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Pokemon GO..to Court? 

Steve Kuncewicz, Head of IP and Media at Bermans LLP examines the 

potential legal implications of Pokemon GO... 

Imagine the scene, dear 

readers, in the Manchester 

Law Society Messenger 

Editorial Committee 

meeting, when some fool 

looking to fill column 

inches suggested an article 

about legal issues relating 

to an app based 

around misguided 90s 

nostalgia. I am that fool. 

Yes, if you're a smartphone 

devotee, of a certain age 

who thought SMTV was entertaining 

(respectfully submitted, 

you're wrong), have 

impressionable children or 

simply need to get out 

more, it can't have escaped 

your notice that 90s manga 

staple Pokémon has found 

a whole new lease of life 

thanks to the staggeringly 

successful launch of Pokemon 

GO; an app that allows 

you (yes, YOU) to go hunting 

for tiny beasts in REAL 

LIFE, presumably screaming 

"Pikachu, I CHOOSE YOU!!" 

at a worrying volume without 

any hint of irony. 

Since its launch in July 2016, 

the staggeringly popular 

augmented reality game 

has, it's fair to say, taken the 

world by storm and led to 

all-new and terrifying outbreaks 

of grown adults 

humming or singing the 

original cartoon's outrageously 

catchy theme song. 

The idea, Niantic tell us, was 

to get the smartphone generation 

of kids back out into 

the real world by using their 

parents' phones' GPS to go 

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and catch, battle and train 

tiny monsters to fight each 

other (much like regular 

parenting). The game has 

been downloaded roughly 

half a billion times since 

launch, and has become 

one of the more profitable 

mobile apps of the year; like 

many other honey traps 

such as Candy Crush, the 

game's free to download, 

but your rugrats can happily 

fritter away your disposable 

income on in-app purchases. 

So far, so harmless, you'd 

think, until you read reports 

of Mancunian students 

being robbed of their 

smartphones when out 

searching for a Beedrill at 

3AM, of a city centre taxi 

firm setting up special Pokémon 

hunting routes, and of 

US kids coming across a 

dead body whilst looking 

for a Pokestop or even 

nearly causing an international 

incident by wandering 

across a border. The 

legal risks in using the app 

are the same as pretty much 

any other save for the fact 

that you're playing in the 

real (albeit augmented) 

world, so what do you need 

to be thinking about when 

advising the hordes of 

clients keen to rein in all the 

harmless fun? 

Well for a start, there's cybersecurity 

to think about. 

Roughly half a million users 

downloaded a malware app 

ostensibly linked with Pokémon 

GO (the ostensibly innocent 

"Guide To Pokémon 

GO") earlier this month, 

leading to devices being 

locked until a ransom was 

paid. US personal injury 

firms are apparently already 

gearing up for Jigglypuff-related 

accident claims (it's a 

Pokémon; look it up), and 

then there's the inconvenient 

truth of the fact that 

showing up at someone's 

house to train small monsters 

because the app tells 

you to may well constitute 

trespass and see you arrested. 

Notably, anyone 

used to app users congregating 

at their front door 

can flag up their "problem" 

location to thin the crowd 

out. Using the app whilst 

driving is obviously dangerous, 

even moreso than the 

growing problem of texting 

behind the wheel. 

Of course, this doesn't 

mean that that would be 

the App and its owners' 

fault; those pesky Ts & Cs I 

spend hours drafting but 

no-one reads will have 

some pretty major liability 

carveouts and jurisdictional 

issues, although they're not 

impossible to overcomeask 

Google, currently being 

sued on the English Courts 

over tracking user data 

without their knowledge. 

More worrying is the idea 

that criminals may try and 

use Pokelures to commit 

crime or even groom children, 

and although the UK 

Government won't be too 

keen to hold them responsible. 

The location-based 

data upon which the app is 

built may also be used to 

prove infidelity in family 

cases and raise privacy concerns 

of its own, along with 

engaging advertising and 

consumer protection law 

when it comes to selling its 

in-app purchases to children, 

something the CMA's 

not averse to restraining (although 

under-13s can only 

sign up with a parent or 

guardian's permission. You 

may also have unwittingly 

given the app access to 

your contacts and other 

personal data, which has 

seen Niantic's General 

Counsel defend its data privacy 

policy and confirm 

that there's no plan to sell 

in user data. If you're a 

brand, you may want to do 

a deal where your locations 

become "sponsored" as has 

already been the case in the 

US. Employers will also 

want to control how their 

staff use the app whilst on 

the job in the same way as 

they deal with social media 

use; your productivity may 

suffer if you spend the 

working day glued to your 

Steve Kuncewicz 

mobile, after all. That said, if 

you approach it with a 

sense of humour you may 

even be able to build staff 

engagement dependent 

upon how you deal with 

the game's impact on the 

workforce. 

And if you're sick of it already 

(pray for me, as I had 

to research this article), take 

comfort in knowing that 

one day, someone WILL 

catch 'em all and this too 

will pass. However, app culture 

and augmented reality 

are here to stay and clients 

will increasingly need advice 

that counts in the virtual 

world as much as in 

real life. Now, if you'll excuse 

me, I'm off to play Mobile 

Strike. Arnie needs my 

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Mark Fitzgibbon, Hill Dickinson 

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Helen Kanczes, Clyde & Co 

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4 Manchester Law Society News 

News from Bridge Street 

Manchester Legal Awards 2017 

open for nominations 

The eighth annual Manchester Legal Awards are once again open for nominations. 

A number of changes have been introduced to this year’s event, which recognises and rewards 

the best individuals and teams from the region’s legal community. 

As well as greater clarity about the judging criteria, key changes include the introduction 

of Trainee/Paralegal of the Year; Solicitor of the Year (as opposed to Associate); and Family 

Team of the Year. 

This year, the organisers are also urging the legal community to ‘think outside the box’ 

when proposing nominees for the Lifetime Achievement award. 

Explains Manchester Law Society Chief Executive Fran 

Eccles-Bech: “In previous years, members of the Council 

of the Manchester Law Society have nominated potential 

recipients. This year we are keen to ensure a broader 

spectrum of nominees so are asking the region’s legal 

community to think about their peers and who deserves 

to be recognised – maybe for their pioneering business 

flair, the values and ethical standards they uphold or a 

unique change they have brought about in the provision 

of legal services. Ultimately, we’re looking for someone 

who is an inspiration and whose contribution will have 

made a long lasting impact on the legal world.” 

All entries, with the exception of Lifetime Achievement, 

will be assessed against five criteria by a panel of judges 

made up of professionals and business leaders. 

The categories, criteria and nomination forms can be found on the awards website at 

www.manchesterlegalawards.co.uk. Deadline for entries is Thursday 1 December 2016. 

Once the judges’ scores have been independently collated, shortlisted entrants will be interviewed 

by a panel on Friday 20 January 2017. 

The winners will be announced at a gala dinner at The Midland Hotel on Thursday 2 

March 2017. 

The twenty categories are: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trainee/Paralegal of the Year 

Solicitor of the Year 

Pro Bono/Community Initiative 

Law Firm Innovation 

Corporate/Commercial Team of the Year 

Crime Team of the Year 

Employment Team of the Year 

Litigation Team of the Year 

Personal Injury/Clinical Negligence Team of the Year 

Family Team of the Year 

Private Client Team of the Year 

Property Team of the Year 

Regulatory Team of the Year 

Barrister of the Year 

Barristers’ Chambers of the Year 

Partner of the Year 

Law Firm of the Year – Small (1-5 partners nationally) 

Law Firm of the Year – Medium (6-20 partners nationally) 

Law Firm of the Year – Large (20+ partners nationally) 

Lifetime Achievement 

Fran Eccles-Bech adds: “The Manchester Legal Awards continue to grow. They recognise 

those firms and individuals who demonstrate genuine excellence in the work they do, 

both in a legal and commercial sense. The judging process is rigorous. It favours nobody, 

which is why we welcome submissions from small and large firms alike. 

“All previous winners have reported that the awards have had a positive impact on their 

reputation. Entering is easy and we urge everyone in the legal sector to stand up and be 

counted.” 

RMS PR has been appointed marketing partner for the awards and will manage all design, 

print, advertising and PR surrounding the awards, while the Manchester Evening 

News will once again be media partner. 

Key dates 

 

 

 

Thursday 1 December 2016 – deadline for submissions 

Friday 20 January 2017 – judging panel interviews 

Thursday 2 March 2017 – awards dinner 

Forthcoming Events 

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Speakers include Karen Jackson and Professor Mark Lutman 

This seminar covers everything you need to know. 

Date: Tuesday 18th October 2016 

Venue: Manchester United Football Club, Sir Matt Busby Way, Old Trafford, 

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Cost to attend: 

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09:00 Registration 

09:30 Chairman’s Welcome 

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Karen Jackson, Roberts Jackson 

Zoe Holland, Zebra LC 

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14:30 Panel debate: Legal issues in NIHL including causation, 

limitation and breach of duty 


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David Wynn, Clyde & Co 

Judge Allan Gore QC 

15:30 Chairman’s summing up and closing remarks 

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5 

10 President’s Column 

Movers & Shakers 

Hill Dickinson recruits senior 

From the President 

construction lawyer 

Hill Dickinson has ap- 

I pointed want to Tricia take Morrison the opportunity 

construction this month legal to direc- 

focus 

as 

on tor. the relationship between 

Manchester Law 

Society The former and head its preferred of construction 

under at Napthens 

MLS 

suppliers, 

Advantage boasts 20 years’ Scheme. experience, This 

was and set has up spent a few more years than agoa 

by decade Manchester specialising Law in Societstruction 

as a means law. of offering 

con- 

to the membership contact 

Disputes, with tried litigation, and trusted injunctions, 

dispute in various resolution, areas 

suppliers 

that adjudication, touch upon arbitration 

the provision 

and mediation of legal services. are among 

Tricia’s specialisms. 

The scheme has worked really 

Hill well Dickinson and has bosses been a mutually 

the appointment comes beneficial fol- 

said 

arrangement. lowing growth The in preferred the construction 

all team work in which the 

suppliers 

legal operates services in Manchester arena and 

benefit Liverpool. from the contact 

they have with MLS to assist 

them Alan getting Pugh, Head in front of of construction 

customers. at Hill Dickinson, The 

potential 

arrangement said: “This appointment allows them, underlines 

other firm’s things, ongoing a two 

amongst 

page commitment spread in to the investing Messenger 

the best every people month, to help between sup- 

in 

them, port our with growth. a particular The construction 

a sector couple continues of the Ad- 

focus 

vantage to be extremely scheme members buoyant 

each following month. a strong performance 

during the past 12 

We months had our and regular I see no update reason 

meeting why this between momentum the Officers 

not continue and the and MLS it Advan- 

is 

will 

fan- 

tage scheme members recently, 

at which each of the 

suppliers presented to each 

other, in order to foster collaboration 

not only with 

MLS but also to encourage 

cross referral of business between 

each other. It was a 

very productive meeting, 

the highlights of which 

were as follows: 

Martyn Best from Document 

Direct was very enthusiastic 

and positive about 

the Advantage scheme and 

the challenges and commonalittastic 

to welcome of interest a lawyer between 

of Tricia’s calibre the members. on board. 

Document She adds considerable Direct offer expertise 

365 to day our typing offering and to 

a 

24/7 

document market particularly production in serviction 

to which her dispute offers work. cutting 

rela- 

edge links to the latest technology. 

Tricia Morrison, a member 

of both the Chartered Institute 

Jones of North from West Riliance Arbitra- 

pre- 

Bill 

sented tors Branch next, Committee focussing and on 

the Society learning of platform Construction that 

he law, is said: now “The offering team withfull at Hill 

interactive Dickinson and is highly cost effectivgarded, 

e-learning and its depth for anti and 

re- 

money skill is recognised laundering throughout 

the UK. 

training. 

Will Smith and Simon 

Dawes “I’m delighted from Viewpoint to become discussed 

part of ‘it their and audio look forward visual 

a 

support to working offering; alongside it is clear Alan 

that in the space of the last 

few years, technology solutions 

for AV has moved on 

apace, from good old fashioned 

video conferencing to 

cloud systems which are 

much more flexible in terms 

of being able to communicate 

with all sorts of different 

kit including mobiles 

and laptops. 

Ste Pritchard from Matrix 

247 Telecoms spoke about 

how communications have 

moved on from the age of 

the “plastic” phone on your 

desk, and Head to flexible of Business solutions Services, 

David by Chinn his customer 

realise 

enhanced 

journey its aspirations mapping. for growth. 

Tricia Morrison and Alan Pugh 

Karen Tricia, registered Gilbert from as a solicitor 

in Technology both Scotland Solutions and 

Converge 

brought England, us will up split to her date time on 

their between latest Hill offering Dickinson’s for 

hosted Liverpool and and managed Manchester IT 

services. offices. 

Charlie She added: Edwards “The from north-west Xyone 

Cyber continues Security to change brought at an us 

up exciting to date rate with and a number frankly 

frightened of major construction the life out of projects 

us outlining currently the underway internal 

and external many more risks to planned. IT secu- 

all 

of 

rity I’m looking that they forward can help to with. getting 

immersed with a number 

of Opie clients from across Etsos, the 

David 

conveyancing region.” search aggre- 

Effective and practical 

partnership and LLP advice 

Our experienced team can assist you 

in all aspects relating to partnerships 

and LLPs from acquisitions and 

conversions to LLPs to disputes and 

expulsion of members. 

Brabners wins Maritime Award 

North West law firm Brabners 

have won an award 

for Professional Services 

to the Maritime Sector. 

gator The award, highlighted from their Mersey easy 

to Maritime, use free online acknowledges portal offering 

Brabners’ a competitive expertise advantagvising 

for their businesses customers. and 

in ad- 

services working in and 

Finally for the in sector. attendance The at ceremony 

was Adrian held Appleyard at Wal- 

the 

meeting 

from lasey Docutech Town Hall highlighted 

on Wirral. 

in particular their Managed 

Scanning Denise Walker, Solutions partner offering at 

significant Brabners, said: benefits 'We are in the delighted 

to have of received paper and this 

management 

enhanced award. It is mobile a valued working. reward 

for our service to the Maritime, 

also Logistics have Moneypenny, 

and Energy 

We 

the Sector, fully and outsourced a great honour switchboard 

to receive. facility As a and business Compli focused 

Weightmans, law firm we provid- 

are ex- 

from 

ing cited regulatory about compliance, the 

advice opportunities and assistance for business to law 

firms. clients in the North West 

arising due to the new port 

The at Liverpool meeting 2, and was the really Manchester 

Ship for Canal all present. Connec-I 

make tions. no bones about the 

valuable 

fact that each of these preferred 

It is a suppliers great time offer to be a very involved 

in this sector, and and com- 

we 

competitive 

pelling hope that offering the region to their goes respective 

from strength markets. to strength It was a 

really based on thought the back provoking of these 

session. new and What innovative struck projects 

of orchestrated all was how, in if you the 

me 

most 

were main by setting Peel Ports, up a law working firm 

from scratch these days, you 

could work in an amazingly 

flexible way, outsourcing 

everything you need to get 

Emma Nawaz set up 

Blackstone Solicitors in 

2010, a law firm to focus 

on litigation. In 2014 she 

added a Property Department 

and with immediate 

effect has now announced 

the introduction of a family 

department headed by 

leading family lawyer, Alison 

Barnett. 

Over the past three years 

the firm have achieved a 

string of accolades including 

winning the Team of the 

Year Litigation at the Manchester 

Legal Awards in 

2014. Based on Cecil Road, 

Hale, Blackstone will now 

take over yet another floor 

of the building in Campaign 

in co-operation with local government. 

We have some knowledge Michael of Hardacre the plans for future developments 

within the industry, which will build on regeneration 

up and running in a way close consideration. 

of the sector, and hopefully strengthen the North West in 

that long established law 

this sector.' 

firms struggle to do, working 

backwards from their highlight of the last few 

On a personal note, the 

Matthew Yates, Head of the Supply Chain, Infrastructure and 

traditional business model. weeks was going to my first 

Logistics sector at Brabners, and Mark Rathbone, Head of 

Festival in 20 years. I went to 

Corporate, both expressed their delight at winning the 

I urge you to pay close attention 

in the Messenger to meirion in North Wales, a 

Number 6 festival in Port- 

award, as did Mark Brandwood, Managing Partner. 

their detailed offerings and fantastic location for anybody 

who has been there 

when you are looking to 

renew or invest in these 

areas, that you give them Continued on page 7 

Family department announced at 

Blackstone Solicitors 

House, taking the team 

count up to 14. 

Managing Director, Emma 

Nawaz explains the reason 

behind this further expansion, 

“Since setting up Blackstone 

I have always believed 

that with the right team we 

could expand and become 

a full service law firm practice. 

The decision to add a 

Property department has 

proved extremely successful. 

Denise Walker 

5 

This further expansion to 

encompass Family law is 

very exciting and I am absolutely 

delighted to welcome 

such a respected and 

professional lawyer as Alison 

Barnett as a Partner to 

head the team. Alison compliments 

our current team 

perfectly; she is tenacious, 

passionate and extremely 

well respected.” 

