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Corporate Members 2020

3PB Albion Chambers Ashfords Barcan + Kirby Burges Salmon Clarke Willmott Cooke Painter Ltd Clyde & Co DAC Beachcroft Devereux & Co Enterprise Chambers The Family Law Practice Foot Anstey (including Enable Law) Fussell Wright Gregg Latchams Ltd Guildhall Chambers Irwin Mitchell Solicitors Kelcey & Hall Lyons Davidson Marc White & Co Meade King Michelmores LLP MS Rubric Osborne Clarke … 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. We can be contacted on info@bristollawsociety.com. In the meantime, our office is now operating as the Bristol Nightingale Court and accordingly, we are unable to hire out our facilities until further notice. (Oct 2020) Bristol Law Society’s suite … 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.