and lease renewals.<br />
He said: “Even the best-run<br />
businesses can have disputes.<br />
I take great pride and<br />
enjoyment in helping to resolve<br />
disputes by devising<br />
the best possible strategy<br />
and giving clear and practical<br />
advice.”<br />
Craig McAdam, who heads<br />
up the dispute resolution<br />
team for Slater and Gordon,<br />
said: “Over the last year we<br />
have seen an increased demand<br />
for our business services<br />
and I’m delighted that<br />
the dispute resolution team<br />
is expanding.<br />
“However you decide to resolve<br />
your business dispute,<br />
be it through negotiation,<br />
and internationally and<br />
their extensive new warehouse<br />
will help them to<br />
continue to supply the evergrowing<br />
demand for their<br />
products.<br />
Sam Wilson, Director, of Jazooli<br />
said: “Our fast-growth<br />
means we’ve had to quickly<br />
develop our infrastructure<br />
to support this. The team at<br />
HRC were considered<br />
throughout the transaction,<br />
prioritising the protection<br />
of our interests and business.<br />
We had peace of mind<br />
throughout the transaction.”<br />
Helen Marsh, commercial<br />
property solicitor and partner<br />
at HRC Law, added: “Location<br />
can be everything for<br />
a business – especially<br />
when a business depends<br />
Leighton Berwin<br />
mediation or litigation, having<br />
experienced lawyers on<br />
your side is invaluable.<br />
“We are very happy that<br />
someone with such wideranging<br />
expertise as<br />
Leighton is joining the<br />
team.”<br />
HRC Law advises on Jazooli’s North West expansion<br />
Helen Marsh<br />
on its logistics and supply<br />
chain as much as Jazooli<br />
does. We all knew that it<br />
was imperative to secure<br />
this new warehouse in order<br />
for the company to continue<br />
on their upward curve.<br />
We are pleased that we<br />
were able to complete the<br />
acquisition within the short<br />
timescale required.”
Feature 9<br />
City Profile<br />
In this edition Sandie Gaines, Centre Director and Associate Professor at the<br />
University of Law in <strong>Manchester</strong> talks to the <strong>Messenger</strong><br />
Sandie Gaines was appointed as the Centre Director,<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> at The University of Law (ULaw) in <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
in February, she is also an Associate Professor at<br />
the uUniversity. She joined ULaw seven years ago as a<br />
tutor, becoming an Operations Manager, then an Academic<br />
Manager.<br />
Originally from the North East, Sandie started her legal career<br />
with training contract at a small but diverse law firm in<br />
Kent. Sandie says that the caseload at was very varied and<br />
included litigation, landlord and tenant, family, personal injury<br />
and crime and Sandie also developed a niche area of<br />
practice in immigration work.<br />
Once qualified Sandie specialised in criminal law and moved<br />
to Whyte & Co Solicitors. Sandie was a duty solicitor and advocate,<br />
taking cases to trial level and client and caseload<br />
management. However Sandie decided that she wanted to<br />
become an employment lawyer, and moved to ASB Law,<br />
where she managed a substantial caseload of employment<br />
work, acting mainly for company clients. She then moved to<br />
the firm’s Brighton office to establish an employment department.<br />
Sandie also spent a few years with DMH Stallards in Crawley<br />
where she was again an employment specialist, working for<br />
the agricultural, independent schools and charities sectors.<br />
Sandie re-located to <strong>Manchester</strong> in 2007 to join Hammonds<br />
LLP (now Squire, Patton, Boggs LLP), where she advised on<br />
TUPE, collective redundancies and corporate support work.<br />
It was whilst in <strong>Manchester</strong> that she saw an advertisement<br />
for tutors at The College of Law. Sandie says “I had designed<br />
and delivered employment law training for corporate clients<br />
and considered myself to have a varied set of skills and I<br />
thought it would be interesting to expand my horizons.”<br />
Sandie’s role now encompasses a broad range of activities,<br />
including the financial management of the Centre, overseeing<br />
course management as well as developing the student<br />
experience, including the promotion of excellence in teaching<br />
and learning.<br />
Sandie says that the training of students and young lawyers<br />
has changed for the better since she did her training contract.<br />
She says “A good solicitors needs to be client focused<br />
and they also need to have entrepreneurial skills. Perhaps<br />
the biggest difference now is the expectations of the clients.<br />
They are much more aware of what to expect and they are<br />
looking for efficiency and value. There have also been<br />
changes to the way in which clients are invoiced and now<br />
we see more fixed costs rather than hourly rates.”<br />
Sandie says that prospects for students from The University<br />
of Law are very good and they have a very high employability<br />
rates currently backed up by an Employment Promise..<br />
She adds “Students leave the university with excellent legal<br />
and analytical skills as well as being commercially aware. A<br />
large number find training contracts and others secure positions<br />
as paralegals, which often leads to a training contract<br />
at a later stage. Wherever they go they have the necessary<br />
skills to be succeed.”<br />
Sandie says that her personal mission as Centre Director is<br />
to keep developing good links between ULaw in <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
and the local legal profession and wider business community.<br />
Anyone who may be interested should email<br />
Sandie.Gaines@law.ac.uk.<br />
Away from the university, Sandie enjoys walking and running,<br />
and spending time with her husband and Henry the<br />
cat.<br />
For more information about ULaw visit www.law.ac.uk<br />
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Trio of new partners for Slater Heelis LLP<br />
Three new partners have<br />
been appointed at <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
and Cheshirebased<br />
law firm Slater<br />
Heelis LLP.<br />
cured lending and all landlord<br />
and tenant matters.<br />
Phillip is a Resolution-accredited<br />
family lawyer and<br />
mediator. He specialises in<br />
complex issues that arise<br />
following the breakdown of<br />
a relationship, divorce and<br />
civil partnership dissolution.<br />
Georgina is a private client<br />
team lawyer specialising in<br />
areas involving mental capacity<br />
and Court of Protection<br />
work.<br />
Chris Bishop, managing<br />
partner of Slater Heelis, said:<br />
“I’m delighted Hannah,<br />
Georgina and Phillip have<br />
all accepted the offer of<br />
partnership here at the firm.<br />
We’re committed to rewarding<br />
talented lawyers and<br />
this shows that we’re a firm<br />
keen to invest in the future<br />
of the practice in multiple<br />
disciplines.”<br />
Hannah Al-Shaghana, Phillip Rhodes and Georgina Bradshaw<br />
Alan Lumley of DLA Piper<br />
Alan Lumley, a promising<br />
finance associate at DLA<br />
Piper, tragically passed<br />
away in April while competing<br />
in the Wilmslow<br />
half marathon. It was his<br />
birthday and he had just<br />
turned 31.<br />
Due to his achievements<br />
during his career and his<br />
“proactive and dedicated<br />
approach” on transactions,<br />
Alan was shortlisted in the<br />
lawyer of the year categories<br />
at both the Pro.<strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Made in <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Awards and the Insider NW<br />
Young Professionals Awards<br />
(<strong>2016</strong>), with client testimonials<br />
describing Alan as<br />
“demonstrating a lot more<br />
skill and composure than is<br />
expected of a lawyer of his<br />
level of qualification”. However,<br />
it is the many warm<br />
tributes to Alan that have<br />
been received by his family<br />
and his firm that show the<br />
impact that Alan has had on<br />
the <strong>Manchester</strong> professional<br />
community and how<br />
deeply saddened they are<br />
to have lost a bright and talented<br />
lawyer. He was described<br />
by his team as a role<br />
model for the junior lawyers<br />
and always led by example.<br />
Feedback from clients was<br />
consistently high, praising<br />
in particular his composure<br />
and logical approach to<br />
problem-solving. A JustGiving<br />
page has been set up to<br />
collect charitable donations:<br />
https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/alan-lumley<br />
"Alan joined DLA Piper in<br />
2009 as a trainee solicitor<br />
and qualified into the finance<br />
team in 2011. He recently<br />
secured a<br />
well-deserved promotion to<br />
Senior Associate. From early<br />
in his career it was clear Alan<br />
would excel and he did. The<br />
Partners in <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
were delighted to nominate<br />
Alan for both the Pro.<strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Made in <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Awards and the Insider NW<br />
Young Professionals Awards<br />
as he was not only achieving<br />
great results at work, impressing<br />
clients and peers,<br />
he was also a role model in<br />
how to be really successful<br />
while maintaining the<br />
lovely guy personality that<br />
we all enjoyed. Alan had so<br />
much to look forward to at<br />
work and in life. He is greatly<br />
missed by all those that had<br />
the real pleasure of knowing<br />
him." Liam Cowell, Office<br />
Managing Partner,<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong>, DLA Piper<br />
Mills & Reeve’s scores a hat-trick with top<br />
private wealth team award<br />
Law firm Mills & Reeve’s<br />
private wealth team has<br />
won the Regional Law<br />
Firm of the Year accolade<br />
for the third consecutive<br />
year at the Citywealth<br />
Magic Circle Awards.<br />
The firm, which has an office<br />
in <strong>Manchester</strong>, beat off stiff<br />
competition to secure the<br />
award which was voted for<br />
by more than 12,000 members<br />
of the public and<br />
judged by ten industry experts.<br />
Now in their 11th year, the<br />
awards are run by Citywealth,<br />
the magazine for<br />
North West law firm Farleys<br />
has announced the<br />
promotion of Inquests<br />
lawyer Kelly Darlington to<br />
Associate Partner and<br />
Head of Inquests.<br />
Darlington, who is based in<br />
Farleys’ <strong>Manchester</strong> office,<br />
joined the firm as a paralegal<br />
in 2009 and qualified as<br />
a solicitor in 2012. She has a<br />
national client base, specialising<br />
in Inquests and Actions<br />
against Detaining<br />
Authorities and represents<br />
bereaved families and interested<br />
persons, with a particular<br />
emphasis on deaths in<br />
prison, police custody, hospitals<br />
and local authority<br />
care.<br />
global wealth management<br />
experts dealing with<br />
£20million+ high net worth<br />
clients.<br />
Mills & Reeve’s national private<br />
wealth team, made up<br />
of more than 100 lawyers<br />
and a private client base estimated<br />
to be worth more<br />
than £4billion, advises high<br />
net worth individuals, entrepreneurs<br />
and professionals<br />
on estate planning, including<br />
wills, trusts, family investment<br />
companies and<br />
family charters.<br />
Deborah Clark, partner in<br />
the private wealth team in<br />
Commenting on the promotion<br />
Jonathan Bridge,<br />
Partner at Farleys said “Kelly<br />
is an exceptional solicitor<br />
and is well respected by her<br />
clients. Kelly has been instrumental<br />
to the growth of<br />
our Inquest department<br />
and her promotion recognises<br />
her hard work and<br />
contribution to the growth<br />
of both the department and<br />
the firm.”<br />
Kelly said: “I am thrilled to<br />
be promoted to Associate<br />
Partner and Head of Inquests<br />
here at Farleys and<br />
I’m excited to continue supporting<br />
the progression of<br />
the firm and develop the Inquest<br />
department.”<br />
Hannah Al-Shaghana,<br />
Georgina Bradshaw and<br />
Phillip Rhodes have all been<br />
promoted to partner level.<br />
Hannah is a commercial<br />
property lawyer whose expertise<br />
encompasses all aspects<br />
of commercial<br />
property work including acquisitions<br />
and disposals, sethe<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> office of<br />
Mills & Reeve, said: “It is a<br />
fantastic achievement to<br />
win the award three years in<br />
a row and is a testament to<br />
the private wealth team’s<br />
market leading position and<br />
our highly skilled lawyers<br />
who are dedicated to providing<br />
a top quality of service<br />
to clients.”<br />
The winners were announced<br />
at an awards ceremony<br />
at The Grange Tower<br />
Bridge Hotel in London attended<br />
by more than 300<br />
people.<br />
Leading Inquest Lawyer promoted to<br />
Head of Team<br />
It has been a treble winning<br />
start to summer for<br />
international sports<br />
lawyer Maurice Watkins.<br />
The senior partner and head<br />
of sport at Brabners , based<br />
in <strong>Manchester</strong> has had two<br />
successful trips to Wembley<br />
as chairman of Barnsley FC<br />
and presented the medals<br />
at the <strong>2016</strong> Euro Aquatic<br />
Championships at the<br />
Olympic Pool in Stratford as<br />
chairman of British Swimming.<br />
Maurice , CBE , former Man<br />
Utd director said ; " It feels as<br />
if I have been living out of a<br />
suitcase for weeks now , - all<br />
very hectic but hugely enjoyable<br />
and rewarding to<br />
witness so much sports success.<br />
" It was a great honour for<br />
me to present gold medals<br />
to both Tom Daley in the 10<br />
metre diving competition<br />
and to swimming star Adam<br />
Peaty in the 100 metres<br />
breast stroke at the European<br />
Aquatic Championships.<br />
We are now in<br />
good shape for the Olympic<br />
Games this summer.<br />
"In football ,the 3-1 win<br />
against Millwall at Wembley<br />
in the League One plays offs<br />
was the icing on the cake<br />
and returns Barnsley to the<br />
Championship. When you<br />
think that Barnsley were<br />
bottom of League One last<br />
November and lost the<br />
manager in February, this<br />
Kelly Darlington<br />
Maurice Watkins treble success<br />
Maurice Watkins with Gold Medal winning diver Tom<br />
Daley at Euro Aquatic Championships<br />
success is nothing short of<br />
extraordinary.<br />
" Any trip to Wembley is a<br />
great experience , but to go<br />
twice in a season and<br />
emerge as winners on both<br />
occasions is a marvellous<br />
achievement for the club. "<br />
Earlier in the season Barnsley<br />
beat Oxford Utd 3-2 to<br />
win the Johnstone's Paint<br />
Trophy at Wembley.
