Introducing our new President

Announcing our new WLS President for 2022/23

Outgoing President Charlotte Perry with Andrew Chandler

Our President for 2022/23 is Andrew Chandler, Partner at mfg Solicitors.

The Annual General Membership (AGM) meeting of Worcestershire Law Society took place on 13 April 2022 at Bottles, Worcester followed by a Quiz. Firstly, a huge thank you to all the members that attended. We are pleased to confirm the winners of the Quiz were Harrison Clark Rickerbys.

The AGM provides the platform for appointment of new officers, including the appointment of a new President.

Charlotte Perry, our outgoing President, commented, "I am extremely pleased to inform you that Andrew Chandler, Contentious Probate Partner at mfg Solicitors LLP, was unanimously appointed as President to the Worcestershire Law Society with immediate effect.

Andrew is a long standing committee member and for 5 years served as Editor of the Pears Magazine, being the official publication of the Worcestershire Law Society, relinquishing that role in 2021. Andrew’s enthusiasm for the WLS and our members has not waivered. On behalf of the committee, we are all very much excited about Andrew’s appointment and have no doubt that Andrew will make an excellent President and I wish him all the best. Congratulations Andrew!

I am also pleased to confirm that James Osborne, Partner at Harrison Clark Rickerbys was reappointed to his role as Treasurer.

Over the past 18 months it has been my pleasure to serve you as President and I have enjoyed working more closely with our local law firms and the Law Society. The WLS have delivered on a number of events/seminars both virtual and in person with an overall focus on Health and Wellbeing. This theme will continue to be at the heart of the WLS; uniting, promoting and supporting local lawyers and the Worcestershire Community.

I want to personally thank my fellow committee members and my firm for their continued support and encouragement over the last 18 months. A huge thank you to Laura Osborne, Marketing and Events Administrator who makes the WLS run so smoothly and Patricia Beeching for being the most excellent Council Member and mentor. I will remain as a Committee Member and look forward to continuing to support the WLS in that role. Thank you." When asked about his new role as WLS President, Andrew Chandler said, "It is both a pleasure and an honour to be elected as President of the Worcestershire Law Society. The Society, its committee and entire membership owe their sincere thanks and gratitude to our Immediate Past President Charlotte Perry for all her hard work and dedication to the continued smooth running of the Society during the unprecedented disruption of the Pandemic, she will be an extremely tough act for me to follow! I am extremely grateful that Charlotte has agreed to continue to serve as a committee member and indeed to all of the other officers and committee members who have all contributed much to the Society’s continued success. I am very much looking forward to serving the Society as its President in representing the issues of its membership. On behalf of the committee I’d like to wish you all a Happy Easter Bank Holiday Weekend and we look forward to seeing you at our future events."

The whole Committee would like to also say that we are hugely grateful to Charlotte and the excellent work she has done for the local Law Community in her time as president. She has championed engagement with our members and made a huge success of that throughout her term and she should be hugely proud of how much she has achieved for the Society. Thank you so much Charlotte for all of your hard work and time - thank goodness you are staying on the committee!”

WLS pride ourselves on our integration with our members and welcome both social and training ideas. If you would like to join WLS, please contact us at info@worcestershirelawsociety.com.