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From the President

It would be nice to say what effect on the running of the held in the current office of was a lively debate and
a wonderful summer we are criminal justice system is the Bristol Law Society – the Jonathon was very keen to
having and that all is rosy in plainly untrue. The Legal Court Law Library. It was a hear more about the action
the garden but it’s not! The Aid Agency at one point rather poignant meeting as over cuts.
weather is dreadful and was ringing all contracted they have been given no-
probably for the first time in firms to find out if they tice to quit the premises August has generally been
the history of criminal legal were willing to undertake and have taken the oppor- a quite month. Fran has not
tunity to invest on behalf of
aid, criminal practitioners
Crown Court work and has
sent me out into the world
have been turning away set up a help line for unrep- the Society in a building – to visit any of our Advan- Louise Straw
own clients who have been
resented defendants. If the
hopefully securing the fu-
tage Partners but no doubt
arrested and charged with
diary in September is once
why would they bother to
were on the agenda includ-
all manner of offences as action was having no effect ture of BLS. Various topics she will ensure that my
the cuts. This would have All are aware that discus- aid. We were then invited to For those that have fol-
do this?
part of the action against
ing the action over legal
again full.
join the Society at its Sum-
been unthinkable until re-
cently and it shows how the
is – “a pleasant evening was
profession has been sions are underway with mer Party. I think the phrase lowed the story of the
the MOJ and a number of
Straw family pets there is
pushed to the limit. proposals have been put to had by all” with most of the sad news; Mellors was sadly
the Minister. Not all those Manchester group winning killed last week. He was
With really only one notice- proposals will find favour a prize in the raffle! I am not eleven years old and was
able exception the solicitors with everyone and there sure when I will get time to loved by all that came into
of Greater Manchester have
contact with him. He is now
cash in my sports massage
will be further difficult
stood firm and adopted times ahead for all practi- – perhaps if I lived in Bristol at rest in a sunny part of the
and did some sport first it
tioners. At the time of writ-
protocols put out by the
garden.
various groups acting on ing we await the outcome would help. I hope everyone is enjoying
our behalf. It has been so
of these recent discussions
difficult to say to long and it is fair to say that ten- The Law Society saw the their summer holidays –
appointment of its new
sions are running high. Let
standing and often vulner-
and are looking forward to
able clients that we are un- us hope that a compromise President Jonathon getting back to work! (Not!)
able to assist them; the vast can be reached that is Smithers and at his invita-
majority appear to under- workable for the majority. tion the Presidents of the Louise Straw Mellors
stand the reasoning behind Joint V were invited to President
the action and have been On a lighter note the Offi- Chancery Lane for an initial
most supportive. cers of Council and I at- meeting and thereafter din-
tended the Joint V meeting ner at the President ad-
For the powers that be to in Bristol earlier in the dress. As always when the
suggest that it has had no month. The meeting was Joint V get together there

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