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12 Movers & Shakers<br />
Pannone Corporate advises Stockport-based<br />
Abney Garsden on Simpson Millar acquisition<br />
Leading <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
The corporate team at<br />
Pannone Corporate has<br />
advised one of the UK’s<br />
leading law firms dedicated<br />
to advising victims<br />
of abuse, Abney Garsden,<br />
on its acquisition by personal<br />
injury specialist<br />
Simpson Millar.<br />
The deal also includes<br />
Stockport-based Abney<br />
Garsden’s family and wills<br />
departments.<br />
Simpson Millar is owned by<br />
stock market listed Fairpoint<br />
plc. Adlington-based Fairpoint<br />
acquired Simpson Millar,<br />
which has offices across<br />
the UK, in 2014 marking its<br />
entry into the legal services<br />
market.<br />
Abney Garsden was established<br />
in 1985 by Peter Garsden<br />
and has become a<br />
pioneer of securing justice<br />
for survivors of abuse.<br />
The Pannone Corporate<br />
team was led by partner<br />
Mark Winthorpe and included<br />
solicitor Craig Geraghty.<br />
Peter said: “This is a very exciting<br />
time for us and with<br />
the support of Simpson Millar<br />
we can add even more<br />
value to our clients and<br />
have even further added security<br />
for the important<br />
work we do, especially<br />
abuse cases.<br />
“I cannot praise the corporate<br />
team at Pannone Corporate<br />
highly enough for<br />
the outstanding advice and<br />
support they gave me<br />
throughout one of the most<br />
important transactions of<br />
my professional life. They<br />
were understanding, industrious,<br />
supportive, and<br />
legally astute and I am extremely<br />
grateful.”<br />
Mark added: “Abney Garsden<br />
has built an outstanding<br />
reputation in the market<br />
and the acquisition by<br />
Clough & Willis Makes Property<br />
Appointment at Bolton Office<br />
Law firm Clough & Willis<br />
has appointed Susan<br />
Trudgeon to the Property<br />
team at its Bolton office.<br />
She has joined the firm as<br />
a licensed conveyancer<br />
and will handle a portfolio<br />
of residential property<br />
work.<br />
Simpson Millar will enable it<br />
to significantly expand and<br />
maintain its leading position<br />
in a consolidating market.”<br />
Peter Watson from Simpson<br />
Millar said: “We knew instantly<br />
that Abney Garsden<br />
was the right type of firm to<br />
join Simpson Millar because<br />
of their strong values and<br />
social conscience.<br />
“The extended offering we<br />
now have in our portfolio<br />
means we can give better<br />
and wider services to all our<br />
clients. Peter has built a<br />
strong firm with a positive<br />
future and by joining Simpson<br />
Millar we can offer a<br />
more flexible and secure<br />
place to compete effectively<br />
in the market place.”<br />
Simspon Millar was advised<br />
by Lizzy Tindall and Alistair<br />
Cree from Eversheds.<br />
6 Partner Promotions for JMW<br />
based law firm JMW Solicitors<br />
LLP has announced<br />
that they have made 6 at<br />
promotions Partner level<br />
with a further 21 promotions<br />
also made within the<br />
firm effective form 1 May<br />
<strong>2016</strong>.<br />
Commercial Property Partners<br />
Claire Hamilton and<br />
Warren Martin who joined<br />
the firm in 2013 and 2015<br />
respectively have been<br />
made Fixed Equity Partners.<br />
Claire Hamilton is the key<br />
Partner working for a major<br />
property developer and investor<br />
in the North West,<br />
while Warren Martin names<br />
amongst his property finance<br />
clients Lowry Capital<br />
and Aldermore.<br />
Meanwhile Derek Millard-<br />
Smith an expert in Consumer<br />
Regulatory work<br />
brought his expertise to<br />
JMW in 2015 and acts for<br />
ParkingEye and the British<br />
Parking Association membership.<br />
Michael Purvis<br />
joined JMW as an Associate<br />
in 2012 and has progressed<br />
to Fixed Equity Partners<br />
holding the relationships<br />
with introducers such as<br />
Precise Mortgages, JLL, SPF<br />
and Move with Us.<br />
There have then been 6 promotions<br />
from Senior Associate<br />
to Partner for Mark<br />
Heppell and Vicky Protano<br />
from Corporate, Tasnim<br />
Khalid and Jodi Lund from<br />
Private Client, Nick<br />
McAleenan in Media Law<br />
and Lee McGovern who occupies<br />
a New Business role<br />
in the firm.<br />
Elsewhere in the firm there<br />
have been 8 promotions to<br />
Senior Associate for Ben<br />
Miller, Louise Wakely and<br />
Richard Glover from the<br />
Commercial Litigation<br />
team, Paul Gotch and Daniel<br />
Harrison from the Private<br />
Client team, Jennifer Smith<br />
in Employment, Holly Tootill<br />
in Family Law and Faris Humadi<br />
in IT.<br />
A further 9 promotions from<br />
Solicitor to Associate see<br />
promoted Danielle Gibson,<br />
Linda Medhurst and<br />
Michael Walker (Personal Injury),<br />
Holleh Cyples, Gaynor<br />
Dent and Breda Fallon (Private<br />
Client), Sara Bluston<br />
(Corporate), Stephanie Adjepong<br />
(Commercial Property)<br />
and Mike Bloor (New<br />
Business).<br />
Prior to these promotions,<br />
staff numbers have also increased<br />
at JMW from 280 to<br />
320 including 7 new Partners<br />
joining the firm in the<br />
past 12 months.<br />
Commenting on the wealth<br />
of promotions at JMW, Senior<br />
Partner Joy Kingsley said:<br />
“All these promotions are<br />
well deserved and reflect<br />
our continuing policy of<br />
promoting from within as<br />
well as making effective lateral<br />
hires. 2015/16 has seen<br />
us promote 6 internal candidates<br />
to Partnership while<br />
hiring 7 Partners from outside<br />
of the firm. As we continue<br />
to enhance our<br />
reputation in the North<br />
West it is increasingly important<br />
that we retain our<br />
talented lawyers who need<br />
to see our commitment to<br />
their future.”<br />
JMW recently announced<br />
an annual increase in Revenue<br />
of 16% in the year<br />
2015/16, which has grown<br />
to £22 million from £10 million<br />
in 2010/11. Profit also<br />
increased by 13%.<br />
Susan has worked in the<br />
legal sector for 12 years and<br />
has been a qualified conveyancer<br />
for the past seven.<br />
She has previously worked<br />
at Russell and Russell, Fieldings<br />
Porter and Countrywide<br />
Conveyancing<br />
Services.<br />
The firm’s Bolton office<br />
opened in January this year<br />
and offers a range of services<br />
including Commercial &<br />
Residential Property, Employment,<br />
Personal Injury<br />
and Family Law as well as<br />
Wills, Trusts and Probate.<br />
Shefali Talukdar – managing<br />
partner of Clough & Willis –<br />
Shefali Talukdar, Susan Trudgeon & Lee Martson<br />
(partner at Clough & Willis).<br />
commented: “We are delighted<br />
to welcome Susan<br />
to the practice. She has<br />
some great experience and<br />
is a valuable addition to our<br />
existing Property team<br />
which is based at our Bury<br />
head office.”<br />
Susan added: “I’m really excited<br />
to be joining Clough &<br />
Willis. It’s an exciting time<br />
for the firm following the recent<br />
opening of the Bolton<br />
office. I’m now looking forward<br />
to helping grow both<br />
our presence and reputation<br />
in the town.”<br />
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Building Blocks acquired by Dutch digital agency<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong>-based digital<br />
agency Building Blocks<br />
has been acquired by<br />
Dept UK Holding Limited.<br />
Building Blocks is a top 100<br />
digital agency, which specialises<br />
in helping global<br />
companies solve complex<br />
problems using digital technologies.<br />
Based on Portland Street in<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> and with additional<br />
offices in the US and<br />
Spain, the privately-owned<br />
agency was founded in<br />
2007 by Andrew Iddon and<br />
Jonathan Whiteside. The<br />
two founding partners<br />
along with third partner<br />
Jasper van de Luijtgaarden<br />
will retain an interest in<br />
Dept UK Holding Limited as<br />
part of the deal.<br />
Hill Dickinson acted on behalf<br />
of the acquirer, a wholly<br />
owned subsidiary of Dutch<br />
digital agency Dept, with a<br />
team led by corporate partner<br />
David Mkhitarian and<br />
assisted by James Down<br />
and Sean Lightfoot (corporate)<br />
and Tom Slinger (employment).<br />
Partner Richard<br />
Capper provided banking<br />
advice to the acquirer.<br />
Part of an international network<br />
of leading digital<br />
agencies, Dept, which is<br />
backed by Waterland Private<br />
Equity, is a full service<br />
digital company employing<br />
350 creatives, developers<br />
and data scientists that provide<br />
integrated digital solutions<br />
to clients.<br />
Frank Schmid, Managing Director<br />
of Dept, said “In order<br />
to build a truly international<br />
digital agency, rapid expansion<br />
into the UK market was<br />
our top priority. We believe<br />
David Mkhitarian<br />
Building Blocks is the perfect<br />
first addition in the UK<br />
to our network of agencies.”<br />
Partner Darren Warburton<br />
of Squire Patton Boggs advised<br />
the sellers on the<br />
transaction and was assisted<br />
by Laura Green and<br />
Mary Brock.
The SRA 13<br />
CPD for a modern profession<br />
Paul Philip, Chief Executive, Solicitors Regulation Authority<br />
As I said when meeting<br />
with the <strong>Manchester</strong> Law<br />
Society Council in early<br />
May, we are continuing to<br />
reform how we work,<br />
looking at areas where we<br />
can get rid of outdated<br />
regulatory burdens and<br />
improve public protection.<br />
As part of that reform, I<br />
wanted to look at the traditional<br />
16 hours of CPD per<br />
year requirement. This approach<br />
had not been substantively<br />
updated for more<br />
than 25 years and had,<br />
frankly, become a tick-box<br />
exercise. That was not good<br />
for the profession or the<br />
public.<br />
So we are now moving to a<br />
more flexible, modern approach.<br />
From November<br />
this year, solicitors in England<br />
and Wales will no<br />
longer count CPD hours. Instead,<br />
the new approach<br />
means they will reflect on<br />
their work and choose training<br />
that is right for them<br />
and their firm. It is about<br />
making sure solicitors are at<br />
the top of their game: competent,<br />
ethical and ready to<br />
deliver high-quality services<br />
to their clients.<br />
We recognise that every solicitor<br />
and firm is different,<br />
and that means that they<br />
need to take their own approach<br />
to learning and development.<br />
Removing the<br />
blanket ‘16 hours a year’ requirement<br />
encourages<br />
practitioners to undertake<br />
meaningful continuing professional<br />
development activities,<br />
and helps to reduce<br />
the cost of regulation.<br />
Positive feedback<br />
We want to make sure that<br />
switching to the new approach<br />
is straightforward.<br />
The feedback we have had<br />
so far has been positive. We<br />
undertook a survey on the<br />
changes recently, and I was<br />
pleased to see that almost<br />
half of the law firms and solicitors<br />
who responded have<br />
already moved to the new<br />
approach. Of these, nearly<br />
two thirds percent said they<br />
did this at no extra cost to<br />
their business and three<br />
quarters of those who had<br />
already changed approach<br />
said that the transition took<br />
just three months or less.<br />
Meanwhile, feedback suggest<br />
that firms are already<br />
seeing the benefits.<br />
For example, Stuart Snape,<br />
Managing Partner at <strong>Manchester</strong>-based<br />
Graham Coffey<br />
& Co Solicitors has told<br />
us: "This change of approach<br />
gave us the opportunity<br />
to stop seeing CPD as<br />
something 'only for solicitors'<br />
or a 'box to be ticked'<br />
and to better understand<br />
how it benefits our business.<br />
We know that it is in<br />
our firm’s interest to welcome<br />
a more personalised<br />
and flexible approach to<br />
continued training as it<br />
helps maximise our staffs’<br />
potential. This means we<br />
will continue to deliver a<br />
high quality, professional<br />
service to the public.<br />
“Our answer to adopting<br />
the new approach was to introduce<br />
an online training<br />
software with courses specific<br />
to our needs. This allows<br />
us to improve skills in<br />
key areas and focus any additional<br />
training where further<br />
clarity is needed. As<br />
Managing Partner, I found<br />
that by helping to create the<br />
training materials needed<br />
for this, it has also helped<br />
focus my mind on the direction<br />
the firm is taking and<br />
how I can take my staff with<br />
me.”<br />
Help with making the<br />
change<br />
We want to support you<br />
through this change, so to<br />
help you get started we<br />
have created a toolkit on<br />
our website. It has a wealth<br />
of information and resources<br />
including:<br />
• advice on planning, evaluating<br />
and recording learning<br />
• downloadable templates<br />
• real-life examples of how<br />
other solicitors or firms have<br />
adopted and are using the<br />
approach<br />
• an on-demand webinar<br />
that talks you through how<br />
to move to the new approach<br />
Our Handbook says solicitors<br />
must provide a proper<br />
standard of service. A key<br />
part of that is living up to<br />
our Competence Statement.<br />
So we have not<br />
changed our expectation<br />
that all solicitors will make<br />
an annual declaration about<br />
their continuing competence.<br />
A move away from a onesize-fits-all<br />
approach to a<br />
greater focus on training<br />
that matters to you has to<br />
be the right way for a modern<br />
profession in a fast moving<br />
market to stay up to<br />
date. I am sure you will see<br />
the benefits for you and<br />
your firms.<br />
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14 Feature<br />
In conversation with Nigel Day<br />
Tributes to Nigel<br />
Nigel Day of Hague Lambert is standing down from the Law Society Council<br />
after sixteen years. He talks to Julia Baskerville about his career and<br />
involvement with <strong>Manchester</strong> Law Society and the national Law Society...<br />
There can be very few solicitors<br />
who have devoted<br />
so much time, effort and<br />
dedication into representing<br />
the views of the profession<br />
than Nigel Day.<br />
Nigel is standing down as<br />
one of the <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
representatives on the<br />
Law Society Council after<br />
a tenure of sixteen years.<br />
Nigel qualified as a solicitor<br />
in 1979 after training with a<br />
sole practitioner Neville<br />
Brooks in Wythenshawe.<br />
Nigel says the firm was essentially<br />
“law in the raw” - a<br />
typical legal aid practice<br />
and as a trainee and newly<br />
qualified solicitor worked<br />
on a broad range of cases<br />
from family, crime and litigation,<br />
although says that<br />
litigation in those days covered<br />
a ‘multitude of sins.”<br />
After two years as a qualified<br />
solicitor Nigel saw an<br />
advert in “The <strong>Messenger</strong>”,<br />
although adds that this was<br />
the old version of the <strong>Messenger</strong><br />
that was xeroxed by<br />
the team in the office. Nigel<br />
applied to the firm, Lambert<br />
Storey, was successful and<br />
joined as an assistant solicitor,<br />
becoming a partner in<br />
1986.<br />
Nigel was the firm’s litigator,<br />
running the litigation department<br />
with various assistants.<br />
Several years down<br />
the line and again Nigel<br />
saw an advert in the <strong>Messenger</strong>,<br />
this time from a firm<br />
who were interested in<br />
merging. Nigel responded<br />
to the advertisement and in<br />
January 1996 Lambert<br />
Storey merged Hagues to<br />
become known as Hague<br />
Lambert.<br />
Nigel is now the COLP and<br />
senior partner. He says that<br />
life as a solicitor is now very<br />
