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Corporate Members 2021

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

SRA CONSULTATION ABOUT IN-HOUSE PRACTICE

The Solicitors Regulation Authority announced on 27th March 2012 that they were consulting on changes to the SRA Practice Framework Rules.

They are seeking views on proposed amendments to rule 4 of the SRA Practice Framework Rules to help clarify the purpose and limitations of the rule in relation to the statutory position under section 15 of the Legal Services Act for in-house practice.

The consultation is not intended as a wider review of the area of in-house practice which they anticipate to undertake later this year.

To take part or to find out more, visit sra.org.uk/consultations

The deadline for responses to this consultation is 23 April 2012.