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January 2012 E-Newsletter

Features on the new SRA Code of Conduct 2011; Conveyancing and Referral Fees; OFR 2012 'unthinking compliance'; President's Diary; Nominations invited for the Cook's & Hatchard's Law Prize 2012; Diary Dates for DASLS AGM, Legal Sunday Service and Wainwright Walk; Reports on DASLS activities including visit to Wesminter; Interview of the Month with Charles Cooper; Advertorials from Aon, Wesleyan for Lawyers, Wessex Searches and Trimegalabs; and all the regular features re New Members, DASLS Services, Children's Hospice South West, Lawcare, Seminar Programme, Challenge Cup and Crossword Corner.PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

November 2011 Newsletter

2011 Somerset Dinner Photos; Festive Fun for a Good Claus; President's Diary; New Members; 2012 Nominations invited for DASLS main Committee; What's on @ DASLS; Update from the Non Contentious Business Sub-Committee; Obituary: Alan Hine; Take your Clients Lap-Dancing; CQS - Advertorial from Aon; Interview of the Month with Emma Brown Winner of the Cook's & Hatchard's Law Prize 2011; Family Law Awards 2011; Events at Exeter University School of Law; Law Care; SJA not SRA!; Crossword Corner; DASLS Challenge Cup; Heard it on the Grapevine; 2012 Seminar Programme.PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

September 2011 Newsletter

Members' Services; President's Diary; Local News - mergers and winner of Cook's & Hatchard's Law Prize 2011; Noticeboard and Forthcoming Events; Somerset Dinner Flyer; Obituaries - K Ian Jerram and G Alan Feinson; Preparing for OFR; Market Conditions by Aon; Interview of the month with Liz Kendall; Advertorial from Trimega on Dual-Marker Hair Testing; Perils of Posting by LawCare; News from Children's Hospice South West; Crossword Corner; DASLS Challenge Cup; Heard it on the Grapevine; Seminar Programme; Wessex Searches Flyer.PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

July 2011 Newsletter

Excellence Awards 2011; New Members; President's Diary; DASLS Annual Membership Survey; Legal Sector Alliance Event; Q&A with the new Plymouth Land Registrar; County Court Counter Opening; Report on 2011 Presidents' & Secretaries' Conference; Law League; Dates of 2011 Somerset Dinner and 2012 DASLS Dinner; Report on 2011 Twin Bars Meeting held in Leuven; Advertorial from Aon; News from the Non Contentious Business, Mediation & Contentious Business Sub-Committees; Will Aid Press Release; Interview of the Month with Paul Dyson; News from Exeter University Law School; Obituaries DJ Wainwright and Judith Hirst; Regulation the new Order; European Judicial Network; Legal Practice Course at Plymouth Law School; Children's Hospice South West; Law Care; Crossword Corner; DASLS Challenge Cup; Heard it on the Grapevine; Seminar Programme.PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

May 2011 Newsletter

Members' Page; President's Diary; DASLS Officers 2011-2012; District Juge Wainwright 1957-2011; Speaker's Corner on Localism and Decentralisation Bill; Dinner Dates; LawCare; News from Plymouth Law School; Advertorial from Aon; Reports on 2011 Local Law Societies' Annual Conference; Photos of the Charities' Bike Ride; Hair Alcohol Tests in the Family Courts; Interview of the Month David Turner; Mombasa is the new Egypt?; ABS: a new direction for the legal profession; CQS and the Residential Conveyancing Market; Debt Recovery across EU Borders; ESRC-funded Seminar Series; Crossword Corner; DASLS Challenge Cup; Heard it on the Grapevine; Seminar Programme.PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

AGM Reports April 2011

Annual Reports from the Society's Officers and Chairs of all the Sub-Committees.PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

March 2011 Newsletter

Members' Page; New Members; President's Diary; Exeter Legal Sunday Service; Current Rates for DASLS Mediation Seervices; Britanny - Great; Invitations to nominate candidates for the Cook's & Hatchard's Law Prize 2011 and invitations to the May 2011 International Lawyers' Meeting; Lawyer led career breaks in Thailand; News from Exeter University Law School; Recorder Opportunities; Risk Management Advertorial from Aon; Exeter Court Noticeboard; Interview with Michelle Johnston DASLS new Executive Assistant; Crossword Corner; DASLS Challenge Cup 2010/11 Final Results; Heard it on the Grapevine; Seminar ProgrammePDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

