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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

BLS Annual Awards Dinner 3rd November 2022

Check out our digital Awards Brochure with a welcome from our C0-Presidents, full details of the award categories and links to our wonderful supporters who make this event possible. We look forward to celebrating the best of the local profession with you on 3rd November! BLS Awards 2022 Digital Brochure Nomination Brochure 2022 Nomination Online Submissions Booking Form 2022

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Howden Insurance Brokers Ltd is a leading provider of insurance brokerage, risk consultancy and employee benefits advice.

Part of the Howden Broking Group, we place over $11bn of client premiums into international markets. Spanning across 40 different territories, with over 6,500 employees, we have the scale and expertise to deliver for our clients.

For more information, please visit www.howdengroup.com

News:

Howden proud to announce new PII sponsorship of the Bristol Law Society | Bristol Law Society

Resources:

July 2022 – Howden Market Report- Solicitors’ Professional Indemnity Insurance July 2022 | Bristol Law Society

May 2022 – Premium Matters: Latest Newsletter from Howden (emailcc.com)

Guidance for firms renewing their PII in April 2022

March 2022 – Premium Matters – Latest Issues Affecting the Legal Sector February 2022

A selection of articles from the above can be found in the bullets below:

SRA guidance for solicitors advising on leasehold property – Conveyancing continues to be the area of practice that generates the most claims for insurers of solicitors’ PII which includes claims arising from poor or inadequate advice in relation to leasehold property.
Taking on roles outside your practice as a solicitor – understanding the regulatory implications of engaging in roles outside regular work as a practising solicitor, and the potential for incurring personal liability.
Solicitors’ PII – A ‘claims made’ policy – what does that mean? – where a claim is brought in relation to a matter which was completed and closed a few years ago – which PII policy should you notify the matter to? The policy in place when the work was done or the policy in place now?
Stakeholder solicitors defeat buyer-funded development claim – guest written by DAC Beachcroft who consider the outcome of a recent case Various North Point Pall Mall Purchasers v 174 Law Solicitors Ltd v Key Manchester Ltd [2022] EWHC 4 (Ch) which dismissed claims against 174.
Market gets tough on cyber insurance for law firms – with an increase in cyber threats, we outline developments in the cyber insurance market that law firms need to be aware of
Tackling the Menopause taboo
How to better support women’s health