4 From the President
News from the President
Every year this column starts
with the new President saying
how honoured and privileged
they are to be taking on the
role of Liverpool Law Society
President – this year is no
different. It has to be said
because it is true. I am really
looking forward to my year
representing Liverpool Law
Society members, the legal
profession in Merseyside, and
the region generally.
Although I am writing this
column before I officially take
office, I am already getting a
flavour of how busy the next
year is going to be. As VicePresident I was getting quite a
few emails from and about LLS,
but over the last few weeks this
has greatly increased, and I’m
sure will continue to do so.
There are so many decisions to
be made – the first being which
photograph to have on the Law
Society wall and which to use
for this column, others are not
quite so self-centred.
The next year will continue to
be a challenging one for all of
the profession and Liverpool
Law Society is here to try to
help members weather the
storm and cope with all the
pressures on them, including all
that the government throws at
us. Firms need to manage the
work to be able to survive and
come out of the recession
maybe leaner, but stronger.
I do not have set themes for my
year, unlike my efficient
predecessor, but my main aim
for the year is information
dissemination. Information from
and to our members to other
Local Law Societies, though the
Joint Four; to The Law Society
through our local council
members and our meetings with
Law Society officers and staff:
and to local and national
government though responses
to consultations, and meetings
with MPs and local councillors.
Within the last few weeks we
have held a meeting with the
local MPs, which was attended
by John Pugh and George
Howarth, this appeared to be
very productive, both MPs were
interested in what we had to say
and the effect all the recent
changes are having on the legal
profession, and on the clients
they serve. A full report of the
meeting is in this magazine. In
addition I attended a meeting
organised by Liverpool Vision at
which Louise Ellman MP and
Nick Small, Liverpool City
Councillor were present. The
aim of that meeting was to
discuss the problems in the legal
profession, and the potential
effect on the local economy,
and to see if th H