January 2011 Newsletter

NEW! Members' Page; President's Diary; Nominations invited for Cook's & Hatchard's Law Prize 2011; Exeter Legal Sunday Service; Speaker's Corner on Law Firm Management Development Programme; LawCare on Do or Die Deadlines; Advertorial from Aon; Thank you from Plymouth Law School; Facing the Future with Confidence; News from Exeter University Law School; Interview of the month with Lisa McClelland; International Lawyers' Meeting in May 2011; Opportunities for legal work through EULEX Kosovo; SRA Consultation Alert for Sole Practices; New Members; Crossword Corner; Final Round of DASLS Challenge Cup; Heard it on the Grapevine; Seminar Programme.PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

November 2010 Newsletter

President's Diary; AGM & Nominations for DASLS main Committee; College of Law Online Training Offer; District Judges' Corner with 3 articles; Speaker's Corner on the RTA Protocol; The Six Ds of Delegation by LawCare; Obituary Charles M. Verney; Advertorial from Aon; NLIS Electronic Property Searches; News from DASLS Sub-Committees and Groups; News from Exeter University School of Law; Solicitors Improving Work Place Environments; Prime Minister Endorses Somerset Community Foundation Appeal; Interview of the Month with Claire Revell; The 2010 Law Society Excellence Awards and the 2010/11 STEP Private Client Awards; New Members; Focus on International - Abuja and Leuven; DASLS Complaints Conciliation Scheme and LeO; Crossword Corner; DASLS Challenge Cup and Charity Quiz Night; Heard it on the Grapevine; 2011 DASLS CPD Seminar Programme.PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

September 2010 Newsletter

President's Diary; District Judges' Corner on Domestic Violence and Harm Fact Finding Hearings; Devon & Somerset v Cornwall Cricket Report; Mindless and Menial article by LawCare; SRA Forensic Investigations of Firms of Solicitors; Launch of online training facility provided by DASLS in partnership with the College of Law; Speaker's Corner on Valuation in Ancillary Relief Cases - a can of worms; Crossword Corner; 2010 dates of Torquay & District Medical Society Joint Meeting and Exeter Bracton Law Lecture; Aon article about the Role of Market Security Committees; DASLS Challenge Cup Update; Heard it on the Grapevine; Obituary Simon Young; DASLS CPD Seminar Programme.PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

July 2010 Newsletter

President’s Diary; District Judges’ Corner; Trainee Solicitor Secondment; DASLS Annual Membership Survey: Executive Summary; New & Affiliate Members; Missing Will; Date for your Diary: Somerset Dinner; Interview of the Month: David Bowen; News from the Contentious Business Sub Committee; News from the Social Sub Committee; DASLS Social Diary; Somerset Community Foundation; Crossword Corner; AON: Quality Assurance; Report on the 2010 Twin Bars Meeting; Review of the Digital Economy; Devon and Cornwall Police; Supporting Solicitors: The Law Society’s free Helplines; Heard it on the Grapevine; Seminar ProgrammePDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

May 2010 Newsletter

President’s Diary; New Guideline Hourly Rates; Officers of the Society 2010/2011; Property Searches; Exeter University School of Law Hat Trick; Interview of the Month: Rebecca Parkman; DASLS Social Diary; Joint Professions Networking Group; Crossword Corner; You Should Start Preparing Your PI Renewal Now!; A note from District Judge Jill Wainwright; The Devon Wills Project; Missing Will; SRA Roadshow; Taunton Crown Court User’s Group; Heard it on the Grapevine; Seminar ProgrammePDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

April 2010 AGM Reports

Reports from the Society's Officers and from the Chairmen of all the Sub-Committees on their work over the past year.PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

March 2010 Newsletter

President's Diary; District Judges Corner; Exeter Court Noticeboard; Exeter University Law School News Round Up; Books for The University of The Gambia; Recognising the Risk; New Members; The Legal Profession; Dates for Your Diary; Crossword Corner; Claims Trends; DASLS Social Diary; Cook’s & Hatchard Law Prize; Seminar Programme.PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

