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Corporate Members 2022

3PB Albion Chambers Ashfords Barcan + Kirby Beale & Co Bevan Brittan BLM Burges Salmon Clarke Willmott CMS CMNO DAC Beachcroft The Family Law Practice Foot Anstey (including Enable Law) Freeths Fussell Wright GL Law Guildhall Chambers Irwin Mitchell Solicitors Lyons Davidson Marc White & Co Meade King Osborne Clarke Paragon Costs Solutions Queen Square Chambers Royds Withy King Simmons … more

BLS features in Bristol Post oldest thriving companies in Bristol

Excerpt from the article: How Bristol’s oldest companies are still thriving after more than 100 years in business They include the city’s last-surviving chocolate maker a wine merchant and a tannery. Why do some companies struggle to survive beyond a year while others flourish for hundreds? Although more than 90 per cent of small companies in Britain will survive one … more

No 12, The Meeting Rooms – Conference, Meeting and Mediation Rooms for Hire

Please note that the BLS office is shut to members at present as we continue to work from home during the pandemic.  Bristol Law Society’s suite of conference and meeting rooms including a suite of mediation rooms are conveniently located in the centre between the Waterfront Area and the Old City in a modern building situated on the corner of … more

BRISTOL CIVIL JUSTICE CENTRE – PUBLIC LAW COURT LISTINGS

Practitioners should note that District Judge Exton, District Judge Rowe and District Judge Howell hold Public Law tickets. Each case is allocated to a Case Management Judge on issue or on transfer from the Family Proceedings Court.

The Circuit Judges will continue to list directions hearings, Case Management Conferences and Issues Resolution Hearings on a Monday. The District Judges will have Case Management lists on a Tuesday so that practitioners do not find themselves double courted.

The District Judges’ intention is to list final hearings at the Case Management Conferences as their itineraries need to be planned at least 3 months in advance and therefore parties should bring details of witness availability with them to the CMC.