The Law Society has been very active in consulting with the profession and other stakes holders in advance of preparing its response to the consultation. The deadline for responses is the 15th June but in order to assist some who have yet to finalise their responses the Law Society has published its response early see http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/policy-campaigns/consultation-responses/sra-consultation-protecting-users-of-legal-services-law-society-response/ If you have not y

Congratulations to Claire Wynn (Kent Branch) on a great achievement of qualifying as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives and passing her advocacy assessment. Claire is head of the police station department at the Medway office but will now be moving to the Magistrates Court department as an advocate though she will still continue to be a regular attender at police stations, no doubt to the considerable disappointment of the constabulary! Well done Claire!