Alison Barnett brings a 

wealth of experience and is 

a very well known family 

lawyer across the area. Alison 

adds, “I am delighted to 

join Blackstone Solicitors. I 

have known Emma for quite 

some time and have 

watched as the firm has 

gone from strength to 

strength. Blackstone have 

become a highly recognised 

law firm and I am thrilled to 

become a part of their 

team” 

“Experienced enc 

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“Tenacious in seeking the correct outcome” 

ome” 

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6 Movers & Shakers 

Accreditation first for Jenny 

Court of Protection (COP) specialist lawyer, 

Jenny Roberts from law firm Hugh Jones Solicitors 

has gained CEDR (Centre for Effective 

Dispute Resolution) Accreditation. The 

qualification enables her to act as a mediator 

in COP and probate disputes. 

Commented the firm’s Managing Partner, 

Hugh Jones, “As COP solicitors we have seen an 

increase in the need to try and resolve disputes 

outside of court. Jenny’s CEDR Accreditation 

will enable us to offer both individuals and 

other solicitors the facility to resolve issues, 

often delicate family matters in a less intimidating 

and hopefully less stressful atmosphere.” 

Said Jenny Roberts, “Mediation allows individuals 

to retain control of the process they are 

going through and provides law firms with the 

opportunity to offer their clients a professional 

and impartial mediation service.” 

Added Hugh Jones, “We think Jenny is the only 

COP Solicitor in the North of England to be 

CEDR Accredited. We already have plans in 

place for others in the firm to follow her lead in 

what we see as being a growth area.” 

Jenny Roberts 

CFG Law welcomes Mark Thomson and 

Polly Herbert to the firm 

CFG Law, part of the client 

first group, are pleased to 

welcome Mark Thomson 

to the firm as a Consultant 

and Polly Herbert as a 

Senior Associate Solicitor. 

Mark joins the firm after previously 

working at Fentons 

Solicitors. With over 25 

years’ experience in serious 

injury claims, he is a great 

asset to the team at CFG 

Law. In his previous role at 

Fentons, Mark helped set up 

and manage the Catastrophic 

and Serious Injury 

Department, regularly settling 

cases in excess of £1 

million. Whilst at Fentons, 

Mark also set up and managed 

the Court of Protection 

department, which 

provided support to the 

Catastrophic Injury Department 

for clients who had 

suffered a serious brain injury 

and lost capacity. 

Polly joins the firm from 

Slater and Gordon where 

she was a Principal Lawyer 

and also has extensive experience 

dealing with serious 

life changing injury claims, 

as well as fatal accidents. 

Polly is an advocate of early 

rehabilitation to aid her 

clients on to the road to recovery 

and improve their 

quality of life. She works 

tirelessly to ensure that the 

correct treatment path is established 

for her clients at a 

very early stage to ensure 

they make the best possible 

recovery. 

Alastair Fernie, Managing 

Director at CFG Law commented: 

“We are delighted 

to welcome both Mark and 

Polly to CFG Law. They bring 

further skills and experience 

Mark Thomson and Alastair Fernie 

to add to the existing talent 

in the team. Mark and 

Polly’s values and experiences 

in helping people 

with serious, life changing 

injuries reflect the values 

here at CFG Law with an 

emphasis on early and bespoke 

rehabilitation to help 

our clients on the road to 

recovery as quickly as possible.” 

Polly Herbert 

CFG Law are specialist serious 

injury solicitors based 

in Cheadle, South Manchester. 

They have built a reputation 

based on putting the 

needs and wellbeing of 

their clients at the heart of 

everything they do. Their 

aim is to help provide early 

support and treatment, 

helping clients to make a 

quicker and better quality 

of recovery. 

Slater and Gordon expands Family 

Law Team in Manchester 

Manchester based law 

firm Slater and Gordon is 

expanding its family team 

with the addition of six 

senior solicitors in response 

to strong demand 

for specialist services. 

The new appointments will 

widen the breadth of expertise 

available offering 

public and private law services 

ranging from child law 

to domestic violence and 

abuse to cohabitation and 

divorce. 

Natalie Bruce joins from 

Heaney Watson Solicitors 

and specialises in disputes 

over contact, residence, 

guardian work and domestic 

abuse. 

Chris Fairhurst and Paul 

Webb join as partners from 

Stephensons Solicitors LLP. 

Chris specialises in finance 

and complex child work 

and Paul focuses on private 

and public child law. They 

HRC Law LLP – the Manchester-based 

law firm – 

has appointed the former 

Head of Legal at Bench, to 

strengthen its corporate 

team. 

Richard Life has joined HRC 

Law as a Corporate and 

Commercial Partner, bringing 

the international clothing 

brand with him as a 

client. He is the fifth partner 

to join HRC, which won 

small law firm of the year at 

the Manchester Legal 

Awards earlier this year. 

Having trained and spent 

eight years at Addleshaw 

Goddard, Richard has 

blended in-house and large 

law firm experience to enhance 

his commercial expertise. 

He will also work 

closely with partner Helen 

Marsh, whose clients include 

specialist retailers, 

Sock Shop and Fragrance 

Shop, amongst others. Together, 

they will develop 

the firm’s retail and consumer 

goods sector specialism, 

as well as targeting 

challenger brands in the 

sector. 

Richard, who has considerable 

private equity experience, 

which he will also 

develop at HRC alongside 

Corporate Partner Mark 

Traynor, said: “Having spent 

a large part of my early career 

in private practice, I was 

keen to go back to my roots 

when the right opportunity 

arose. HRC is the perfect 

firm to re-enter the fold and 

are both Children Panel Accreditation 

Scheme Members. 

Marc Etherington has been 

practising family law since 

2009 and joins from Braddon 

& Snow Solicitors. Marc 

has a strong background in 

acting for clients in complex 

matters involving children, 

cohabitation and 

divorce. 

Chris Fairhurst, family 

lawyer at Slater and Gordon, 

said: “Family arrangements 

have changed over 

time and become far more 

varied. This change is 

bringing an additional level 

of complexity to family disputes 

or splits. We are increasingly 

seeing people 

coming to us for our specialist 

legal expertise to resolve 

issues.” 

Sarah Jane Lenihan joins 

from Wellers Law Group 

and works with all aspects 

I am excited to be part of an 

ambitious and successful 

firm. 

“The rapidly expanding 

team at HRC has a wealth of 

business acumen, which 

means the firm is already 

punching above its weight 

across multiple sectors and 

specialisms.” 

Simon Whitehead, managing 

partner at HRC, added: 

“Our commitment to being 

an approachable business 

partner means we will always 

remain partner-led as 

of family law including divorce, 

separation, children 

matters and domestic violence. 

Amanda McAlister, head of 

family law at Slater and Gordon: 

“Our approach has always 

been to give our 

clients access to a team of 

leading specialists in this 

area of the law – it’s so important 

to be able to get 

the best advice when going 

through life-changing 

events which have major 

implications for you and 

your loved ones. 

“We are delighted to welcome 

our new team members 

as part of our 

nationwide recruitment 

drive. This diversification 

will allow us to strengthen 

our department of family 

law experts and give our 

clients unrivalled access to 

first-class legal services.” 

HRC Law bags Bench Head of Legal for 

Corporate Team 

Richard Life 

the firm grows. As a result, 

striking a cultural match is 

crucial when bringing new 

partners on board, together 

with identifying complementary 

expertise for existing 

clients. This is precisely 

what Richard brings to HRC 

and we’re confident that he 

will build on the success 

that Mark Traynor has had 

with our corporate team so 

far.”

Regulatory Affairs Committee Update 

Did you know that the 

first Friday of October is 

World Smile Day?! Now 

for those regular readers 

with good memories, you 

might remember that I 

mentioned in the May edition 

that May was National 

Smile Day. So this 

time, its gone global so 

we need to have an even 

bigger smile on our faces 

on the first Friday of October. 

Put it in your diary, 

forget about Brexit and 

smile!! Here’s a round up 

of what’s been happening 

in legal services regulation 

over the last month 

or so and I’ll let you decide 

for yourself whether 

you feel like smiling!: 

Looking to the Future 

The consultation period has 

now closed and I sincerely 

hope that many of you were 

able to provide responses 

before the deadline passed. 

Both Manchester and Liverpool 

Law Societies did so 

and many thanks go to all 

those who contributed to 

the debate. 

You may have read the Law 

Society’s robust formal response 

in which it described 

the SRA proposals 

as “poorly evidenced and 

misconceived”. Robert 

Bourns, Law Society President 

says “The SRA has 

failed to make a convincing 

case when it comes to any 

benefits from its proposals. 

There simply isn’t convincing 

evidence that allowing 

solicitors to deal with the 

public from unregulated 

companies will either drive 

up choice or drive down 

cost.” The Society argues 

that allowing solicitors to 

work for unregulated firms 

would have implications for 

client protection, legal professional 

privilege and professional 

supervision. It will 

be very interesting to see 

what the SRA decides to do 

faced with such strong opposition 

from the Law Society 

on this. Will it be 

prepared to do a U-turn or 

as the song goes, “Carry on 

regardless”? Watch this 

space. 

Legal Services Board regulatory 

vison 

The LSB has published its vision 

for a future regulatory 

framework for legal services 

in England and Wales. 

Sir Michael Pitt, LSB Chairman 

says the LSB believes 

that “a single regulator, covering 

the whole legal services 

sector and accountable 

to Parliament, would be 

best placed to deliver improvement, 

deregulate, 

save cost and act strategically.” 

The proposals switch the 

focus of regulation to the 

type of legal service being 

offered, rather than the 

lawyer doing it, with services 

perceived as high-risk 

subject to greater regulation 

and a lighter touch applied 

to low-risk activities. 

Paul Philip, SRA Chief Executive 

said “We are clear that 

making regulators independent 

– and accountable 

to parliament - will help 

build public trust and 

should also help speed up 

necessary reforms to make 

the sector more competitive.” 

He did however warn 

that there should be pause 

for thought when considering 

fundamental constitutional 

changes, such as 

regulating by activity or 

moving to one single regulator. 

Similarly, Law Society 

president Robert Bourns described 

the proposals as “an 

interesting contribution to a 

future vision for legal services 

regulation” but added 

that “we simply don't think 

that it is in the public interest 

to embark on such 

changes at this time.”I attended 

a Westminster Legal 

Policy Forum on the day 

that the LSB released its report. 

The great and the 

good were all there – Sir 

Michael Pitt, Paul Philip, 

Robert Bourns (who in my 

view gave the most passionate 

and impressive speech). 

The conclusion reached by 

the Chair of the conference, 

Lord Falconer, was that he 

wondered “if this was the 

moment to focus on unmet 

need rather than changes to 

the regulatory system” because 

there was no clear evidence 

of “huge regulatory 

failure”. That view is certainly 

the view expressed by those 

I spoke to when preparing 

the response to the Looking 

to the Future consultation 

so it looks like the LSB might 

have its work cut out if it 

wants to achieve its vision. 

“Failure to prevent” offence 

Jeremy Wright, Attorney 

General, has indicated that 

the government is set to 

consult on plans to extend 

the scope of the criminal offence 

of a corporation ‘failing 

to prevent’ offending 

beyond bribery to include 

other economic crimes, 

such as money laundering, 

false accounting and fraud, 

saying it wants to ensure 

senior management takes 

responsibility for any financial 

wrongdoing which is 

uncovered. 

Speaking at a symposium 

on economic crime, he said 

“When considering the 

question "Where does the 

buck stop?" and who is responsible 

for economic 

crime, it is clear the answer 

is to be found at every level, 

from the boardroom down.” 

The proposed offence is 

likely to make UK companies 

liable for the acts of 

their associated persons 

and the risks, consequences 

and related compliance burden 

are therefore potentially 

very significant. 

It has been reported that 

the government will be announcing 

a draft bill in due 

course so watch this space! 

Enterprise Insurance 

In last month’s column, I 

noted that around 50 firms 

insured by Enterprise now 

had the unenviable task of 

finding an alternative insurer 

after it went into liquidation. 

The deadline has now 

passed and more than 10 

firms covered by the collapsed 

insurer face closure 

by the SRA after failing to 

secure new indemnity policies. 

The SRA said that it has “put 

on notice’” those firms that 

have not yet secured fresh 

cover and will “continue to 

take a constructive approach 

with those who 

don’t have a new policy, but 

are being absolutely clear 

about their responsibilities 

and the need to move 

quickly.” 

If you are affected by this in 

any way, I would again direct 

you to the guidance issued 

by the Law Society 

and SRA on their respective 

websites 

Reports from the SDT 

Continuing the economic 

theme, a solicitor who oversaw 

“financial chaos” in his 

practice has been suspended, 

with a tribunal imposing 

conditions on his 

return to the profession in 

the future to ensure he does 

not hold a management position. 

William Snowdon, a 

sole practitioner at Commercial 

Legal Solutions in 

Cardiff was found guilty of 

six breaches of the accounts 

rules. 

The SDT found that “there 

was no proper accounting 

system and no proper internal 

controls. There was no 

effective financial management 

of the firm.” The chaos 

persisted over a period of 

time despite the involvement 

of an SRA official and 

the fact that the respondent 

was given a number of opportunities 

to put things 

right. In mitigation, Mr 

Snowdon admitted that he 

was “still at somewhat of a 

loss to answer” why things 

had gone wrong and that 

he was not in the most robust 

mental health, was suffering 

from extreme stress 

and was also facing bankruptcy 

proceedings. Nevertheless, 

the tribunal 

concluded that Mr Snowdon 

was culpable for his 

misconduct and “..appeared 

to have lost control.” 

This case illustrates the importance 

of having robust 

accounting processes and 

controls to ensure financial 

compliance. Have you reviewed 

yours recently? 

And finally 

The SRA has been busy in 

the north west recently, visiting 

a number of firms carrying 

out its thematic risk 

project on PI law firms. My 

Compli team has been busy 

preparing law firm clients 

for the visit, advising on 

what to expect from the 

process and it will be interesting 

to see what their 

findings reveal. If the SRA 

follows the same process as 

it did for the AML thematic 

risk project, then we should 

expect a report from the 

SRA identifying good (and 

bad) practice in areas such 

as referral arrangements, 

fraudulent claims, key date 

procedures/missed time 

limits, claims/complaints 

handling, Medco – all the issues 

which it had flagged 

President’s Column continued... 

and unique in terms of a festival 

offering. Unfortunately, 

I managed to catch the 

worst weekend weather 

over the last few weeks and 

after a good start on the Friday 

with beautiful clear 

skies, a torrential downpour 

all through Saturday took a 

little of the edge off things. 

As you might expect from a 

festival audience, everyone 

mucked in, literally and 

made the most of it. Everything 

was however compounded 

by the fact that 

the park and ride scheme in 

Porthmadog town was on 

the fields outside the rugby 

club which were on a flood 

plain which, guess what, 

consequently flooded. 

Thankfully, I’d moved my 

car away from the worst of 

it, to the edge of the car 

park, for a quick getaway, 

but it really was a sorry 

sight to behold the many 

festivalgoers who got stuck 

and had to abandon their 

up in the warning notice it 

issued in March. If you 

aren’t aware of the warning 

notice or you receive a letter 

from the SRA saying 

they are coming round for 

tea and biscuits (no they 

don’t say that but if they are 

coming, I highly recommend 

getting some top 

quality biscuits in!), then 

give me/my Compli team a 

call and we will happily 

support you through it. 

Michelle Garlick 

Chair of the 


Regulatory Affairs 

Committee 

Weightmans LLP 

cars; my sympathy goes out 

to anybody who was affected 

by this. 

The experience overall 

however was fantastic. 

Sleeping in a tent for a couple 

of nights is no hardship, 

even at my age and it is 

something I would gladly 

repeat, if only the weather 

could be guaranteed. 

Michael Hardacre 

President 

The deadline for the November 

edition of 

The Messenger is 

13th October 2016

Forthcoming Events 

8 Movers & Shakers 

Aequitas Legal hits top 5% of companies 

with Investors in People 

Specialist personal injury 

firm, Aequitas Legal based 

in Old Trafford were this 

month awarded Silver Status 

for Investors in People 

meaning that they are in 

the top 5% of the companies 

assessed. The rigorous 

assessment which 

reflects the very latest 

workplace trends and effective 

structures of the 

company demonstrated 

that the firm is able to outperform 

competitors in industry. 

‘Investors in People’ is a 

community of 14,000 organisations 

across 75 countries. 

Successful 

accreditation against the 

Standard is the sign of a 

great employer, an outperforming 

place to work and a 

clear commitment to sustained 

success. 

In the seven years Aequitas 

Legal has been operating, 

the company has gone from 

strength to strength continuously 

developing and enhancing 

both professional 

and personal skills of each 

and every employee. 

For Aequitas Legal it certainly 

has been an award 

winning year as in early 

2016 the company was 

awarded ‘Law Firm Innovation’ 

at the Manchester 

Legal Awards. Achieving Silver 

Status through an independent 

and external 

assessment process is an incredible 

achievement and 

further sign of success. 

Steve Burrows, Managing 

Director of Investors in People 

North of England 

said:“This is a fantastic 

achievement for Aequitas 

Legal and I would like to 

congratulate all of the 

team. We believe that your 

people make the difference 

and by investing in them 

you are looking to create 

sustainable success. IIP is 

designed to help organisations 

and their people to realise 

potential, providing a 

simple road map for excellence. 