different with the emphasis<br />
on specialisation and risk<br />
management. He welcomes<br />
this but wonders sometime<br />
whether the profession<br />
loses sight of the need to<br />
give advice as opposed to<br />
explaining to people what<br />
they can do He says that<br />
during his career I have seen<br />
the expectations of clients<br />
change quite dramatically,<br />
adding “when I first started<br />
my legal career clients came<br />
to see a solicitor with little<br />
or no legal knowledge, now<br />
the internet has changed<br />
this and it is important that<br />
the solicitor can add value<br />
to this by giving advice and<br />
helping clients to make decisions<br />
and choices.”<br />
When Nigel moved to <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
he made the decision<br />
to take more interest in<br />
the professional locally and<br />
attended events and<br />
courses organised by <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Young Solicitors<br />
Group He became Chair of<br />
the YSG in 1988. The following<br />
year Nigel was approached<br />
by the then<br />
President of <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Law Society Philip Hodson<br />
who invited him to join the<br />
Council of the Society. Nigel<br />
held a number of roles before<br />
being elected President<br />
of <strong>Manchester</strong> Law Society<br />
in 1998.<br />
Nigel says that it was during<br />
this time that he became<br />
more aware of the national<br />
Law Society, attending a<br />
number of conferences and<br />
events. In 2000 Philp Hodson<br />
who was now one of<br />
the two Council Members<br />
for <strong>Manchester</strong>, Stockport,<br />
Trafford Tameside and Altrincham<br />
stood down and<br />
Nigel was elected to replace<br />
him. Nigel says “I joined the<br />
Council of the Law Society<br />
during a state of crisis. The<br />
presidencies of Martin<br />
Mears and Robert Sayer had<br />
provoked much controversy<br />
and huge rifts were appearing<br />
within the profession.<br />
There was also a £450 million<br />
deficit in the Solicitors<br />
Indemnity Fund and The<br />
Law Society was perceived<br />
as failing to properly handle<br />
complaints against solicitors.<br />
In addition the Vice<br />
President of the Law Society,<br />
Kamlesh Bahl was<br />
forced to resign amid allegations<br />
that she was bullying<br />
staff. She then took the<br />
Law Society to an employment<br />
tribunal claiming race<br />
and sex discrimination. The<br />
Law Society was in a complete<br />
maelstrom”<br />
In 2000 the Law Society<br />
made the decision to create<br />
the role of Chief Executive<br />
and appointed Janet<br />
Paraskeva, who had been<br />
the Director of the National<br />
Lottery Charities Board.<br />
Nigel says “Some within the<br />
Law Society and the Council<br />
thought that Janet<br />
Paraskeva was not the right<br />
person perhaps because of<br />
political bias, but I thought<br />
that many failed to appreciate<br />
that a the role of Chief<br />
Executive was new and unprecedented<br />
for the Law Society<br />
and demanded<br />
someone with an independent<br />
mind. However I<br />
think she viewed the Council<br />
as having little relevance<br />
and not representative of<br />
the membership and therefore<br />
did not seem to be anxious<br />
to establish an effective<br />
working relationship. Council<br />
as a result began to lose<br />
focus, something which has<br />
continued and increased<br />
ever since.”<br />
At that time the Law Society<br />
was both the representative<br />
body for the legal profession<br />
and also the regulator.<br />
Complaints were dealt with<br />
by the Office for the Supervision<br />
of Solicitors based in<br />
Leamington Spa, but as<br />
complaints handling and<br />
claims against solicitors spiraled.<br />
Nigel says that much<br />
of what subsequently occurred<br />
may not have happened,<br />
or would have<br />
developed in a very different<br />
way, had the profession<br />
at large together with Law<br />
Society got to grips with<br />
complaints handling. As it<br />
was the profession was now<br />
very much in the radar of<br />
government which led to<br />
the appointment of in 2003<br />
of Sir David Clementi to<br />
carry out an independent<br />
review of the regulatory<br />
framework for legal services<br />
in England and Wales.<br />
The Clementi Review led to<br />
the Legal Services Act in<br />
2007. Many think that the<br />
Act led to the formation of<br />
the Solicitors Regulation<br />
Authority but, in fact, this<br />
had already been created<br />
by the Law Society in 2005.<br />
This followed much debate<br />
in Council during which<br />
Nigel argued for lay involvement<br />
and independent appointment<br />
rather than<br />
elected body which many<br />
advocated. It was clear that<br />
this would not find favour<br />
with the outside world<br />
which demanded transparency<br />
and independence.<br />
Nigel says that perhaps if<br />
anyone is to blame for the<br />
SRA, it is him!<br />
The Act allowed new kinds<br />
of legal practices to be developed<br />
in which solicitors<br />
could join with non-lawyers<br />
to form practices (legal disciplinary<br />
practices, or LDPs)<br />
and then ABSs. Nigel says “I<br />
remember quite clearly the<br />
debate on the Legal Services<br />
Act and how it would<br />
change the legal market. I<br />
am not sure that this was<br />
fully appreciated. There was<br />
no discussion about what<br />
Regulation is and what it<br />
should look like. The Government<br />
grudgingly, it<br />
seemed, agreed that an independent<br />
legal profession<br />
should be one of the core<br />
principles of the Act but it<br />
did not seem to be a driving<br />
force. Nor does it now and<br />
this government seems to<br />
be more intent upon denying<br />
representation and access<br />
to justice. Sometimes I<br />
fear that there will not be a<br />
legal profession in ten years<br />
time, or will be so drastically<br />
changed as to be ineffectual.<br />
The profession has<br />
changed, is going to have to<br />
continue to change, but I<br />
take comfort from the fact<br />
that contrary to what many<br />
people think solicitors are<br />
highly adaptable and innovative.<br />
Time and time again,<br />
the profession has been<br />
forced down routes we<br />
don’t want to go, but time<br />
and time again we have<br />
changed and evolved and<br />
thrived and we can- we<br />
must- keep doing this.”<br />
Nigel concludes “I found<br />
that joining the committees<br />
or boards of the Law Society<br />
was the most interesting aspect<br />
of the role and where I<br />
felt I could help to achieve<br />
tangible results. The Council<br />
of the Law Society, in its<br />
present form, lacks real purpose<br />
and is not functioning<br />
in the way that solicitors<br />
might assume or expect if it<br />
is the sovereign body. The<br />
Council now needs new<br />
blood and a new approach<br />
and I await with interest the<br />
outcome of the Governance<br />
Review. I have long felt that<br />
one of The Law Society’s<br />
biggest failings is occasionally<br />
promising to deliver<br />
what it cannot. I hope that<br />
it does not do so on this occasion.<br />
”<br />
Nigel says he has no plans at<br />
the moment, other than to<br />
run the firm, spend more<br />
time with his family, particularly<br />
granddaughters Serena<br />
and Alexa, try and<br />
reduce his golf handicap<br />
and of course continue his<br />
support of the cause known<br />
as <strong>Manchester</strong> United.<br />
It falls to me as incumbent President, with heavy heart to say a<br />
few words about our National Law Society Member Nigel Day<br />
who will retire from the role from <strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong>. Nigel has been a<br />
member of the national Law Society Council for 16 years and<br />
has performed that role tirelessly. Leaving aside the debate<br />
about the recent Governance Review, Nigel has been a long<br />
term advocate of reform of the way in which our representative<br />
body is structured.<br />
It is apparent to me immediately from my time as President of<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> Law Society as well that Nigel is hugely and widely<br />
respected amongst his fellow council members for his insight<br />
into the relevant issues of the day and to cut to the chase.<br />
Not only that, but Nigel has been, as a past president of <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Law Society as well, a keen advocate of maintaining<br />
links between local law societies such as our own and the national<br />
council, through thick and thin, it is fair to say that that<br />
view wasn’t always popular at Chancery Lane but I am very<br />
pleased that now, at the end of Nigel’s time on Council, links<br />
between local Law Societies and the national Society are closer<br />
than they have been for many years. That is in no small part<br />
due to Nigel’s persistence in putting forward what must, at<br />
times, have been an unpopular view.<br />
His regular attendance at the <strong>Manchester</strong> Law Society Council<br />
meetings has kept us abreast of developments in Chancery<br />
Lane and given us an opportunity to have a sounding board<br />
and sometimes a target to take aim at; both of which roles he<br />
has taken on manfully. He has taken the joking and sometimes<br />
frustration at the proliferation of pink paper in the National<br />
Law Society meeting notes which prevent him from divulging<br />
confidential information, in good stead. I do still think though<br />
that not being able to tell us what Council members had for<br />
lunch at the last meeting should, for example, be in the public<br />
domain.<br />
I wish Nigel all the best for the future as senior partner of Hague<br />
Lambert and having more time to spend with his family.<br />
Michael Hardacre<br />
President<br />
Nigel has been associated with <strong>Manchester</strong> Law Society Council<br />
since I started here 28 years ago and is part of the fabric of<br />
the Society. He was President in 1998-1999 and became one of<br />
our national Law Society Council members in 2000.<br />
I really don’t think people understand the hard work, loyalty,<br />
commitment and dedication (which has gone WAY above and<br />
beyond the call of duty!) that Nigel has put into the profession.<br />
He really cares about the profession and has given up so much<br />
time to try and help make a difference on a local and national<br />
level.<br />
His wise counsel, knowledge of all things Law Society, our <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
United chats, stories about his grandchildren are just a<br />
few of the things I will miss. I hope he will still say Grace at the<br />
Past Officers Dinner – a job I always ask him to do!<br />
I guess that using your talents and leaving a legacy is something<br />
we all desire to do and Nigel has definitely succeeded in<br />
doing this. And yet he has never sought recognition for his<br />
achievements.<br />
The legal profession is a better place to be because of Nigel’s efforts.<br />
Let’s hope we can all say that when our time comes. Nigel<br />
I will miss you so very much!<br />
Fran Eccles-Bech<br />
Chief Executive<br />
"I've sat on the <strong>Manchester</strong> Law Society Council with Nigel for<br />
some years and always admired his dedication to the profession,<br />
however I never really appreciated just how hard he fights<br />
for the interest of his peers until I joined Council. Nigel made me<br />
feel very welcome and taught me everything I know (considerably<br />
less than everything HE knows) about the workings of<br />
Chancery Lane, and has mentored me (whether he realises it or<br />
not) to my ongoing benefit. His contributions to Council will be<br />
sorely missed, and I'll miss seeing him at meetings even more."<br />
Steve Kuncewicz<br />
Bermans LLP<br />
Law Society Council Member
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16 Talking Heads<br />
Talking Heads<br />
As summer approaches we asked "If you were a holiday<br />
destination, where would you be and why?"<br />
Kimberley Kirby<br />
Partner<br />
Express Solicitors<br />
I would be Hoi An in Vietnam.<br />
A diverse cosmopolitan<br />
melting pot, Hoi An has<br />
successfully preserved evidence<br />
of its own history but<br />
also has signs of change<br />
and development due to<br />
sympathetic influence from<br />
foreign elements. Hoi An is<br />
a unique tourist destination<br />
that opens its arms to all<br />
from across the continents;<br />
it is a preserved South-East<br />
Asian trading port with a<br />
legacy of temples and ancient<br />
tea warehouses. It has<br />
niches where traditional life<br />
has changed very little. This<br />
is juxtaposed with the more<br />
modern influence, a mix of<br />
Chinese, Japanese and European<br />
styles.<br />
This warm hearted place is<br />
traditional at heart but not<br />
out of touch with the outside<br />
world, new opportunities<br />
and happily attracts<br />
visitors to it to share in its<br />
experience.<br />
Steve Kuncewicz<br />
Head of IP and Media<br />
Bermans LLP<br />
Law Society Council<br />
Member<br />
Having just been to Florida,<br />
I'd usually say there. It's<br />
loud, over the top, bad for<br />
you and free of irony. In a<br />
perfect world, however, I'd<br />
prefer to see myself as the<br />
Maldives: remote, in danger<br />
of disappearing but surrounded<br />
by natural beauty.<br />
Oh, and reassuringly expensive<br />
but worth every penny.<br />
I can only hope that my<br />
clients won't ever read this.<br />
Paul Jonson<br />
Managing Partner<br />
Pannone Corporate LLP<br />
I would be Rome; warm, cultured,<br />
sophisticated and not<br />
too much of an effort.<br />
Fran Eccles-Bech<br />
Chief Executive<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> Law Society<br />
What city in the world could<br />
be more perfect for a holiday<br />
than the Catalan capital<br />
– Barcelona - home of my<br />
gorgeous husband, Pedro<br />
Not only do I get my very<br />
own interpreter/translator<br />
24/7 but with its cosmopolitan<br />
feel, relaxed pace of life,<br />
breath-taking architecture,<br />
fantastic cuisine, unparalleled<br />
art, culture, golden<br />
beaches and unbeatable climate,<br />
it really is the city that<br />
has everything.<br />
The beachside city’s<br />
bustling art scene and bohemian<br />
vibe make it the offbeat<br />
counterpart to the<br />
more classic Madrid (which<br />
Pedro will NEVER visit anyway!)<br />
We visit Barcelona for its<br />
gorgeous beaches and<br />
eclectic nightlife, plus it has<br />
some of the best seafood in<br />
all of Europe. The streets of<br />
Barcelona are lined with<br />
breath-taking works of architecture,<br />
from Gothic<br />
churches to Antoni Gaudí's<br />
surreal buildings, as well as<br />
modern sites like Maremagnum<br />
Mall. It’s also home to<br />
the one of the world's most<br />
beloved soccer teams,<br />
Barcelona FC – go Barca!<br />
Nigel Poole QC<br />
Kings Chambers<br />
Venice: cultured, romantic<br />
and slowly sinking.<br />
Aiden Carr<br />
Consultant<br />
M & A Solicitors<br />
It would have to be Hong<br />
Kong - rugby mad - and<br />
rugby paradise during the<br />
HK 7s week in late March<br />
every year. A week long<br />
party !!<br />
It likes to get the job done<br />
and is frenetic in parts - Central<br />
and Wan Chai, but able<br />
to spectacularly relax in others<br />
- on Lamma Island or<br />
Deepwater Bay Beach - provided<br />
you check that the<br />
shark nets are still intact !,<br />
It has a great sense of history<br />
and tradition - the<br />
headstones in the cemetery<br />
in Happy Valley guard the<br />
graves of Royal Navy personnel<br />
who succumbed to<br />
outbreaks of cholera and typhoid<br />
in the nineteenth<br />
century.<br />
The corridors of the Hong<br />
Kong Football Club are lined<br />
with photographs of visiting<br />
armed forces rugby<br />
teams and other tourists as<br />
far back as 1886 when the<br />
club was formed.<br />
Needless to say The Hong<br />
Kong Club preserves a style<br />
