- MLS Court Report Journal Issue 8 - Celebrate Chinese and Lunar New Year this weekend - MLS Employment Law Conference
- Posh Pub Quiz - Dates for the Diary
- January Messenger - Are your supervision procedures effective?
If you’ve been in town recently you’ll have noticed little red lanterns popping up which is a sure sign Chinese New Year is almost here!
The celebrations for welcoming the year of the Rabbit are taking place across Manchester and start this weekend. Here are some of the highlights:
Dragon Parade – on Sunday 22nd a traditional Dragon Parade will depart from Manchester Central Convention Complex at 12 noon. The dragon parade will make its way to China Town via Mount Street, Peter Street, Oxford Street, Portland Street, Princess Street and Faulkner Street.
China Town events – throughout Sunday there will be performances of acrobatics, singing, poetry readings, dancing and kung fu from 12 noon – 7pm along with a market, food stalls, lion dances, workshops and a funfair.
Manchester Central Library – pop in between 12:00 and 16:00 on Sunday 22nd to join the celebrations of the Year of the Rabbit with crafts, Chinese performance, workshops and talented face-painters.
Chinese market at Piccadilly Gardens – from Saturday 21st to Sunday 29th there will be a range of stalls featuring crafts, food and drink open from noon to 7pm daily.
Manchester Art Gallery – on Sunday 22nd from 10:00 until 17:00 visitors are encouraged to pick up a sketch book and pen from the Lion’s Den and explore the gallery’s bunny themed trail – you can even claim a free rabbit sticker if you show them your sketches! Artists Tina Ramos Ekongo and Jayson Gylen will also be in The Lion’s Den making rabbit themed crafts and Sarah from Cook Stars will be decorating a cakes with Chinese calligraphy.
Date: 9 February 2023 Time: 09:00 to 13:30 Location: Squire Patton Boggs, Spinningfields 1 Hardman Square, Manchester M3 3EB Cost to attend: MLS Members £75.00 + VAT (£90.00)
Non Members £100.00 + VAT (£120.00)
We are delighted to announce the date for the Employment law conference taking place on 9 February 2023.
Our keynote speaker will be Regional Employment Judge Franey.
For more information on the day and how to book your place please click here.
Date: 23 March 2023 Book in and Bubbles: 18:00 to 18:30 Quiz: 18:30 Location: Manchester Hall, 36 Bridge St, Manchester M3 3BT Entry fee: £20.00 + VAT (£24.00) per team member with a max of 5 per team
Places are selling fast for the Posh Pub Quiz on 23 March! So if you want to join us make sure you book your places quickly!
This year the Quiz is in aid of our charity of the year We Love MCRand is kindly sponsored by our friends at Interlink.
It’s all you can expect from your usual pub quiz – just a bit classier.
There’ll be rounds on film & TV, music, random knowledge, a picture round, and a genius round.
Book your team in asap as places are limited and will be allocated on a “first come, first served” basis.
The SRA has recently issued a guidance note on the importance of effective supervision. It is a timely reminder of what the SRA expects of firms and their managers to comply with their regulatory obligations and also as a matter of good practice. PII insurers will similarly expect effective supervision procedures to be in place as claims will often arise as a result of lapses in supervision. The guidance identifies a number of key themes including:
The need for supervision
Appropriate supervision arrangements
Conducting supervision
Ensuring supervision is effective
It gives examples of disciplinary case studies where supervision has failed and where significant fines have been imposed as a result. Don’t let this be you!
The Compli team’s experience of carrying out healthcheck audits shows that whilst most firms will have supervision and file review policies and procedures in place, the process fails or is ineffective either because the supervisors don’t have the time to devote to it or it becomes a tick-box exercise. In volume work types especially, we will see clients being passed to a paralegal/non-qualified employee to deal with the claim often without any evidence of input from the qualified supervising lawyer.
Ask yourself:
Are our supervisors appropriately qualified and experienced in the relevant area of law?
Do our supervision arrangements take account of the risks and impact to clients, the nature of the work and the level of experience/qualifications needed to do the work?
Are the supervisors supportive, available and approachable and do the supervisees feel able to speak openly about problem cases?
Do we do what we say we do in regard to supervision? How do we know for sure?
Compli’s risk and compliance healthcheck will help you answer these and many more questions so get in touch with us now for a free, no obligation discussion at compli@weightmans.com
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