January 2010 Newsletter

President's Diary; AGM & Nominations for Committee; District Judges' Corner; Cook's & Hatchard's Law Prize 2010; DASLS International Lawyers' Exchanges, Twin Bars and Focus on Erlangen; Lawyers in Society; A Question of Lending; A Challenging Professional Indemnity Renewal?; Crossword Corner; The Hunt Review of the Regulation of Legal Services; News from the Crown Court Users' Group; DASLS Dinner & Dance 2010; New Year Thank You from Devon Community Foundation; Interview of the Month Ashley Bevans; DASLS Challenge Cup; Heard it on the Grapevine; Seminar ProgrammePDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

November 2009 Newsletter

President's Diary including photos of Fundraising & Awareness Walk; Law Society Excellence Awards; STEP Private Clients Awards; Family Practitioners and the CSA; Nomination form for DASLS 2010 AGM; Focus on Will Writers including evidence gathering questionnaire in respect of unregulated will writers; the Friends of Devon's Archives; How to prevent, resolve and deal with complaints; News from DASLS Sub-Committees including Employment Law Act 2008, the Solemn Opening of the Legal Year of the Young Bar of Leuven; the Hunt for Principle; District Judges' Corner and Exeter Court Noticeboard; Crossword Corner is back; Exeter University Law School News; Devon Community Foundation piece on the Devon 100 Club; DASLS Challenge Cup and Golf Day; Heard it on the Grapevine (Sherry); Latest Seminar Programme.PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

September 2009 Newsletter

President's Diary including October 09 Fund Raising and Awareness Walk; Court Hearings; District Judges' Corner; International Resource Legal Centre; Updates from DASLS Sub-Committees; Widening the Appeal of DASLS; Interview of the Month; Legal Services Act; Plymouth Legal Practice Course; News from Exeter University Law School; Cricket, Crossword and Challenge Cup; New Members; Somerset Dinner; Torquay & District Medico-Legal Meeting; Heard it on the Grapevine; Seminar Programme.PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

July 2009 Newsletter

President's Diary; New Members; Civil Court Users Meeting; District Judges Corner; News from the School of Law; Land Registry Visit; DASLS Members Support Strategic Plan; News from the International Sub-Committee; Letters to the Editor; News from The Devon Community Foundation; Report from ARMA; DASLS Golf Day; DASLS Social Diary; Heard it on the Grapevine; Seminar Programme.PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

May 2009 Newsletter

President's Diary; District Judges' Corner; Law Society LPC Roadshow; Workplace Mediation; Crossword Corner; What's Eating You?; The New Style LPC; Interview with LPC; Interview with James Cross; DASLS Social Diary; Officers of the Society; News from the School of Law; Heard it on the Grapevine; Seminar ProgrammePDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

April 2009 AGM Reports

Reports from the Officers and the Sub-CommitteesPDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

March 2009 Newsletter

President's Diary; LPAs Questionnaire; Land Registry Launches New Resource; Crossword Corner; DASLS Challenge Cup 2008-9; What is Mediation ... Does it work... And is it the future?; HIPS Update; New Members; Living Sober; The Law Society Leadership Summit; News from the School of Law; Heard it on the Grapevine; Seminar ProgrammePDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

January 2009 Newsletter

President's Diary; Solicitors: An Outside View of the Profession; Crossword Corner; News from the Non-Contentious Business Sub-Committee; News from the Contentious Business Sub-Committee; Roundup of Challenge Cup Events; Ever Thought about Becoming a Judge?; New Members; Update from the Law Society; Report of the Law Society Property Section Annual Conference and AGM; News from the University of Exeter School of Law; Heard it on the Grapevine; Forthcoming SeminarsPDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

November 2008 Newsletter

President's Diary; DASLS - Now and Then; Jill-Read Brown wins Law Society Excellence Award; District Judges' Corner; New Members; Would you Like to Make Difference to DASLS in 2009; the British Computer Society; Compliance at Risk; Assessment of Work Based Learning; News from Sub-Commitees; Crossword Corner; Mergers and Acquisitions - Safety in Numbers?; Solicitors' Assistance Scheme; Photos from Bicentenary Gala Dinner; DASLS Social Diary; Holiday Home - Keep the Roof over your Head; News from University of Exeter School of Law; Heard it on the Grapevine; Seminar ProgrammePDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

