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DASLS Sustainability Conference
Date: Wednesday 21st October 2026
Time: 9:45am - 3:00pm
Venue: Michelmores, Pynes Hill, Exeter
Programme:
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9.45 am – 10.15 am |
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10.15 am – 10.45 am |
Reduce, Restore, |
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10.45 am - 11.00 am |
COFFEE/TEA |
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11.00 am – 11.30 am |
Sally Redman, Landmark |
From Data Challenges to Employee Engagement: Building A Net Zero Journey |
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11.30 am – 12.30 pm |
Fraser Browning, Kurb Carbon |
Adding value through sustainability and ESG agendas |
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12.30 pm – 1.00 pm |
LUNCH |
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1.00 pm - 1.30 pm |
Dr Laurence Couldrick, Westcountry Rivers Trust |
Putting water in Net Zero |
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1.30 – 2.00 pm |
Chris Chandler, Lex Auto Lease |
EVs |
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2.00 pm – 2.30 pm |
Sarah Bailey, Nexus Open Systems |
Think Before You Prompt - The real cost of AI in your law firm |
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2.30 pm – 3.00 pm |
Rob Marsh - Client Success Director Team Jump |
Why nobody cares about Climate Change |
Sophie Hill, Climate Growth Manager, Ecologi
- Introduction to Ecologi: Our 3R Framework for effective climate action (Reduce, Restore, and Report)
- Reduce Overview: Brief overview of what carbon accounting is and why it is important for law firms to measure their annual emissions
- Restore: Nature vs. Carbon: An in-depth dive into nature-based restoration vs. carbon credits - weighing the pros, cons, biodiversity co-benefits, and greenwashing risks
- Law Firm Use Cases and Reporting: Aligning impact with firm operations and having verifiable data for ESG disclosures and clients
From Data Challenges to Employee Engagement: Building A Net Zero Journey
In this session, Sally Redman will share the challenges of starting Landmark’s net zero journey, from collecting emissions data and navigating carbon reporting requirements to working with sustainability platforms that did not always deliver as expected. She will discuss how engagement was built across the organisation, the initiatives successfully implemented, and Landmark’ FY27 plans, including how we're using our knowledge and experience to support DASLS and its Green Badge Initiative.
Key topics include:
Join us to hear practical lessons learned and ideas for accelerating your own sustainability journey.
Adding value through sustainability and ESG agendas
Fraser will be delivering an interactive session on how legal firms can add genuine value through sustainability and ESG agendas. With pressure mounting for businesses of all types to engage with sustainable best practice, the business case for sustainability is writing itself.
Fraser will talk through where these pressures are coming from, using case studies to showcase how sustainability can add genuine commercial value for law firms. Fraser will also deliver an interactive session to help law firms identify how they can progress their sustainability agenda in a way that goes beyond tick boxing, and maximises the value delivered.
Putting water in Net Zero
Dr Couldrick explores how integrating water into Net Zero strategies benefits businesses but also directly protects local rivers. Treating and pumping water consumes high energy, driving carbon emissions. By reducing usage, optimising wastewater facilities, and lowering urban runoff, we cut carbon footprints while preventing river pollution and sustaining critical aquatic ecosystems.
Think Before You Prompt - The real cost of AI in your law firm
Sarah Bailey, Head of Marketing, Nexus OS. AI might feel instant and invisible, but every prompt has a footprint. Behind the tools we use every day are data centres consuming energy, water and resources and as AI adoption accelerates, so does that demand.
In this 20-minute session, we'll look behind the prompt at the real-world impact of AI, how Microsoft and others are rethinking the infrastructure that powers it, and what that means for law firms.
Most importantly, we'll bring it back to practical action: how firms can use AI more intentionally, choose the right tools for the right tasks and balance productivity, sustainability, cost and professional responsibility. This isn't about using less AI. It's about using AI better.
Rob Marsh - Client Success Director at Team Jump, a climate-tech business on a mission to empower and motivate people to take action for a sustainable future will be delivering a session on 'Why nobody cares about Climate Change' where he'll be sharing insights from Team Jump's 2026 Sustainability Engagement Trends Report about the reasons why people aren't taking climate action, and what employers (specifically law firms) can do to change that.