With their Silver accreditation 

success, 

Aequitas Legal is certainly 

working to realise their 

people potential.” 

Commenting on the award, 

Sucheet Amin Managing 

Director of Aequitas Legal, 

said “Aequitas Legal would 

not be the firm it is today 

without the people we employ. 

Their drive, motivation 

and enthusiasm to better 

themselves in the workplace 

demands that as a 

business, we invest in them 

to help them achieve their 

goals and in return, deliver 

exceptional results and performance. 

Although we 

have been accredited by IIP 

since 2010, this was the first 

time we were assessed 

under the new Standard 

and we were advised to 

make no changes to our 

systems and processes to 

see where we were. To have 

achieved a Silver Status and 

be essentially three areas 

short of Gold is just brilliant. 

Being in the top 5% of companies 

committed to IIP is 

simply incredible and we 

are already planning for our 

Gold Status.” 

Aequitas Legal based in Old 

Trafford, Manchester represents 

clients across England 

and Wales and even clients 

based around the world 

with an aim of providing 

exceptionally high client 

service levels. 

Record Breaking Transfer Window for 

Centrefield LLP 

Newly established Sports 

& Media law firm, Centrefield 

LLP, has confirmed 

its place as the UK’s leading 

professional adviser 

in football after working 

on transfers worth over 

£400 million in the summer 

transfer window, including 

a number of 

record breaking transfers. 

The value of deals worked 

upon by the firm equates to 

nearly 40% of the estimated 

£1 billion plus spent in total 

by Premier League clubs. 

The Manchester based 

practice, which was only established 

last December, 

acted for clubs and players 

on transactions involving 

seventeen of the twenty 

Premier League clubs, as 

well as clubs in the EFL 

Championship, League One 

and League Two. 

Outside of the domestic 

market, Centrefield acted 

The Manchester office of 

Vardags, the UK’s leading 

high net worth family law 

firm, has appointed "ferociously 

intelligent" (Legal 

500) Manchester-bred 

lawyer Emma Gill to head 

up its expanding client 

base. 

Vardags, which also has offices 

in London and Winchester, 

was founded by 

Britain’s top divorce lawyer 

Ayesha Vardag in 2005 and 

acts in some of the world’s 

most complex and high 

profile divorce cases, involving 

billionaires, celebrities, 

sporting stars and royalty 

often with landmark rulings. 

on deals involving clubs 

and players in China, Russia, 

Africa, Europe, South America 

and North America. 

In addition to player transfers 

and loans, Centrefield 

also advised on many 

player contract renewals, as 

well as on a number of 

managerial and coaching 

staff appointments and departures. 

Matthew Bennett, one of 

the founding Partners at 

Centrefield, commented as 

follows: “The summer transfer 

window saw the value of 

player transfers to English 

clubs increase from previous 

years, largely as a consequence 

of the increased 

revenues of Premier League 

clubs under the new cycle 

of broadcasting arrangements.” 

“Not only have we seen an 

increase in the value and 

number of transactions 

compared to previous windows, 

but we have also seen 

that deals are becoming 

ever more complex – the increased 

value of deals probably 

being one of the key 

drivers of this. The combined 

effect of these factors 

has been an increase in the 

need for specialist professional 

advice for clubs, players 

and intermediaries.” 

“We are pleased that Centrefield, 

in its first year of 

business, was asked to assist 

on so many transactions 

both nationally and internationally.“ 

“The transfer window was a 

great opportunity for us to 

work with our existing 

clients as well as new clients 

and in new territories and 

provides us with a strong 

foundation for the continued 

growth and success of 

the firm.” 

Vardags brings in top local talent to lead 

Manchester office 

LHS Solicitors LLP expands team with new 

commercial property lawyer 

LHS Solicitors LLP (LHS) 

has appointed Nasar Hussain 

to its commercial 

property team at its Manchester 

office. 

Nasar joins LHS from Lancashire-based 

law firm 

Lance Mason. 

Nasar advises on the sale, 

purchase and lease of commercial 

property, the sale 

and purchase of retail businesses 

and drafting constitutional 

documents. 

Murray Fairclough, Director 

of Legal Services at LHS, 

said: “We’re delighted to 

welcome Nasar at such an 

important and exciting 

time of growth and development 

for LHS. Nasar’s experience 

makes him a real 

asset to LHS and he’s a positive 

addition to our property 

law team.” 

Nasar Hussain added: “I’m 

thrilled to be joining LHS, its 

reputation in the legal sector 

is one I have always admired 

and look forward to 

my future with the firm.” 

The firm established its 

Manchester office in Ship 

Canal House in November 

2015 in a move to meet the 

growing demand in the region 

for top class family law 

services. 

Emma Gill, 36, brings with 

her a wealth of expertise in 

divorce and matrimonial finance, 

specialising in complex 

cases dealing with 

issues around share valuations, 

option schemes, 

trusts, foreign properties 

and pension funds. She also 

has extensive experience of 

children cases, often advising 

on child contact and 

residence arrangements 

and relocation of children 

within the United Kingdom 

and overseas. 

A meteorically rising star in 

family law, Emma graduated 

from the University of 

Manchester in 2001 and has 

spent the last 12 years at a 

respected local firm where 

she went from trainee to 

partner in just seven and a 

half years. She is highly 

sought after with clients 

recommending her for her 

intelligent, practical yet 

sensitive approach. 

On her appointment, 

Emma Gill said: “I am absolutely 

thrilled to be joining 

Vardags to head up the 

firm’s Manchester office. 

Vardags offers a cutting 

edge legal service that is 

renowned across the world 

for pushing boundaries and 

delivering the best results 

for clients. 

I’ll be joined by a stellar 

Emma Gill 

team of superb lawyers, all 

of whom are Manchester 

natives like myself, and I 

look forward to driving 

Vardags forward as the best 

family law firm in the region.” 

Ayesha Vardag, the firm’s 

president, said: “Manchester 

is at the heart of the UK’s 

economic growth and its 

residents deserve the best 

legal expertise on their 

doorstops. Emma embodies 

pure talent, immense empathy 

and a complete focus on 

winning - everything that 

Vardags stands for. We are 

absolutely delighted that 

she has joined our growing 

team.”

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10 Local News 

New Appointment Signals Continued 

Growth for Farleys’ Inquests Team 

Farleys Solicitors has 

boosted its specialist Inquests 

department with 

the appointment of Litigation 

Executive Jillian 

Newton. 

Jillian Newton joins from 

James Murray Solicitors in 

Liverpool where she has 

developed an particular interest 

in Inquest work and 

actions against the Police. 

Prior to this, she also 

worked as part of the Hillsborough 

Inquest team at 

Broudie Jackson Canter. 

The appointment comes as 

a response to an increase in 

demand for the team’s expertise, 

as they continue to 

represent clients across the 

country on high profile Inquest 

work. 

The team are currently representing 

the family of Anthony 

Grainger who was 

shot by an officer of Greater 

Manchester Police. Other 

high profile cases presently 

being dealt with by the department 

include the Inquest 

into the death of 

Poppi Worthington and the 

death of Mzee Mohammed 

who died following restraint 

at Liverpool One 

Shopping Centre. It also 

follows the recent promotion 

of Kelly Darlington 

within the department to 

Associate Partner; and the 

firm’s announcement of a 

new Preston office in its 

plan to drive further growth 

across the business. 

Jonathan Bridge, Partner at 

Farleys commented:“We 

have a strong history in this 

area of work and in recent 

years have attracted complex 

cases attracting national 

media attention. 

We represent bereaved 

families on a nationwide 

basis and are confident that 

the department will continue 

to grow” 

“Jillian comes with a proven 

record of dealing with Coronial 

law and will be a valuable 

asset to the 

department in dealing with 

our extensive case load as 

we continue to expand.” 

Writer and Exchange barrister Olly 

Jarvis’s latest legal thriller, Cut-Throat 

Defence is out now! 

Set in Manchester, Jack 

Kowalski is a young and 

newly qualified barrister, 

who finds himself working 

on the biggest drugs importation 

trial ever played 

out on English soil. With 

the assistance of his 

equally inexperienced instructing 

solicitor, Lara 

Panassai, Jack argues a 

savage ‘cut-throat’ defence 

and quickly embroils 

some of the most eminent 

QCs in the land. 

As the son of Polish immigrants, 

the sensitive Kowalski 

has always found it hard to 

fit in, with a sense of inferiority 

and constant nervousness 

in Court. Now he must face 

his demons and fight not 

only for his clients, but for his 

very future at the Bar. 

Jillian Newton, Kelly Darlington, David Corrigan & Jonathan Bridge 

Express Solicitors are a Leading 

Firm for Personal Injury. 

Due to continued growth plans, we are 

looking for experienced fee earners to 

join our specialist Employer’s Liability 

and RTA teams. 

Candidates must have experience of 

dealing with a litigated caseload, along 

with an excellent billing history. 

What we can offer: 

A competitive salary and with a 

generous commission 

A wide range of benefits 

Tailored training & development 

Please get in touch via email to 

recruitment@expresssolicitors.uk. 

Or for further information go to: 

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Recognised for both 

Personal Injury & 

Clinical Negligence 

Ranked 157, with 

largest growth in 

turnover for 2015 

But when the defendant then 

unexpectedly absconds, Jack 

and Lara must fight on regardless, 

following a tip that 

leads them out of the courtroom 

and into Manchester’s 

seedy underworld – crime 

bosses, strip clubs, corrupt 

lawyers and all manner of 

hidden sins. 

As the case grows darker 

with each new discovery, 

who in this viper pit of deception 

can Jack and Lara trust? 

Ingeniously plotted Cut- 

Throat Defence is a story of 

rivalry, ruthlessness and – 

above all – survival. 

Legal sector M&A Award for ZebraLC 

ZebraLC are delighted to 

have won a coveted M&A 

Award for technical due 

diligence recognising the 

projects the Manchester 

business has completed in 

the legal sector. This is the 

second M&A award for the 

specialist business of the 

year. With a string of acquisition 

deals including 

personal injury WIP due 

diligence projects for Fairpoint 

Group PLC, Jackson 

Canter Group and Pure 

Legal this has been a 

great year for the Zebra 

team. 

Mergers & Acquisitions is 

currently one of the most 

buoyant markets as companies 

agree to merge at a 

breakneck pace, encouraged 

by increased boardroom 

confidence, cheap 

debt and financing, and an 

emphasis on the search for 

cost synergies and efficiencies 

through consolidation. 

The legal sector has seen 

deal activity rise in the last 

year. 

Zoe Holland, Managing Director pictured with Steven 

Astley, Head of Projects, ZebraLC 

The 2016 Corporate Livewire M&A Awards recognises the 

achievements of dealmakers, management teams, financiers 

and professional advisors who, over the past 12 

months, have demonstrated excellence in their deal making. 

After much in-depth analysis an elite group has been chosen 

to be honoured and acknowledged for their impressive 

performance over the past 12 months. 

"This is fantastic news for us" 

Asked about what motivated 

him to write Cut- 

Throat Defence, Olly said 

that he wanted to explore 

the demands and pressures 

on young lawyers today, 

struggling to establish a careers 

in the criminal justice 

system, as opposed to the 

battle weary old hacks. As 

the legal fraternity knows, 

new recruits to this poorly 

remunerated area of law 

tend to be highly motivated 

and driven by a sense of vocation 

– something that 

tends to wear away over 

time. 

Following the success of his 

first novel, Death By Dangerous, 

long listed for the 

prestigious Debut Dagger, 

the ebook of Cut-Throat 

Defence is published by 

Canelo on the 3rd of October 

. 

!

Lawyer of the Month 

Jennifer Maloney of Slater & Gordon 

Interview 11 

What was the case/deal all about? 

My client, Annie Woodland, nearly drowned during a school 

swimming lesson on 5 July 2000. Sadly, Annie suffered a hypoxic 

brain injury, which left her with permanent disabilities. 

She was just 10 years old at the time. 

Annie’s parents instructed solicitors to bring a civil action 

against the lifeguard and swimming teachers responsible 

for supervising Annie’s swimming lesson. It was alleged that 

Annie would have avoided injury if those in charge of her 

safety had rescued her more promptly. A claim was brought 

on the basis that the lifeguard and swimming teachers were 

negligent because they failed to spot that Annie was in difficulty 

quickly enough. 

It took nearly 16 years to bring the case to a successful conclusion. 

The case was fiercely defended at every turn. In 

February 2015, after a five-day liability trial in the High 

Court in Manchester, Blake J gave judgment in Annie’s 

favour. The claim settled the following year for a £2m lump 

sum, which will be paid into the Court of Protection because 

Annie lacks capacity. 

Annie’s case has changed the law. In 2013, the Supreme 

Court was asked to consider whether the school Annie attended 

owed her a ‘non-delegable’ duty of care in relation 

to the provision of school swimming lessons. The Supreme 

Court ruled that schools should not delegate the duty of 

care owed to their pupils to independent contractors when 

delivering mainstream education activities. 

The Supreme Court decision was very important in Annie’s 

case because the lifeguard and swimming teachers supervising 

her were independent contractors of the school she 

attended. Essex County Council, as the local authority responsible 

for her school, had previously denied that they 

could be liable for the negligence of their independent contractors. 

The school were brought into court proceedings 

because Annie’s swimming teacher did not have her own 

public liability insurance. The lifeguard, who was insured, 

is responsible for paying one third of the settlement, with 

the school paying the remaining two-thirds. 

What does this case/deal mean for your client(s)? 

The Woodland family are relieved to have finally reached 

the end of a legal battle that has dominated their lives for 

16 years. Although they cannot change the past, they can 

take some comfort from the fact that justice has been done, 

eventually. 

Annie is now 25 years old and has a child of her own. The 

compensation award will be invested with the Court of Protection 

to provide security for her future and to assist with 

her rehabilitation and care needs. 

Annie and her family hope that the case will help keep 

other children safe at school in the future. 

The case also marks a huge personal achievement for me 

because it represents the positive outcome of many years 

of hard work, despite numerous set-backs along the way, 

including two failed settlement meetings, two trips to the 

Court of Appeal on interlocutory issues, one of which went 

to the Supreme Court and a difficult five-day trial on liability. 

What was the biggest issue you had to overcome in the 

case/deal? 

The case has a really difficult procedural history. The biggest 

challenge occurred in 2011 when the Court of Appeal permitted 

an early admission of liability to be withdrawn. The 

result was that investigation of the accident circumstances 

had to start from scratch. By this time, the swimming pool 

had closed down, witnesses’ memories had faded and the 

HSE file had been destroyed. 

For Annie and her family, the legal battle has been extremely 

difficult. They felt so badly let down by Annie’s 

school, it was hard for them to put their trust in professionals 

again. They were unable to believe that justice would 

ever be done. Admirably, the Woodland family didn’t give 

up their fight and their persistence paid off – eventually. 

What has been the highlight of your career to date? 

Aside from the Woodland case, I am proud to have been involved 

in a number of other landmark cases, including 

achieving gross settlements of over £9m for a young man 

who was spinal cord injured in a road traffic collision, 

£1.35m in a chronic pain case and over £5m for a young 

mother-of-two who sustained a serious brain injury and 

amputation. 

I was also delighted to be shortlisted for the ‘Legal Expert 

of the Year’ award at the Manchester Young Talent Awards 

in 2014 and 2015. 

What has been the most difficult moment in your career? 

The most difficult thing about acting for seriously injured 

people is avoiding becoming emotionally involved. It can 

be hard to be both sympathetic and professional when 

sometimes you just want to cry with a family whose lives 

have been torn apart. 

Who has had the most influence over your career? 

I’ve been lucky to work with a number of experts in the field 

of serious injury during my time at Pannone and Slater and 

Gordon. The lawyers who have inspired me along the way 

have shared the same passion I have for getting the best results 

for clients. Paul Tapner in the Cambridge office at 

Slater and Gordon has been a particularly valuable mentor 

to me over the past couple of years. I have tried to emulate 

his ability to remain calm at all times. 

Why did you become a lawyer and would you still make 

the same decision now? 

I became a lawyer because I wanted a job that provided me 

with an intellectual challenge and the opportunity to help 

people. The serious injury work that I do now does just that 

so I wouldn’t hesitate to make the same decision again. 

What are your plans for the future? 

Everyone says, quite rightly, that a win in the Supreme Court 

is a once in a career occurrence. I would, however, jump at 

the chance to pursue another appeal in the future if the opportunity 

came up. The experience was equally challenging 

and fascinating. 

Woman left brain damaged after almost drowning on school swimming 

lesson wins landmark £2million payout 

A woman who was left severely brain damaged after almost 

drowning during a school swimming lesson has 

been awarded a landmark £2million payout. 

Annie Woodland, then just 10, was left fighting for her life 

after being pulled from the water at Gloucester Park Swimming 

Pool in Basildon, Essex, in July 2000. 

She survived, but for parents Alison and Ian, who were convinced 

that more should have been done to protect their 

daughter, it marked the start of an extraordinary 16-year 

battle for justice. 

It was only in 2013, having taken their fight all the way to 

the Supreme Court, that a judge finally found in their favour 

and ruled that Essex County Council owed a duty of care towards 

Annie – even though a third party had been contracted 

to carry out the teaching. 