and elegance of bygone<br />
days and serves a superb<br />
G&T - just like me !!<br />
Hong Kong blends East and<br />
West and the old romantic<br />
with the ultra modern - after<br />
more than 100 years in service<br />
the Star Ferry still brings<br />
commuters to some of the<br />
newest, tallest (and narrowest)<br />
skyscrapers in the world<br />
and of course Hong Kong is<br />
one of the most important<br />
financial and trade centres<br />
in the world.<br />
Like me Hong Kong loves its<br />
food - even the occasional<br />
dish of sweet and sour<br />
snake served with chilled Tsingtao<br />
beer - and does thing<br />
with style - hence The Mandarin<br />
Oriental and Peninsula<br />
Hotels.<br />
So for sport, work, history,<br />
tradition, food and that allimportant<br />
sense of wellbeing<br />
the answer is<br />
definitely Kong Kong.<br />
Niall Innes<br />
Partner & Head of<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> office<br />
Mills & Reeve LLP<br />
I hope that I would be<br />
somewhere quiet and relaxing,<br />
ideally with a fairly poor<br />
mobile signal so that visitors<br />
need to talk to each other<br />
rather than to play on<br />
phones or get troubled by<br />
the real world. I used to<br />
spend quite a lot of time in<br />
an old cottage like that near<br />
Barnard Castle in County<br />
Durham and it was great to<br />
have that peace. I would<br />
therefore be that cottage<br />
because, in my head, that is<br />
how I am like to be around.<br />
I fear however that if you ask<br />
my wife and children they<br />
would think I was some<br />
busy coastal tourist resort<br />
with music blaring till the<br />
early hours because, they<br />
would say, I take days and<br />
days to switch off and calm<br />
down. Even when I do relax,<br />
like that cottage, I would<br />
hope that the cottage is allinclusive<br />
and with a fully<br />
stocked bar<br />
Michael Hardacre<br />
Principal Lawyer<br />
Slater & Gordon LLP<br />
President of <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Law Society<br />
I am struggling on this one.<br />
What I want to do is put<br />
what would be my favourite<br />
holiday destination but I<br />
don’t think that’s the point<br />
of the exercise, is it? So, in<br />
the spirit of things, what<br />
kind of holiday destination<br />
am I? Somewhere chilled, I<br />
think (you might have to ask<br />
others about that). Warm<br />
and sunny, like my personality.<br />
At this time of year it<br />
could be any number of<br />
places. Somewhere happy<br />
and sociable, so it has to be<br />
a beach, fringed by palm<br />
trees of an early evening,<br />
looking out to sea. A warm<br />
breeze, beer in hand, kids<br />
splashing around in the sea.<br />
Donkeys, eeyoreing in the<br />
distance. Of course, it has to<br />
be Blackpool.<br />
Raana Afsarpour<br />
Solicitor<br />
JMW Solicitors LLP<br />
I would be Ibiza (my infamous<br />
favourite holiday destination),<br />
because I have a<br />
sunny disposition and a<br />
positive and energetic per-<br />
sonality. I also enjoy traditional<br />
activities and relaxation<br />
when I’m not out and<br />
about and Ibiza surprisingly<br />
has a lot of opportunities for<br />
this too. People are often<br />
sceptical until they’ve been<br />
- a bit like the general public’s<br />
perception of lawyers<br />
until they need one!<br />
Kate Oldfield<br />
Managing Partner<br />
David Blank Furniss<br />
I’d probably say Vietnam as I<br />
like to think that I’m just the<br />
right mixture of chaos, culture<br />
and serenity.... In my<br />
head anyway!<br />
Louise Straw<br />
Partner<br />
Burton Copeland<br />
The question "If I was a holiday<br />
destination where<br />
would I be and why" gave<br />
me food for thought. Would<br />
I be somewhere that was<br />
perhaps a reflection of my<br />
character - someone in the<br />
office on considering this<br />
suggested Siberia ( I really<br />
don't know why!) Would I<br />
be somewhere with hot<br />
sunny beaches or rocky<br />
mountains? I think I could<br />
fit with either of those scenarios.<br />
It definitely would<br />
not be anywhere which required<br />
tents and sleeping<br />
bags; five stars are a must. I<br />
think I would chose to be<br />
Thailand. The country is<br />
beautiful, the people delightful<br />
and the food fantastic<br />
- what more could one<br />
ask for!
Local News 17<br />
Kings Chambers launches unique arbitration service<br />
Barristers at Kings Chambers<br />
have launched a<br />
unique and innovative<br />
service to make it simpler,<br />
faster and more cost effective<br />
for businesses to resolve<br />
litigation disputes.<br />
Sir Maurice Kay, His Honour<br />
David Gilliland QC, Paul<br />
Chaisty QC, Lesley Anderson<br />
QC and David Casement<br />
QC are amongst the<br />
former Judges, silks and<br />
barristers - all of whom are<br />
arbitrators - who have<br />
teamed up from Kings<br />
Chambers to launch Kings<br />
Arbitration Service (KAS).<br />
KAS provides solicitors and<br />
lay clients with an alternative<br />
method of resolving<br />
disputes to the traditional<br />
courts but retains the opportunity<br />
of having cases<br />
tried.<br />
Fixed fees are a key feature<br />
of the service which includes<br />
options of a paper,<br />
one day or two day arbitration<br />
starting at £3,000 for<br />
Three recent digital headlines – and how to react<br />
May saw several announcements<br />
in digital<br />
that may change the way<br />
you operate. We've<br />
rounded up the key<br />
points, and what they<br />
mean for you.<br />
More space for tweets<br />
What happened?<br />
Twitter announced changes<br />
to what counts towards its<br />
character limit. In the coming<br />
months, @usernames,<br />
links, image attachments,<br />
video and polls will no<br />
longer count. Meanwhile<br />
@mentions will be visible to<br />
all followers rather than just<br />
the recipient.<br />
What does it mean?<br />
You can say more in 140<br />
characters. That's especially<br />
important bearing in mind<br />
tweets with media attract<br />
far more engagement. Of<br />
course, everyone else will<br />
be enjoying the same freedom,<br />
so there's more pressure<br />
to stand out as feeds<br />
will be looking increasingly<br />
busy.<br />
disputes over sums up to<br />
£1m.<br />
Kings Chambers says its arbitration<br />
service will be ‘fast,<br />
simple, private and economical’<br />
for companies who<br />
are increasingly shying<br />
away from pursuing costly<br />
litigation in the courts.<br />
Currently arbitration is invariably<br />
only used when a<br />
contract carries an arbitration<br />
clause. Arbitration,<br />
however, can be used for<br />
any dispute with the consent<br />
of the parties.<br />
Kings will host arbitrations<br />
at its chambers in <strong>Manchester</strong>,<br />
Leeds and Birmingham<br />
or at a venue of the parties’<br />
choice. Kings is ranked as<br />
one of the leading sets in<br />
both Chambers UK and<br />
Legal 500 legal directories<br />
and was founded in <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
in 1946.<br />
Colin Griffin, Chief Clerk at<br />
Kings Chambers, said: “At a<br />
time of spiralling costs,<br />
PPC goes mobile first<br />
What happened?<br />
Google announced its Ad-<br />
Words PPC platform is being<br />
'reimagined for a mobile<br />
first world'. Key points include<br />
changes to device targeting,<br />
responsive display<br />
ads, as well as more space<br />
for ad copy and headlines in<br />
search ads.<br />
What does it mean?<br />
Although the changes kick<br />
in later this year, marketers<br />
will need a plan of action for<br />
bid changes and ad copy revision<br />
to ensure they're<br />
being capitalised on.<br />
Google's tests showed increases<br />
of up to 20% in click<br />
through rates for ads using<br />
the new longer copy, so this<br />
is one to watch out for –<br />
more space to promote<br />
your business in search results<br />
should never be overlooked.<br />
...but mobile going adfree?<br />
What happened?<br />
Three announced they will<br />
clients are increasingly looking<br />
at cost effective ways to<br />
resolve their disputes whilst<br />
having access to the best tribunal.<br />
From our research<br />
with law firms across the<br />
UK, it’s clear that the expense<br />
of court litigation is a<br />
barrier to clients pursuing<br />
their action in the manner<br />
they wish.<br />
“With the recent further increase<br />
in ‘issue fees’ much of<br />
the cost is payable before<br />
entering a court. To commence<br />
a claim in court<br />
which is worth £200,000 or<br />
more will require a payment<br />
of £10,000 with strong rumours<br />
that this will double<br />
again in the foreseeable future.<br />
There are also fees to<br />
be paid to the Court Service<br />
each time an application is<br />
made and again when the<br />
case is set down for trial.<br />
“The culture adopted by the<br />
courts has the effect of increasing<br />
costs at every juncture.<br />
Requiring mediation to<br />
be undertaken even if the<br />
test a blanket ad block on<br />
their network for one day in<br />
June, claiming 'the browsing<br />
experience is degraded'<br />
by ads. In the same month,<br />
PageFair reported that mobile<br />
ad blocking rose by<br />
90% globally in the last year<br />
– with 1.3 million Brits now<br />
using ad blockers.<br />
What does it mean?<br />
Mobile display ads face an<br />
uncertain future; although<br />
it's unlikely this will massively<br />
affect a sector like law,<br />
which probably isn't best<br />
suited to pop-ups or interstitials.<br />
User-friendly, nonintrusive<br />
ads may be the<br />
way forward; but crucially,<br />
this means it's wise to adopt<br />
a multi-channel approach<br />
that doesn't leave you open<br />
to changes in any one area.<br />
parties consider there is little<br />
point to avoid being penalised<br />
in costs is a perfect<br />
example.<br />
“We feel we’re approaching<br />
the process of litigation in<br />
an entirely new way. We<br />
want to see litigants accessing<br />
justice in a cost-managed<br />
and efficient way<br />
allowing them to pursue<br />
claims without the hindrance<br />
of large potential<br />
costs or lengthy compliance<br />
procedures.<br />
“A reduction in costs, bureaucracy<br />
and other factors<br />
is clearly in the interests of<br />
both claimants and defendants.”<br />
Colin Griffin of Kings Chambers<br />
highlights the seven<br />
top benefits of arbitration:<br />
1) Cost: the cost of arbitration<br />
is usually much less<br />
than going to court to resolve<br />
a dispute.<br />
2) Speed: typically a dispute<br />
can be resolved within<br />
a 90-day timescale from the<br />
date of instruction if the<br />
parties so request.<br />
3) Privacy: Court hearings<br />
are open to the public and<br />
the press which can be<br />
damaging for the business<br />
interests and reputations of<br />
the parties. By contrast the<br />
Bolton Law Society Annual Dinner<br />
A hundred or so members<br />
of Bolton Law Society and<br />
their guests gathered on<br />
the edge of the moors at<br />
the Last Drop Hotel for the<br />
society’s annual dinner.<br />
arbitration process and<br />
hearings are private and<br />
confidential.<br />
4) Simplicity: The lengthy<br />
and burdensome process of<br />
guiding a case through the<br />
court system is eradicated<br />
as is costs budgeting (unless<br />
the parties agree to it)<br />
and the frustrations of communicating<br />
with the Court<br />
as well as waiting for a response.<br />
By using KAS directions<br />
are invariably issued at<br />
the outset shortly after the<br />
Letter of Appointment is<br />
signed. Most disagreements<br />
are resolved easily with the<br />
Arbitrator able to convene<br />
telephone (or oral) hearings<br />
at short notice and without<br />
application fees.<br />
5) Specialists: All our Arbitrators<br />
are specialists in their<br />
chosen field and have extensive<br />
knowledge of both<br />
litigation and arbitration.<br />
Utilising Kings Arbitration<br />
gives the parties a choice of<br />
who will decide your case<br />
rather than hoping that<br />
your case will be listed before<br />
the “right Judge”.<br />
6) Certainty: fixed costs<br />
and a clear timetables mean<br />
clients will know when a decision<br />
will be made on their<br />
case. This has the benefit of<br />
providing the parties with<br />
greater certainty and reducing<br />
the costs exposure.<br />
Darin Millar, President of Bolton Law Society and<br />
Vice President of the Law Society, Joe Egan<br />
President Darin Millar of<br />
CMA Solicitors welcomed<br />
District Judge Shaw and the<br />
heads of local organisations<br />
as his guests on the top<br />
table. During dinner presentations<br />
were made by former<br />
President Alan Walsh,<br />
who sponsors the awards,<br />
to Claire Higham of KBL Solicitors<br />
and Thomas Egan of<br />
Joe Egan Solicitors who<br />
were first and second in the<br />
Trainee of the Year Competition.<br />
Darin presented prizes<br />
to the top student from<br />
each year of the law course<br />
at Bolton University which<br />
the Society sponsor every<br />
year.<br />
Following dinner another<br />
former President, David Arkwright,<br />
gave a potted history<br />
of the Society in<br />
proposing the toast to the<br />
Society to which his former<br />
7) Binding: An award from<br />
KAS is enforceable by the<br />
Courts in the same manner<br />
as a Judgement from the<br />
Court, with the leave of the<br />
Court. If the losing party refuses<br />
to comply with the arbitrator’s<br />
award the winning<br />
party can simply apply to<br />
enforce the award at Court<br />
and obtain Judgement.<br />
partner Darin responded.<br />
Guests were then entertained<br />
to hilarious tales of<br />
life at the Criminal Bar by<br />
barrister Jaime Hamilton<br />
from 9, St Johns St.<br />
Many of the members and<br />
guests stayed the night at<br />
the hotel and it is rumoured<br />
that discussions of serious<br />
legal issues of the day continued<br />
in the residents bar<br />
until 4 in the morning.<br />
Joe Egan<br />
Sir Maurice Kay<br />
Colin Griffin
18 Management Issues<br />
Management Matters<br />
This column is now into its eighth year and feedback is still good. We would still like to receive observations and ideas for<br />
future issues. Please mail Bill Kirby at billkirby@professionalchoiceconsultancy.com or the publisher Julia Baskerville at<br />
j.baskerville@jbaskerville.co.uk<br />
Critical - Delusional<br />
Can I suggest ever so strongly that you make reference to the<br />
column from August 2015 where I wrote about the working<br />
capital issues facing many firms and included a whole list of actions<br />
that can be taken simply but could make all the difference.<br />
(You can get the piece on the MLS website or I will happily e-<br />
mail it to you).<br />
Management, accountability and targets are key for fee earners<br />
and heads of departments.<br />
Time certainly flies but even in the last few weeks I have seen<br />
evidence that even with the blessing of external accountants<br />
(who should but obviously don’t always know better) some<br />
firms are still making monthly WIP adjustments that flatter revenue<br />
figures, enhance gross profit and consequently net profit<br />
when there is no substance. When the foundations are built on<br />
sand.<br />
A real working capital error if it cannot be turned into cash.<br />
With available technology – your PMS system or reporting tools<br />
there is no reason why a fee earner cannot, every month, review<br />
all matters and declare what is the recoverable WIP going to be<br />
and very importantly when. Department heads then have a realistic<br />
assessment of performance and the forecasted future and<br />
the finance team are in a much better position to forecast cash<br />
flow.<br />
It’s not just the running out of money scenario but there is also<br />
a major impact on discretionary spend looking forward.<br />
I learned all of this within legal 20 years ago when I congratulated<br />
the FD of a London firm on their achievement of £12m<br />