Fees:
DASLS Green Badge Subscribers £20.00 + VAT (3 for 2 offer! Book 3 places on this seminar and get the cheapest FREE!)
DASLS Members/Affiliates: £40.00 + VAT (3 for 2 offer! Book 3 places on this seminar and get the cheapest FREE!)
Non-members: £80.00 + VAT per head
We are pleased to announce we will be joined by the following speakers:
Robert Lee is Professor of Law at the University of Birmingham. He has acted as specialist adviser to the European Parliament, the European Commission, the House of Commons, and the National Assembly for Wales and has worked for the Department for the Environment in Northern Ireland (drafting environmental legislation), the Irish Environment Protection Agency, the UN Environment Programme, and the UN Development Programme. Professor Lee works on two large European research projects on chemical risk and environmental and human health and is a co-investigator in the ReCreate circular economy programme. He acts as Special Advisor on ESG to Landmark Information Group.
Sally Redman, Landmark
Sally Redman is the Net Zero Lead at Landmark Information Group, driving the organisation’s decarbonisation strategy and helping clients define and deliver their net zero ambitions. She supports organisations in collecting and interpreting emissions data, translating it into credible near term and long-term targets aligned with climate commitments.
With over a decade of experience in environmental risk management—now expanded to include emerging climate related risks—Sally brings strong technical expertise to her net zero work. Her background spans Phase 1 Environmental Assessments, Phase 2 Ground Investigations, flood risk assessment, and climate risk evaluation. She holds a BSc in Environmental Hazards, an MSc in Contaminated Land Risk Assessment, and is an IEMA accredited auditor and Fellow of the Geological Society.
Fraser Browning
Fraser is a sustanability expert who founded Kurb Carbon Ltd in 2025 with a view to find new ways to share sustainability knowledge with those who need it, empowering others to embed sustainable best practice deep into their organisation.
With a decade of experience in the sustainability space, Fraser's experience spans compliance, consultancy, carbon accounting, and strategy development and implementation across a range of sectors, including hospitality, construction, social housing, professional services, residential, manufacturing, and education." 
Dr Laurence Couldrick
Dr Couldrick is the Chief Executive Officer of the Westcountry Rivers Trust, an environmental charity dedicated to restoring freshwater habitats across Southwest England and 2024/25 DASLS Charity of the Year. Holding a PhD in biology, he has spent over two decades pioneering integrated catchment management, multi-million-pound conservation projects, and sustainable funding models like Payments for Ecosystem Services. 
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02nd January 2017 | Management Training
SRA Account Rules - Your Essentials Date: 24 September 2026 Time: 9:30am - 12:30pm Venue: Exeter Racecourse, Exeter Speaker: Janet Taylor Course Outline: Why you and your staff should attend these sessions? We’ve had lots of recent consultations on/discussions around these Rules, some changes are coming, some are still being considered. It is vital that firms are fully up to date, including on current principles and best practice. The protection of client money remains is the joint and several responsibility of all principals in a law firm. This responsibility extends not only to their own compliance but that of all employees. Effective compliance depends upon everyone in the firm understanding their role and responsibilities, the firm’s own procedures and communicating information effectively. These two sessions are designed for everyone in a law firm to keep up to date, with a good understanding of the key rules and common pitfalls. The sessions will be practical and participative and will use case study exercises and examples. Morning session - Your essentials Aimed primarily at staff with little or no knowledge of the Accounts Rules and those who are returning to this area and need to get back ‘up to speed’ and will cover: The SRA Standards and Regulations Where are we now? Where the SRA Accounts Rules fit in Areas of the Codes of Conduct which impact on the SRA Accounts Rules? Who is covered by the Rules The Accounts Rules Fundamental principles All the key definitions Client versus non-client money. Disbursements Holding and dealing with client money Bank accounts Receipts and payments Transferring money for costs Dealing with balances Accounting records requirements Client account reconciliations an overview Fees: DASLS Members/Affiliates: Half Day: £145 plus VAT Full Day: £225 plus VAT (discounted rate applied if you also book the afternoon session) Non Members: Half Day: £165 plus VAT Full Day: £250 plus VAT (discounted rate applied if you also book the afternoon session) Janet Taylor FCA, Partner Taylor Mowbray LLP and Consultant, PKF Francis Clark Janet has been joint owner of Taylor Mowbray LLP for over 15 years. Prior to that she spent over 10 years with a top 20 accounting firm heading up their specialist solicitors’ group. She currently acts as a consultant to a PKF Francis Clark as part of their specialist solicitors group. A highly experienced presenter of over 20 years’ experience, she has also become known as a specialist on the SRA Accounts Rules. She presents to a wide range of law firms through in-house and public seminars. Clients have included several major international and national law firms as well as accountants. Janet is the current Subject Matter Expert for the ICAEW’s Solicitors Community Advisory Group and co-author with Andrew Allen of the current version of the Law Society Solicitors and the Accounts Rules manual. ...
