Northamptonshire Law Society Officers & Council Members 2013/14 Mrs. Linda Lee C/o Northamptonshire Law Society Ashtrees Cottage Saxon Rise Duston Northampton NN5 6HP Tel: 01604 585653 email: lkhln@aol.com
Vice President
Mrs. Sarah Banner Shoosmiths 1st Floor Witan Gatehouse 500-600 Witan Gatehouse West Milton Keynes MK9 1SH Tel: 03700 868312 email: sarah.banner@shoosmiths.co.uk
Honorary Secretary & Past President
Mr Euan Temple Temple and Co Suite 4, Natwest Bank Chambers, 46 High Street Daventry NN11 4HU Tel: 0870 7708275 email: eft@templesols.com
Honorary Treasurer
Miss Caroline McGann McGanns Law 57 Norfolk St. Semilong Northampton NN2 6HP Tel: 01604 791396 email: caroline.mcgann@mcgannslaw.co.uk
Chairman of the Non-Contentious Committee Mr. David Browne Hewitsons 7 Spencer Parade Northampton NNI Tel: 01604 233233 email: davidbrowne@hewitsons.com
Chairman of the Contentious Committee Mr. Tom Kings Tollers 55 -57 High Street Corby Northants NNI7 IUY Tel: 01536-276727 email: trk@tollers.co.uk
Parliamentary Liaison & Past President
Northamptonshire Law Society
President & Constituency Member
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Mrs. Vicky Meek C/o Northamptonshire Law Society Ashtrees Cottage Saxon Rise Duston Northampton NN5 6HP Tel: 01604 585653
Past President
Mr. Edward St John Smyth C/o Northamptonshire Law Society Ashtrees Cottage Saxon Rise Duston Northampton NN5 6HP Tel: 01604 585653
Past President
Mrs. Lisa Garley-Evans Regional Legal and Regulatory Affairs, EMEA Avon Cosmetics Ltd Nunn Mills Road Northampton NNI 5PA Tel: 01604 617445 email: lisa.garley-evans@avon.com Michael Orton-Jones The Close 68 High Street Harpole Northampton England NN7 4BS Mobile: 07714896500 email: michael.orton-jones@iimea.co.uk Mr. Michael Fitzpatrick DFA Law 2 Waterside Way Northampton NN4 7XD Tel: 01604 609560 email: michael.fitzpatrick@dfalaw.co.uk Miss Ruth Taylor Ruth Taylor Family Law Footshape House Kingsthorpe Road Northampton NN2 6EZ Tel: 01604 721619 email: ruth@ruthtaylorfamilylaw.co.uk
Society Manager
Mr. Phil Smith Ashtrees Cottage Saxon Rise Duston Northampton NN5 6HP Tel: 01604 585653 email: Philsmithdw@aol.com
The Northamptonshire Law Society was formed on the 28th June 1879. Its purpose then as now, was in the administration of justice and to support its members and promote their interests. We don’t have much information about how this was achieved in those early years but solicitors in Northamptonshire would meet each other regularly in the everyday course of their work, something that is unlikely to happen today. Today the Society has a full education programme and is the only training provider to regularly promote courses in Northampton. A lot of work is done on the members’ behalf lobbying and responding to consultations so that the perspective of the Northamptonshire solicitor is not overlooked. The Society also provides networking opportunities to help generate clients and technical support for solicitors and firms. It is also a means of meeting fellow solicitors in a social setting. If I look back at what I have valued most from my years as a member and as a committee member for the last 10 years it is the friendships I have made and the kindness shown me by members of the Society. In 2013 we lost several members and their obituaries will be included in the next edition. In January 2014 we heard of the loss of Leo Coulston who was President in 1993, Tom Fincham, President in 1978, and Colin McAra, President in 1990. If you wish to contribute some words to their memory for the next edition then please let me know. I am also very sad to report that Fiona Moore, President of this Society in 2004 died on the 5th February. Fiona was a brilliant and dedicated childcare lawyer and a woman with a true zest and vitality. She was one of the first to befriend me as a new Council Member and I greatly valued her friendship. She was dedicated to her work and despite being diagnosed with a terminal illness over two years ago she continued to work until very recently. She has been taken from us far too soon and we will all miss her. A full obituary will appear in the next edition. All of the members listed above gave their time and energy to making this Society what it is today. I hope this will inspire younger (and not so much younger) members to take up the mantle and to carry on where they left off. If you would like to become more involved with the work of the Society, then please contact either myself of Phil Smith.
Linda Lee, President Northamptonshire Law Society
www.northamptonshirelawsociety.co.uk
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