The change in the law paved the way for a High Court trial 

last year, which concluded that the lifeguards and swimming 

teachers responsible for supervising Annie had 

breached that duty of care. 

In the first case of its kind, the local authority has now 

agreed to pay two thirds of the £2million settlement, while 

the lifeguard at the time, Deborah Maxwell, makes up the 

rest. 

For Annie, now 26, and her family, it is a relief, but bittersweet 

as they have never received an apology and say no 

amount of money can make up for the damage done. 

“I still get upset, even all these years on,” said Alison, 50, who 

is also mum to 20-year-old twins, Joe and Tom.“This was 

never for any financial gain, it was to stop it happening to 

anyone else, but at least I know now that whatever happens 

in the future she is going to be safe and secure.” 

Alison and Ian, 53, from Basildon, moved the family to Blackpool 

following the incident after receiving a backlash and 

even death threats from the community they had once 

called home. 

Although they have since split up, both are still in the area 

close to Annie, who lives with partner Sam Hill. The couple 

also have a 13-month-old son, Joey. 

Annie said: “If I didn’t have Joey I would probably be in quite 

a bad way still. I have had years of depression, but I just look 

at him and I am happy. I’ll never get over what happened, 

but I’ve got to move on with my life now and make the best 

of it for his sake.” 

Despite loving being a mum, Annie says life is still a daily 

struggle and the hidden nature of her brain injury makes it 

hard for people to understand. Instead of bruises or scars, 

her condition is marked by memory problems and extreme 

fatigue. 

She is unable to work and lawyers will also handle her finances 

going forward as she does not have the capacity to 

manage her own affairs. 

She added: “I would say the hardest thing about having a 

brain injury is the tiredness. My balance is also really rubbish 

– I will walk into stuff all the time and am constantly 

covered in bruises. If I don’t put things in my phone I don’t 

remember. I have to write down what I have done and what 

I have coming up. I can’t even explain what it’s like. It affects 

everything, but you try and explain what’s wrong with you 

and people don’t believe it. 

“People don’t understand it because they can’t see it and 

that’s very difficult. It’s a lonely place to be.” 

Dad Ian added: “The spark that Annie had disappeared after 

the accident. I would say it’s only recently started to come 

back; she’s getting close to the little girl I had before all this 

happened. It has been absolutely horrific, but if anything 

good can come from this it’s that Annie’s case has changed 

the law for the better for the safety of other children.”

12 News 

Pannone Corporate: Forging Ahead 

In February 2014, following the acquisition of the 

majority of the business of Pannone LLP by Slater 

and Gordon, a number of partners from the corporate 

and commercial teams took the decision to set 

up a commercial law firm, Pannone Corporate LLP. 

It is now over two and a half years since the partners 

bought the majority of the commercial practice of 

Pannone LLP and launched Pannone Corporate LLP. 

Managing Partner Paul Jonson talks to the Messenger 

about the progress of the firm... 

Pannone Corporate now has 16 partners. Last year the firm 

added a regulatory practice headed up by Tristan Meears- 

White who was previously a partner with DWF. Partner Dermot 

Preston joined the re-structuring and insolvency team 

in April 2015. Dermot had previously been a partner at Ward 

Hadaway and Gateley. The real estate team has also recently 

expanded, with ex-Shoosmiths partner James Wynne joining 

in May 2016. 

The corporate team has also seen new additions with Tim 

Hamilton joining the firm in May 2016 as a corporate partner. 

Tim spent a large part of his career at Addleshaw Goddard 

and acts for private equity houses and entrepreneurial 

businesses. 

In February 2015 the firm moved to the Castlefield Chapel 

on Deansgate, a Grade II listed building which had been a 

recording studio owned by Pete Waterman in the 1980’s. 

Paul says “Our office is a truly inspirational building and we 

have some great facilities for meetings with clients. Our 

people really enjoy the working environment”. 

The firm has attracted a number of high profile clients since 

formation including Iceland Frozen Foods, Cardinal Maritime, 

G2S, DHL Express UK, XPO Logistics, Revolution Bars 

Group and Fircroft. Pannone Corporate has also been appointed 

to the legal panel of the West Midlands Combined 

Authority, joining commercial heavyweights DWF, Trowers 

& Hamlins and Eversheds. 

Paul says that the firm set out with a clear idea of where 

they wanted to position themselves in the legal market. He 

adds: “Our aim is to position ourselves as a compelling alternative 

to the national firms. We provide our clients with 

clear, pragmatic commercial advice with sensible fee structures 

and we are genuinely interested in building long term 

relationships with our clients”. 

Paul is justifiably proud that the firm has recently been 

awarded Investors In People Gold and is also accredited by 

Lexcel and ISO 9001. Paul adds “Our culture and values were 

at the centre of our philosophy when we started and they 

remain very important factors in our development and expansion. 

For example, there are no egos in the firm – we 

won’t tolerate them - and I think this has been one of the 

reasons we have been able recruit high calibre individuals. 

To be awarded Gold is testament to the progress we have 

made in a relatively short period of time”. 

The firm has appointed digital consultancy, magneticNorth, 

to help develop the next phase of the Pannone Corporate 

vision and brand. Paul says “We chose magneticNorth because 

they are specialists in working with sector leading, 

'digital first' businesses and brands and have a sphere of reference 

that stretches far wider than just legal and professional 

services. They are approaching the relationship with 

an energy and outlook that is helping us to break many of 

the legal services norms by building a culture that is forward 

thinking and completely focussed on the needs of our 

current and future customers”. 

The firm is very much a “Manchester” firm and although 

they have office space in Russell Square in London for client 

meetings, Paul says they don’t currently have plans to expand 

out of the city. “There is a lot going on in Manchester 

and we also have the potential of the Northern Powerhouse 

on our doorstep – we see a lot of opportunity coming out 

of the city and the wider region over the next few years”. 

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Style Feature 13 

They Say You Can Tell A Man By His Shoes… 

Or Is It His Glasses? 

Author of “The Definitive Guide To Choosing 

Glasses” Talks About The Easy Way To Find Out 

What Style Of Eyewear Works Best For You. 

Barack Obama wears the same type of suit and 

Mark Zuckerburg the same style of jeans and grey 

t-shirts to work each day. The reason? To avoid 

them having to make additional decisions each 

morning to add to the hundreds they make each 

day ruling the most powerful country and the 

largest social media platform on the planet. 

Conor Heaney of Jones and Co Styling Opticians 

on King Street sees clients in the legal sector who 

are super busy and want to find the perfect pair of 

glasses to wear everyday and to suit many purposes. 

He understands the importance of finding 

the perfect glasses to put on each morning and 

forget about (until, perhaps, someone pays you a 

compliment). But from personal experience he 

knows it is a struggle to find glasses that suit you. 

And most opticians can leave you uninspired. 

“Lots of our clients work in the legal sector and 

want to find spectacles that work for them – in the 

courtroom, in the office and during client entertaining. 

We spend time with each of our clients to 

get to know what their working day entails and 

then select the most appropriate eyewear from 

our handpicked stock,” says Conor. 

Frames are sourced from boutique eyewear shows 

in Antwerp, Milan, and Paris and Copenhagen. 

Jones and Co travel the globe to discover the very 

best eyewear in the world and bring it to Manchester. 

Conor’s team of 3 optometrists and 4 professionally 

qualified styling opticians take the time 

to analyse many factors when recommending the 

perfect eyewear – face shape, prescription, colouring 

and toning with skin and hair and, of course, 

occupation. Knowing that many in the legal profession 

need to go from the computer to the 

courtroom then out for drinks, means that the 

Jones and Co team have a clear understanding of 

exactly what will work, will look smart and stylish 

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But don’t expect a visit to the opticians at 82 King 

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to be unveiled to you later. Conor knows that a 

personal eyewear styling consultation with one of 

his experienced team will take the anxiety and 

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UMIST-trained Conor, who has a First in Optometry, 

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people will not have seen before – from statement 

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working this way we can help our clients find the 

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14 Talking Heads 

Talking Heads 

The Manchester Food and Drink Festival is taking place this month, so 

on this theme we asked practitioners "What is the most memorable 

client entertainment or corporate hospitality you have experienced?" 

Mark Hovell 

Partner 

Mills & Reeve LLP 

Mine is not memorable in a 

good way! The first time I 

ever took a couple of accountants 

out was as a 

newly qualified solicitor to 

the “Beaujolais Nouveau” 

night. I had a £40 cash float 

that took a lot of effort to 

extract from our Managing 

Partner. Once we’d finished 

the free bottle of wine each, 

my guests ordered a bottle 

of champagne for £50! After 

we’d had 3 more of those, I 

couldn’t sleep with the fear 

of how I was going to explain 

the overspend to my 

boss! Thankfully the accountant 

concerned sent us 

a corporate job the next 

day, so my boss couldn’t 

sign off the expenses quick 

enough!! 

Gavin Redman 

Partner (non-lawyer) 

Business Development 

Express Solicitors 

I was invited along to a 

Mayors annual charity 

event to be held at the 

town hall. This is an old 

building but its function 

room was just stunning. The 

high ceiling with the drop 

chandeliers, you could sit 

and look at the room in 

awe. Unfortunately the 

food and entertainment left 

a lot to be desired. The food 

was something reminiscent 

of bad school dinners. All of 

it had come in frozen and 

just been badly reheated or 

semi defrosted and then 

just plonked onto a bowl or 

plate with no thought to 

any sort of presentation. 

Then came the entertainment 

which consisted of a 3 

piece New Orleans jazz 

band who were good if you 

like that sort of thing. Then 

came a presentation by a 

local museum who had put 

the history of a certain article 

of clothing to music and 

was performed by staff of 

the museum and their 

friends. They got all mixed 

up 5 minutes into the presentation 

and had to stop 

and decided to start from 

the beginning. All of this 

whilst sat on plastic chairs 

after a poor meal all there 

was to do was drink but 

they ran out of wine and 

draft beer so we could not 

even drown our sorrows. 

Needless to say when approached 

the following 

year to attend I politely declined. 

I have not mentioned 

which Town hall or 

which Mayor as it would be 

improper. 

Roy Beckett 

Partner 

Irwin Mitchell LLP 

We pride ourselves on providing 

unique events for 

our clients and for the last 

few years, we’ve been 

proud sponsors of the Manchester 

Jazz Festival. 

The ‘Irwin Mitchell mjf originals’ 

series provides an opportunity 

for us to take our 

clients to the festival and attend 

the premiere of a specially 

commissioned jazz 

composition by an up and 

coming musician. In the 

three years that we have 

been involved, we have had 

some truly memorable 

evenings. 

Perhaps the most unforgettable 

event however wasn’t 

in Manchester, but at Lords 

cricket ground in London in 

2013. Here our national real 

estate team hosted its annual 

dinner with England 

cricket Michael Vaughan 

and David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd. 

The dinner was held in the 

iconic Long Room and the 

two comperes, one a former 

England captain and 

the other a former opener 

renowned for his box shattering 

experience at the 

hands of Jeff Thomson and 

also coach of the national 

team in the 1990s, provided 

a highly amusing and engaging 

evening for everyone 

– whether they were 

sports fans or not. 

Simon Leighton 

Managing Partner 

Croftons 

Croftons’ housing and regeneration 

clients place a 

strong emphasis on value 

for money and so our client 

entertainment offering consists 

of excellent client training 

programmes and light 

lunches. Perhaps greater 

mirth arises from an experience 

I had entertaining insurance 

clients as a junior 

solicitor at an Italian restaurant 

in Cheltenham. My 

boss announced to the 

clients that I was a good 

singer. Following this, all 

protestations on my part 

were defeated by the client 

saying further work to the 

firm was dependent upon 

my singing for them. I 

therefore had no choice but 

to ask the restaurant manager 

to turn the music 

down, get to my feet and 

provide a short a capella 

recital of Love Changes 

Everything and some Italian 

aria. It appeared to be well 

received by both the clients 

and the other restaurant 

clientele, and became the 

start of a client entertaining 

tradition and my being 

known by clients as the 

singing solicitor.” 

Fran Eccles-Bech 

Chief Executive 


I really am very privileged to 

be invited to many events. I 

don’t really want to appear 

ungrateful and to pick out 

one above the others but 

the Monaco Grand Prix this 

year was the best corporate 

hospitality trip I have been 

to EVER EVER EVER. 

Hotel Metropole in Nice, 

yacht in Monaco (next to 

Bernie Ecclestone’s) to 

watch the qualifying day 

and the actual Grand Prix, 

champagne and caviar on 

tap and the icing on the 

cake, Mark Webber to spend 

both days with. If Carling 

made corporate hospitality 

events…………………… 

……………. 

Karen Brody 

Barrister 

Deans Court Chambers 

My pension adviser invited 

me to a shooting party 

weekend in Shropshire a 

couple of years ago. Never 

having held a weapon of 

any sort and being an animal 

lover I had my doubts 

about whether I would 

enjoy it, but, as a couple of 

solicitors I know well were 

also attending I put aside 

any qualms and accepted 

the invitation. 

There was a champagne reception 

followed by dinner 

cooked for us by Simon 

Rimmer, the celebrity chef 

and owner of The Lime Tree 

in Didsbury, on the Friday 

evening. 

The next morning we wet 

by bus to the Welsh borders.Sloe 

gin and whisky 

macs were served on 

board. 

A marquee had been set up 

on the hillside where we 

again enjoyed copious 

quantities of champagne. I 

went along to the shoot. I 

held a gun and took aim ( 

and happily missed) , after 

which I watched with increasing 

alarm as various 

hungover/recently re-inebriated 

guests shot at the 

birds around me. 

Fearing for my personal 

safety, I took refuge in the 

marquee until lunch- various 

game bird breasts in a 

delicious jus plus puds, 

cheese etc. 

Dinner was cooked by none 

other than Anthony Worrall-Thompson, 

who told 

the assembled, by now 

mainly completely plastered, 

gathering about the 

various courses we were 

about to be served. 

By 12am, the man seated 

next to me was completely 

incoherent and duly fell off 

his chair. The weekend was 

memorable – for most of us 

anyway. 


Head of IP & Media 

Bermans LLP 

Law Society Council 

Member 

Appropriate and meaningful 

client hospitality's a key 

part of building relationships 

and I've been lucky 

enough to attend some 

pretty spectacular events 

over the past few years. 

Seeing Prince on his final 

UK Tour and AC/DC perform 

with Axl Rose at the Etihad 

are obvious highlights, but 

perhaps the most hilarious 

was when I took part in a 

charity karaoke event 

along with one of my 

clients. Their male creative 

director performed "Bootylicious" 

(complete with rap 

and backing dancers) to a 

pretty spectacular standard, 

and I humiliated myself 

by dressing up as 

Freddie Mercury and recreating 

a little bit of Live Aid 

on Peter Street. Fran Eccles- 

Bech kindly obliged with 

mascara when I couldn't 

grow a moustache. True 

story 

Kim Holden 

Partner 

Burton Copeland LLP 

I once voiced that thought it 

was a shame that ladies didn’t 

really have a presence at 

the usual corporate Golf 

Day and perhaps more females 

should be considered 

when drafting the invite list. 

Needless to say someone 

called by bluff! I’ve never really 

played golf, save for the 

crazy variety, but I could 

hardly refuse the invite. I 

knew I’d be terrible but 

thought I should try my 

best. I set about getting all 

the kit, set of clubs, visor, 

golf gloves, the full kit and 

caboodle. I even made a trip 

to the driving range. The 

day came and I waltzed into 

the clubhouse, literally all 

the gear and no idea. What 

poor souls had me on their 

team? I teed off and survived 

the full 18 holes in the 

pouring rain. Somehow I’d 

found myself on the winning 

team despite my very 

poor performance. I had 

such a great day and might 

be looking at golf as a new 

hobby!

Talking Heads 15 

Alison Loveday 

Chief Executive 

Berg 

On 7 July 2005, Berg was 

holding its 25th anniversary 

at Urbis. We had clients and 

contacts coming from all 

over the country and questioned 

whether we should 

cancel the event, in the 

light of the London bombings. 

In the event, we decided 

to go ahead and were 

overwhelmed by the huge 

effort people went to, to attend, 

notwithstanding the 

disruption on the roads and 

trains. 

My lasting memory is of 

Peter Cowgill, the Executive 

Chairman of JD Sports Fashion 

plc, arriving towards the 

end of the evening. We had 

an ice bar in the name of 

"Berg". As I got us both a 

drink, I turned around to 

see the drinks sliding off the 

bar, which by that time had 

started to melt. It was the 

end of a very long day!” 

Jason Dixon 

Managing Director 

Docutech Office Solutions 

The best corporate client 

entertainment and most 

enjoyable event we have 

been to, believe it or not, 

was organised by Holly Coleridge 

of Docutech Office 

Solutions and Lucinda Dutton 

of Chester Racecourse. 


sponsored a weekend polo 

event at Chester Racecourse. 

On Friday we invited 

Pannone Corporate LLP to 

join us. Pannone invited 

over 30 of their clients in 

which we all met up at the 

Abode where Pannone 

kindly treated us all to a 

lovely lunch. 

We then proceeded to the 

racecourse where we had 

provided all guests with a 

goody bag filled with good 

food and champagne. It 

was great getting involved 

& understanding polo as a 

collective; we also met 

some very interesting people 

& businesses. 