September 2008 Newsletter

President's Diary; Is Regulation the Solution; Report from the Law Society AGM and SGM; News from the Non-Contentious Business Sub-Committee; Meeting the Challenges of the Legal Services Act; Crossword Corner; University of Exeter School of Law: Developing an International Outlook; Women and the Law - Past Present and Future; Heard it on the Grapevine; Professional Indemnity - Conveyancers' Ground Hog Day?; Mediation Services, DASLS Challenge Cup; Annual Cricket Match; DASLS Seminar ProgrammePDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

March 2008 Newsletter

President's Diary; Consultation ... or just Information; Library Online Service; DASLS Counsels Fixed Fee Scheme; Interview with Rebecca Hill; New Members; Wills & Probate Questionnaire; Wealthy but none the Wiser; SRA: Consultation Alert; District Judges' Corner; DASLS Social Diary; Taste of European Family Law; Implications of the Planning Bill; The Knock at the Door; Friends of the Law School; News from Erik Salomonsen's Presidential Charities; Training Programme; Cook's and Hatchard's Law Prize; Heard it on the Grapevine; DASLS Member ServicesPDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

July 2008 Newsletter

President's Diary; New Members; News from the Law Society Council; The Red Alert Service; DASLS Social Diary; Notes from the SRA Board Meeting; Obituary: Christopher Scoffham; Mediation and Fish Eagles: East Africa Revisited; Recent Amendment to SAR: Business and Outreach at University of Exeter; An Overview of Statutory Wills; Law Society Helplines; Heard it on the Grapevine; Seminar ProgrammePDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

May 2008 Newsletter

President's Diary, News from the Office, Speaker's Corner, Solicitors' Guidance Service Goes 9-5, Meeting Young People's Advice Needs, DASLS Social Diary, Interview of the Month, Challening Discrimination and Creating Opportunities, North Devon Young Professionals' Group, Heard it on the Grapevine, Officers of the Society for 2008-09, DASLS Training ProgrammePDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

April 2008 AGM Report

Reports from the Officers and sub CommitteesPDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

January 2008 Newsletter

President's Diary, Would you like to make a difference?, HIPS Help, News from the Contentious Business Sub-Committee, The Life of a Lord Chancellor's Visitor, European Judicial Network, Explore the World from Home!, Heard it on the Grapevine, Charity Update, Seminar ProgrammePDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

November 2007 Newsletter

President's Diary, Law Society Excellence Awards, Devon Legal Network, Report from the Law Society Council, Is PII the Answer?, Interview with Martin Justice, Postcard from Erlangen, Horizon Scanning Workshops, Obituary: Paul Horsey, Heard it on the Grapevine.PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

September 2007 Newsletter

President's Diary, Report from the Law Society Council, The Impact of an Ageing Population, District Judges' Corner, Public Law Outline, News from the Litigation and Costs Liaison Sub-Committee, News from Exeter TSG, Interview with Patricia Durham-Hall, A Journey Through History, Reflections on Naumburg, Heard it on the Grapevine, Exeter Court Noticeboard, Presidential CharitiesPDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

July 2007 Newsletter

President's Diary, Law Society Council Meeting, News from the Non Contentious Business Sub-Committee, District Judges' Corner, Postcard from Rennes, Wine Tasting with the BBC, The History of the Very Old Hat, Interview with Tony Spiers, Forthcoming Charity Events, Autumn SeminarsPDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

May 2007 Newsletter

President's Diary, The Complexities of Cannabis, The Future for Lawyers in the Face of Reforms, Interview with Erik Salomonsen, Speaker's Corner, Heard it on the Grapevine, Officers of the Society for 207-2008PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

AGM Reports April 2007

Reports from the Officers and the Sub-CommitteesPDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

March 2007 Newsletter

President's Diary, Obituary: Henry Sykes Balls, Mental Capacity Update, Into Africa, Interview with Charlotte Lythgoe, Speaker's Coner, Heard it on the Grapevine, Responses in Changes to Legal Aid, Plymouth Law School Mentoring, DELS Bicentenary, Standards in Forensic PowerPDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

January 2003

AGM, Council Member's Report, Local Land Charges, Plymouth District Land Registry, Friends of the Law School, Devon & Exeter Medical SocietyPDF File454298 Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

