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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

Legal Walk – 3rd June – All urged to attend

It is with regret that due to unforeseen organisational arrangements that the Legal Walk on Monday will be postponed to September.

 

The South West Legal Walk is taking place on Monday 3rd June leaving from Bristol Law Society’s premises at The Law Library on Small Street at 5pm.

As well as being in aid of charity, this year local solicitors and members of the Bar are urging members to come along to demonstrate the solidarity of the profession and its objections locally to the criminal Legal Aid proposals put forward by the Ministry of Justice.

The PCT consultation paper is open until 4th June and all BLS members are asked to register their objections to the proposals by responding to the Consultation, writing to their local MP and also signing the e-petition referred to elsewhere in BLS news.

The proposals are said to be plans to reduce access to justice by depriving citizens of legal aid or the right to representation by the Solicitor of their choice.