Our MD, Jason Dixon invited 

Paul Johnson, a partner at 

Pannone to help present 

the divot stomping awards 

throughout the day. 

Saturday was a little different 

as we were in the main 

sponsor’s marquee with 20 

clients and friends such as 

Mark OB of Turner Parkinson, 

Fran Eccles-Bech of the 


and Gareth & Karen Pugh of 

RSM. This day was all about 

Docutech, we were heavily 

involved in all presentations 

as this was the final event of 

the tournament, maybe this 

was the most memorable 

event as our two tables 

drank the most Laurent Perrier 

Rose , beating our cosponsor’s 

– Laurent Perrier. I 

also think that our MD, 

Jason Dixon won the award 

for the biggest hangover! 

Overall, the event was really 

glamourous yet relaxed, so 

much we have already 

booked to do this again 

next year! 

Sally Harrison QC 

Barrister 

Head of St Johns 

Buildings 

My most memorable client 

event was hosting a cycling 

evening at the Velodrome. I 

love cycling. It never occurred 

to me that my cycling 

and the MAMIL 

(Middle Aged Men in Lycra) 

cycling could be so different. 

From the start, testosterone 

levels were high. 

Everything was a competition…from 

the size and fit 

of the lycra shorts to the 

personal best time around 

the track. I was determined 

to hold my own but I was 

lapped by the MAMIL 

within a matter of minutes. 

After 20 minutes of being 

overtaken I decided to stop 

to catch my breath (the 

MAMIL hadn’t even broken 

a sweat). As I came to stop 

I misjudged my speed and 

collided with the timing 

clock. 

Thankfully the MAMIL were 

so obsessed with their own 

performance that no one 

noticed. I still love cycling 

but I will leave the MAMIL 

to cycle on their own in future. 

Amanda McAlister 

Head of Family Law 

Slater and Gordon 

Lawyers 

A few years ago, in my role 

as a Selfridges Ambassador, 

I was selected to be one of 

25 to have an exclusive, private 

viewing of the launch 

of Victoria Beckham’s new 

autumn winter clothing 

line. 

It was incredibly exciting to 

receive the invitation in the 

post and actually get to 

meet Victoria herself. 

The designs were fabulous 

and the food and drink at 

the after party was amazing 

– but you wouldn’t get me 

in one of her dresses after 

eating all of those canapés! 

Raana Afsarpour 

Solicitor 

JMW Solicitors 

If only I didn’t have to 

scratch my head so much 

for this one. I don’t think I’ve 

ever experienced corporate 

hospitality, although in the 

past Deans Court Chambers 

have kindly invited me to 

the Manchester Legal 

Awards and the C&I Dinner 

which have always been 

great fun. 

If you want client entertainment, 

however, then JMW 

are a cut above. From World 

Cup BBQs on the roof terrace; 

comedy dinners raising 

tens of thousands for 

the Child Brain Injury Trust 

and Headway; to the eagerly 

anticipated Strictly 

Come Dancing dinner in 

November featuring some 

of Manchester’s most wellknown 

Partners, all of 

whom have been practicing 

with professionals for 

months. JMW definitely 

raise the bar when it comes 

to entertaining their clients 

and contacts. 

I was hoping to include a 

picture of me enjoying 

some of these events but I 

couldn’t find one…that’s 

probably for the best since 

the alcohol is always unlimited!” 

Alison Hibbert 


By Parallel 

Having owned my own 

Event Company for the last 

14 years being asked what 

is your best hospitality experience 

you have ever had 

is a tough one as there have 

been so many over the 

years, however my favourite 

was In the very first year 

and I was doing some freelance 

work for a luxury 

worldwide hotel brand (it 

will become clear why I'm 

not naming in a mo) and 

had to take some top hotel 

bookers and journalists 

over to Miami to stay at this 

stunning €1500 a night 

boutique hotel, they were 

all flown over first class 

(obvs this was pre recession) 

a driver picked us all 

up and the we checked in, 

no expense spared, we 

were all allocated butlers to 

our rooms to help us unpack 

(a tad Ott for my liking) 

and were told 

champagne was being 

served poolside at 7-00pm. 

Making sure all of my 

guests were ok and having 

freshened up I made my 

way down to the pool bar 

to check all was well, staff all 

looked like supermodels, 

food delicious and free 

flowing fizz what could possibly 

go wrong.........the 

guests all came down and 

we all meandered round 

the pool cabanas which 

were beautifully lit with 

lanterns and the whole 

scene was exquisite, as the 

night went on a couple of 

journalists went into the 

pool which of course was 

fine, I mean they are journalists 

they can do whatever 

they want right???? I 

then heard a scream and 

turned to see these 2 

women gagging as amidst 

all this wealth and glamour 

they had checked everything 

was perfect which indeed 

it was bar the pool 

and right in the middle of it 

was a dirty nappy and I will 

leave the rest to your imagination 

“CIP-Free” and booming: 

Manchester’s food and drink 

economy 

With the Manchester 

Food and Drink Festival 

around the corner, the 

city is getting ready to 

showcase its very best 

restaurants and bars for 

the nineteenth year running. 

The festival is a 

great opportunity to exhibit 

the huge variety of 

establishments which 

make Manchester one of 

the most thriving and enjoyable 

places to live and 

visit. 

The huge range of options 

available saw Manchester 

surpass London with the 

fastest growth of food businesses 

over the last decade, 

with the northern city 

achieving 57% growth in 

2015 compared to the capital’s 

32%. So what is the 

city’s secret recipe for success? 

Whilst much has to be said 

about the city’s lower cost 

of living and it’s friendly, 

laid back nature, arguably 

one of the most significant 

advantages Manchester has 

over its counterparts is the 

fact it is one of the only 

major city centres that is 

not limited by what’s 

known in the Licensing 

world as a Cumulative Impact 

Policy (CIP). So what 

exactly does this mean, and 

how is it benefitting the city 

centre? 

A Cumulative Impact Policy 

is one which creates a rebuttable 

presumption 

against the grant of new 

premises licence applications 

in a specific area, due 

to the impact of existing licensed 

premises on crime 

and disorder, and anti-social 

behaviour. Essentially, it 

suggests that the area in 

question cannot cope with 

any more licensed premises, 

or extensions to existing 

licences. However, the 

problem is that these policies 

often do not contemplate 

a situation where a 

responsible and high-quality 

operator might open 

their doors and actually 

have a positive impact. 

The UK’s night-time economy 

is worth £66 billion, 

providing thousands of 

jobs for employees and allowing 

residents and holiday-makers 

to relax and 

enjoy themselves. We believe 

it is a great shame if a 

sector providing such a 

solid contribution is threatened 

by what can be a very 

indiscriminate tool. 

Manchester City Council is a 

prime example of a licensing 

authority taking a pragmatic 

approach to the 

potential problems that can 

Felicity Tulloch 

accompany the late-night 

industry. With no CIPs in the 

city centre, the authorities 

take the time to work with 

applicants to ensure that 

people can enjoy themselves 

whilst staying safe. 

Indeed, in recent years, the 

city centre has improved in 

ways it would not have 

been able to if a CIP was in 

place. By way of example, a 

decade ago Manchester’s 

Peter Street could have easily 

attracted a CIP. Whilst 

this may have been a 

method of limiting some of 

the problems experienced 

in the area, it would also 

have restricted the entry of 

some of Manchester’s latest 

and greatest venues, which 

have revived the entire 

street and have been a 

hugely welcome addition 

to the city centre. 

The Manchester City Centre 

User Survey recently 

recorded that 93% of people 

asked felt safe in the city 

centre at night. With people 

listing ‘going to a bar in the 

evening’ as their most popular 

reason to visit the city 

centre at night, this survey 

speaks volumes about how 

venues and the Greater 

Manchester Police are 

working hard to ensure 

people stay safe whilst having 

fun. 

Commenting on CIPs, Felicity 

Tulloch, partner in the licensing 

team at Kuits, says: 

“Whilst there is certainly a 

need for establishments to 

be responsible, so long as 

they are willing to work together 

with their Licensing 

Authorities, there is a question 

of whether CIPs are 

necessary. Arguably, there 

may be a small number of 

areas across the country 

that require CIPs, they 

should not, however, be 

used as an evasive method 

of control if there is a better 

possible solution. 

“Here at Kuits, we often 

work with high-quality venues 

that add huge benefits 

to the areas they join. When 

such clients want to launch 

in cumulative impact areas, 

we work hard to show that 

not only will they not add 

to the existing problems, 

they will potentially reduce 

them by raising standards 

in the area.”

Why webinars really work 

If you want to promote your 

expertise as a business, you 

may be considering using a 

webinar as part of your digital 

marketing strategy. 

However, there is quite a bit 

of work involved – so how 

can you be sure it will be 

worth it? 

The benefits 

16 News 

General Counsel now expected to have a greater influence on 

business decision making, research finds 

KPMG report reveals an 

urgent demand from C- 

suite for General Counsel 

to advise on business 

strategy 

C-suite and senior management 

are demanding that 

General Counsel have a 

greater influence on strategic 

decision making and facilitating 

growth, according 

to a new in-depth report. 

The new research, entitled 

‘Through the Looking Glass’, 

involved 34 in-depth interviews 

with business leaders 

from around the world, 

from Board members to 

Chief Executive Officers, 

about their perspectives on 

the role of the General 

Counsel and in-house legal 

teams. 

The findings show this has 

broadened significantly 

with General Counsel increasingly 

expected to influence 

business strategy 

Some of the benefits are obvious 

– webinars demonstrate 

your expertise and 

help your firm appear personable. 

By adding a Q&A 

section at the end, you can 

also interact with your audience 

and potentially generate 

future content ideas. 

What's more, once you've 

encouraged people to sign 

up for your webinar, they're 

a very warm lead. They are 

considering listening to you 

talk for an extensive period 

of time, and have given you 

their email address – so 

they're likely to be receptive 

when you next contact 

them. In fact, the conversion 

rate of webinar attendees to 

customers is often reported 

at around 20%. 

Finally, you can repurpose 

rather than strictly dealing 

with legal matters. This shift 

is being driven by a growing 

number of technology 

risks with potentially business-wide 

threats, such as 

cyber security, together 

with a desire to create competitive 

advantage through 

regulatory change. 

Kathryn Britten, the KPMG 

partner who has led KPMG’s 

General Counsel Programme 

and this research 

commented: “General 

Counsel have a holistic view 

over a business that is often 

unique. Supplemented with 

their legal expertise, they 

are ideally placed to take a 

proactive role in advising 

the company on risks and 

opportunities. It’s therefore 

not surprising to see an increased 

urgency from senior 

management for the 

role to take a more central 

seat, with General Counsel’s 

advice becoming integral to 

business strategy. 

your webinar and continue 

to promote it as part of your 

longer term strategy, and 

reach people who did not 

have time to attend on the 

day. This could be a video 

recording, or an in-depth 

PDF guide where your script 

is turned into copy. Make 

these resources downloadable 

on your site, in return 

for data capture. 

Considerations 

Choosing your topic is possibly 

the most important 

and challenging factor. It 

needs to be specialist, yet 

appealing to a wide audience, 

and ideally evergreen. 

Consider revisiting one of 

your most popular blog 

posts or answering common 

client questions. 

Timing is important too; 

holding your webinar on 

the day of an industry conference 

or similar is obviously 

a mistake, as is not 

allowing enough time to 

promote it effectively. Studies 

also suggest late morning 

mid-week is the most 

effective time for B2B webinars. 

“The new opportunities 

and risks provided by technology 

are a key driver behind 

the trend, with the 

C-suite demanding greater 

strategic input on topics 

such as cyber security and 

social media which are now 

business-wide issues. Together 

with providing insights 

on technological 

change and compliance, 

General Counsel are also 

uniquely placed to advise 

how and where regulation 

will change in the future, 

and thereby can help their 

businesses to gain a competitive 

advantage.” 

KPMG has been conducting 

research into the developing 

role of General Counsel 

for many years, however 

the new report represents 

the first time the firm has 

canvassed views outside 

the legal profession. 

Your webinar will need promoting 

across social, your 

email database, your website, 

and any other marketing 

channels you use, while 

registrants need reminding 

and following up. Be sure 

your internal teams or agencies 

are on board with a 

centralised plan. 

Finally, remember that practice 

makes perfect; technical 

difficulties or bad 

presenting could see all 

your careful planning go to 

waste. 

If you're willing to put in the 

time, thought and resources, 

webinars are a 

great chance to showcase 

what you know in an engaging 

and accessible way – 

and what's more, generate 

valuable leads. 

The research found mixed 

opinions among interviewees 

on the relationship between 

General Counsel and 

the Board. Most argued that 

General Counsel would lose 

their independence if they 

were members of the Board, 

but almost every interviewee 

felt it was necessary for 

the General Counsel to attend 

Board meetings. 

Annabel Reoch, UK Head of 

Anti-bribery and Corruption 

at KPMG, commented: “Our 

research shows there’s an 

increased demand for General 

Counsel to translate 

strategy into a workable 

framework within regulatory 

environments and deliver 

business insights based 

on what is permitted by law. 

The findings of the research 

provide an opportunity for 

General Counsel to gain a 

greater insight into expected 

changing demands 

North west solicitors 

McHale and Co have appointed 

Sue Appleton as 

its new Head of Conveyancing. 

Sue, 46, has moved from 

Bury firm Butcher and Barlow, 

where she was a partner 

and Head of 

Conveyancing. 

She will head up the conveyancing 

department and 

also become a partner at 

McHale and Co, which has 

its headquarters in Altrincham, 

and offices in Stretford 

and Heywood. 

Sue, who is a married with 

a son, said: “I am delighted 

to be joining McHale and 

Co as they continue to 

grow their business. 

“This will be a fresh challenge 

for me and I plan to 

build on the existing skills 

and talents at the firm to 

develop a quality conveyancing 

service focusing 

on delivering excellent customer 

service. 

“There is team of about 15 

in the department and any 

residential conveyancing 

comes under my remit. 

of the role and several takeaways 

to help them to focus 

the activities of the inhouse 

legal team to address 

the Board’s expectations.” 

Based on the research, 

KPMG has developed a 

roadmap for the shift in the 

General Counsel’s responsibilities, 

detailing the five 

new areas which form the 

new norm: 

- Business leader: providing 

insightful commercial 

advice to the other senior 

executives and the Board, 

based on sound legal principles. 

- Risk manager: Being 

constantly alert and vigilant 

to an increasingly broad 

array of global threats to 

the company, and handling 

them accordingly. 

“The plan is to expand and 

make it bigger and better.” 

Sue, who lives in Worsley, 

Salford, qualified as a solicitor 

in 1994 having studied 

law in Wolverhampton University. 

Originally from Leigh, she 

has worked at a number of 

firms across the north west. 

- Technology champion: 

Leading the change in 

mindset, from technology 

as a standalone, isolated 

specialism; to the all-pervasive 

reality of doing business 

in the digital age. 

- Key communicator: 

Adeptly dealing with key 

stakeholders such as the 

Board and investors, as well 

as effectively communicating 

with regulators and internal 

teams. 

- Building of corporate 

culture: Setting a tone of 

trust at the top and building 

a risk-aware culture in 

which compliance is not 

seen as a straitjacket, but as 

a source of competitive advantage. 

McHale and Co have appointed Sue Appleton as its 

new Head of Conveyancing 

Sue Appleton 

Andrew McHale, managing 

partner at McHale and Co, 

said: “Sue is a key appointment 

for us and our expansion 

plans, and we spent a 

long time making sure we 

got the right person to put 

us in the best position to 

offer a quality service. People 

with Sue’s management 

skills and level of expertise 

are hard to find, and she will 

spearhead the growth of 

our property department. 

“The Manchester property 

market is buoyant – you 

only have to look at all the 

cranes on the skyline – and 

we are backing it.” 

The deadline for the November edition of 

The Messenger is 

13th October 2016

Rio 2016 17 

The Road to Rio 2016 

Following the success of 

GB Taekwondo at London 

2012, with Jade Jones 

taking gold and Lutalo 

Muhammad taking 

bronze, Hill Dickinson 

was approached and 

asked if we would like to 

become a sponsor and 

legal partner to GB Taekwondo 

on the Road to 

Rio. Having studied martial 

arts since the age of 

11 and being a practising 

5th dan black belt, I encouraged 

Hill Dickinson 

to take up this great opportunity 

with the team 

being based in Manchester 

and Hill Dickinson 

having an established 

sports sector team! 

Taekwondo is a Korean 

martial art developed during 

the 1940s with a focus 

on spectacular kicking 

techniques incorporating 

elements of Japanese 

karate and Chinese kung 

fu. It became a full Olympic 

Sport in 2000 and I remember 

watching it on TV while 

at school in 1988 when it 

was a demonstration sport 

in the 1988 Seoul 

Olympics. 

The Road to Rio has been a 

most enjoyable experience 

for Hill Dickinson. Apart 

from assisting GB Taekwondo 

with the development 

of their new training 

facility, we have fully engaged 

with the team under 

the impressive leadership 

of their operations director, 

Steve Flynn, and performance 

director, Gary Hall. Lutalo 

Muhammad has been 

into the firm to talk about 

his experience at London 

2012, Bianca Walkden gave 

a demonstration at the 

partners’ AGM, Mahama 

Cho and Damon Samsun 

gave a lesson in Taekwondo 

at St Bedes to Year 2 and we 

have had a number of training 

sessions with staff and 

clients at their world class 

training facility given by 

Olympians. 

