New Officers elected at AGM

It was all change at the Wolverhampton Law Society AGM on 7th April as we welcomed our new President Alex Thompson, Vice President Guy Birkett and Joint Social Secretaries Charlotte Chlode and Laura Jones .

Alex is pictured below with out going President Nick Wynn- Williams handing over the Society’s badge of office.

Alex and Nick

Guy

On behalf of the wider membership Nick paid tribute to the support that out going Social secretaries Alison Westwood and Tracy Davies had provided to the Society over the past 10 years or so.

Richard Ennis and Guy Ruddock remain in office as Secretary and Treasurer respectively.

Jasvinder Sanghera - Raising awareness of domestic violence and honour based abuse and providing support to victims of forced marriages

Bilston and District Soroptimists have organised an event at which Jasvinder Sanghera will speak about the need to raise awareness around the above detailed topics.

Herself a survivor of a forced marriage Jasvinder Sanghera has written about her experiences in works such as "Shame" and "Daughters of Shame". She is recognised as an Ambassador for Peace by the Womens Federation of World Peace and is Director of the charity Karma Nirvana whose aims are to support all victims of honour based abuse and forced marriage.

Jasvinder also acts as an expert advisor to the Courts in cases of forced marriages and honour based crimes.

For details of the event and how to order tickets please see the attached flyer and order form.

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Society golfing team seeks revenge in annual outing against Accountants

Friday 16th September will see the latest in the annual series of gargantuan golfing showdowns between members of the Society and local Accountants. Readers will remember that a certain “frisson” was injected into last year’s event after the victorious Accountants were accused of gloating about their narrow victory.

In issuing a “call to arms” Wolverhampton Law Society Vice President and Golf Captain Guy Birkett said:-

“ I appeal to all golfing members of the Society who would like to take part to contact me whatever their ability. With a very mixed standard and handicaps varying from 5 to 28 the event is a great day out for all participants regardless of their golfing prowess.”

In what some will see as a provocative move Birkett went on to say:-

“ Unlike our opponents the Society has a proud tradition of fielding teams drawn exclusively from our membership”.

Commentators believe this refers to allegations that last year the Accountants fielded at least one “bandit banker”. An investigation subsequently revealed that the participant’s father rather than the participant himself was an Accountant. It is feared that uncertainty about eligibility criteria could yet intrude upon this year’s event. Rumours that golfing legend Tom Watson might be offered Honorary membership of the Society so that he could play in this year’s event at Oswestry Golf Club were today described as “completely without foundation” by the Society’s Press spokesman.