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President’s Report
by Matthew Olner
Welcome to this second LLS magazine of 2022. I hope you are all well.
A lot has happened since the last edition earlier this year. We have held our Awards Shortlisting Event followed by the Civic Dinner at the very lovely City Rooms. It was a very special evening. The University of Leicester Choir sang to us. We had the honour of an address by the National Law Society Vice President Lubna Shuja. Lubna takes office as National President in October. She will become the first Asian, first Muslim and only the 7th female president of the Law Society of England and Wales.
In May we held our Awards Ceremony at Athena for the first time in three years. It was a wonderful night. Many congratulations again to all of those shortlisted and to the worthy winners. Thanks to our panel of eminent Judges and to the team who worked so hard on organising the event.
We continue to benefit from the support of our Patrons: University of Leicester, De Montfort University, DG Legal, Marsh Insurance, Severn Trent Water, Synergy and Fraser Stretton.
And from our Business Partners: Freeline Creative, Cross Productions and Kazoo computer solutions.
We continue to raise money and profile for my nominated charity Leicester Children’s Holidays. On September 8th we have our Charity Golf Tournament at Kirby Muxloe with teams of 4 competing. I hope you can attend.
LLS continues to represent the interests of solicitors in Leicestershire. We pride ourselves on being one of the most active and diverse local Law Societies in the country. We are responding to Consultations. We continue to liaise with the National Law Society on a range of issues. At the time of writing this address we are arranging to send a delegation of delegation of LLS Main Committee members to Parliament, along with representatives from other local law societies in order to lobby Members of Parliament.
We continue to hold training sessions for local solicitors both online and in person. For more details I recommend that you take the time to visit our website. The website has been refurbished and upgraded. You will find details of all courses, events and member benefits and much more.
If you or your firm are not yet members then I encourage you to get involved. It would be great to have the benefit of your input.
Enjoy this edition of the magazine. Many thanks to the editorial board for their work in putting it all together.
Take care of yourselves and one another and see you , I hope.
Best,
Matthew Olner President, LLS
Redgate Farm Animal Sanctuary was founded in August 1986 at Shaw Lane, Markfield, Leicestershire by the Redmile family.
All the Animals in the care of the Sanctuary need support, we have many cats, rabbits as well as some rodents who are all looking for their new forever homes. We also have ducks and chickens looking for kind new homes too. For our permanent, elderly and sick animals at the sanctuary, there are many ways in which you can help them. You can do this by becoming a Friend of Redgate, or Sponsoring an animal. If you feel you can help more, please contact the Sanctuary.
