The Newcastle upon Tyne Law Society Legal Awards 2 (posted: Thu 19 Aug, 2010)
The Newcastle upon Tyne Law Society Legal Awards will be presented at the Annual Dinner on 11 November 2010 in Newcastle.
You can enter yourself for an award or nominate someone else. You can also enter as many categories as you like. Entry is free. The judging panel will meet in October to review the nominations and prepare a shortlist for each award category.
The deadline for submissions is 25 September 2010.
The categories for awards are:
* Newcastle Law Society Lawyer of the Year
* Newcastle Law Society Law Firm of the Year
* Special Achievement Award
* Newcastle Prize (Trainee)
* University of Northumbria Prize (Trainee)
Rules and Guidelines apply - please contact 0191 232 5654 for further details.
Can you deliver a local CPD Course? (posted: Mon 16 Nov, 2009)
Could you present a seminar for us?
We are always looking for new presenters with expertise in their particular subject areas and an engaging presentational style.
Are you a member of an interest group or perhaps sit on a particular specialist committee?
We are particularly interested in making contact with speakers in the North of England. In the first instance you are welcome to register your interest by telephoning (in confidence) Kate Goodings, Director of Operations on 0191 232 5654 or email mail@newcastlelawsociety.co.uk.
PII Renewal (posted: Fri 28 Aug, 2009)
The following letter comes from Robert Heslett, President of the Law Society of England and Wales
Dear colleagues
I wanted to alert you to an important a potentially beneficial development in relation to the PII market.
Many firms are in the midst of their renewal process for the regulatory minimum PII renewal.
Within the past five days two new market entrants have been confirmed as qualifying insurers for solicitors’ PII. Perhaps most importantly one will target the smaller end of the market.
I wanted to share this potentially important news with you and to ask for your assistance in making this as widely known across the profession as possible.
In today’s Professional Update we will be providing further details. We are also briefing the Gazette and we anticipate the Gazette will carry this both online and in the print versions. We are also briefing our Practice Advice Service so that they can provide this information to any solicitor/member enquiries.
The two organisations that have been confirmed as qualifying insurers are Hannover Reinsurance operating through their exclusive brokers Lockton, and XL operating through their brokers Aon for smaller firms.
We understand that XL will be writing cover for sole practitioners and above. Hannover will be providing cover to firms with at least four partners.
Since the price and availability of PII cover is a matter currently of market forces, an increase in the number of suppliers, particularly in less well serviced segments, must be potentially helpful.
If we can provide any further information or guidance to any local law society, I hope you won’t hesitate to contact us.
Locum/Part-Time (posted: Tue 3 Feb, 2009)
I am available for locum/part time employment. Details of my experience are available on my web page www.jamesdoran.co.uk or contact me on 01207 560937/07803 296735