02nd January 2017 | Management Training
SRA Account Rules - Key Risks & Common Problem Areas Date: 24th September 2026 Time: 1:30am - 4:30pm Venue: Exeter Racecourse, Exeter Speaker: Janet Taylor Course Outline: Why you and your staff should attend these sessions? We’ve had lots of recent consultations on/discussions around these Rules, some changes are coming, some are still being considered. It is vital that firms are fully up to date, including on current principles and best practice. The protection of client money remains is the joint and several responsibility of all principals in a law firm. This responsibility extends not only to their own compliance but that of all employees. Effective compliance depends upon everyone in the firm understanding their role and responsibilities, the firm’s own procedures and communicating information effectively. These two sessions are designed for everyone in a law firm to keep up to date, with a good understanding of the key rules and common pitfalls. The sessions will be practical and participative and will use case study exercises and examples. Afternoon session – Key Risks & Common Problem Areas While the SRA Accounts Rules allow some ’flexibility’ this can bring its own challenges. This session will look at some of the high risk areas and common problems. Aimed at those with or needing a wider knowledge of and responsibility for compliance, particularly partners and COFAs, and will cover: Latest Guidance from the SRA Responsibility for compliance and the role of the COFA (and those who support them) Higher risk areas and the latest SRA guidance on these issues, including: The prohibition on providing banking facilities through the client account Dealing with residual balances; Reviewing reconciliations; Money held in the Client’s own bank account ‘Suitable’ systems and procedures and written policies Changes we have seen so far Fees: DASLS Members/Affiliates: Half Day: £145 plus VAT Full Day: £225 plus VAT (discounted rate applied if you also book the morning session) Non Members: Half Day: £165 plus VAT Full Day: £250 plus VAT (discounted rate applied if you also book the morning session) Janet Taylor FCA, Partner Taylor Mowbray LLP and Consultant, PKF Francis Clark Janet has been joint owner of Taylor Mowbray LLP for over 15 years. Prior to that she spent over 10 years with a top 20 accounting firm heading up their specialist solicitors’ group. She currently acts as a consultant to a PKF Francis Clark as part of their specialist solicitors group. A highly experienced presenter of over 20 years’ experience, she has also become known as a specialist on the SRA Accounts Rules. She presents to a wide range of law firms through in-house and public seminars. Clients have included several major international and national law firms as well as accountants. Janet is the current Subject Matter Expert for the ICAEW’s Solicitors Community Advisory Group and co-author with Andrew Allen of the current version of the Law Society Solicitors and the Accounts Rules manual. ...
