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18 November 2022
 
This Week's Stories Include:
 
- Manchester - a must-visit location
- New Kid On The Block

- Regulatory Conference 
-
100 Years of Women in Law
- Dates for the Diary
- November Messenger
MLS Court Reports Journal Issue 5
Find out more about MLS Advantage
 
 
Photo by Surya Prasad on Unsplash

We were thrilled to hear that Manchester has been included in the Lonely Planet 2023 must-visit list.

Included in the Learn category as a place “where your best souvenir is what you learn” we sit alongside El Salvador, New Mexico, Dresden, Marseille and Southern Scotland.

Should you need reminding what brilliant things we have in town, or if you have visitor you need to entertain, have a look at their articles 
“perfect day in Manchester” and “4 days to learn in Manchester”.

The guide reminds us that we are surrounded by great architecture, history, art, culture and science. With great independent businesses and beautiful surrounding areas. 

Suggested places to visit include Central Library, the People’s History Museum, the John Rylands Library, the Science and Industry Museum and the Manchester Craft and Design Centre.

While you're never short of somewhere good to eat and drink in Manchester the guide has highlighted local favourites Refuge, Mackie Mayor, Rudy’s, Escape to Freight Island, HOME and Ezra & Gil and many more!


Congratulations Manchester!

 

Launching fully next Thursday Manchester’s newest venue MUSU should definitely be on everyone’s bucket list.
 
We were lucky enough to be invited to the soft launch last night and it is a tasting menu concept that delivers an experiential dining experience.
 
The creation of two of Manchester’s most experienced hospitality specialists, Vincent Braine and Marius Kamara, whose credits include venues such as Suede, The Milton Club and Dive Bar & Grill, MUSU has been a 4 year journey from inception to fruition.  The pair have left no stone unturned, or details out, in their pursuit of delivering the ultimate in fine dining.
 
Their contemporary interpretation of Japanese dishes, with refinement as well as invention, incorporates the highest level of Japanese ingredients, flavours and techniques with European influences.
 
From the exquisite cocktails in the bar (we’d recommend the strawberry, peach and lemongrass cocktail which has a grey goose kick!), to the Omakase experience at the Sushi counter and Chef Patron’s Kaiseki and Setaku tasting menus this is truly a restaurant not to be missed.
 
Chef Patron Michael Shaw, whose illustrious career highlights have taken him from Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Gordon Ramsey’s Aubergine to Richard Neat’s eponymous restaurant in Cannes, has spent the last 18 months honing his passion for  Japanese cuisine, with all the precision, skill and flavours that entails.  The result is an exquisite tasting menu concept designed to deliver a multi-sensory dining experience, which it does!
 
Reservations can be made at reservations@musumcr.com or at https://musumcr.com/reservations/

 
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SPONSOR SHARD CAPITAL
 
Photo by RU Recovery Ministries on Unsplash
Date: Wednesday 23 November 2022
Time: 09:00 - 16:00
Location: 
The Midland Hotel, 16 Peter St, Manchester M60 2DS 
Cost to attend: 
MLS Members £120.00 + VAT (£144.00)
Non-Members £160.00 + VAT (£192.00)


Don't miss the MLS Regulatory Conference on 23 November, an essential event for all COLPs, COFAs and MLROs!
 
Sessions and speakers include:
  • SRA Update Jane Malcolm Solicitors Regulation Authority
  • The letter has landed! What next? Andrea Cohen, Compli at Weightmans
  • Risk management and looking towards the future for lawyers in tech and legal technology Kerrie Machin, Mitigo Group
  • What’s happening at LeO? Jason Chapman, Legal Ombudsman
  • Implementing ED&I policies and culture Nik White and Nikki Whittle, Brabners
  • Panel session: What’s making you/your COFA lose sleep? Chaired by Michelle Garlick, Compli at Weightmans


Click here to see the full programme and book your place or email
ChandreMay@manchesterlawsociety.org.uk 

By booking a place at this event you are agreeing to our terms and conditions details of which can be found here.

 
Date: Thursday 8 December, 2022
Time: 17:30 – 19:00
Location: Brabners, 100 Barbirolli Square, Manchester, M2 3BD
Cost to attend: free to attend but you must register for your place

Join us to discuss the different journeys of women in law – from different backgrounds and generations, how they have got to where they are and hopes for the future of the profession as they take part in a panel chaired by our very own Fran Eccles-Bech.

This event will be a celebration of the work and achievements of women in law, who inspired them, a look at the challenges faced and how far we have come in 100 years and to highlight what still needs to be done.

Book your place here or email ChandreMay@manchesterlawsociety.org.uk to secure your free place.

 
 
 
Regulatory Conference - 23 November 2022

100 Years of Women in Law – 8 December 2022

Employment Law Conference - 9 February 2023
 
By booking a place at any of our events you are agreeing to our terms and conditions details of which can be found here.
 
 
Your November Messenger is here! Published with our partners at Legal RSS.
 
Read it here!
 
Articles this month include:
  • Should I worry about inflation?
  • International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2022
  • The commercial case for racial and cultural diversity in the legal profession
  • Report from the September Joint V meeting
  • On the front lines of Greater Manchester’s housing crisis
Why not join in the conversation and share YOUR news with YOUR community.
 
Tell us all about your:
  • Movers & Shakers
  • Award wins
  • Charity work
  • Wellbeing initiatives
  • Interesting cases
  • We'd love to hear from you!
 
The deadline for the December edition is 25th November.
 
Don't forget Manchester Law Society Members get their articles published FREE OF CHARGE!  

 
Please submit your articles in a Word document or similar format, with a photo, by emailing messenger@manchesterlawsociety.org.uk

 
 
Check out the fifth edition of the MLS Journal Court Reports Magazine Published by Legal RSS

Read it here

Reports in this issue include:
  • Poor Contract Drafting Threatens to Derail COVID-19 Insurance Claim
  • Charity’s ‘Christmas Spectacular’ Benefits from Theatre Tax Relief
  • ‘Cheeky Monkey’ Comment a Racial Slur in a Workplace Context, ET Rules
  • Brexit ‘Likely to be a Relevant Factor’ in Intra-Europe Child Abduction Cases
  • Owner Kisses Goodbye to Speedboat Used to Smuggle 80,000 Cigarettes
  • High Court Slams ‘Indefensible’ NHS Contract Tendering Exercise
 

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