- The Law Society's Diversity Access Scheme Applications closing soon
- Private Client lawyers Feedback on issues impacting members re banks and financial institutions
- Menopause Free Webinar - Why being menopause aware is important to everyone! - Exclusive Member Visit to Castlefield Viaduct - Dates for the Diary - SOCIAL & EDUCATIONAL
- April Messenger - MLS Court Report Journal Issue 10 - Keep your website uptodate with Legal RSS
The Law Society's Diversity Access Scheme is a unique scholarship programme, designed to address key barriers to the solicitors' profession faced by those from less advantaged backgrounds. This has been publicised in The Messenger and weekly e-newsletter in the past. For those who are thinking of applying please note that the deadline for applications is midnight on the 16th April, 2023.
Our Manchester Law Society Private Client Committee has been approached by The Law Society following a recent meeting with the Ministry of Justice and the Office of the Public Guardien (OPG).
The OPG would like to know the extent to which members are experiencing problems with banks and financial institutions accepting instructions from attorneys on receipt of a photocopy or certified copy of a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA).
For example, banks not authorising full access to accounts by LPA holders, or barring them from telephone or app banking services, or online banking.
We would welcome feedback from you on whether you have found this to be an issue, and if so, with which organisations are you having difficulties?
Your answers will remain anonymous, unless you confirm to us that you are happy for the name of your firm/organisation to be shared with the Ministry of Justice.
We are thrilled to be partnering with Lisa Wright of Menopause the Wright Way to deliver a webinar demonstrating, whatever your age, position or gender, why being more aware of the challenges of those experiencing menopause is essential for everyone.
Some of the reasons include:
Approximately 7.1m British women currently of perimenopausal age (36-49)
Circa 12.5m women in the UK are already menopausal
75% of women experience menopause symptoms
It can bring about physical & psychological changes that you aren’t expecting
Premature menopause as a result of a medical condition can impact upon women of any age
This session will explore:
Menopause myths
Why we should all care (menopause demographics)
Understanding the different stages
It’s all about the hormones
Different types of menopause
Symptoms – what so many?
The potential personal impact
Possible implications for employers
Options for managing menopause
Supporting partners / family members / team members
Cost to attend: Free but you must book your place.
Now that it looks like 'the sun has got his hat on' why not come and visit Manchester’s garden in the sky, in all its spring splendour!
The National Trust has brought this iconic piece of Manchester architecture back to life, reimagining the space as a city centre green oasis. A place to escape the bustle of city life and connect back to nature, as well as revel in the historic majesty of its industrial past.
This is a temporary pilot project, to gauge interest and consult the public and business community on what future uses for the Viaduct could be, with a view to designing a permanent green, sustainable and accessible future for it, making it a permanent feature of the Manchester landscape.
We have two exclusive visits for Manchester Law Society members so why not join one of our visits to see for yourself?
Our Manchester Law Society visits are on 25th April at 9.00am and 24th May at 4.30pm and numbers are strictly limited to 25 people per visit.
Email ChandreMay@manchesterlawsociety.org.uk to book your place, giving the names of your party and your preferred date and time, which we will try and honour.
“Lawyers Leap to Defence of Firm Targeted by Digital Blackmailers”
No matter how many firewalls or other security measures they may have in place, every business is at risk from determined hackers intent on blackmail. However, as one case showed, the law can move fast to help victims minimise the damage.
The case concerned a leading firm of accountants, tax and business advisers, with numerous offices around the UK, whose IT systems had been hacked by persons unknown. The hackers had succeeded in stealing a mass of confidential and commercially sensitive information relating to the firm’s staff, clients and business.
The hack became apparent when a senior employee received an anonymous email threatening to release the information onto the dark web, or to the world at large, unless a ransom were paid in bitcoin. The firm swiftly launched proceedings and, within days, the matter came before the High Court.
Following an urgent hearing held in private, the Court issued an injunction against the hackers that forbade them from publishing or otherwise communicating the firm’s confidential information. They were further required to deliver up or destroy any such information that had come into their hands. Breach of the order would be a contempt of court, punishable by up to two years’ imprisonment.
In making the order, the Court was satisfied that the firm was the victim of attempted blackmail and that the hackers had come into possession of the relevant information by criminal and unlawful means. Given the nefarious nature of their activities, their freedom of expression rights were not engaged. Permission was granted to serve the order on the hackers via a website through which they had communicated with the firm or via the email address used to make the ransom demand.
Case notes: Armstrong Watson LLP v Person(s) Unknown. Case Number: KB-2023-001440
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