02nd January 2017 | Management Training
Time recording and Pricing Masterclass Date: Tuesday 29th September 2026 Time: 9:45am - 1:00pm Venue: Exeter Racecourse, Exeter Speaker: Robert Mowbray Course Outline: Attending this seminar will provide you with simple and practical advice on how you can charge for more of your time and at higher rates. Time recording The many benefits of recording all of your time Grey area questions to illustrate best practice Writing narratives that show “the value delivered to the client” Using billing notes to deal with a range of things including out of scope work Pricing strategies How will AI impact on pricing?” Understanding pricing windows and recognising that you can charge more and have happier clients Understanding the full range of pricing mechanisms and when they should be used Learning from other industries with fierce price competition Identifying ways of quoting that are better for the firm and the client Learning how to negotiate fees with greater confidence Managing discounts and asking for something in return Trading instead of discounting Using conditional offers Setting a walkaway point Action planning Fees DASLS Members/Affiliates: £130 before 31/08/26 then £145 plus VAT Non Members: £165.00 plus VAT 3 for 2 offer! Book 3 places on this seminar and get the cheapest FREE! Robert Mowbray BSc FCA Robert is an accountant who has worked in and with professional service firms for 30 years and who is an expert on law firm profitability and management. He has provided training and consultancy services to over 1,000 firms across 40 countries. His clients have included everything from the largest City and Global firms, through large regional firms and down to the most entrepreneurial smaller firms. He is regularly asked to help with a wide range of issues including time recording, pricing and fee negotiation, project management, accelerating cash flow, strategy, profit sharing arrangements and improving the quality of management information. He also helps lawyers to understand the financial statements of their clients. Robert is the author of “Maximising the profitability of law firms” and was the author of the Law Society’s annual financial benchmarking survey from 2006-2009. He is also the author of the annual NatWest financial benchmarking survey which is done for both solicitors and accountants. He has been voted “Trainer of the year” by the Legal Education & Training Group and is an Industrial Fellow of the Business School at Kingston University. Robert trained in the early 1980s with PWC and spent 20 years as a partner at Macintyre Hudson LLP before setting up Taylor Mowbray LLP with Janet Taylor in 2009 to be a niche and independent advisor to professional service firms. ...
02nd January 2017 | Management Training
SRA Account Rules - Your Essentials Date: 24 September 2026 Time: 9:30am - 12:30pm Venue: Exeter Racecourse, Exeter Speaker: Janet Taylor Course Outline: Why you and your staff should attend these sessions? We’ve had lots of recent consultations on/discussions around these Rules, some changes are coming, some are still being considered. It is vital that firms are fully up to date, including on current principles and best practice. The protection of client money remains is the joint and several responsibility of all principals in a law firm. This responsibility extends not only to their own compliance but that of all employees. Effective compliance depends upon everyone in the firm understanding their role and responsibilities, the firm’s own procedures and communicating information effectively. These two sessions are designed for everyone in a law firm to keep up to date, with a good understanding of the key rules and common pitfalls. The sessions will be practical and participative and will use case study exercises and examples. Morning session - Your essentials Aimed primarily at staff with little or no knowledge of the Accounts Rules and those who are returning to this area and need to get back ‘up to speed’ and will cover: The SRA Standards and Regulations Where are we now? Where the SRA Accounts Rules fit in Areas of the Codes of Conduct which impact on the SRA Accounts Rules? Who is covered by the Rules The Accounts Rules Fundamental principles All the key definitions Client versus non-client money. Disbursements Holding and dealing with client money Bank accounts Receipts and payments Transferring money for costs Dealing with balances Accounting records requirements Client account reconciliations an overview Fees: DASLS Members/Affiliates: Half Day: £145 plus VAT Full Day: £225 plus VAT (discounted rate applied if you also book the afternoon session) Non Members: Half Day: £165 plus VAT Full Day: £250 plus VAT (discounted rate applied if you also book the afternoon session) Janet Taylor FCA, Partner Taylor Mowbray LLP and Consultant, PKF Francis Clark Janet has been joint owner of Taylor Mowbray LLP for over 15 years. Prior to that she spent over 10 years with a top 20 accounting firm heading up their specialist solicitors’ group. She currently acts as a consultant to a PKF Francis Clark as part of their specialist solicitors group. A highly experienced presenter of over 20 years’ experience, she has also become known as a specialist on the SRA Accounts Rules. She presents to a wide range of law firms through in-house and public seminars. Clients have included several major international and national law firms as well as accountants. Janet is the current Subject Matter Expert for the ICAEW’s Solicitors Community Advisory Group and co-author with Andrew Allen of the current version of the Law Society Solicitors and the Accounts Rules manual. ...
