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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

Vice-President’s Round-Up


Ben Tarrant of TLT, Bristol Law Society Vice-president has attended a number of recent events. Here is his report:-

I attended the Bolland Lecture at UWE given by Sir Ian Carruthers OBE on the future of leadership in healthcare.  The guest list was impressive and included a number of high profile people from the healthcare sector and Bristol community and the Lady Mayoress of Bristol

 

I also attended the Deaf Law Quality Mark Awards on Monday – TLT is the first firm in the country to be awarded the accreditation. I encourage other firms to take action.

 

I further attended a Gromit Unleashed event at TLT where Ian Barrington, Divisional Director for Women’s and Children’s Services from University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust gave a presentation on the services provided in Bristol for children’s care and there was an auction for the Wallace and Gromit grand appeal. Gromit Unleashed sees 80 individually painted Gromit statues located around Bristol.

 

On 8th July, Ben Tarrant is also hosting a Panel at the BYlaw event “The Pink Ceiling” , looking at equality and diversity in the Professions. Speakers are Tim Hailes (JP Morgan), Lucy Scott-Moncrieff (President of Law Society), and Roger Harper (Employment Judge). The event will be held at TLT.