- Christmas Opening Hours for Bristol Civil & Family Justice Centre
- LawCare – the Big Give
- International Men’s Day November 19 2022
- Howden- Solicitors PII Market Overview
- Consultation SIF and PSYROC – deadline 3rd January 2023
- BLS Annual Award Dinner Winners!
- Barcan+Kirby expands Corporate and Commercial team with appointment of Senior Associate
- Climate Change: The New Frontier of Real Estate Due Diligence – Whitepaper
- Bristol One City Living Rent Commission – private landlord rent survey
- BLS Notice of AGM 16th November 2022 @5.45pm
- LawCare asks legal Community to ‘Tell Ten’ for world mental health day – 10th October
- Cost of Living survey for people and business – Bristol City Council
- Barcan+Kirby welcomes four Trainee Solicitors
- Shakespeare Martineau completes GL Law merger
- Annual Awards Dinner 2022 – Shortlist Announced!
- Wessex Searches launch their brand-new Learning Hub!
- Vacancies at the LSB Board
- SIF & PSYROC – Howden Response to SRA Discussion Paper
- University of Bristol Law Fair – 13th October 12-4pm
- CILEx Training Programme Comes to Bristol
- HMCTS monthly bulletin – August 2022
- Cash-flowing meritorious insolvency claims
- Law Firms unite to offer work experience to school pupils – Get involved!
- Avon and Somerset Police – Ransomware Advice
- A Lifetime for Justice – flagship event launched by High Sheriff of Bristol
- Wessex Searches – Improving our CON29DW Residential Template
- Howden Market Report- Solicitors’ Professional Indemnity Insurance July 2022
- The Law Society new guidance on solicitors’ undertakings
- The Law Society – updated supervision practice note and guidance
- The Law Society Council Elections
- Implementing a Net Zero strategy – Landmark Information
- Call for registration for QLRs in family and civil proceedings
- Sad news – Fergus Lyons
- BLS Annual Awards Dinner 3rd November 2022
- Expansion of the Trust Registration Service – What you need to know
- The Law Society Criminal Legal Aid Campaign – how you can help
- Companies with Sole Directors – An Important Update on Model Articles
- South West GL Law joins Shakespeare Martineau in merger
- Volunteer at Bristol Pride this year
- Responding to the criminal legal aid consultation
- Pro Bono Legal Help For Ukrainian Refugees – can you help?
- LAWCARE EXTENDS ONLINE CHAT SERVICE
- Research project on special measures decision-making – criminal law barrister participants
- The Law Society – Practicing Certificate Fee consultation
- Reducing Client costs, financial risks and generating cashflow for law firms pursuing litigation
- Landmark Information Group Climate Change Survey in association with BLS
- Approved Judgment of Sir Andrew McFarlane – Somerset Council v NHS
- Pro-bono Clinics – still going strong and as vital as ever!
- LawCare – Supporting the Legal Community for 25 years!
- Colleges mark launch of collaboration project Bristol Talent
- Eat Share Love – ’91 Ways’ fundraising cook book
- 3PB invests in Bristol Facilities
- Discounted BLS offer for Anything Goes at Bristol Hippodrome
- BLS Statement on Ukraine inc. local legal fundraising initiatives
- Will Search
- SRA survey- In-house solicitors – have your say.
- Property conveyancers accelerate digitisation strategies in fear of falling behind competitors
- Recognise your efforts with The Access to Justice Foundation Award 2022
- What’s going on with solicitors’ PII? Uncover the latest in Howden’s Market Report
- LAWCARE HITS MILESTONE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HELPED
- Bristol One City Boards – expressions of interest invited
- Mediation Research in Bristol Courts
- Getting Blood out of a Stone – handling the uncooperative ex-spouse.
- Howden’s December Newsletter and PII articles
- The Big Give – Be a LawCare star this Christmas
- BLS AGM bids farewell to Ben Holt and welcomes Co-Presidents Erin Sawyer and Edd Thompson in progressive move
- Bristol Drug Project – BLS Presidents’ Charity of the Year
- Bristol Old Vic are reaching out to the legal community to help them realise their upcoming show, The Meaning of Zong.
- Wessex Searches – Streamlining our commercial offering
- BLS Awards 2021 – Winners Announced!
- Thomson Reuters 2021 UK Small and Medium Law Firm Market (UKSMLF) report
- NEW RESEARCH INTO LAWYER WELLBEING MAKES CASE FOR PROFESSION-WIDE CHANGE
- HMCTS – Family Public Law Service Mandation
- BLS Annual Awards Dinner 2021 – Shortlist announced!
- Insight Legal wins the ILFM Solicitors’ Software Users Award 2021
- BLS’ new Annual Dinner Sponsor LCR provides 5 reasons to Mediate Costs Disputes
- Bristol City Council – Consultation on priorities deadline 26th Sept
- Dispute Resolution in England and Wales – MOJ call for evidence – deadline 30 Sept
- Employment Advice from Bristol Law Centre is changing
- Howden’s second Solicitors Market report of 2021 is now ready.
- HMCTS – Safely increasing capacity in our buildings from 19 July 2021
- The transformational powers of workflow – Article by Insight Legal
- Contested Financial Remedy Applications – HMCTS Update June 2021
- COVID-19: Operational notice for external court users of Bristol Civil and Family Justice Centre
- 2021/22 round of Queen’s Counsel honoris causa (honorary silk) awards by inviting nomination
- Promotions and retirements at Wards
- Burges Salmon receives platinum Investors in People accreditation
- EU Settlement Scheme – deadline 30th June!
- Nine Feet Tall Host Legal IT Panel Discussion on Digital Transformation
- Contested Financial Remedy Applications – HMCTS Update
- SRA agrees to Law Society’s request for SIF extension
- Are you working from home or living at work? Article by Insight Legal
- The Law Society Good practice for supervision of junior staff and trainees article May 21
- SRA Closure of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF)- Article by BLS Council member
- Howden proud to announce new PII sponsorship of the Bristol Law Society
- Online Applications under S8 Children Act 1989
- Law Care Resources #MHAW 10-16 May 2021
- The Law Society Awards 2021 are now open for entries
- Lateral Flow Test Guidance for local stakeholders: Bristol Civil and Family Justice Centre – April 21
- Myanmar update post delegation visit in 2019
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Corporate Members 2022
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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
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Bristol Law Society is a private members’ local law society of about 4500 which represents and supports the local legal community. Membership is renewable annually and is open to all … more
Legal Recruitment
Please note that Bristol Law Society no longer provide a recruitment agency service to local firms and individuals. We now offer the following recruitment solutions: Branded Direct Jobs Board Advertising … 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 … more
New report reveals significant LegalTech cluster in Bristol & Bath
A new report from Whitecap Consulting, conducted with support from key regional stakeholders, has found impressive levels of LegalTech activity, capability and employment across legal service providers, tech firms and … more
