Law Society Council Update March 2019
It’s been a while since my last Council update, and I never got a chance to provide you with an update before the January meeting. My apologies for that. So, here, I have decided to provide you with a compendium of the December and January meetings (there was no February meeting). Our March meeting is…
Law Society Council Update December 2018
As always, there are a couple of general caveats that apply to these updates: Firstly, Regulation 24 of the Law Society Council Regulations obliges a member to keep confidential all matters coming to within his knowledge arising from his membership of the Council or any of its committees. So, obviously, this obligation limits the extent…
Law Society Council Account 2016 – 2018
When I ran for Council in 2016 I made two promises in the context of my election campaign, I said that I would: Commit to working for you: I said that I would work hard on your behalf for the two years of my term as effectively as I could as a Council member, making…
Law Society Council Update October 2018
It’s been a while since my last update, as I was on holidays in July when the last Council meeting took place. Our current meeting was originally due to take place at the end of September, but that meeting was rescheduled to Friday, 5 October, when I will also, unavoidably, be away. So here I…
Law Society Update June 2018
You are long overdue your Council update, as I note that in preparing this one, you haven’t had one from me since January. But there are good reasons for this. There was no meeting in February, the March meeting was cancelled because of the Beast from the East, I was in the US at a…
Law Society Council Update January 2018
A very belated Happy New Year. (It is never clear to me each year when we get to stop saying that anyway!) For various reasons I was unable to bring you a Law Society Council update in December, so this is a double-bill, arising from my attendance at the November and December meetings. As always,…
Law Society Council Update November 2017
As always, these updates are subject to the fact that the business of Council is governed by confidentiality, and therefore, restricted to matters falling properly in the public domain generally. And the general caveat applies that these are ephemeral updates that I’m compiling quickly. Therefore, I’m writing and posting this pretty much as it comes…
Law Society Council Update September 2017
I missed the last Council meeting on 14 July as I was away on holiday. However, it would appear that a lot of important business was done at the meeting. As always, these updates are subject to the fact that the business of Council is governed by confidentiality, and therefore, restricted to matters falling properly…
Law Society Council Update June 2017
Legal Services Regulation Act, 2015 – Legal Partnerships The last piece of activity reported on was the request by the LSRA for submissions on the question of legal partnerships (partnerships including barristers). The Law Society prepared an excellent submission on the issue which focused on the importance of safeguarding the compensation fund in the context…
Law Society Council Update April 2017
I attended my fourth meeting of the Council on 3 March last. As always, these updates are subject to the fact that the business of Council is governed by confidentiality, and therefore, restricted to matters falling properly in the public domain generally. And the general caveat applies that these are ephemeral updates that I’m compiling quickly. Therefore,…