turnover. Shaking his head he said it would have been so much<br />
better if we hadn’t written off £1.5m of non recoverable WIP at<br />
the year end. In those days the banks of course would just up<br />
the overdraft as you were lawyers.<br />
As I quoted then “Imagine being a firm with £2.5million of lock<br />
up. Outstanding bills of £500k and a bank putting you under<br />
pressure on a £200k overdraft. Crazy stuff as it can so easily be<br />
fixed with realism.”<br />
A Critical Measure<br />
In passing we have spoken about what I consider to be a key<br />
performance measure. Again within law firms I first became<br />
aware of it when in a partners meeting one stalwart said compared<br />
to the others his billing performance was by far and away<br />
the best and so his opinion should count for more. It was only<br />
later when I checked things out that I discovered that he had a<br />
team of four working directly for him – secretary and three others<br />
so that when we took account of his drawings and the direct<br />
cost of the others his contribution to the practice was effectively<br />
zero.<br />
Gross Profit is a critical performance measure for the firm and<br />
comparing performance by heads of department. Still unfortunately<br />
not uniformly applied but so important. It is missing<br />
from some PMS systems even now but it is critical that this is applied.<br />
GP is a simple calculation that takes the billing by department<br />
and deducts the direct costs of doing the work, partner drawings,<br />
costs of employment of departmental staff (partners,<br />
lawyers, para-legals, secretaries and referral fees if there are<br />
any). There is no point in trying to allocate other overheads or<br />
discretionary spend as that is what they are as well as being a<br />
diversion.<br />
There are still firms that do not take into account partners drawings<br />
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Local News<br />
His Final Bow<br />
In June 2014, we reported in the <strong>Messenger</strong> that Bill Jones had stepped down as Managing Partner as JMW. In<br />
April this year Bill retired from private practice after spending more than 40 years in the law. Bill’s retirement<br />
prompted a multitude of good wishes. Here are just a few tributes that Bill received, confirmation that he<br />
truly is a <strong>Manchester</strong> Legal Legend...<br />
The last 15½ years have been an absolute pleasure and I feel<br />
so very privileged to have worked not just for you but alongside<br />
you and learnt so very much. You have inspired me<br />
throughout my career and have been a phenomenal role<br />
model. I now find myself in a great position here at the firm<br />
surrounded by fantastic people and this is down to you and I<br />
simply cannot thank you enough. Not only have you been<br />
my boss but also a true great friend and together we have<br />
shared so many laughs and happy times be it on the football<br />
pitch, golf course, ski holiday’s and of course our obligatory<br />
weekly pints in the Grapes. These times will be etched in my<br />
memory forever.<br />
People often refer to certain key figures as ‘Legends’ and most<br />
of the time it is not used in the right context but I think it is<br />
right for you! The true legend of JMW.<br />
Dan Clark<br />
I have never working with a more charming and inspirational<br />
bloke. Good bosses lead but great boss inspire and you inspired<br />
me. Maybe too much!<br />
I hope we’ll catch up in the not too distant future and wish<br />
you all the best with your new venture. As always, it sounds<br />
very exciting.<br />
All the very best and thanks for the memories.<br />
Sam Hall<br />
There is no way of saying this without sounding like a complete<br />
suck up but having the chance to watch you work has<br />
been genuinely special.<br />
What Sam and I are striving to create is a firm with an atmosphere<br />
and ethos like the one you created. You genuinely are<br />
an inspiration for us. I know due to your modesty you may<br />
not accept what I am writing which is why I am emailing as<br />
opposed to saying it to you when you would cut me off.<br />
It would be an honour if you would on occasion spare us<br />
some time as a mentor to share your wisdom and guidance...<br />
Thank you for the chance to work with you. I know that the<br />
next chapter for you will be just as amazing as the last.<br />
James Brown<br />
Thank you so much for being so kind and welcoming in the<br />
short time that I have known you.<br />
You are truly an inspiration and from the bottom of my heart<br />
I wish you all the best.<br />
Look forward to seeing you soon.<br />
With kind regards<br />
Tasnim Khalid<br />
On a personal note I would like to take this opportunity to say<br />
many sincere thanks for what you have done for me and my<br />
family – in particular our Ben.<br />
All those many years ago I’ll bet you never envisaged creating<br />
such a fantastic family business and for it to have grown so<br />
much.<br />
In many ways a business reflects the image and personality<br />
of its head.<br />
Much like a football team mirroring the manager’s image in<br />
the way they play.<br />
For sure Bill you created JMW in the way you are as a person.<br />
Obviously the foundations you have put into place will mean<br />
that JMW will remain in ‘The Champions League’ for many,<br />
many years.<br />
You can rest assured that we are in extremely safe hands.<br />
All the very best for the future with your new challenge although<br />
I don’t think you need luck – you will for sure succeed<br />
and bring your own special brand and personality to the role.<br />
And always remember…………..<br />
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but<br />
by the moments which take our breath away.”<br />
Cheers Bill<br />
Alan Warner<br />
Return of a Traveller<br />
Long-standing <strong>Manchester</strong> Law Society member Aidan Carr has returned to practice in<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> after spending nearly two years commuting to Dublin to develop a new<br />
office for BLM and then taking a six month sabbatical, travelling in California.<br />
Aidan, former Senior Partner at Rowlands moved to<br />
BLM in March 2010 to specialise in healthcare regulatory<br />
work, defending doctors and dentists under investigation<br />
by the General Medical Council and<br />
General Dental Council and providing representation<br />
in related inquests and prosecutions.<br />
Before the move Aidan successfully defended in many<br />
high profile cases including the first gross negligence<br />
manslaughter prosecution at the Old Bailey arising from<br />
the inspection of fairground rides and secured a stay of<br />
proceedings on the grounds of abuse of process in a prosecution<br />
brought by the Environment Agency – Greater<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong>`s Fridge Mountains Case. He provided representation<br />
in The Shipman Inquiry.<br />
Aidan commented “I enjoyed my 5 years at BLM immensely.<br />
I had grown up professionally with many of the<br />
partners there so it was a pleasure to work alongside<br />
them. Initially I also undertook work for the SHE team but<br />
then focussed on GMC and GDC Fitness to Practise Hearings<br />
and related cases in the coronial and criminal courts”.<br />
When BLM opened their new Dublin office in October<br />
2012 Aidan was appointed Head of Office with responsibility<br />
for business development. The appointment was a<br />
success – the office grew three-fold in less than 2 years.<br />
Aidan explained “I had kept in touch with all the contacts I<br />
had made in Dublin during my time as business development<br />
partner at Rowlands, when the Irish economy was<br />
buoyant and the Irish were investing heavily in property in<br />
the UK and so I had a flying start as Head of Office in Dublin.<br />
It was a very busy time in my career because whilst developing<br />
the Dublin office I also continued to undertake client<br />
work in the UK, flying back for conferences and hearings in<br />
Edinburgh, <strong>Manchester</strong> and London.<br />
This did however mean that in less than two years I made<br />
just under 300 flights between the UK and Ireland, so when<br />
we had successfully established the Dublin office I decided<br />
to have some down-time and went travelling in California<br />
and Spain, before accepting a consultancy with niche practice,<br />
Morrison and Associates – a position which has enabled<br />
me to return to my wider scope of practice whilst continuing<br />
to provide representation in the healthcare sector”.<br />
Aidan can be contacted at –<br />
Morrison and Associates Solicitors,<br />
53 Fountain Street,<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong>,<br />
M2 2AN.<br />
Email: ac@maasolicitors.co.uk<br />
Mobile: 07736 466 078<br />
Telephone: 0161 850 1090<br />
Fax: 0161 247 8448
20 Charity & CSR<br />
CILEX<br />
LawWithoutWalls<br />
LawWithoutWalls is about<br />
developing a future generation<br />
of lawyers that are<br />
commercial, innovative,<br />
digitally-savvy and global<br />
thinkers.<br />
This innovative programme<br />
supports students in developing<br />
the right skill set to<br />
thrive in the new global<br />
legal marketplace, learning<br />
how to collaborate across<br />
borders and time zones."<br />
Bryan Hughes, Chief Executive<br />
of Eversheds.<br />
<strong>2016</strong> marks the fourth year<br />
of Eversheds’ involvement<br />
with LawWithoutWalls, an<br />
innovative legal and commercial<br />
education project<br />
developed by the University<br />
of Miami School of Law with<br />
whom Eversheds has partnered<br />
since 2013.<br />
The programme is part virtual,<br />
part in-person and is<br />
designed to engage future<br />
leaders of the legal profession<br />
to innovate, develop<br />
commercial skills and improve<br />
cross-border working<br />
practices within the context<br />
of real commercial projects.<br />
LawWithoutWalls has built a<br />
world-class reputation, taking<br />
students from major law<br />
and business schools<br />
around the world and providing<br />
them with a platform<br />
to develop in ways which<br />
are fully aligned to Eversheds’<br />
brand mission of<br />
‘thinking without boundaries’.<br />
This year LawWithoutWalls<br />
kicked off in Madrid in January.<br />
50 students from across<br />
the world including China,<br />
Australia, South Africa, the<br />
US, the UK, Spain and Germany<br />
came together with<br />
over 100 mentors from the<br />
legal and business world.<br />
These mentors included<br />
university professors, general<br />
counsels of multi-national<br />
corporates,<br />
entrepreneurs and practising<br />
lawyers at international<br />
law firms and from inhouse.<br />
20 of these mentors<br />
were either senior lawyers<br />
or ‘rising stars’ from Eversheds<br />
who were in turn<br />
partnered with 20 client<br />
mentors taken from a selection<br />
of Eversheds’ largest<br />
clients. These included<br />
Unilever, Iron Mountain, The<br />
Co-operative Bank, HSBC,<br />
Volvo and many more.<br />
Three lawyers from Eversheds’<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> office attended<br />
– James Batham<br />
(Global Head of Innovation),<br />
Sarah Naylor (Principal Associate,<br />
Financial Services<br />
Dispute Resolution) and<br />
Lizzy Tindall (Senior Associate,<br />
Corporate).<br />
The <strong>2016</strong> cohort spent a<br />
weekend together in<br />
Madrid where they were divided<br />
into 10 teams consisting<br />
of students, Eversheds’<br />
mentors, Eversheds’ client<br />
mentors, and other mentors<br />
from legal practice, academia<br />
and business. The<br />
teams worked on teambuilding<br />
exercises, received<br />
personal development<br />
training, heard the stories of<br />
previous LawWithoutWalls’<br />
participants and learnt how<br />
to work effectively together.<br />
Each team left Madrid with<br />
a topic or problem from<br />
legal education or practice,<br />
with topics ranging from social<br />
justice to systems design.<br />
Teams were tasked<br />
with exploring their topic,<br />
fine-tuning their problem<br />
for a discrete audience and,<br />
finally, developing a solution<br />
to the problem they<br />
identified. The solution had<br />
to consist of a business plan<br />
and prototype such as an<br />
app, a new model regulation,<br />
a website or new software.<br />
The next four months saw<br />
weekly online meetings,<br />
webinars and training sessions<br />
delivered by worldleading<br />
experts and<br />
covering topics such as<br />
project management, effective<br />
storytelling, brand<br />
awareness and gender<br />
equality. In addition,<br />
through weekly online collaboration,<br />
the teams<br />
worked together on business<br />
plans and prototypes<br />
with Eversheds and client<br />
mentors leading the<br />
process of guiding and supporting<br />
their respective<br />
teams through the research<br />
of their topics and to the development<br />
of an idea.<br />
The LawWithoutWalls programme<br />
culminated in the<br />
‘ConPosium’ which saw the<br />
teams gather together in<br />
Miami in May for this interactive<br />
event. The two day<br />
event saw the teams showcase<br />
their innovations to the<br />
LawWithoutWalls cohort<br />
and a panel of multidisciplinary<br />
judges, including venture<br />
capitalists, who<br />
assessed the substance, viability,<br />
and creativity of the<br />
projects. After the conclusion<br />
of the final team’s presentation,<br />
the entire cohort<br />
voted for their winner. The<br />
<strong>2016</strong> crown was won by<br />
‘VIDE’, a mobile phone app<br />
which aims to increase access<br />
to justice by democratizing<br />
the technology used<br />
to produce social biographical<br />
videos to humanise defendants<br />
of non-violent<br />
crimes in US court rooms.<br />
Lizzy Tindall, a <strong>2016</strong> Eversheds’<br />
mentor commented:<br />
“The whole mentoring experience<br />
was fantastic. It<br />
was humbling to work with<br />
so many talented young<br />
people, together with an<br />
impressive group of mentors.<br />
I came away from the<br />
LawWithoutWalls in Miami<br />
programme with new ideas<br />
about the way we can work<br />
together in the global marketplace,<br />
the way we can<br />
present our ideas and the<br />
way we can engage with<br />
the leaders of tomorrow. It<br />
has made me rethink the<br />
role that both individual<br />
lawyers and law firms can<br />
take in the wider commercial<br />
world.”<br />
Deans Court Chambers Run the <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
10k for Cancer Research UK<br />
On the 22nd May <strong>2016</strong>, members and staff of Deans Court Chambers joined forces to<br />
take part in the Great <strong>Manchester</strong> 10k Run.<br />
Our ultimate goal was to raise money and awareness for an amazing charity in memory of<br />
one of our criminal Barristers, Nicholas Courtney, who sadly passed away earlier this year.<br />
In total we have raised £5254.85 for Cancer Research UK which is an amazing achievement,<br />
and made the run worthwhile.<br />
We would like to thank each and every one of you who took the time to donate to a well<br />
worthy cause. We aren’t natural runners here at DCC so taking part in the 10k was a tough<br />
challenge for all involved.<br />
Some of the participants from DCC - We did not look like this once over the finish line!<br />
Team Building in Madrid<br />
Send your Charity and CSR events to<br />
j.baskerville@jbaskerville.co.uk
On Sunday 22 May <strong>2016</strong>,<br />
various members of Irwin<br />
Mitchell took to the<br />
streets of <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
with thousands of other<br />
runners to take part in this<br />
year’s Great <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Run.<br />
The run is Europe’s biggest<br />
10k running event , with<br />
around 300,000 runners taking<br />
to the streets. Our <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
team ran to raise<br />
funds for the office charity<br />
of the year, MedEquip4Kids<br />
(http://www.medequip4kid<br />
s.org.uk/).<br />
