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 …
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 …
In this era of remote working, any opportunity to come together as a staff team is immensely valuable…and even more so if a Christmas meal is involved! This month our amazing ECS staff team converged on Market Harborough for our Christmas staff day. Amid much change as an organisation, it was good to spend some … Read more …
Earlier this month Edward Connor Solicitors (ECS) had the privilege of attending the 2023 FIEC (Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches) Leaders Conference in Blackpool. As we’ve experienced in previous years, it was another fantastic opportunity to connect with church leaders, to share our insights, and to contribute to the gospel-centred encouragement that unfolded over the … Read more …
In the admittedly small – yet very significant! – world of Christian legal work, the arrival at ECS of new people is always an exciting milestone. Today, we have the privilege of introducing our firm’s newest lawyer, Mary Drew, who has joined our firm to contribute her unique skills and perspective to our mission. With … Read more …
If we needed it proving at all, the pandemic lockdowns showed us afresh that there is nothing quite like getting together in person. We ensure that as a firm we all get together in person at least twice a year for training, discussion, and good old-fashioned human interaction! Our most recent staff day at the … Read more …
Our Annual Reviews provide a snapshot of who we are, our mission, vision and values, and an overview of our main achievements from the past year. In this 2022 Review we take a look at what was the second year in our 3 year strategic plan for sustainable growth. As we go through the year’s … Read more …
There are some upcoming changes to the Legal Ombudsman rules which we are required to make you aware of. In addition to letting you know about them, we wanted to take this opportunity to let you know how important your feedback is, and how to go about sharing it with us. Positive gospel partnership We … Read more …
It looks like 2023 could see some significant changes in Employment Law. Areas where we expect to see developments include: Changes to the law around requests for flexible working New rights to types of leave, including – a right to carer’s leave for employees who have a dependant with a long term care need – … Read more …
And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone… (2 Timothy 2:24a, NIVUK) NB: The article below focuses on employment law issues around bullying and harassment in a workplace context. Employment law will only be an issue for organisations with employees, and bullying and harassment are of course areas of … Read more …