January 2007 Newsletter

DELS Annual General Meeting, President's Diary, DELS New Members, Attention Civil Litigators, Legal Sunday Service, Welsome to the TSG, Legal Beagles, Zimbabwe Revisited, Interview with Monique Bertoni, Heard it on the Grapevine, Yellow CamerasPDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

November Newsletter

President's Diary, District Judges' Corner, FBE Porto Meeting, A Morning with the Lord Chancellor, New Members, Taking the Stress out of Sucess, Interview with Tony Steiner, Sports Report, Heard it on the GrapevinePDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

September Newsletter 2006

President's Diary, From the Editor, DELS Bicentenary, Fixed Fee For Counsel, News from the Sub-Committees, SBA Christmas Cards, Regulate Will Writers, Heard it on the GrapevinePDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

July 2006 Newsletter

Roundup of DELS News and notes about E.Conveyancing, HIPs and Mental Capacity Act. Labour Law Project, Communicating with the Exeter Court Office and Judges and much more. PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

March 06 Newsletter

President's Diary, Council Member's Report, DELS New Members, Higher Rights of Audience, Parlimentary Liaison Officers, Accounting by LLPs, Your Clients Your Business, It's Your Law Society - Have your Say, Business in the Community, The Red Line Alert, Heard it on the GrapevinePDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

May 2006 Newsletter

President's Diary, Council Member's Report, Devon Community Foundation, TSG Ball, Heard it on the Grapevine, Dels Complaints ServicePDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

January 2006 Newsletter

Includes Notice of AGM, President's Diary, District Judges' Corner, Update from Law society Council member, DELS Strategic Plan, Obituary - Jeremy James.PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

November 2005 Newsletter

Latest News and Commentary - Visit to MET Office; President's Diary; Internatioanl Database; DELS Dinner 2006; Twinning with Verona; A Week in Erlangen; Complaints Conciliation; Fixed Fees for Counsel; No Lawyers needs to suffer alone; Money Laundering after Bowman & FELS 2; Exeter University Mentoring Scheme; I Heard it on the Grapevine!PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

September 05 Newsletter

Latest News and Information - President's Diary; Council Member's Report; District Judges' Corner; Mediation Awareness Week; The French Connection; Obituary - Alan Brooks; Employer Skills Offer;Defending Legal Aid; I heard it on the Grape Vine - Wine Offer; Home thoughts from abroad; Speaker's Corner - Richard SnapePDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

July 05 Newsletter

Latest news and updates including reports from The Law Society Council Meeting 2005 and Erlangen.PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

May 2005 Newsletter

Latest news and comment includes Money Laundering after Bowman v Fels and Young Solicitor of the Year Award 2005PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

March 2005 Newsletter

News and UpdatesPDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

January 05 Newsletter

AGM Details, Your Committee, Presidents Diary, Council Members Report, Recoverable Rates in Civil Litigation, Report fro Foggia, DELS Complaints Service & Much MorePDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

November Newsletter 2004

President's Diary, Law Society Conference Reports, Collaborative Law, Links with Zimbabwe and other NewsPDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

September 2004 Newsletter

DELS News and EventsPDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

July 2004 Newsletter

News and Reports plus update on Recoverable Rates in Civil LitigationPDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

May 2004

DELS News, commentary and events.PDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

March 2004

President's Diary, New Complaints Procedure, Bill Hallett 1916 - 2004, Notes from KenyaPDF FileUnknown Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

January 2004

Online edition for January 2004PDF File908 Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

November 2003

District Judges Corner, Council Members Report, Federation of European Bars (Bilbao), Proceeds of Crime Act and Family LawPDF File1073245 Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

September 2003

Public Funding for DELS Small Claims Scheme, Events at Chancery LanePDF File586004 Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

July 2003

FBE Annual Conference - Prague, District Judges' Corner, DELS Twin Bars, Devon Young Solicitors Group, Money Laundering UpdatePDF File429305 Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

May 2003

Council Member's Report, From the Sub-Committees, DELS Society Cricket, Officers of the Society, Legal Sunday ServicePDF File442750 Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.

March 2003

Guidelines for Assesment of Costs in Civil Litigation, European Lawyers Meeting - Rennes 2003PDF File275241 Right-Click and select 'Save As' to download.