MedEquip4Kids is a children’s<br />
charity raising money<br />
to provide paediatric medical<br />
equipment and facilities<br />
for hospitals and community<br />
health teams. Their aim<br />
is to help ensure babies,<br />
children and teenagers receive<br />
the best possible care<br />
when sick or injured.<br />
An amazing total of 16<br />
members of the office ran<br />
the race, including Medical<br />
Law Firm tackles 35 mile run and<br />
climb for charity<br />
Jefferies Solicitors has<br />
raised nearly £1,000 for<br />
charity by running the<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> Marathon<br />
and hiking up Snowdon.<br />
The charitable team at the<br />
Altrincham-based solicitors<br />
firm has run and walked 35<br />
miles altogether for their<br />
chosen charity – The Children’s<br />
Adventure Farm Trust.<br />
Four keen runners took part<br />
in the <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
marathon on 10th April led<br />
by director Nina Ramsden,<br />
and a 19-strong team took<br />
part in the Snowdon climb<br />
Negligence Partner, Frank<br />
Patterson. Well done to the<br />
team who ran: Samantha<br />
Lewis, Graham Feeney, Mark<br />
Goodfellow, Mealla Logue,<br />
Frank Patterson, Alex Curran,<br />
Amanda Goral, Emma<br />
Bates, Hayley Crombleholme,<br />
Alan Deveney, Paul<br />
Kelly, Sara Wakefield, Victoria<br />
Akroyd, Darren Hark, Ciaran<br />
Wells, Jonathan Brett.<br />
Some fantastic times were<br />
achieved on the day, despite<br />
the rain that managed<br />
to creep in late morning.<br />
After the race, the team<br />
were invited to join the<br />
charity’s after-party at Bourdon<br />
and Black, just off Albert<br />
Square in <strong>Manchester</strong>,<br />
as the charity showed their<br />
appreciation. It was a great<br />
opportunity for our team to<br />
meet other runners for the<br />
charity.<br />
Alexandra Barrie, Solicitor in<br />
the medical negligence<br />
team in <strong>Manchester</strong> office<br />
and Head of the IMCF <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
committee, said: “It<br />
on 23rd April.<br />
CAFT is Jefferies Solicitors’<br />
chosen charity and the<br />
team has been committed<br />
to fundraising on its behalf<br />
for several years.<br />
Nina Ramsden comments:<br />
“Running and walking over<br />
35 miles across both events<br />
was certainly challenging<br />
but it was a great opportunity<br />
to raise money for a<br />
charity that’s close to our<br />
hearts.<br />
“We have been involved<br />
with CAFT for many years<br />
Charity & CSR 21<br />
Irwin Mitchell takes part in <strong>Manchester</strong> 10k for MedEquip4Kids<br />
is great that so many members<br />
of our office were able<br />
to participate in the Great<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> Run. It’s a fantastic<br />
event with a heartwarming<br />
atmosphere as<br />
members of the public line<br />
the street to cheer on all the<br />
runners. Thank you to all<br />
those from our office who<br />
took part – money is still<br />
coming in from the event<br />
and there’s still time to<br />
sponsor the team!”<br />
If you wish to sponsor the<br />
team who ran please visit<br />
the fundraising page:<br />
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/IrwinMitchell10k<br />
To date, the team have<br />
raised over £500 from online<br />
and offline donations<br />
(including gift Aid).<br />
and we’re proud to be helping<br />
such an important charity<br />
in the community.”<br />
CAFT was established in<br />
1985 by Founding Patron<br />
Tim Grundy. It is based in<br />
the grounds of a beautiful<br />
17th Century Farmhouse in<br />
Millington, Cheshire and offers<br />
free adventure breaks<br />
and activities to children<br />
who are disadvantaged by<br />
illness, disability and<br />
poverty.<br />
For more information on<br />
CAFT, visit www.caft.co.uk<br />
Legal eagles planning to fly high in<br />
three peaks challenge<br />
Members of leading <strong>Manchester</strong> law firm,<br />
JMW Solicitors LLP and <strong>Manchester</strong> and<br />
Leeds-based Barristers Kings Chambers,<br />
are set to scale England, Scotland and<br />
Wales’ highest mountains in 24 hours as<br />
they tackle the three peaks challenge for<br />
charity later this month.<br />
The team, comprising 18 individuals from the<br />
two professional services firms, will be raising<br />
money for national charity, the Child Brain Injury<br />
Trust. They aim to conquer the three<br />
mountains in 24 hours, following in the footsteps<br />
of other adrenaline junkies who have<br />
taken on the challenge.<br />
Setting off from <strong>Manchester</strong> city centre early<br />
on the morning of Thursday June 23, the professionals<br />
will reach the Glen Nevis Visitor<br />
Centre, to commence climbing Ben Nevis,<br />
Scotland’s highest mountain, at 5pm. They<br />
will then travel on to Scafell Pike, England’s<br />
highest mountain, and Wales’s highest mountain,<br />
Snowdon. They hope to complete the<br />
challenge by 5pm the following day, Friday 24<br />
June.<br />
Andrew Lilley, partner at JMW and part of the<br />
team undertaking the three peaks challenge,<br />
said: “We’ve had a close link with the Child<br />
Brain Injury Trust for a number of years now,<br />
and when the challenge was laid down to<br />
scale the three peaks, we weren’t able to resist.<br />
I’m really looking forward to seeing<br />
months of training pay off and for our team to<br />
complete the challenge in 24 hours.<br />
“I’m also sure I speak for the rest of the team<br />
when I say how grateful we are for the support<br />
we’ve had from colleagues, family and<br />
friends over the last few months. It feels like<br />
a lot of people have really rallied round to<br />
support our challenge attempt and we’re very<br />
keen to do them all proud.”<br />
The full list of individuals undertaking the<br />
challenge are: Andrew Lilley, Charlotte King,<br />
Andrew Lilley<br />
Naomi O’Rourke, Heather Bennett, Charlotte<br />
Boothroyd, Steve Brown, Liz Fletcher,<br />
Kim Peet, Francesca Powell, Alison Chu,<br />
Sam McElroy, Anna Ozarowska, Catherine<br />
Anderson, Helen Mulholland, Rory Davis,<br />
Steve Loxton, Charlotte Law and Rachel<br />
Galloway.<br />
You can sponsor the team by visiting their<br />
JustGiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/CBITthreepeaks<br />
JMW is also the Child Brain Injury Trust’s<br />
sole legal support services provider in the<br />
North West, and ensures that any individual<br />
or family who wishes to use the charity’s<br />
services in the region, is able to access the<br />
full suite of services offered by the firm, getting<br />
the advice they need in the face of an<br />
acquired brain injury.
22 News<br />
CILEX<br />
The Future of Conveyancing<br />
Adam Bullion, General Manager of Marketing at InfoTrack<br />
explores how we have embraced technology and how<br />
technology needs to be employed to reduce the time<br />
between instruction and completion.<br />
Looking back, it’s probably<br />
fair to say that the<br />
processes associated with<br />
conveyancing haven’t<br />
changed dramatically,<br />
other than the failed HIPS<br />
scheme almost 10 years<br />
ago. However, you’re<br />
probably aware that the<br />
Department for Business,<br />
Innovation and Skills (BIS)<br />
will soon issue its ‘Call for<br />
Evidence’ as they look at<br />
the future of conveyancing.<br />
This is in response to<br />
home buyer experiences<br />
where there is an unknown<br />
outlay of costs due<br />
to delays within the<br />
process.<br />
Conveyancers themselves<br />
would admit to sharing similar<br />
frustrations with the<br />
process. Presently, conveyancers<br />
are visiting a<br />
plethora of websites to<br />
complete matters. That<br />
means rekeying the same<br />
information repeatedly into<br />
unrelated systems that look<br />
completely different. And<br />
with each site requiring a<br />
different log in and password,<br />
it’s simply inefficient<br />
when you compare it to the<br />
aggregated technology in<br />
our personal lives.<br />
Consider how we manage<br />
our day to day lives now<br />
we’re living in a 24-hour society.<br />
We all have a myriad<br />
of useful ‘apps’ on our smart<br />
phone or tablet which is<br />
technology that we enjoy<br />
using. It’s these experiences<br />
that change our expectations<br />
– to the point where<br />
we now demand more. Having<br />
been exposed to clever<br />
and intuitive technology we<br />
now have an elevated expectation<br />
of instant results.<br />
Unfortunately, the same<br />
can’t be said of the conveyancing<br />
process, a<br />
process that some consider<br />
as being suffocated by regulation.<br />
Conveyancers’ frustrations<br />
are clear – too many<br />
steps in the process to manage<br />
risk. Too many forms to<br />
complete. Too much rekeying<br />
of data. And too much<br />
time spent managing<br />
clients who don’t understand<br />
the conveyancing<br />
procedure. Taking into account<br />
all these frustrations,<br />
we simply need functional,<br />
enjoyable technology that<br />
ensures the process is made<br />
smoother, faster and easier.<br />
The simplest answer is to<br />
use technology that reduces<br />
the time between instruction<br />
and completion,<br />
keeping both the conveyancer<br />
and homebuyer<br />
happy. Companies that<br />
offer technology for the<br />
conveyancing industry<br />
need to focus on incorporating<br />
all steps of the conveyancing<br />
process,<br />
including AP1 Transfer, SDLT<br />
Submissions and even the<br />
Contract Pack, in order to<br />
make it easier to manage;<br />
simple steps that reduce the<br />
stress of a transaction for<br />
both the conveyancer and<br />
their client.<br />
Providing the industry with<br />
the ability to complete all<br />
relevant searches, transfers,<br />
form submissions and contracts<br />
within a single website<br />
means that<br />
conveyancers will start saving<br />
time from the moment<br />
the quote is issued, and we<br />
all know that time is money.<br />
Utilising a single website<br />
where all aspects of the<br />
process link together eliminates<br />
any rekeying of information<br />
and accessing of<br />
multiple sites simplifying<br />
the various tasks.<br />
The future of conveyancing<br />
is very much a change of<br />
technology rather than the<br />
home buying process. And<br />
that’s why it is now important<br />
that conveyancers<br />
adopt technological<br />
change. In the crowded<br />
market of suppliers, there<br />
are technology innovators<br />
but it’s up to the conveyancer<br />
to take a step back<br />
and look objectively at technology<br />
solutions that deliver<br />
against their needs.<br />
InfoTrack already has a fantastic<br />
heritage of delivering<br />
superior information services<br />
in Australia and has<br />
brought that same vision to<br />
the UK market, with a fast<br />
growing base of happy<br />
clients working with a more<br />
efficient platform. InfoTrack<br />
are applying forward thinking<br />
technology that truly<br />
challenges the traditional<br />
methods of completing a<br />
matter, ensuring all tasks –<br />
from instruction to postcompletion<br />
– can be completed<br />
within a single<br />
system.<br />
<strong>Manchester</strong> Free Legal Help<br />
The <strong>Manchester</strong> Free<br />
Legal Help (MFLH) is a<br />
support service located at<br />
the <strong>Manchester</strong> Civil Justice<br />
Centre.<br />
Its aim is to assist people<br />
who need legal advice and<br />
support but are unable to<br />
afford it, or are not entitled<br />
to Legal Aid. The impact of<br />
legal aid cuts, on both<br />
clients and the legal profession<br />
is great. MFLH is committed<br />
to ensuring that<br />
Litigants in Person receive<br />
access to justice and it<br />
should not be seen as a substitute<br />
for Legal Aid funding.<br />
MFLH was set up in September<br />
2014 by The University<br />
of <strong>Manchester</strong> School of<br />
Law and is a clinic of and<br />
supported by LawWorks.<br />
The service offers pro bono<br />
legal advice and support by<br />
coordinating appointments<br />
(face to face or telephone)<br />
with a volunteer<br />
solicitor/barrister. To assist<br />
with and increase the number<br />
of available appointments<br />
MFLH uniquely<br />
brings together a number<br />
of volunteers with wide<br />
ranging skills from law firms,<br />
chambers and three academic<br />
institutions (The<br />
School of Law at The University<br />
Of <strong>Manchester</strong>, The University<br />
of Law and BPP).<br />
Students are supervised by<br />
solicitors and barristers, giving<br />
them the opportunity to<br />
connect with the local legal<br />
profession, as well as gain<br />
valuable skills by actively<br />
engaging with clients who<br />
are often well in to the litigation<br />
process.<br />
The Centre needs volunteer<br />
solicitors and barristers to<br />
assist in providing free legal<br />
advice in different areas of<br />
law such as civil litigation,<br />
consumer rights, wills and<br />
probate, immigration, family,<br />
welfare and more. With<br />
the help of volunteers the<br />
Centre can assist some of<br />
the most vulnerable members<br />
of the community to<br />
access much needed legal<br />
advice and support, in the<br />
fewest steps necessary, thus<br />
saving resources and time.<br />
For firms, involvement with<br />
the Centre is a fantastic addition<br />
to their corporate social<br />
responsibility agenda,<br />
which in turn bolsters its<br />
reputation amongst potential<br />
new clients and employees.<br />
For trainees and junior<br />
lawyers, the service offers a<br />
unique opportunity to access<br />
hands on experience<br />
interacting with clients in<br />
wide ranging areas of law.<br />
The Centre offers volunteers<br />
the ability to do pro bono<br />
work, help Litigants in Person<br />
and support the local<br />
community. The Project Coordinator<br />
will assess the<br />
client needs, take a full referral<br />
with all relevant information<br />
of their case and link<br />
them with the most appropriate<br />
pro bono advisor or<br />
support service thus making<br />
it easier and less time<br />
consuming for the volunteers.<br />
For more information and<br />
to get involved please call<br />
0161 240 5034 or email<br />
freelegalhelp@manchester.ac.uk<br />
MFLH is a sister project of<br />
The University of <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
School of Law Legal Advice<br />
Centre (LAC) that has<br />
been running for over 17<br />
years. What started as an<br />
opportunity for law students<br />
to gain clinical education<br />
and experience of ‘real<br />
life’ clients has grown into a<br />
vital community service, advising<br />
the <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
conurbation on a variety of<br />
legal issues, including family,<br />
employment, housing,<br />
and dementia law.<br />
Due to the increase in the<br />
number of mental health requests<br />
the LAC worked hard<br />
to create a sustainable advice<br />
and support network<br />
for these clients. The Dementia<br />
Law Clinic, which<br />
has been created in partnership<br />
with the charity Making<br />
Space, offers free legal<br />
assistance for sufferers of<br />
dementia and their families.<br />
This Clinic has been hugely<br />
successful, and the LAC was<br />
recently awarded ‘Best New<br />
Student Pro Bono Activity’<br />
at the LawWorks & Attorney-General<br />
Awards in London<br />
in recognition of the<br />
positive impact the work in<br />
the Dementia Law arena<br />
has had on the local community.<br />
In addition, the<br />
work done by the LAC was<br />
recently awarded Highly<br />
Commended in the ‘Inspiring<br />
Communities’ category<br />
at the University of <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Social Responsibility<br />
Awards.<br />
The University of <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
is dedicated to alleviating<br />
the detrimental effects<br />
of the cuts to legal aid, and<br />
through the LAC and MFLH<br />
is working to increase access<br />
