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New president to fight for fair deal for all

26 July 2007
Issue: 7283 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Immigration lawyer Andrew Holroyd has taken the reins as Law Society president and pledged to continue the fight to save legal aid.
A partner at Liverpool based Jackson & Canter, Holroyd also plans to reform the society to ensure it provides services that solicitors want, helps them develop their practices and careers, and represents them effectively to government and the regulator.

He says: “I will be travelling around the country to meet as many of our members as I can to hear first hand how they want us to support them through the changes ahead, and to communicate what we are already doing to become more relevant to all our members in every type of
practice.”

A Methodist lay preacher, Holroyd qualified as a solicitor in 1974. He received an OBE in 2003 for services to publicly funded legal work in Liverpool.

He says: “In the current climate, where legal aid solicitors have already experienced a substantial pay cut in real terms over the past ten years and are now being told that the legal aid budget will be frozen until 2009–10, I am determined to fight for a fair deal for all. 

“We will continue to pursue our ‘What Price Justice?’ campaign to ensure that the most vulnerable members of society are not denied the legal help they need.”

Paul Marsh steps up to vice-president and Bob Heslett becomes deputy-vice president.
 

Issue: 7283 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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