President's Review - Stephen Mahoney

Two months in and what has the President been up to?   In summary: one conference, one County Societies Group (CSG) meeting, one Parliamentary visit, four meetings relating to DASLS Awards, one Twin Bars meeting, one Sunday Legal Service, three formal dinners, one 10 kilometre walk, one Sub-Committee and one main Committee meeting. The conference was for Presidents and Honorary Secretaries and meant that, for the first time, I made it over the threshold of 113 Chancery Lane.  The Friday was particularly busy, starting with the CSG Meeting at which Fraser Whitehead, Chair of the Council Membership Committee outlined the thoughts of his com...

The Law Society Bicentenary Event

DASLS were pleased to join The Law Society, their President Richard Atkinson and engagement manager Bethany Quinn to celebrate 200 years and consider their Strategic Plan 2025 - 2028 and the future of law. Thank you to our Chief Executive tony steiner and President Stephen Forsey and to all our DASLS Committee Members who supported the event. Nicola Hall Cheryl Bolt Claire Lovett Martin Laver Richard Adams Ben Darby...

President's Review - Stephen Mahoney

Time flies and, it seems, never more so than when you agree to become President of DASLS.  I can scarcely believe it is over two years ago that I got the phone call from tony Mason at the behest of the College of Past Presidents, to enquire whether I would be prepared to be nominated as Deputy Vice President.  My personal involvement with our local Law Society had been peripheral until then.  However, since stepping onto the conveyer belt which has brought me to the Presidency for 2018/19, I have come to appreciate what a lot of time and effort goes into making DASLS the highly regarded and effective body that it is.  The bedrock is undoubtedly the stability...

DASLS 2019 Annual General Meeting - Preliminary Notice

As a DASLS Member you are invited to attend the Society’s Annual General Meeting on 30 April starting at 6.00 p.m. at the Exeter Golf & Country Club . The short business meeting will be followed by a members’ dinner.  The Committee hope to see as many members as possible.   The purpose of an AGM is to give members an opportunity each year to meet the directors i.e. the Committee members, to ask questions and receive information about the  Society. The AGM notice will be sent out electronically with the e-bulletin Buzz. If you would prefer to receive a hard copy of the AGM documentation, please contact monique@dasls.com   Below the report from the...

Happy New Year from Aston Court

Thank you to everyone who responded to the stakeholder survey that I circulated before Christmas in preparation for the DASLS strategic review. Congratulations to Deborah Baker, Toller Beattie who won the prize draw of a case of wine.   The review working party meet in February and so it is not too late to give us feedback about DASLS, what we do and how we do it. The survey is still available for returns (email me for a link) or you may wish to simply drop me a line with any thoughts you have.   Have you ever considered becoming more involved with DASLS? Our Sub-Committees are the lifeblood of what we do and they always welcome new members. They offer a g...

President's Review

President's Review Sue Aggett   The first few months as your President have flown by and it has been a very busy time. At the beginning of May I attended the Presidents’ and Secretaries’ Conference at Chancery Lane, with our Honorary Secretary, Chris Hart.  This was an extremely timely and useful couple of days and I certainly picked up some practical advice on dealing with the media, sharing learning for promoting local law societies and learning from other professions.  tony steiner was part of the line up in a workshop which looked at engaging with in house lawyers.  We will be looking at the learning as part of our ongoing organisational and str...