to justice and support<br />
the local community<br />
through innovative but sustainable<br />
free advice services.<br />
MFLH contact details<br />
Email: freelegalhelp@manchester.ac.uk<br />
Tel: 0161 240 5034<br />
Website: manchesterfreelegalhelp.org.uk<br />
Twitter: @mancfreelegal<br />
LAC contact details<br />
Email: free.legal@manchester.ac.uk<br />
Tel: 0161 275 7976<br />
CILEX News<br />
The Greater <strong>Manchester</strong> CILEx branch would like to<br />
thank Christopher Boxall and Phillipa Hildyard of Park<br />
Square Barristers<br />
(http://www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk/) for providing<br />
May’s training. Christopher and Philippa provided on<br />
training on instructions to Counsel and what information<br />
Counsel would require. The Training was extremely popular<br />
and helpful for all who attended.<br />
The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx)<br />
scooped the award for 'Best Social mobility initiative by<br />
a professional body' in the <strong>2016</strong> MemCom Membership<br />
Awards held at the Royal College of Obstetricians and<br />
Gynaecologists, London on 19 May.<br />
The MemCom Awards recognise excellence in membership<br />
organisation communications. The social mobility<br />
initiative category was introduced this year to recognise<br />
the changing work of professional bodies. The award<br />
was judged by Nicholas Miller, Director, The Bridge<br />
Group (an independent, not for profit, policy association<br />
promoting social mobility) and Suzanne Maskrey,<br />
Deputy Chief Executive, Brightside (a charity that helps<br />
young people access the education and career pathways<br />
they might not have believed were available to them).<br />
The judging panel in its citation for the award said “CILEx<br />
is the only route into the legal profession which is truly<br />
open to all whatever their background. Going further in<br />
this area, their new CILEx Tech Level 3 Diploma in Law<br />
and Legal Skills launching this year is designed specifically<br />
for 16–18 year olds, it will enable young people to<br />
choose to study practical legal skills and knowledge and<br />
gain valuable work experience that will allow them to<br />
embark on a fulfilling career in law. The judges were impressed<br />
with CILEx’s work in this area including publishing<br />
member stats on background and diversity.”<br />
On winning the award Mandie Lavin, CILEx chief executive<br />
officer, said “It was a huge honour to be nominated<br />
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PII & CYBER - What Might We Expect This<br />
Renewal Season?<br />
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SRA Activity - all practices will be aware of the<br />
impending reduction in the Code of Conduct to<br />
10 pages and the intended shrinking of the SRA<br />
Handbook to approximately 50 pages from the 600 or<br />
more currently seen.<br />
Insurers are awaiting sight of this before making any<br />
formal comment but we are aware at this stage that<br />
a close eye is being kept on the issue of third party<br />
managed accounts in particular.<br />
Obviously there is some hope that this will seek to<br />
address much of the risk that currently goes with<br />
holding and handling client money, especially so<br />
given the SRA announcement of over £50m having<br />
been stolen from solicitors’ practices over the last 18<br />
months or so, though it is of course acknowledged<br />
that there are potential downsides to yourselves as a<br />
profession in terms of additional cost, loss of interest<br />
and possible delays e.g. to conveyancing transactions.<br />
In addition to the above, we have ongoing SRA<br />
Consultations - one running until 14th of <strong>July</strong>,<br />
proposing a change to Participating Insurers’<br />
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regulator and improve competition in the market<br />
following an approach by The Society for Licensed<br />
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regulator, i.e. not ceasing practice entirely.<br />
This consultation is not tied in with the more<br />
substantive consultation on changes to the Minimum<br />
Terms and Conditions (MTC) for PII in line with the<br />
Insurance Act 2015.<br />
So, turning now to The Insurance Act, due to come into<br />
force from 12th August this year.<br />
Many Insurers (with some exceptions) have not yet<br />
fully set out their approach to this vis a vis what they<br />
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policy will respond.<br />
Perhaps not as much of an issue for your own<br />
profession as it will be for others in view of the extent<br />
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do have concerns about this.<br />
We are ourselves in the process of writing to our<br />
own clients setting out the impact of the Act as we<br />
see it might have upon them, but for the purpose of<br />
this article we set out below a few highlights for your<br />
attention, starting with the positives:<br />
• The Act adjusts the contract risk presently<br />
<br />
<br />
between them and yourselves as Insureds<br />
• Some mitigation of contractual terms favourable<br />
to Insurers, such as terms that limit their liability<br />
cannot now be relied upon if they are irrelevant to<br />
the breach that caused the loss<br />
• Greater contract certainty<br />
BUT, you should also bear in mind:<br />
• Directors, partners, senior managers etc. must<br />
adjust to the legislation.<br />
• You have a new duty to provide a fair presentation<br />
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Partners, senior managers etc.<br />
• You have an obligation to undertake a reasonable<br />
search for material information to disclose to<br />
insurers.<br />
• Proportionate remedies are available so where you<br />
are in breach of the duty of fair presentation<br />
(though Insurers retain the right in some cases to<br />
avoid the policy and make no payment).<br />
• Parties can ‘contract out’ from certain aspects of<br />
the Act. It seems some Insurers will do so for larger<br />
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We at MFL are already a little concerned with what we<br />
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simply asking for information as limited as fee income<br />
and fee split, before asking you to declare ‘any other<br />
material facts’.<br />
What will happen in these scenarios in the event of a<br />
failure to declare something? Only time will tell.<br />
In Summary – it is felt that the SRA Consultations will<br />
not impact on PII until 2017. The Insurance Act will<br />
we feel have limited impact in October but a much<br />
greater change could be expected next year, in terms<br />
of underwriting information.<br />
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It is fair to say we have a mixed bag just now. For<br />
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seen a continued softening of the market, with some<br />
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As ever, the possibility of more new entrants is there<br />
once again though nothing concrete to report just<br />
yet, whilst we see some of the established markets<br />
re-trenching somewhat with mixed outcomes to date,<br />
some tightening up, others looking to grow.<br />
<br />
the Excess Layer markets, where we are aware of<br />
some hardening, e.g. certain Insurers changing<br />
<br />
increases or pulling out altogether.<br />
Here at MFL it is fair to say the market is a little split<br />
in terms of the make-up of a practice. For example,<br />
<br />
Insurers in genuine specialist, niche, practices such<br />
as Gaming, Sports Law, FI, Procurement, Transport,<br />
Clinical Negligence, Employment, IP to name a few<br />
examples.<br />
Whilst not every Insurers’ cup of tea, those less keen<br />
on such specialists still seem to favour the traditional,<br />
<br />
there appears to be an improving picture; so for<br />
example there are Insurers looking a little more kindly<br />
on Conveyancing<br />
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and better client relationships.<br />
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with a focus on the lowest price are often the most<br />
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Ombudsman’s caseload being complaints about fee<br />
level.<br />
Turning now to Cyber Insurance. You will have seen<br />
our own bulletins highlighting the need for this. With<br />
many Third Party fund losses caused by cyber fraud<br />
<br />
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being picked up by the PI policy.<br />
For instance, you may be interested to know of approx.<br />
100 cyber fraud attacks dealt with by one Insurer alone<br />
over the last year where the average costs for forensic<br />
<br />
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to dovetail properly with the PII.<br />
In summary, MFL have new facilities for MLS members<br />
to address both PII and Cyber Insurers. We’ll be<br />
writing to members individually but in the meantime,<br />
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not hesitate to get in touch with us as below.<br />
Risk Update<br />
Welcome to the <strong>July</strong> edition of Risk Update.<br />
This article does not present a complete or comprehensive statement<br />
of the law, nor does it constitute legal advice. It is intended only to<br />
highlight issues that may be of interest to MLS members and solicitors.<br />
Specialist advice should always be sought in any particular case.<br />
© MFL Professional <strong>2016</strong><br />
MFL Professional is a division of McParland Finn Ltd. McParland Finn Ltd is<br />
authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.<br />
Richard Gledhill,<br />
Director<br />
E: richardg@m-f-l.co.uk<br />
T: 0161 237 7725<br />
M: 07984 879124<br />
John Jones,<br />
Development Executive<br />
E: johnj@m-f-l.co.uk<br />
T: 0161 237 7739<br />
M: 07872 501955<br />
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PII & CYBER - What Might We Expect This<br />
Renewal Season?<br />
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PII & CYBER - What Might We Expect This<br />
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their PI insurance (PII) on or around 1st<br />
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do have concerns about this.<br />
We are ourselves in the process of writing to our<br />
own clients setting out the impact of the Act as we<br />
see it might have upon them, but for the purpose of<br />
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do have concerns about this.<br />
We are ourselves in the process of writing to our<br />
own clients setting out the impact of the Act as we<br />
see it might have upon them, but for the purpose of<br />
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We are ourselves in the process of writing to our<br />
own clients setting out the impact of the Act as we<br />
see it might have upon them, but for the purpose of<br />
As ever, the possibility of more new entrants is there<br />
once again though nothing concrete to report just<br />
yet, whilst we see some of the established markets<br />
re-trenching somewhat with mixed outcomes to date,<br />
some tightening up, others looking to grow.<br />
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As ever, the possibility of more new entrants is there<br />
once again though nothing concrete to report just<br />
yet, whilst we see some of the established markets<br />
re-trenching somewhat with mixed outcomes to date,<br />
some tightening up, others looking to grow.<br />
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As ever, the possibility of more new entrants is there<br />
once again though nothing concrete to report just<br />
yet, whilst we see some of the established markets<br />
re-trenching somewhat with mixed outcomes to date,<br />
some tightening up, others looking to grow.<br />
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October, we take an early look at those<br />
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<strong>Manchester</strong> Law Society Regulatory<br />
Conference.<br />
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SRA Activity - all practices will be aware of the<br />
impending reduction in the Code of Conduct<br />
10 pages and the intended shrinking of the SRA<br />
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October, we take an early look at those<br />
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<strong>Manchester</strong> Law Society Regulatory<br />
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all practices will be aware of the<br />
Code of Conduct to<br />
10 pages and the intended shrinking of the SRA<br />
this article we set out below a few highlights for your<br />
attention, starting with the positives:<br />
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this article we set out below a few highlights for your<br />
attention, starting with the positives:<br />
The Act adjusts the contract risk presently<br />
<br />
<br />
between them and yourselves as Insureds<br />
Some mitigation of contractual terms favourable<br />
to Insurers, such as terms that limit their liability<br />
cannot now be relied upon if they are irrelevant to<br />
the breach that caused the loss<br />
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this article we set out below a few highlights for your<br />
attention, starting with the positives:<br />
The Act adjusts the contract risk presently<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
between them and yourselves as Insureds<br />
Some mitigation of contractual terms favourable<br />
to Insurers, such as terms that limit their liability<br />
cannot now be relied upon if they are irrelevant to<br />
the breach that caused the loss<br />
<br />
the Excess Layer markets, where we are aware of<br />
some hardening, e.g. certain Insurers changing<br />
<br />
<br />
increases or pulling out altogether.<br />
Here at MFL it is fair to say the market is a little split<br />
in terms of the make-up of a practice. For example,<br />
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Insurers in genuine specialist, niche, practices such<br />
as Gaming, Sports Law, FI, Procurement, Transport,<br />
Clinical Negligence, Employment, IP to name a few<br />
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the Excess Layer markets, where we are aware of<br />
some hardening, e.g. certain Insurers changing<br />
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increases or pulling out altogether.<br />
Here at MFL it is fair to say the market is a little split<br />
in terms of the make-up of a practice. For example,<br />
<br />
<br />
Insurers in genuine specialist, niche, practices such<br />
as Gaming, Sports Law, FI, Procurement, Transport,<br />
Clinical Negligence, Employment, IP to name a few<br />
examples.<br />
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the Excess Layer markets, where we are aware of<br />
some hardening, e.g. certain Insurers changing<br />
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Here at MFL it is fair to say the market is a little split<br />
in terms of the make-up of a practice. For example,<br />
<br />
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Insurers in genuine specialist, niche, practices such<br />
as Gaming, Sports Law, FI, Procurement, Transport,<br />
Clinical Negligence, Employment, IP to name a few<br />
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10 pages and the intended shrinking of the SRA<br />
Handbook to approximately 50 pages from the 600 or<br />
more currently seen.<br />
Insurers are awaiting sight of this before making any<br />
formal comment but we are aware at this stage that<br />
a close eye is being kept on the issue of third party<br />
managed accounts in particular.<br />
Obviously there is some hope that this will seek to<br />
address much of the risk that currently goes with<br />
holding and handling client money, especially so<br />
given the SRA announcement of over £50m having<br />
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Insurers are awaiting sight of this before making any<br />
formal comment but we are aware at this stage that<br />
