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Introducing Chimdinma Nwaigwe

Chimdinma is a dual-qualified solicitor and experienced legal professional who began her legal career in 2016. She has over eight years of experience specialising in real estate law and has worked with multiple firms including top-tier Legal 500 and national firms, both in Nigeria and UK. She joined Edward Connor Solicitors in June 2025.

Introducing Richard Howes

Welcoming Richard Howes who advises on all aspects of property law, including sales and purchases, leases, development and investment.

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Welcoming our autumn 2024 new starters to ECS!

It’s been an incredibly busy summer of recruitment at ECS. We’re seeking to make accessible our Christ-centred legal expertise wherever it will be fruitful. And the growth of our legal and support teams is key to working towards this vision.

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Annual Review 2024

We are thrilled to announce the publication of our 2024 Annual Review! This year’s review (covering the financial year March 2023 to February 2024) is packed with exciting highlights, inspiring stories, and encouraging statistics that demonstrate real gospel impact.

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New guidance for charities on dealing with donations

The Charity Commission have published new guidance for charities on accepting, refusing or returning donations. You can find the Commission’s guidance page here. The guidance’s aim is to empower charity trustees to make the right decisions when deciding whether to accept, refuse or return a donation. It confirms that the Commission’s position is that a … Read more …

Charities Act 2022: What are the March 2024 changes?

The Charities Act 2022 received Royal Assent in early 2022, and has been implemented in phases since then. Two years later, and we are at the final phase, with a last tranche of provisions of the Act coming into force on 7 March (except that concerning ex gratia payments which has been pushed back to … Read more …

Our Annual Review 2023

At our AGM in early February this year, our trustees and members came together to hear about the amazing work we’ve been able to do, where our journey so far has led us, our current position, and our vision for the future. At the AGM we shared copies of our Annual Review – an engaging … Read more …

An interview with Katherine Coxon, Charity Solicitor

Towards the end of last year, we were delighted to welcome to the ECS family Katherine Coxon, who joined our busy Charities Team as a Charity Solicitor. Having trained in a different field of law, and taken a career break, Katherine’s is a story of how skills, experience, and a passion for a cause can … Read more …