I jumped at the opportunity 

to fly out to Rio with the 

team. I was incredibly impressed 

by the organisation 

and the attention to detail 

to ensure the athletes and 

support team were 

equipped to perform to the 

highest level. I made the 

most of my free days before 

the team kicked into action 

by watching some handball, 

wrestling, golf and a 

certain Mr Bolt at the Athletics 

stadium. The build-up 

and atmosphere in the 

Olympic village was fantastic 

during the course of the 

week. 

First up was Jade Jones defending 

her Olympic title. 

Jade didn’t disappoint and 

gave a faultless performance 

to take gold. Job 

done. The following day 

was Lutalo Muhammad’s 

turn – could he better the 

bronze he took at London 

2012? Lutalo fought well all 

day and had the gold 

medal in his pocket with 0.1 

of a second to go. Sport can 

be so cruel but Lutalo was a 

credit to Team GB in how he 

handled the defeat and 

added a silver medal to his 

bronze. Local fighter, Bianca 

Walkden, from Liverpool 

and Mahama Cho took to 

the mats on the final day. 

Both had a tough draw and 

made it through to the 

semi-finals showing 

tremendous spirit although 

only Bianca managed to 

medal with a bronze to 

make it a 75% medal success 

for GB Taekwondo. 

I managed to catch Joe 

Joyce, with a celebration 

hangover, in the boxing 

final before leaving Rio. My 

lasting memory will be having 

a well-deserved burger 

and fries with Jade and Lutalo 

after they medalled. 

Olympians are human after 

all! In all seriousness, Rio 

was a great experience and 

I developed existing relationships 

and made a lot of 

new friends and contacts 

including a director at GB 

Swimming who managed 

her time well between 

watching GB Taekwondo 

and Tom Daley. With karate 

being a new Olympic sport 

in 2020 the flights are getting 

booked for Toyko! 

Ian Gillis, 

Hill Dickinson LLP, 

Corporate Partner 

Rio 2016 

It’s all over for another 

four years but what an 

Olympics it has been for 

Team GB. For my part, as 

Chairman of British Swimming, 

I am delighted with 

the record breaking 

achievements of our elite 

swimmers and divers. 

Supported by our performance 

directors, 

coaches, board members 

and all employees our one 

team approach has paid 

dividends with results unsurpassed 

since 1908 and 

before. 

We got off to a great start 

with Adam Peaty’s world 

record breaking win in the 

100 metres breaststroke 

and, with two silver medals 

from Jazz Carlin, we 

achieved 1 gold and 5 silver 

medals overall in swimming 

and one gold, one silver and 

a bronze in diving. But it 

was not just about medals 

the team had seven fourth 

places demonstrating its 

strength in depth and, we 

have to mention this, the 

controversial presence of 

the Russian swimmers, prevented 

some of our fourth 

places being converted into 

further medals. 

Who would have thought 

that we would have broken 

the Chinese dream of a diving 

clean sweep of medals 

with Chris Mears and Jack 

Laugher’s gold medal win 

in the mens’ synchronised 

three metre spring board 

competition, the first 

Olympic gold medal ever 

for British divers. Jack followed 

this performance 

with a silver in the men’s 

three metre spring board 

and very nearly stole the 

gold. Unfortunately, Tom 

Daley was unable to capitalise 

on his bronze in the 

ten metre synchronised 

platform with Duncan 

Goodfellow and it was a 

great disappointment to all 

that, after leading the preliminary 

round of the ten 

metre individual, he was 

unable to progress from the 

semi-finals but far from calling 

it a day Tom says he will 

go on to Tokyo 2020. He is 

determined to get that 

gold. 

Much has been written 

about the murky green 

colour of the water in the 

diving pool but that returned 

to the original clarity 

after the organisers eventually 

analysed the problem, 

replenished their chemical 

stocks and worked through 

the night to drain and refill 

the pool. 

What are my overall nonsporting 

reflections on the 

Games? We had the concerns 

over Zika and we will 

need to wait and see 

whether there are any future 

consequences of this, 

but most people took the 

recommended precautions. 

Security became tighter as 

the games got underway 

and there was considerable 

police and military presence. 

Access to the venues 

was restricted to a minimum 

number of entry gates 

necessitating a lot of walking, 

very tiring when you 

were attending three session 

a day the last one at 10 

p.m. every evening. As for 

the much publicised threat 

of theft I can only say from 

my own experience I was 

very impressed by the honesty 

of the locals and visitors. 

I left a pair of sun 

glasses on a seat in the diving 

stadium and found that 

they had been handed in to 

lost property and an expensive 

and difficult to obtain 

ticket to one of the famous 

Rio visitor sites, which I had 

carelessly dropped, was 

handed into the site ticket 

office for me to reclaim! 

Maurice Watkins 

Head of Sport and Senior 

Partner 

Brabners LLP

18 Charity & CSR 

Charity Award nomination for prominent 

Manchester lawyers and barristers 

A group of 17 paralegals, 

trainee solicitors, lawyers, 

and barristers from leading 

Manchester law firm 

JMW Solicitors LLP and 

prominent barristers 

chambers, Kings Chambers 

who completed a 

three peaks challenge for 

charity earlier this year, 

have been nominated for 

a JustGiving Award. 

The team, who undertook 

the challenge in late June, 

attempted to climb Ben 

Nevis, Scafell Pike and 

Snowdon in under 24 hours 

on behalf of the Child Brain 

Injury Trust and successfully 

raised £5,487 for the national 

charity, which helps 

children who’ve suffered a 

traumatic brain injury, and 

their families. 

Although the team and 

their drivers started determined 

to beat the 24 hour 

deadline, they encountered 

numerous problems during 

the challenge; a minibus 

they had hired for the challenge 

did not show up, forcing 

the team to deal with 

Ben Nevis, the UK’s largest 

mountain, in the dark. 

Two of the team went on to 

develop an illness after 

completing Ben Nevis, and 

a second minibus broke 

down. These problems 

meant that the team were 

unable to complete the 

challenge in 24 hours, and 

some of the team were unable 

to finish all three peaks. 

After hearing of the team’s 

hard work despite such unfortunate 

circumstances, 

representatives from the 

Child Brain Injury Trust 

nominated them for a Just- 

Giving award. Launched in 

2010, the awards champion 

people, charities and teams 

who have shown noteworthy 

commitment to 

fundraising during the previous 

year. 

JMW Solicitors has previously 

raised £20,617.05 for 

the Child Brain Injury Trust 

at a gala comedy dinner in 

2015, as well as contributing 

a further £7,256.37 to 

the charity via various 

fundraising drives since 

2015. JMW was also nominated 

as the charity’s sole 

legal support services 

provider in the North West 

in March 2015 following a 

competitive pitch process. 

Andrew Lilley, partner at 

JMW, said: “We’ve been delighted 

to support the Child 

Brain Injury Trust, because 

we believe in the work that 

they do and know firsthand 

how hard it can be for 

families who have to cope 

with the aftermath of a traumatic 

brain injury. 

The charity have directly 

supported some of our 

clients when they are at 

their most vulnerable and 

the help they provide is invaluable. 

“It’s an honour to be nominated 

for these awards, and 

we’re very flattered that the 

charity thought of us and 

felt that our work on their 

behalf deserved recognition. 

We’re very excited now 

to see if we’ve progressed to 

the shortlist.” 

The team who took part in 

the three peaks challenge 

are: Charlotte King, Naomi 

O'Rourke, Alison Chu, Sam 

McElroy, Catherine Anderson, 

Charlotte Boothroyd, 

Heather Bennett, Andy Lilley, 

Steve Brown, Liz 

Fletcher, Kimberly Peet, Fran 

Powell, Anna Ozarowska, 

Helen Mulholland, Rory 

Davis, Steve Loxton, Charlotte 

Law and Rachel Galloway, 

and were driven by 

Alistair Ward and Danielle 

Gibson. 

The shortlist is to be announced 

via JustGiving’s 

twitter account, @JustGiving, 

with voting on the 

shortlist to take place in 

September. 

Law firm charity team back in the 

saddle for latest challenge 

A team of cyclists from 

Manchester based law 

firm berg will take on the 

Manchester to Liverpool 

cycle challenge. Inspired 

by the cycling successes 

of Team GB at the Rio 

Olympics, 10 cyclists will 

saddle up aid of The 

Booth Centre, a charity 

which aims to bring about 

positive change in the 

lives of people who are 

homeless or at risk of 

homelessness. 

The route will see Team 

berg including Senior Partner 

Reuben Berg, Chief Executive 

Alison Loveday and 

Managing Director Richard 

Clark take on 45 miles of 

mainly off road cycling 

along the Trans Pennine 

Trail and National cycle 

route on October 8th. 

The event is the latest in a 

series of activity with the 

firm taking part in the Manchester 

10K earlier this year 

and hosting bake sales, 

sweepstakes and various in 

house fund raising in a year 

dedicated to raising thousands 

of pounds in support 

of the charity. 

berg Managing Director 

Richard Clark said “The 

homelessness problem is 

Manchester is a growing 

one and one which we can’t 

afford to ignore, we’ve 

learnt through our connection 

with The Booth Centre 

how we can truly make a difference 

to the lives of those 

who come to the centre and 

that’s why we’re taking on 

our biggest challenge yet. 

45 miles of cycling will be no 

mean feat, there are members 

of the team who have 

never done this type of 

thing before but we are fully 

committed to going the distance 

and delivering our 

fundraising target for this 

great charity” 

Alongside its fundraising activity 

members of the firm 

also volunteer at the centre 

SJB Ride 2016 

On Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 September, 

a team from St John’s Buildings cycled 

the 125 mile journey from Liverpool 

to Sheffield, making a stop at each St 

John’s Buildings Chambers on the way. 

Their ride has raised over £1,000 for 

Headway, the SJB Chambers’ Charity of 

the Year. 

Starting from SJB on Vernon Street in Liverpool 

on Saturday morning, the team took 

the ferry to Birkenhead and then cycled to 

White Friars in Chester in time for lunch. The 

afternoon saw them ride to St John Street in 

Manchester where they stayed overnight. 

On Sunday morning they rode from Manchester 

through the Peak District and on to 

the SJB Leopold Street chambers in 

Sheffield. 

The team comprised 11 barristers together 

with CEO Chris Ronan. Senior Civil Clerk 

Chris Shaw drove the essential kit van. 

Never one to shy away from a challenge, 

Head of Corporate Services David Anderson 

completed the same route in a single day. 

David set himself this challenge following a 

helping to serve meals, participating 

in activities and 

assisting with practical 

tasks for the organisation. 

Amy Hinks, Development 

Manager for The Booth 

Centre said “We’ve been 

delighted to build a good 

relationship with the staff 

at berg this year thanks to 

all their fundraising and the 

hours spent volunteering 

in the Booth Centre. It’s 

great to see they’re offering 

even more vital support 

through this next fundraising 

challenge! The funds 

raised will go towards our 

work helping people in 

Manchester who’ve experienced 

homelessness to get 

back on their feet and work 

towards a more positive future. 

We can’t thank the 

team enough for their enthusiasm 

and commitment 

to such an important cause 

in our city.” 

serious cycling accident in 2015. He set off 

with the team from Liverpool but then powered 

his way to stops in Chester and Manchester, 

arriving in Sheffield at 4.30pm. 

CEO Chris Ronan commented: “We wanted 

to set ourselves a challenge that brings together 

all four cities in which we are based - 

and a four-stop cycling tour certainly fits the 

bill. It’s great to see barristers from each site 

giving up their weekends to join in and raise 

money as part of our year of fundraising for 

Headway.” 

The participants were: Guy Mathieson, Douglas 

Denton, Gareth Thompson, Andrew 

Green, Kevin McNerney, Ian Goldsack, Andrew 

Bailey, Gordon Stables, Elis Gomer, 

Pepin Aslett, Chris Ronan and David Anderson, 

with Chris Shaw in the “broom-wagon”. 

If you would like to sponsor the team or 

make a donation to Headway, please visit 

our Virgin Money Giving page. 

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/tea 

m/SJBforHeadway

Charity & CSR 19 

Legal Mission Work in East Africa 

Not many people think of 

“foreign aid work” when 

they think of lawyers. But 

last month I had the privilege 

of experiencing three 

weeks of legal mission 

work in East Africa with 

the Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship 

and their partners. 

What follows are some brief 

thoughts of what was an 

unforgettable experience! 

Rwanda 

Our time began in Kigali, 

the capital of Rwanda. For 

most people Rwanda is synonymous 

with the terrible 

events of the 1994 genocide 

but on arriving we 

found there was an incredible 

sense of hope for a better 

future and one which 

was built on a system of justice 

and the rule of law. 

Lawyers of Hope (“LOH”) is 

a small legal aid centre offering 

free advice and pro 

bono legal services to “the 

poor and needy”. As a 

team we were fortunate to 

meet a number of the 

LOH’s clients and hear their 

stories. For example, we 

heard from John* who had 

been falsely accused of 

rape and served two years 

on remand despite the 

court having pardoned 

him - all because the court 

order never made it to his 

file in the prison! 

Fortunately for John, one 

of the LOH staff recognised 

this and was able to contact 

the prison with the release 

order. John was 

released that day and is 

now a farmer, happily married 

with a little girl. 

This was just a small piece 

of routine legal work but 

one which led to a dramatic 

turnaround. 

Uganda 

We then made a long bus 

journey across the border 

into Uganda for our second 

week. 

We were fortunate to meet 

various influential officials, 

including those from the 

Human Rights Commission 

and the Inspectorate 

tasked with anti-corruption 

efforts. It was great to hear 

from these types of organisations, 

ask questions of 

the work they do and generally 

learn about the wider 

legal process in the country. 

Overwhelmingly, we had 

the sense that, despite 

huge barriers, such as corruption 

by ministers and 

lack of access to justice for 

the marginalised, there was 

a unified drive to change 

that and make the country 

better legally. 

Kenya 

Our final stop was Kenya via 

a 13.5 hour straight bus 

journey! There we visited 

two Nairobi prisons which 

were without doubt the 

most challenging part of 

the trip for the team. We 

heard multiple personal accounts 

of prisoners spending 

years on remand, 

simply waiting for their 

case to be heard and directions 

made. 

Whereas we found these 

environments challenging 

for a day, the team from the 

Kenyan Christian Lawyers 

Fellowship make visits to 

do one-on-one interviews 

every week. They also work 

with the prison service to 

offer seminars to the remandees 

and convicts 

about their court hearings; 

how to present themselves, 

the relevant sections of the 

law to repeat to the judge 

with regards to bail limits or 

lost charge sheets and how 

to prepare appeals against 

convictions. 

Overwhelmingly, we were 

inspired by the local legal 

teams we were with in each 

country. Their passion for 

justice and for establishing 

and supporting effective, 

transparent legal systems 

was something else. As a 

team of Christian law students 

and lawyers, we were 

all challenged by their faith 

in a God who loves justice 

and has a heart for the 

poor, needy and oppressed. 

It was a great experience 

and I know it will continue 

to shape the lawyers we 

each become. 

Rachel Dean 

Eversheds 

Slater Heelis solicitors take on cycle challenges 

Chris Bishop, managing 

partner at Slater Heelis 

LLP cycled over 100 miles 

in one day from Anglesey 

to Stockport for the charity 

Helping Schools in 

Uganda (HUGS). 

HUGS helps to provide an 

education to children in 

Uganda and Rwanda by 

building schools and supplying 

education tools to 

poor and remote areas. 

Chris and a friend Richard 

Bircher have already raised 

over £12,000 for this project, 

with the goal to raise 

£20,000. The money will 

help build the Little Shephard 

primary school in 

south Uganda which will 

provide an education for 

150 children. 

Chris has previously visited 

Uganda to see the difference 

HUGS makes and is set 

to visit again in October to 

see the various schools that 

HUGS have helped build 

over the years. 

Chris Bishop said:“The support 

and donations from 

family, friends and my colleagues 

at Slater Heelis has 

been overwhelming. HUGS 

is a charity that does incredible 

work bringing education 

to isolated, poverty 

stricken areas in Uganda 

and Rwanda. This year the 

total raised over the last 20 

years should pass the 

£1,000,000 mark. I’m proud 

to support such an important 

cause.” 

Also Daniel Wise, an associate 

solicitor with the firm 

has completed a gruelling 

100 mile cycle challenge in 

aid of charity. 

Money raised from the challenge 

will go to Act4Africa, 

a health and education 

charity that provides education 

and gender justice as 

well as providing HIV prevention 

services. 

Daniel and his team of cyclist 

friends raised money 

specifically for the charity’s 

‘Kathy’s Fund’ which aims to 

raise £30,000 to build an education 

facility which will 

provide education, counselling, 

advice and health 

support to women in the 

Mayuge District, Uganda. 

Daniel Wise 

Daniel and his friends completed 

the 100 mile route in 

London, cycling the same 

Road Race route followed 

by athletes in the 2012 London 

Olympics. 

