News Archives - Birmingham Law Society

BLS stands up against racial inequality Most of the world has been outraged by the death of George Floyd. Sadly his death has highlighted ongoing injustices and inequalities that exist within communities. We express our condolences and sympathy with his ...

June 5, 2020

Cybersecurity: Are your incident management plans fit for purpose in the new normal? The new normal The way that the majority of us now work has changed beyond recognition in a few short weeks. IT departments have worked tirelessly to enable us to continue to do business, irrespective ...

June 4, 2020

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games are recruiting! Birmingham 2022 are looking for an experienced, commercially savvy and diplomatic new hire to join the Organising Committee (OC) as the Head of CEO’s Office. The role will support the CEO in a capacity similar to a ...

June 2, 2020

Spotlight on: Family Law Committee Birmingham Law Society has 14 professional committees, dealing with different areas of legal practice and/or areas of common interest to the profession. They are the engine room of the Society, undertaking work that ...

May 28, 2020

Changing Our Lives: Rights-based charity seeking pro bono support with understanding and application of the Human Rights Act and other relevant legislation (May 2020) Changing Our Lives is a rights-based organisation, that works alongside disabled people and people experiencing mental health difficulties, of all ages, as equal partners to find solutions to social injustice and health ...

May 26, 2020

Enhance Your Practice’s Marketing in Lockdown It is important everyone stays safe, but we shouldn’t shy away from talking about marketing during this time, after all the successful nature of your firm ensures your staff are paid and families are provided for going ...

May 22, 2020

Supporting the Conveyancing Industry – by Tony Rollason While at the start of the year, Brexit was considered as one of our main concerns or risks to the property market, everything has changed so quickly and clearly there are now far greater concerns challenging us all. ...

May 22, 2020

Lockdown: Top Ten Compliance Activities – by Jayne Willetts I am writing this column as we begin week 4 of the lockdown. My sincerest wish is that, by the time you read this, the advice will be redundant and that we will be out of lockdown and back to normal operations. If not, ...

May 19, 2020

Embrace Remote Working from Home with Confidence and Efficiency – by John Espley, LEAP UK John Espley, LEAP UK CEO writes about the rise of remote working and the long-term benefits it can bring to a law firm. The culture of remote working is fast becoming the norm for most companies. There are occasions ...

May 19, 2020

Furloughing and Annual Leave So, with much of the population now furloughed, everything seems to have settled down somewhat and all the major confusion regarding the Government Corona Virus Job Retention Scheme appears to be resolved, or is it? ...

May 19, 2020