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  in association with…   A sell out crowd greeted Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty when she attended a joint Manchester Law Society and University of Manchester Law School event at the Spiningfield office of DWF on 1st May. Founded by way of a letter to the Manchester Guardian in 1934 Liberty’s work is never

  Entering a Team into the BUPA Great Manchester Run on the 18th May 2014? If your firm are entering a team into the BUPA Great Manchester Run, on Sunday 18th May 2014, three sixtyº Personal Training will be operating an exclusive, complimentary reception centre close to the start / finish lines, where your team

  More savings for Manchester Law Society members – new discounts available at Cheshire Oaks We are pleased to announce the arrival of Cheshire Oaks Designer outlet to your ever growing package of discounts available only with your Manchester Law Society member rewards card. Simply present your membership card at the Cheshire Oaks visitor centre

        SRA announces start of keeping of the roll This year’s keeping of the roll exercise will begin on Wednesday 7 May, the SRA has announced. Solicitors without a practising certificate who wish to remain on the roll will once again be able to complete the process online through the mySRA portal.

Issue Date: 04 April 2014           Latest version of the Handbook includes consumer credit changes Version 9 of the SRA Handbook which came into effect on 1 April is available on the SRA website. One of the key amendments is the change to the SRA Financial Services (Scope) Rules as a

THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM THE GREATER MANCHESTER STEERING GROUP IN RELATION TO THE CURRENT MOJ CONSULTATION TO TRANSFORM LEGAL AID – PLEASE DISTRIBUTE TO ALL CONTACTS AND STAFF WITHIN YOUR FIRM. HELP US TO SPREAD THE INFORMATION TO AS MANY IN THE PROFESSION AS POSSIBLE. You may  or may not be aware that a

Solicitors’ firms have reported the receipt of phishing email messages which purport to be from the Law Society and are sent from a variety of email addresses, including some fraudulently using the @lawsociety.org.uk domain. The emails are sent with a Word document and the subject ‘Notification regarding a fraudulent activity involving [recipient name]’. These emails

14 March 2014 Desmond Hudson to retire from the Law Society Desmond Hudson, chief executive of the Law Society, has today announced that he will retire from his role. He will leave the Society after this year�s AGM. Mr Hudson joined the Society as chief executive in September 2006.� Under his leadership, the Society has