02nd January 2017 | Management Training
SRA Account Rules - Key Risks & Common Problem Areas Date: 24th September 2026 Time: 1:30am - 4:30pm Venue: Exeter Racecourse, Exeter Speaker: Janet Taylor Course Outline: Why you and your staff should attend these sessions? We’ve had lots of recent consultations on/discussions around these Rules, some changes are coming, some are still being considered. It is vital that firms are fully up to date, including on current principles and best practice. The protection of client money remains is the joint and several responsibility of all principals in a law firm. This responsibility extends not only to their own compliance but that of all employees. Effective compliance depends upon everyone in the firm understanding their role and responsibilities, the firm’s own procedures and communicating information effectively. These two sessions are designed for everyone in a law firm to keep up to date, with a good understanding of the key rules and common pitfalls. The sessions will be practical and participative and will use case study exercises and examples. Afternoon session – Key Risks & Common Problem Areas While the SRA Accounts Rules allow some ’flexibility’ this can bring its own challenges. This session will look at some of the high risk areas and common problems. Aimed at those with or needing a wider knowledge of and responsibility for compliance, particularly partners and COFAs, and will cover: Latest Guidance from the SRA Responsibility for compliance and the role of the COFA (and those who support them) Higher risk areas and the latest SRA guidance on these issues, including: The prohibition on providing banking facilities through the client account Dealing with residual balances; Reviewing reconciliations; Money held in the Client’s own bank account ‘Suitable’ systems and procedures and written policies Changes we have seen so far Fees: DASLS Members/Affiliates: Half Day: £145 plus VAT Full Day: £225 plus VAT (discounted rate applied if you also book the morning session) Non Members: Half Day: £165 plus VAT Full Day: £250 plus VAT (discounted rate applied if you also book the morning session) Janet Taylor FCA, Partner Taylor Mowbray LLP and Consultant, PKF Francis Clark Janet has been joint owner of Taylor Mowbray LLP for over 15 years. Prior to that she spent over 10 years with a top 20 accounting firm heading up their specialist solicitors’ group. She currently acts as a consultant to a PKF Francis Clark as part of their specialist solicitors group. A highly experienced presenter of over 20 years’ experience, she has also become known as a specialist on the SRA Accounts Rules. She presents to a wide range of law firms through in-house and public seminars. Clients have included several major international and national law firms as well as accountants. Janet is the current Subject Matter Expert for the ICAEW’s Solicitors Community Advisory Group and co-author with Andrew Allen of the current version of the Law Society Solicitors and the Accounts Rules manual. ...
02nd January 2017 | Management Training
Time recording and Pricing Masterclass Date: Tuesday 29th September 2026 Time: 9:45am - 1:00pm Venue: Exeter Racecourse, Exeter Speaker: Robert Mowbray Course Outline: Attending this seminar will provide you with simple and practical advice on how you can charge for more of your time and at higher rates. Time recording The many benefits of recording all of your time Grey area questions to illustrate best practice Writing narratives that show “the value delivered to the client” Using billing notes to deal with a range of things including out of scope work Pricing strategies How will AI impact on pricing?” Understanding pricing windows and recognising that you can charge more and have happier clients Understanding the full range of pricing mechanisms and when they should be used Learning from other industries with fierce price competition Identifying ways of quoting that are better for the firm and the client Learning how to negotiate fees with greater confidence Managing discounts and asking for something in return Trading instead of discounting Using conditional offers Setting a walkaway point Action planning Fees DASLS Members/Affiliates: £130 before 31/08/26 then £145 plus VAT Non Members: £165.00 plus VAT 3 for 2 offer! Book 3 places on this seminar and get the cheapest FREE! Robert Mowbray BSc FCA Robert is an accountant who has worked in and with professional service firms for 30 years and who is an expert on law firm profitability and management. He has provided training and consultancy services to over 1,000 firms across 40 countries. His clients have included everything from the largest City and Global firms, through large regional firms and down to the most entrepreneurial smaller firms. He is regularly asked to help with a wide range of issues including time recording, pricing and fee negotiation, project management, accelerating cash flow, strategy, profit sharing arrangements and improving the quality of management information. He also helps lawyers to understand the financial statements of their clients. Robert is the author of “Maximising the profitability of law firms” and was the author of the Law Society’s annual financial benchmarking survey from 2006-2009. He is also the author of the annual NatWest financial benchmarking survey which is done for both solicitors and accountants. He has been voted “Trainer of the year” by the Legal Education & Training Group and is an Industrial Fellow of the Business School at Kingston University. Robert trained in the early 1980s with PWC and spent 20 years as a partner at Macintyre Hudson LLP before setting up Taylor Mowbray LLP with Janet Taylor in 2009 to be a niche and independent advisor to professional service firms. ...
