President’s Report

It has been a busy few months for the NNLS committee and members and it has been fantastic to see so many of you at our social and training events.

In May, we saw the return of our Countdown event at the Forum, and we were thrilled for it to be a “sell out”. It was hopefully great fun for all involved and very pleasing to note that Mark Fitch had not lost the knack of hosting Countdown during the pandemic-based hiatus. Huge thanks to all involved for putting on that event and to everyone who attended.

Later that month it was so wonderful to join over approaching 200 others of you at the Norwich Legal Walk, walking 10km around Norwich to raise much needed funds for the Eastern Legal Support Trust (who in turn support Norfolk Community Law Service). A fantastic £4,300 has been raised so far by all the participating firms and I know that NCLS are so grateful for the support of the local legal community both in terms of their fundraising and volunteers.

As we look forwards, we have started to plan our Annual Dinner which will this year return to the Assembly House and hope that many of you will be able to join the celebrations on that occasion. It is now an integral part of the Dinner that we recognise and reward practitioners achieving under a variety of categories. Further details of the awards are provided within this issue and will be sent out to the mailing list in due course, but I would encourage you all to consider who you might nominate in your firms or organisations for one of these awards – it is always fantastic to hear about and to be able to recognise the achievements of individuals practising in our community.

I hope you all have a fantastic summer and look forward to seeing you at one of our upcoming events soon.

Jessica Piper

President, Norfolk & Norwich Law Society