Dunn and Baker Scratch team win the Skittles Cup

Dunn and Baker Scratch team win the Skittles Cup Another well attended Skittles event at the Brunswick Arms in Dawlish for the first DASLS Challenge event of the 2017 year.   10 Teams battled it out for the Skittles Cup with teams such as Beers team who travelling all the way from Kingsbridge to support the event and also a special mention to teams from Teignbridge District Council and Junior Law division who were also able to attend.     After two rounds with a total score of 81 the winners were Dunn and Baker! Comprising of Steven Came (who’s previous appearance at the Skittles was also on the winning side) and Damian Gorman who also had the highest...

What's on @DASLS

What's on @DASLS By Tony Steiner, DASLS Executive Director There have been comings and goings at Aston Court. As many will already know our Executive Assistant Hetty Rizman left DASLS at the beginning of April to pursue a career in accountancy. We wish her every success. Fortunately with support from ETS (Education + Training Skills), Exeter we had already recruited our apprentice Zoey Ravensdale who has done a great job of getting up to speed with the admin for our training courses. We have also recruited a second apprentice, Ella Baker, who will, by the time this newsletter has been published, have joined our team. This additional resource will allow more t...

DASLS Officers 2016 / 2017

DASLS Officers 2016 / 2017 At the Society’s AGM on 26 April, Officers were elected as follows: President: Mark Roome, Toller Beattie, Barnstaple Vice-President and Local Government Representative: Sue Aggett, Teignbridge District Council Deputy Vice-President: Stephen Mahoney, Porter Dodson, Wellington Honorary Secretary: Chris Hart, Wollen Michelmore, Torquay Honorary Treasurer: Richard Adams, Crosse & Crosse, Exeter Immediate Past President: Will Michelmore, Michelmores, Exeter Law Society Council Member: Rod Mole, Wollen Michelmore, Bideford Sub-Committees Chairs of: Contentious Business - Christopher Tagg, Cartridges Law, Exeter In-hou...

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DASLS Vice President, Ben Darby attends the opening of the Judicial year in Antwerp     ...

Challenge Cup Latest

Challenge Cup Latest The annual Pitch & Putt Golf at the Northbrook Approach Golf Course, Exeter was, after postponement, blessed with a beautiful sunny evening and once again DASLS member firms pitched up for some gentle rivalry.   Of course the usual posturing and excuses pre-empted play with mentions of dodgy backs, arthritic wrists etc.   Actually the biggest challenge for the teams was finding the holes and tee areas. The course is now severed into two areas by the flood defence work that is currently being undertaken and some holes have moved or it seemed disappeared altogether.  Most teams played most of the holes but not necessarily in the ri...

Perhaps the lawyers need to believe first ...

Perhaps the lawyers need to believe first ...   By Sarah Randall, Trainee Solicitor, QualitySolicitors Dunn & Baker   As a trainee solicitor I have heard the word ‘mediation’ thrown around throughout my studies so opted to study ADR as a module at degree level. Until becoming a trainee in my firm’s Civil Litigation Department I had never experienced being part of a ‘real life’ mediation.   During the course of my studies it was drummed into us that failing to mediate with no reasonable explanation can adversely affect your client’s costs position. We all know the importance of mediation but do we really appreciate the benefits? If we are...