a close eye is being kept on the issue of third party<br />
managed accounts in particular.<br />
Obviously there is some hope that this will seek to<br />
address much of the risk that currently goes with<br />
holding and handling client money, especially so<br />
given the SRA announcement of over £50m having<br />
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Greater contract certainty<br />
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Directors, partners, senior managers etc. must<br />
adjust to the legislation.<br />
You have a new duty to provide a fair presentation<br />
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Partners, senior managers etc.<br />
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Partners, senior managers etc.<br />
You have an obligation to undertake a reasonable<br />
search for material information to disclose to<br />
examples.<br />
Whilst not every Insurers’ cup of tea, those less keen<br />
on such specialists still seem to favour the traditional,<br />
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there appears to be an improving picture; so for<br />
example there are Insurers looking a little more kindly<br />
on Conveyancing<br />
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examples.<br />
Whilst not every Insurers’ cup of tea, those less keen<br />
on such specialists still seem to favour the traditional,<br />
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there appears to be an improving picture; so for<br />
example there are Insurers looking a little more kindly<br />
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there appears to be an improving picture; so for<br />
example there are Insurers looking a little more kindly<br />
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given the SRA announcement of over £50m having<br />
been stolen from solicitors’ practices over the last 18<br />
months or so, though it is of course acknowledged<br />
that there are potential downsides to yourselves as a<br />
profession in terms of additional cost, loss of interest<br />
and possible delays e.g. to conveyancing transactions.<br />
In addition to the above, we have ongoing<br />
Consultations - one running until 14th of <strong>July</strong>,<br />
proposing a change to Participating Insurers’<br />
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regulator and improve competition in the market<br />
following an approach by The Society for Licensed<br />
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given the SRA announcement of over £50m having<br />
been stolen from solicitors’ practices over the last 18<br />
months or so, though it is of course acknowledged<br />
that there are potential downsides to yourselves as a<br />
profession in terms of additional cost, loss of interest<br />
and possible delays e.g. to conveyancing transactions.<br />
In addition to the above, we have ongoing SRA<br />
- one running until 14th of <strong>July</strong>,<br />
proposing a change to Participating Insurers’<br />
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regulator and improve competition in the market<br />
following an approach by The Society for Licensed<br />
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search for material information to disclose to<br />
insurers.<br />
Proportionate remedies are available so where you<br />
are in breach of the duty of fair presentation<br />
(though Insurers retain the right in some cases to<br />
avoid the policy and make no payment).<br />
Parties can ‘contract out’ from certain aspects of<br />
the Act. It seems some Insurers<br />
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We at MFL are already a little concerned with what we<br />
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search for material information to disclose to<br />
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rers will do so for larger<br />
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We at MFL are already a little concerned with what we<br />
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with a focus on the lowest price are often the most<br />
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Ombudsman’s caseload being complaints about fee<br />
level.<br />
Turning now to<br />
our own bulletins highlighting the need for this. With<br />
many Third Party fund losses caused by cyber fraud<br />
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Ombudsman’s caseload being complaints about fee<br />
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our own bulletins highlighting the need for this. With<br />
many Third Party fund losses caused by cyber fraud<br />
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many Third Party fund losses caused by cyber fraud<br />
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regulator, i.e. not ceasing practice entirely.<br />
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substantive consultation on changes to the Minimum<br />
Terms and Conditions (MTC) for PII in line with the<br />
Insurance Act 2015.<br />
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regulator, i.e. not ceasing practice entirely.<br />
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substantive consultation on changes to the Minimum<br />
Terms and Conditions (MTC) for PII in line with the<br />
So, turning now to The Insurance Act, due to come into<br />
We at MFL are already a little concerned with what we<br />
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simply asking for information as limited as fee income<br />
and fee split, before asking you to declare ‘any other<br />
material facts’.<br />
What will happen in these scenarios in the event of a<br />
failure to declare something? Only time will tell.<br />
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not impact on PII until 2017. The Insurance Act will<br />
we feel have limited impact in October but a much<br />
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simply asking for information as limited as fee income<br />
and fee split, before asking you to declare ‘any other<br />
material facts’.<br />
What will happen in these scenarios in the event of a<br />
failure to declare something? Only time will tell.<br />
In Summary – it is felt that the SRA Consultations will<br />
not impact on PII until 2017. The Insurance Act will<br />
we feel have limited impact in October but a much<br />
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simply asking for information as limited as fee income<br />
and fee split, before asking you to declare ‘any other<br />
What will happen in these scenarios in the event of a<br />
failure to declare something? Only time will tell.<br />
it is felt that the SRA Consultations will<br />
not impact on PII until 2017. The Insurance Act will<br />
we feel have limited impact in October but a much<br />
For instance,<br />
100 cyber fraud attacks dealt with<br />
over the last year where the average costs for forensic<br />
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to dovetail properly with the PII.<br />
In summary, MFL have new facilities for MLS members<br />
to address both PII and Cyber Insurers. We’ll be<br />
writing to members individually but in the meantime,<br />
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For instance, you may be interested to<br />
cyber fraud attacks dealt with by<br />
over the last year where the average costs for forensic<br />
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to dovetail properly with the PII.<br />
In summary, MFL have new facilities for MLS members<br />
to address both PII and Cyber Insurers. We’ll be<br />
writing to members individually but in the meantime,<br />
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to know of approx.<br />
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In summary, MFL have new facilities for MLS members<br />
to address both PII and Cyber Insurers. We’ll be<br />
writing to members individually but in the meantime,<br />
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So, turning now to The Insurance Act, due to come into<br />
force from 12th August this year.<br />
Many Insurers (with some exceptions) have not yet<br />
fully set out their approach to this vis a vis what they<br />
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policy will respond.<br />
Perhaps not as much of an issue for your own<br />
profession as it will be for others in view of the extent<br />
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So, turning now to The Insurance Act, due to come into<br />
force from 12th August this year.<br />
Many Insurers (with some exceptions) have not yet<br />
fully set out their approach to this vis a vis what they<br />
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Perhaps not as much of an issue for your own<br />
profession as it will be for others in view of the extent<br />
we feel have limited impact in October but a much<br />
greater change could be expected next year, in terms<br />
of underwriting information.<br />
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It is fair to say we have a mixed bag just now. For<br />
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seen a continued softening of the market, with some<br />
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we feel have limited impact in October but a much<br />
greater change could be expected next year, in terms<br />
of underwriting information.<br />
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It is fair to say we have a mixed bag just now. For<br />
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seen a continued softening of the market, with some<br />
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we feel have limited impact in October but a much<br />
greater change could be expected next year, in terms<br />
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It is fair to say we have a mixed bag just now. For<br />
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seen a continued softening of the market, with some<br />
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not hesitate to get in touch with us as below.<br />
This article does not present a complete or comprehensive statement<br />
of the law, nor does it constitute legal advice. It is intended only to<br />
highlight issues that may be of interest to MLS members and solicitors.<br />
Specialist advice should always be sought in any particular case.<br />
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of the law, nor does it constitute legal advice. It is intended only to<br />
highlight issues that may be of interest to MLS members and solicitors.<br />
Specialist advice should always be sought in any particular case.<br />
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highlight issues that may be of interest to MLS members and solicitors.<br />
Specialist advice should always be sought in any particular case.<br />
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5 Ways to Beat Bloating…<br />
Most of us have been there; you eat or drink something and within a short space of<br />
time feel bloated and uncomfortable. For some, this is an occasional occurrence, for<br />
others it’s a really chronic and ongoing thing which can also be accompanied by constipation<br />
and/or very loose and irregular stools.<br />
So what’s going on? Well the underlying cause of abdominal bloating can be a few different<br />
things – from fungal overgrowth (like Candida), to a food intolerance, intestinal permeability<br />
(leaky gut) or some funky bacteria hanging around.<br />
The key to beating bloating lies in finding and addressing the underlying cause, so let’s have<br />
a look a few different ways of going about things.<br />
Beating intestinal bloating…<br />
1/ Optimise stomach acid: in our experience many people have low stomach acid levels,<br />
which can mean that food isn’t being broken down effectively in the intestinal system – this<br />
puts strain on the rest of the digestive system and can cause issues further down.<br />
2/ Take a probiotic: friendly gut bacteria help to fight the proliferation of bad bacteria (as<br />
well as being important for a huge range of other things!). As well as an overgrowth of bad<br />
bacteria in the colon, bad bacteria can also be active in the small intestine where they produce<br />
excess gas (hydrogen and methane), which can cause bloating.<br />
3/ Heal your gut: an intestinal system that has been damaged through stress, poor hydration<br />
or poor diet over time can become overly permeable or ‘leaky’ which is a fancy way of<br />
saying that undigested food particles can pass through into your bloodstream, causing<br />
bloating and discomfort. In addition to addressing the factors above, supplements called<br />
‘Nutrimomium’ and ‘Perm A vite’ work well in our experience.<br />
4/ Think about yeast: an overgrowth of unfriendly yeast (such as Candida) can be disastrous<br />
for your intestinal health, leading to bloating and a host of other seemingly unrelated<br />
issues including frequent UTI’s. Oregano oil, caprylic acid, garlic and plant tannins can all be<br />
helpful.<br />
5/ Get tested! At the end of the day, the very best thing to do is get a test that pinpoints<br />
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October 09<br />
The W<br />
rld<br />
according to Fran<br />
LP Rose<br />
Jason Dixon and Peter<br />
I thought I would give Jack a break this<br />
month and tell you about what I have<br />
been up to.<br />
You know what it’s like - you don’t get an<br />
invitation to anything and then all at<br />
once three come along and WHAT A<br />
THREE!!!!!<br />
Firstly to the polo at Chester Race Course.<br />
One of our Advantage MLS members,<br />
Docutech Office Solutions sponsored the<br />
divot stamping!!! (which I didn’t do as I<br />
had heels on!) Sincere and special thanks<br />
to Jason Dixon from Docutech for the<br />
fabulous day out and the lashings of LP<br />
Rose!<br />
The week after Peter and I had THE invitation<br />
of our lives from Advanced, only to<br />
the F1 at Monaco!!!!!!!! Staying at Le Meridien<br />
Hotel in Nice and watching the practice<br />
sessions and the proper race from a<br />
YACHT – yes a proper, massive, gorgeous<br />
yacht – we were given a glimpse of how<br />
the other half live! The yacht was moored<br />
next to Bernie Ecclestones! Ours had four<br />
floors, a lift, the poshest toilet, the finest<br />
wines and champagne on tap, so much<br />
food – oysters, lobster, caviar etc etc. Oh<br />
my goodness it was amazing and to top<br />
it all off Mark Webber was our guest<br />
celebrity racing driver and joined us for<br />
both days to tell us all about the race, tactics<br />
etc. He was just as gorgeous as he<br />
looks and is now my new best friend (in<br />
my dreams!) See photo!<br />
as I had had a packet of M&M’s and a bottle<br />
of water from the mini bar in the hotel<br />
room!!!!!!!! It was certainly the trip of a<br />
lifetime.<br />
And finally the MEN very kindly invited<br />
Peter and I to Aintree for a race meeting<br />
followed by Tom Jones in concert! All<br />
took place in a box with wonderful service,<br />
lovely lunch and six races. We only<br />
won on one race with a horse called<br />
Parsnip Pete and I was SO excited I think<br />
the whole of Aintree knew about it from<br />
my screaming, shouting and hollering,<br />
even though we only won £14.20!<br />
What a month June was with all those<br />
fabulous invitations. I am truly blessed to<br />
have been to each of them and am so<br />
thankful for all the wonderful opportunities<br />
that are given to me - although my<br />
personal trainer isn’t! He said he is going<br />
to have to work me VERY hard over the<br />
next three or four weeks to get rid of all<br />
the excess weight from all my partying!<br />
So if you see me hobbling in and around<br />
town during the next couple of weeks<br />
you will know why!<br />
This is my mantra for the month after so<br />
much partying!<br />
The yacht<br />
The bubbles<br />
The whole trip including flights, hotel,<br />
meals etc was all expenses paid apart<br />
from the €12 we had to pay on departure<br />
Fran Eccles-Bech<br />
Chief Executive<br />
me and my new best<br />
mate Mark Webber<br />
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