About Us
The Sussex Law Society, founded in 1860, is a professional organisation representing solicitors practising or living in the Sussex area and providing valuable benefits to its members including local CPD training, social activities, regular on-line Newsletters and a low cost recruitment service.
It is independent of other Local Law Societies and of the solicitors' controlling body, the Law Society. Its members include employed solicitors, sole practitioners, firms specialising in particular areas of law, firms carrying on general practice, substantial regional firms, and firms with international connections. As a result, the range and breadth of expertise of its members for both the private and business client is extensive.
The Society's principal objects include:
- The protection of the character, status, rights and interests of its members and of the profession of solicitors generally.
- The promotion of honourable practice among solicitors.
- The consideration of questions affecting the profession at large, or the alteration or administration of the law, and
- The promotion of legal education.
Officers & Committee 2009/2010
Management of the Society is by a General Committee consisting of the Officers who are elected annually at the AGM (President, Vice-President, Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Secretary) and six elected members. In addition it includes the Immediate Past President, any member who is a member of the Council of the Law Society and other members co-opted by the elected committee. Details of the current committee are given below.
If you are a member interested in joining the Committee, please contact the Administrative Officer, Jeanette Lacy Scott, for more information (contact details below).
Officers
President
Mr Nick Evans
- Firm:
- Griffith Smith Farrington Webb LLP, Brighton
- Contact:
- n.evans@gsfwsolicitors.co.uk
Vice President
Mr David Edwards
- Firm:
- Burt Brill & Cardens, Brighton
- Contact:
- djedwards@bbc-law.co.uk
Immediate Past President
Mr Julian Hunt (Public Relations)
- Firm:
- Dean Wilson Laing, Brighton
- Contact:
- jbh@dwl.uk.com
Honorary Secretary
Mr Andrew Holt
- Firm:
- Woolley Bevis Diplock LLP, Brighton
- Contact:
- andrew.holt@wbdllp.com
Honorary Treasurer
Mr Dan Ongley
- Firm:
- Griffith Smith Farrington Webb LLP, Brighton
- Contact:
- d.ongley@gsfwsolicitors.co.uk
Council Member
Mr Patrick Richards
- Contact:
- patrichards27@hotmail.com
Administrative Officer
Mrs Jeanette Lacy Scott
- Contact:
- jls@sussexlaw.fsnet.co.uk
Committee
Elected Members
Ms Kathryn Hulmes (Young Sussex Lawyers)
- Firm:
- Rawlison Butler LLP, Horsham
- Contact:
- khulmes@rawlisonbutler.com
Mr Warren Moore
- Firm:
- Cosby & Moore Solicitors, Hove
- Contact:
- warren@crosbymooresolicitors.co.uk
Mr Ramon Pape
- Firm:
- Bishop & Light, Brighton
- Contact:
- ramon.pape@bishopandlight.co.uk
Mr James Chadburn
- Firm:
- Dean Wilson Laing, Brighton
- Contact:
- jc@dwl.uk.com
Mr Oliver Maxwell-Jones
- Firm:
- Woolley Bevis Diplock LLP, Brighton
- Contact:
- oliver.maxwell-jones@wbdllp.com
Ms Cerys Sayer (Public Relations)
- Firm:
- Dean Wilson Laing, Brighton
- Contact:
- ces@dwl.uk.com
Co-Opted Members
Ms Gilva Tisshaw (Social Committee)
- Firm:
- Hamnett Osborne Tisshaw, Haywards Heath
- Contact:
- gilva@hotsol.co.uk
Mr John Healy
- Firm:
- Healys Solicitors, Brighton
- Contact:
- john.healy@healys.eu
Mr Hugo Hunt
- Firm:
- Fitzhugh Gates, Shoreham-by-Sea
- Contact:
- hugoh@fitzhugh.co.uk
Ms Harjinder Kaur (Social Committee)
- Organisation:
- Brighton & Hove City Council, Hove
- Contact:
- harjinder.kaur@brighton-hove.gov.uk