Daniel said:“I’m delighted 

to have completed the 100 

mile cycle challenge and 

I’m proud to have raised 

money for Act4Africa and 

supported the vital work 

they do. I’ve had brilliant 

support from my family 

and friends as well as my 

colleagues at Slater 

Heelis..” 

Chris Bishop

20 Management Issues 

Management Matters 

This column is now into its eighth year and feedback is still good. We would still like to receive observations and ideas for 

future issues. Please mail Bill Kirby at billkirby@professionalchoiceconsultancy.com or the publisher Julia Baskerville at 

j.baskerville@jbaskerville.co.uk 

It is a Very Fair Deal 

Any business that since 2000 has been delivering to law 

firms: 

• Outsourcing 

• Mobility and Agility 

• Reduced Costs 

• Increased Profitability 

• Customer Experience 

• Enhanced Enquiry Conversions 

• Business Continuity 

-deserves to do very well as a business. Many of our MLS Advantage 

suppliers make such a contribution but none better 

as yet than Moneypenny - www.moneypenny.com/uk - 

the legal sector's leading outsourced switchboard and telephone 

answering specialist. 

Today - Moneypenny founded in 2000 - has a client base of 

over 8,500 businesses including nearly 1,000 law firms. 

These vary from high street solicitors to international magic 

circle law firms and include 50 of the Top 200. Endorsed by 

the Law Society, Moneypenny answers in excess of two million 

calls a year for law firms across the UK. Don’t forget that 

since September it isn’t only switchboard calls but also mobiles 

On 8th September I along with about 300 others were at the 

opening of their new £15m headquarters at Wrexham 

This is the latest move that Moneypenny has made to guarantee 

the well-being of its staff. Four years ago, this column 

covered the company opening an office in New Zealand 

where legal receptionists fly out to answer overnight UK 

calls on six month secondments so they don’t have to work 

night shifts. A great opportunity for UK staff top see the 

other side of the world 

At the beginning of 2015 the company opened in 

Charleston in the USA to develop that market. 

Inside, the striking 91,000sq ft. building - which rivals the 

likes of Google and Apple’s headquarters - boasts a tree 

house meeting room, its own village pub, a sun terrace and 

a triple height atrium with stadium seating and a restaurant 

offering free breakfast and fruit. Outside the development 

is equally impressive and surrounded by seven acres of 

landscaped grounds with nature trails, a duck pond and orchards 

with picturesque countryside views. 

You have to meet the teams at Moneypenny to fully appreciate 

the motivated atmosphere and I do suggest that there 

is lot that can be learned from a visit. 

The office has been deliberately designed to create “the 

happiest workplace in the UK”, the pioneering building reflects 

the company’s rapid growth and has been built based 

on the feedback of its 500 staff. 

The building is able to house up to 1,000 employees and 

supports Moneypenny’s plans to create an additional 500 

jobs within the next few years. 

Ed Reeves, co-founder and director of Moneypenny, masterminded 

the pioneering project. He said: “We understand 

completely what our legal clients need, and that's the very 

best receptionists in the world. Professional, positive and 

knowledgeable people, from an outsourcing partner with 

virtually no staff turnover, who will represent their firms to 

the highest standard at all times. Our new office has once 

again raised the bar in achieving this, ensuring we continue 

to attract and retain the most talented receptionists in order 

to support our legal clients in the future." 

Ed continued: “What we believe is simple: the happier our 

staff, the happier our clients. So when we made the decision 

to build a new office, we asked ourselves how we can make 

sure our receptionists are the happiest in the UK? The answer 

was easy - ask them. The response we got was phenomenal 

and their ideas formed the blueprint for the 

building’s design. For us, the office is more than just bricks 

and mortar. It’s a manifestation of our ethos, of our achievements 

so far, of our culture, and of our aspirations.” 

“Our new headquarters will deliver serious benefits for both 

ourselves and our clients, and we've already heard from a 

number of companies who want to use it as a model for 

their own developments.” 

Business Optimisation 

Enhancement in technology means that clients and 

prospects of law firms are beginning to demand varying 

communication by demographics – often governed by age 

and technical ability and as law firms we have to respond to 

this. 

For over 20 years I have known people who have chosen law 

firm suppliers based on their ability to communicate. Client 

and prospect experience is fundamental – we have seen 

mystery shopper experiences – which are all too real in 

many firms. 

Four years ago I wrote about a Moneypenny client who was 

made aware of a staggering 416 new enquiries out of 2100 

calls handled – still many firms don’t know how many enquiries 

that they get and conversions surprisingly range 

from 20% to 70% dependent on process and culture 

Recent Moneypenny statistics on missed calls: 

• 89% of callers hang up after nine rings 

• 42% of callers who hang up after nine rings won’t 

call again 

I think we all know many people that won’t wait for 9 rings 

Related Strategy 

When we are considering our business strategy, business 

management and priorities they have to include: 

• Changing landscape 

Business processes within the operational infrastructure of 

firms of every size have never been more highly scrutinised. 

Firms are abandoning the traditional law firm model and 

culture and increasingly outsourcing business functions 

which they see as key to survival in the new legal landscape. 

Dynamic firms recognise the huge advantages outsourcing 

offers to help them work leaner and smarter. 

• Reducing cost base 

No law firm has an unlimited budget. By outsourcing areas 

of back office and administrative functions, from IT to telephone 

answering, firms are recognising that building outsourcing 

relationships offers huge potential for cost 

efficiencies as well as increased profitability. Outsourcing is 

on the rise as firms reduce their workforce, augment their 

use of technology, and improve their processes and procedures 

- knowing they can receive a better-quality service 

with an external expert for less spend. 

• Delivering the very best in customer experience 

Forward-thinking law firms are responding proactively to 

current global economic conditions - focusing on providing 

best-in-class client service while increasing process efficiencies 

across administrative functions. Outsourcing offers 

firms a great opportunity to embrace new ways of working 

in what is a client-driven market demanding the very best. 

Exceptional service is no longer a `nice to have’ – it’s vital in 

gaining competitive advantage. Firms need to provide a first 

class service at every client touch point, every time. 

• Business continuity 

All businesses have to assess the risks and determine the 

threats to their business, whether that be resourcing issues 

caused by bad weather, an IT or telecoms failure, staff sickness 

or something else. Engaging with an outsourced partner 

mitigates that risk, giving the peace of mind firms need 

to keep business flowing. 

• Expertise and skill 

Typically, companies that outsource business functions do 

so to save money, increase efficiency and profitability – but 

there’s another very important driver that can make a world 

of difference. As business people we like to think we can do 

it all but the reality is we generally can’t. Smart firms recognise 

that there is a wealth of expertise available to their inhouse 

team in the form of highly skilled external 

professionals. All the benefits of great new additions to the 

team without the employment headache 

• Flexibility 

Currently most firms have a fixed, often small, number of 

employees to cover any one particular business function. 

For many keys positions, staff levels are insufficient to meet 

growing demands and certainly to deliver excellence. In our 

world of telephone answering for example we know that it 

is all too easy for firms to miss telephone calls with staff busy 

or unavailable, thereby missing opportunities and compromising 

client service. 

• Traditional front of house is disappearing 

The sight of a receptionist sitting at the front desk juggling 

visitors with answering the telephone is fast becoming a 

thing of the past. Taking over are concierge style ‘meet and 

greet’ lobby receptions focused entirely on hospitality and 

dedicated to giving visitors the best possible welcome. This 

means that receptionists in a separate location can focus 

purely on taking calls, which doesn’t necessarily need to be 

within the firm itself, especially if office space is of the 

essence as discussed above. 

• Increased profitability 

We cannot afford to miss any inbound enquiries. We cannot 

afford to divert skilled resource to other tasks. We can add 

value to most people’s jobs. We don’t have to maintain underutilised 

workforces awaiting peaks 

Bill Kirby is a director of Professional Choice Consultancy 

offering advice to firms on business issues from 

strategy, planning, business development, the effective 

use of IT applications and IT hosting for compliance, 

business continuity and DR. He can be contacted at billkirby@professionalchoiceconsultancy.com

MYSG & MTSG 

MTSG News 

Faces Old and New 

First, I would like to congratulate all current and previous members of MTSG that have recently 

qualified or started new jobs during September. Second, I would like to send out a massive welcome 

to all those new trainee solicitors and paralegals in Manchester – we look forward to meeting 

you all at our events throughout the year and it is an exciting time to be joining the legal 

sector in Manchester. If you have still not received one of our MTSG welcome packs, then please 

email one of our General Secretaries, emily.taylor@simpsonmillarllp.co.uk or didi.ogbo@tltsolicitors.com 

and they will be able to assist. 

The MTSG Committee are underway with the various events planned for the year – numerous 

venues have been booked, entertainment has been lined up and sponsorship has been secured. 

Again, I would to thank all of our new and current sponsors for the interest they have shown in 

this year’s MTSG calendar. 

MTSG Launch Party 

The first MTSG event of the year is our MTSG Launch Party at the newly-opened and exclusive 

venue, Menagerie, which is due to take place on Thursday 06 October. The MTSG Launch Party 

is promised to be one of the biggest events on the MTSG calendar and we look forward to seeing 

some fresh faces. For the year ahead, our Social Directors plan to arrange unique events and 

provide like-minded legal professionals with the opportunity to network in a relaxed and fun 

atmosphere. There are plenty of ideas in the pipeline, including combining social and sporting 

events. Watch this space! A huge thank you in advance to Seraphina Wilkins, Loretta Woollams 

and Georgina Anwyl for all their hard work in organising the Launch Party. 

FELT – For The Smaller Trainee Intake 

FELT, F(ewer) than E(ight) or L(ess) T(rainees), aims at getting trainee solicitors together who may 

not get the same opportunity to network with other trainee solicitors in the work environment. 

This year’s FELT Launch Party, organised by our FELT Director, Alex Herbert, is due to take place 

late in October at the Red Door, Deansgate (details to follow). With free drinks, offers on cocktails 

and prizes to be won, it looks to be a great night, and a perfect way to kick-start this year’s 

FELT events. 

Following the FELT Launch Party, our FELT Director has lots of exciting events planned within 

the Manchester area, including cocktail making, gin tasting and a night at the infamous Bongo 

Bingo! A great schedule for what will be a promising year of FELT activities. 

Post-Summer Blues? 

Is there a better way to get through the dark cold nights of October other than booking a holiday? 

The MTSG doesn’t think so, which is why we have organised the MTSG Ski Trip! Come and 

join us in Val Thorens between the 7th and 14th January 2017. For only £600, you will get return 

flights from Manchester, overseas airport transfer, 7 nights self-catered accommodation and a 

6-day resort ski pass. Does it sound like this is for you? If so, please contact our Activities Director, 

Chris Berry, at chris@solislaw.co.uk – but you best hurry as places are limited and we have 

already received a great deal of interest! Don’t forget that this trip is not only available to MTSG 

members, so if you have friends that ski/board, please feel free to spread the word. 

Save the Children and Forever Manchester 

The MTSG has chosen Save the Children and Forever Manchester as its chosen charities for this 

year. Our first charity event of the year, organised by our Charities Director, Heena Kapadi, is 

due to take place on Wednesday 19 October at the Clarins Concession within House of Fraser, 

Deansgate. Each attendee will be greeted with a glass of prosecco and a Clarins goody bag 

made up of 5 samples. Clarins will provide a 20-minute demonstration consisting of skincare 

and make up advice, followed by 4/5 different pamper stations for everyone to enjoy. 

Attendees will then have the opportunity to make purchases and for every item purchased, 

you will receive a raffle ticket for the raffle draw at the end of the evening. Tickets for this event 

will be available shortly. If you have any particular ideas for fundraising activities, please email 

our Charities Director, Heena Kapadi, at heena.kapadi@slaterheelis.co.uk. 

Legal Eagles 

Throughout September and October, we will be busy attending law and career fairs, putting 

the MTSG name out there for the trainees of the future and answering questions they may have 

about law firms, training contracts and generally offering a word of advice. We will be supporting 

BPP University, The University of Law, The University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan 

University and University of Salford in their respective mentoring schemes and assisting 

them throughout the year with their careers events. This year, we will be offering numerous 

volunteering opportunities; to include the District Judge and Coroner’s shadowing schemes 

and we will be working closely with Deans Court Chambers to provide advocacy training events 

for members. 

The new year will bring in further events and exciting opportunities as we will be looking at organising 

the NQ talks and events for members approaching qualification, however, we will also 

be arranging events tailored to our paralegal members. These events will focus on securing 

training contracts and alternative routes in the legal profession, such as CILEx. We have also 

been liaising with fellow young professionals from different professions with a view to arranging 

a young women in business networking event in the new year – watch this space! If you 

have any comments or suggestions for education opportunities you would like MTSG to provide, 

then please email one of our Education Directors, grace@lundbennett.co.uk or 

alasdair.jones@dwf.law. 

We do love a good pun… 

Our Marketing Director for this year, Sophie Burrows, has already demonstrated her love of puns 

as well as her ability to provide the MTSG audience with numerous laughs on our social media 

platforms. I would encourage all MTSG members to follow us on Twitter (@mcrtsg) or join our 

Facebook group (MTSG 2016/17). We will announce all our events on Twitter and Facebook, 

and provide you with the opportunity to sign up to all MTSG events 

throughout the year. 

Matthew Flanagan 

Chair of MTSG 

Trainee Solicitor at Turner Parkinson LLP 

matthew.flanagan@tp.co.uk 

The Manchester Trainee Solicitors Group provides social, education, 

sporting and networking opportunities for junior legal professionals 

in and around Greater Manchester. If you would like to 

become a member, whether you are a paralegal, prospective trainee, trainee or newly qualified 

solicitor, please visit the ‘Join Us’ section of our website (www.mtsg.org.uk), contact 

us via twitter (@mcrtsg) or via the facebook group (MTSG 2016/17). 

MYSG News 

Autumn 2016 Manchester Young 

Professionals Ball 

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22 Charity News 

New Manchester based charity app helps house moving clients 

As lawyers, there are many time we come across clients 

who need to clear out possessions from their homes. It’s 

often when they are moving house, or it may be when 

they are having to clear out a loved one’s possessions 

after they have passed away. 

Whatever the circumstances, there’s a new app that might 

make life easier for them, as well as helping a good cause 

along the way. 

Based in Manchester, Gone for Good is a free smartphone 

app (available on iPhone and Android devices) that allows 

users to get rid of any unwanted clothing, furniture, or other 

household items, while helping out local charities. They simply 

donate the items using the free app. 

The award-winning app (*) also aims to encourage recycling 

and re-use, so it helps the environment too. 

The service aims to re-channel 6% of the saleable clothing, 

furniture and other items that currently end up in landfill. If 

it does this, charity shops could double their income, which 

will go towards helping important causes across Manchester 

and the rest of the UK. 

Gone for Good also aims to double the amount of stock for 

those living below the poverty line that rely on charity shops 

for clothes, children’s toys, furniture and other items. 

How can you or your clients use the app? 

• Download the app – from Google Play or the App Store 

(or go to www.goneforgood.org.uk) 

• Take a picture – Take a photo of the items on their 

phone, using the app so that the charity knows what to 

expect (there’s also a House Clearance option, too). 

• The charity collects – The chosen charity then gets in 

touch and arranges to collect the items direct from the 

property. 

Mark Charnock, Managing Director of Gone for Good, and 

a qualified solicitor himself, said “Lawyers can play an important 

role in increasing the number of goods donations 

that charities receive from people moving house. Simply by 

bringing attention of clients to the app they can help both 

good causes and clients. The app has a house clearance 

function that should particularly help bereaved clients 

clearing out relatives’ possessions. 

The app also ensures a donation is offered out to other 

charities if the donor’s chosen one can’t take it. This ensures 

a donation offer can be dealt with quickly, which is important 

to both house movers and bereaved clients. It’s a winwin 

situation for them. It solves a problem at what is often 

a stressful time, and saves them time and money.” 

The app was developed in Manchester, piloted across 

Greater Manchester earlier this year and the service went 

national in April. Charities participating across Greater Manchester 

include several national ones such as Cancer Research 

UK, British Heart Foundation, Sue Ryder and Debra. 

Local charities participating include Tree of Life (Wythenshawe), 

ReBuild (Bury), RSPCA (Bury and Oldham), BCTFS 

(Bolton), Bolton Hospice, Willow Wood Hospice (Ashton), 

Renewal North West and the Furniture Station (both Stockport). 

For more information about Gone for Good visit 

their website 

(www.goneforgood.org.uk) 

or contact Mark on 0161 262 0161 or 

mark@goneforgood.org.uk 

Note (*): Gone for Good was awarded the Best Not for Profit 

Project at the Big Chip Awards in Manchester in June and is 

nominated in two categories in the up-coming Charity Times 

awards in London) 

Don’t want it? 

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charity with the Gone for Good app. 

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Why legal firms should tackle the 

skills shortages head on 

Those of you who have 

read our previous articles 

will be aware that we 

launched our first legal 

salary survey earlier this 

summer and found some 

highly interesting results. 

Not only did we reveal 

that the majority of legal 

firms feel that the skilled 

talent pool has shrunk 

over the past year, we also 

uncovered some interesting 

insights into the factors 

that contribute to the 

growing skills shortages 

within the UK legal sector. 

