Not IF ... but WHEN! by SPONSOR - Alchemy

Not IF ... but WHEN! by SPONSOR - Alchemy These days it’s no longer a case of IFyour firm will be the target of a cyber attack but WHEN. The cyber threat to firms is increasing daily with attacks becoming ever more sophisticated targeting people, networks and devices.   In 2015 the UK government published the results of a survey into information security breaches:   74% of small businesses reported a security breach   63% of businesses provide security awareness training to their staff. Unsurprisingly 72% of the companies where the security policy was poorly understood had staff-related breaches.   Only 27% of small businesses and 39% of large...

President's Charity

President's Charity   FREEFALL FROM 15,000FT TO HELP  LOCAL HOSPICE PATIENTS AND FAMILIES   North Devon Hospice has been named as charity of the year for the Devon & Somerset Law Society, as nominated by President Mark Roome. On Friday 10th March 2017 everyone connected with the Society is invited to take the ultimate leap and join in a skydive in aid of the President’s charity.   The 15,000ft freefall will take place at Dunkeswell Airfield near Honiton and your President Mark Roome will be leading from the front by taking part himself!   Stephen Roberts, Chief Executive of North Devon Hospice, said that he hoped to see as many p...

Admissions Ceremony 2018, DASLS Christmas hours and Legal Sunday Service 2019

DASLS ADMISSIONS CEREMONY 2018   Photograph below courtesy of Bridget Batchelor Photography, bridgetbatchelor.com   17 recently qualified solicitors were welcomed into the Solicitors’ Profession on Monday  8 October at the Guildhall in Exeter when they received Certificates of Congratulations presented by His Honour Judge Erik Salomonsen.       DASLS CHRISTMAS HOURS   We will be closing at 5.30 p.m. on Friday 21 December and reopening at 9.00 a.m. on Wednesday 2 January 2019.   We hope all our members have a lovely Christmas and new Year!     SAVE THE DATE - LEGAL SUNDAY SERVICE 2019   Will be held at Exeter Cathedral on Sunda...

President's Charity

President's Charity   NORTH DEVON HOSPICE PROUD TO BE DASLS CHARITY OF THE YEAR   It is with great pride that North Devon Hospice has been named as charity of the year for the Devon & Somerset Law Society, as nominated by new President Mark Roome. Mark is a big personal supporter of the charity and recently took part in their Mission:Unbreakable fundraising event, a grueling obstacle challenge in which he had to tackle 10km of mud, water, fire and ice! But he and the rest of the team at Toller Beattie pushed themselves through this in order to support a cause that he is passionate about. North Devon Hospice’s Chief Executive, Stephen Rober...

HM Land Registry Annual Update - 13 March 2019

DASLS Land Registry Update annual spring event is being held afternoon of 13th March 2019 at Exeter Racecourse.   Representatives from Produce Development and the Customer Division at HM Land Registry will be in attendance to present some news about Digital Mortgage and steps we are taking to improve interactions with customers.   Digital Mortgage is an innovative new approach to how charges are handled and processed. At the presentation, members will hear about the steps taken to date by HM Land Registry in developing this system, and how it’s planned this will be rolled out over time – and the benefits it’s hoped will be delivered by Digital Mortga...

LawCare Making Mental Health Matter

LawCare is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and marked the occasion with an afternoon conference in London on 10 October, World Mental Health Day. LawCare has witnessed significant growth and change in the legal profession over those two decades, as organisations start to embrace the mental health agenda and recognise the need to look after those who need support with mental health issues.   We have played our part, moving from being a charity that supported lawyers who had difficulties with alcohol, to one that offers help with issues ranging from stress to depression to anxiety to bullying at work, right across the profession in the UK and Irelan...