Anyone operating within 

the profession or who reads 

the press is likely to be 

aware that there are significant, 

and growing, skills 

shortages impacting the 

legal field. Previously, it was 

assumed that these were 

solely down to fewer numbers 

of talented graduates 

choosing to move into law, 

however that perspective 

makes little sense, it’s hardly 

likely that the quality of 

graduate talent will fall off a 

cliff seemingly overnight. 

Others have suggested that 

the shortages are down to 

the very nature of the legal 

profession which has 

pushed more ethically and 

liberally minded graduates 

into other alternative sectors, 

like technology. However 

this too doesn’t add up. 

Technology also suffers 

from a huge dearth of talent, 

possibly more so than 

law, and suggesting that 

droves of previously legally 

focused graduates and students 

simply upped sticks 

to work in another sector 

because of a perceived discord 

between their ambitions 

and what the 

profession offers is naïve at 

best. 

However, our salary survey 

may have found the answer, 

or at least one of them. According 

to the study, legal 

firms across the UK are displaying 

rock bottom levels 

of staff attrition. Only 13% 

of firms reported that they 

were losing more staff when 

compared to this time last 

year which highlights the 

nervous and tentative nature 

of the profession itself. 

The problem is self-perpetuating. 

While firms notice 

the shortages of talent in 

the market, they become 

more reluctant to release 

professionals that they perhaps 

previously would have 

done. This in turn worsens 

the shortages, as there are 

fewer individuals available 

to fill vacancies at firms they 

may have been suited to in 

terms of culture or operating 

styles. Obviously, external 

factors have also 

contributed to the issue, not 

least the UK’s decision to 

leave the single market, but 

the fact that so many firms 

are showing a reluctance to 

let go of talent is certainly 

worsening the shortages. 

Business News 23 

Moneypenny opens the doors to pioneering workspace for 

world-class legal receptionists 

MONEYPENNY, the legal 

sector's leading outsourced 

switchboard and 

telephone answering specialist, 

has unveiled its 

new £15m headquarters. 

Designed to create “the 

happiest workplace in the 

UK”, the pioneering building 

reflects the company’s rapid 

growth and has been built 

based on the feedback of its 

500 employees – many of 

whom represent the country’s 

leading law firms and 

legal practices. 

Ed Reeves, co-founder and 

director of Moneypenny, 

masterminded the pioneering 

project. He said: “We understand 

completely what 

our legal clients need, and 

that's the very best receptionists 

in the world. Professional, 

positive and 

knowledgeable people, 

from an outsourcing partner 

with virtually no staff 

turnover, who will represent 

their firms to the highest 

standard at all times. Our 

new office has once again 

raised the bar in achieving 

this, ensuring we continue 

to attract and retain the 

most talented receptionists 

in order to support our legal 

clients in the future." 

Endorsed by the Law Society, 

Moneypenny answers 

in excess of two million calls 

a year for law firms across 

the UK. 

Inside, the striking 91,000sq 

ft building - which rivals the 

likes of Google and Apple’s 

headquarters - boasts a 

treehouse meeting room, 

its own village pub, a sun 

terrace and a triple height 

atrium with stadium seating 

and a restaurant offering 

free breakfast and fruit. 

Outside the development is 

equally impressive and surrounded 

by seven acres of 

landscaped grounds with 

nature trails, a duck pond 

and orchards with picturesque 

countryside views. 

Ed continued: “What we believe 

is simple: the happier 

our staff, the happier our 

clients. So when we made 

the decision to build a new 

office, we asked ourselves 

how we can make sure our 

receptionists are the happiest 

in the UK? The answer 

was easy - ask them. The response 

we got was phenomenal 

and their ideas 

formed the blueprint for the 

building’s design. For us, the 

office is more than just 

bricks and mortar. It’s a 

manifestation of our ethos, 

of our achievements so far, 

of our culture, and of our aspirations.” 

Moneypenny also worked 

closely with expert sound 

engineers to construct bespoke 

sound absorption 

and elimination technology 

that creates the perfect call 

handling environment. 

The problem can be most 

sharply displayed in the regions 

surrounding major 

cities like London, Birmingham 

and Manchester. Practices 

in areas like the Home 

Counties, which generally 

show the highest attrition 

rates as professionals are 

lured in by major city-based 

firms, have reported startlingly 

low turnover rates, 

which are emblematic of 

the growing issue. These 

firms can be seen as something 

of a canary in a 

coalmine and if few of them 

are willing to release staff, 

then firms across the country 

are likely to be in a similar 

position. 

While the shortages could 

be solved with additional 

external stimuli like a 

greater focus on promoting 

paralegal positions and 

more effort being put into 

diversifying the profession, 

greater confidence by legal 

firms to resume their normal 

hiring activity would 

also help. Practices should 

be less afraid of the shortages 

and instead look to 

tackle them head on. As a 

specialist legal hiring firm 

we can tell you, if you’re 

looking for talent we can 

find it, you just need to 

show a bit more confidence. 

Lynn Sedgwick 


Clayton Legal 

Joanna Swash, commercial 

director, for Moneypenny 

said: “We’re absolutely 

thrilled to reveal our new 

head office. Since Moneypenny 

was founded 16 

years ago it’s been our aim 

to set the industry standard 

for ‘excellence’ and our new 

headquarters is a natural 

progression of this.” 

Remarkably, the entire development 

cost the same 

price as a standard brick 

‘box’ office too. 

Ed added: “We provided our 

architects, AEW, with the 

same budget we’d been 

quoted to build a standard 

office and said ‘right, show 

us how we can create something 

amazing’. It was a 

challenge, but we ripped up 

the rulebook and that’s exactly 

what they did. Our 

new headquarters will deliver 

serious benefits for 

both ourselves and our 

clients, and we've already 

heard from a number of 

companies who want to use 

it as a model for their own 

developments.” 

Conveyancing and tech - there is no time 

like the present to make a change 

By Adam Bullion, Head of 

Marketing, InfoTrack 

Lately I have noticed more 

and more that technology 

has us living as a 24-hour 

society. Our days are quickly 

filled, particularly through 

the use of said tech, 

whether at home or at 

work, and we find ourselves 

describing our lives more 

and more as ‘busy’. Being in 

a fast paced society means 

we have learnt to expect instant 

gratification when 

purchasing an item or service, 

as well as receiving 

swift, exceptional customer 

service – and all at a competitive 

price, of course. As 

a service industry, legal 

firms are not immune to 

these attitudes and it is issues 

around the efficient 

use of time and the direct 

effects of it which can be 

addressed by using process 

consolidating technology. 

As global use of technology 

grows exponentially, legal 

firms have been pegged as 

slow to adopt new systems 

and processes, and as 

lawyers are often risk-averse 

and time-poor, there may 

be less motivation to spend 

unbillable time researching 

or implementing new tech- 

Able to house up to 1,000 

employees, the building 

further supports Moneypenny’s 

plans to create 

an additional 500 jobs 

within the next few years. 

This is the latest in businessleading 

moves that Moneypenny 

has made to 

guarantee the well-being of 

its staff. Four years ago, the 

nology. However, I recently 

read the Lexis Nexis Bellwether 

Report, 2016 which 

provided an optimistic view 

of attitudes toward technology 

in the legal industry, 

where it stated that over 

90% of the lawyers surveyed 

agreed that “continued 

investment in 

technology is no longer optional 

– it is a ‘must’”, and 

64% of respondents 

‘strongly agreed’ that continued 

investment in technology 

is essential to legal 

practices. 

So how does this stack up 

with reality? In a recent survey 

performed by InfoTrack, 

73% of conveyancers who 

responded said that they 

use between 3-5 websites 

to complete a conveyancing 

matter, and more than 

60% said that the ability to 

complete contracts online 

would make the conveyancing 

process more efficient. 

This clearly shows 

there is certainly an awareness 

that investing in consolidated 

technology is 

imperative to maintaining a 

competitive edge and 

being as efficient as possible, 

particularly in industries 

such as conveyancing. 

However, the same research 

company set up an office in 

New Zealand where legal 

receptionists fly out to answer 

overnight UK calls on 

six month secondments so 

they don’t have to work 

night shifts. 

shows that the market is 

still accessing numerous 

websites to complete a single 

transaction. From the 

initial searches through to 

indemnities and submission 

of notoriously lengthy 

forms, such as SDLT and 

AP1, you should expect to 

be able to access all the key 

tasks in one location, in turn 

creating efficiency and allowing 

you to focus on providing 

exceptional 

customer service. 

There is no time like the 

present to make a change 

in the technology you are 

using. Change can allow 

firms to turn their focus to 

those areas which clients 

value the most, those which 

make the biggest difference 

to their experience, which is 

especially important given 

that research shows how 

much time is required in 

managing client expectations. 

This means that by 

identifying systems and 

processes that are going to 

benefit both internal and 

external stakeholders in the 

long term, early adopters of 

innovative technology will 

reap the benefits.

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Welcome to the 

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SRA Handbook Consultation Bulletin - A Threat to 

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Two Codes of Conduct, one of which enables 

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to monitor and inform where we feel concerns 

 

proposals within the Consultations that conversely 

 

 

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The Coffee-Sugar-Wine-Sleep Trap! 

First just a little announcement that we’ll be saying goodbye to three sixtyº and welcoming Optimised 

Personal Wellness as our new name. The new name allows us to bring together the personal 

training gym and all our clinic therapies under one banner so we can reach more people 

with a clearer message. We hope you like it. 

On to more important matters however! 

One of the recurring stories we hear when working with time limited, stressed city centre professionals 

is that of the coffee-sugar-wine-sleep cycle. So easy to fall into and so hard to break! 

It goes like this: you wake up with less than optimal energy. To get yourself up and on point 

for the day, you make a bee line straight for the nearest caffeinated product. 

Then you feel as though you need sugar during the day to keep that high, and as caffeine suppresses 

appetite, you don’t feel much like eating whole food anyhow. 

After a busy and stressful day at work, with a commute thrown in for good measure, you arrive 

home and head straight for the nearest wine or beer bottle to take the edge off your day. 

After your evening meal (and more alcohol than you’d intended), you deserve something sweet 

while you get a bit of hard earned downtime in front of the TV. 

The alcohol, sugar, and bright screen from your phone lower the quality of your sleep, so you 

wake up feeling – you guessed it – tired, and the cycle gets a fresh start. 

Getting out of this trap is one of the most important things you can do; here are some tips we 

use with our clients: 

1/ Switch to green tea in the morning (my favourite is Dragonfly Moroccan Mint Organic 

Green Tea) 

2/ Make a conscious effort to eat whole food for breakfast (a NutriBullet with some frozen 

berries, spinach, nuts and whey protein is a great start if you’re time-limited) 

3/ Save left overs from the night before and bang it in a lunchbox with some avocado and 

olives for a great packed lunch option – and make sure you have access to healthy snacks like 

raw nuts and fruit during the day so you don’t get too hungry. 

4/ Restrict alcohol to the weekend! 

5/ Keep bright screens away from your eyes right before bed, it suppresses your main sleep 

hormone, melatonin! 

Follow these tips and you’ll start to look, feel, and perform better in no time. 

To your lean, healthy, optimised future, 

Matt 

Optimised Personal Wellness is based on Bridge St and is a private health clinic and personal 

training gym dedicated to taking care of Manchester’s busy professionals. 

For more information visit www.optimisedpersonalwellness.co.uk 

twitter: @optimisedmatt facebook: /optimisedpersonalwellness 

Manchester Law Society Members receive a 10% discount on personal training upon production 

of their Benefits of Membership Card

October 09 

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according to Fran 

I know I said I wouldn't do anything daft for charity again after doing Can You Sing Manchester 

dueting with John Ashcroft last year, abseiling (and screaming VERY loudly) down the side 

of Old Trafford the year before and jumping out of a plane the year before that! 

Well I have had my arm well and truly twisted and on 3rd November I shall be putting on my 

glitter, sparkles and dancing shoes and taking part in a charity "glitter ball" dance off (we are 

not allowed to call it anything to do with Stric*ly) in aid of Preston and Chorley Headway. Nine 

couples, made up of business people from Manchester who have all been teamed up with a 

professional dancer, are all practicing away ready for the big dance off at a glamorous gala dinner 

at The Lowry Hotel. I am obviously the Anne Widdecombe of the group and the only saving 

grace is I have a very lovely 23 year old professional world champion dance partner (high 

fives and fist pumps!!!!!) 

If you would like to support my latest escapade and this fabulous charity please follow the Just 

Giving link below: 

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ManchesterGlitterBall 

Sadly I understand there will be video evidence following the event!!!! 

As I write this Jack and I are in the process of making plans for his “21st NYC trip”. It’s been an 

eye opener to say the least. 

Jack said that this is his “special holiday” and we are not going shopping! New York and no 

shopping? 

Jack said that this is his “special 

holiday” and we are going to 

go and see a “sporting event”. I 

thought I was leaving football/rugby/cricket/darts 

behind 

me. I am now trying to 

find out what is on – baseball, 

basketball, ice hockey, American 

football and soccer are my 

instructions. 

Just to put him back in his 

grumpy place I put the following 

on the fridge with a note – 

“I see they have mannequins 

of you in New York which you 

will see when we go shopping!” 

of our cupboard and had been using 

Fixodent for the last couple of weeks. 

He did have the grace to look a tad embarrassed 

and said that he did wonder 

why it was so much thicker than normal 

and tasted “so minging”! 

And finally to prove publically that I absolutely 

do love my boy (to the moon 

and back again) this is for you on your 

21st Jack. 

Fran Eccles-Bech 

Executive Director 

On a different, but Jack related note, we were sat chatting 

one night (well I was chatting and he was grunting 

back at me – sat chatting is obviously a dream of mine 

– both of us talking to each other and communicating 

in an open and positive way – dream on!) when I said 

that I thought his teeth were looking a bit yellow and 

was he cleaning them properly every morning and 

every night. 

He was not impressed and grunted “shut uuuuup Muuuuum. 

Of course I am. Go and check the toothpaste if 

you don’t believe me” 

Which I did! 

Imagine my surprise when I looked in his bathroom 

cupboard and all I could see was Fixodent. 

He had ran out of toothpaste and gone into our bathroom 

and taken what he thought was toothpaste out 

He got me back by putting this 

on his bedroom door with a 

note on the fridge saying “as 

they say in America – just do 

it!” 

Monthly Competition 

David Rozman – The Hair Experience Competition 

Breaking up with your current salon is hard to do…… So let David Rozman make it a bit 

easier for you! 

At David Rozman we know how important it is to find a hairdresser who you trust implicitly to create the style 

you want. It can sometimes feel easier to stick with what you know – even though deep down you are not completely 

happy with your look anymore – than risk trying something new. 

So you can try our hair experts and see what makes David Rozman so different from any other salon experience 

we’re offering all Manchester Law Society members 25% off all of our services on your first visit! 

In addition, one lucky winner who can answer the question below correctly will be in with a chance of winning a 

cut and colour worth up to £150 with four runners up receiving a complimentary cut at the David Rozman, multi 

award winning salon. 

ADDRESS:28 Queen Street, Alexandra Buildings, Manchester M2 5HX 

TELEPHONE: 0161 832 0179 

WEBSITE: http://davidrozman.co.uk/ 

To win a cut and colour to the value of £150 or one of 4 runner up prizes 

of a complimentary cut answer the following question: 

Q -What percentage discount is available to Manchester Law 

Society members at David Rozman? 

and send to FranEccles-Bech@manchesterlawsociety.org.uk 

no later than 14th October 2016 

The winner of the Oxygen Freejumping competition was Justin Whelan 

of Clyde & Co

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A legal 500Llaw firm based in Manchester are looking for an additional 

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their own litigated caseload. Great benefits and progression. 

Salary £24,000-£30,000 per annum. 

Contact Lauren at lc@clayton-legal.co.uk 

Regulatory/Health and Safety 


Tier 1 Legal 500 firm with international offices, looking to recruit a 

2-4 year solicitor/lawyer to join their Regulatory Team. Caseload 

will consist of Regulatory/Health and Safety files, experience of 

Criminal Regulatory defence would be essential for this role. 

Salary negotiable. 

Contact Simon at ss@clayton-legal.co.uk 

Construction Solicitor 


Legal 500 firm based in Manchester, looking to recruit an experienced 

Construction Solicitor, dealing with high value and complex 

construction disputes from inception to conclusion. 2-6 years PQE 

and strong academic background, experience of NEC3,FIDIC and 

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Defendant Costs Lawyer 


Award winning national Defendant firm seek an experienced Defendant 

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Commercial Property Paralegal 


Manchester based Law firm looking to appoint an ambitious paralegal 

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Property Matters. Salary £35,000 - £40,000 per annum. 

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Commercial Property Solicitor 


Manchester based Law firm looking to appoint an experienced 

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Holiday Sickness Fee Earner 


An expanding and highly reputable Law firm based in Manchester 

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caseload of Litigated or Pre litigated Holiday Claims independently. 

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Law Costs Draftsman/Costs Lawyer 


One of the Leading UK Costs Practice is on the hunt for an extensively 

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Proclaim Developer 


Responsible for enhancing productivity through the further development 

and support of the firms Proclaim Case Management 

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will work closely with the main stakeholders in the business to 

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RTA Fee Earner 


An established Law firm based in Manchester is looking for a 

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