This morning, while shopping in Tenterden with my daughter, I was approached by a postman in Waitrose with a recorded delivery letter that he had tried to deliver to my home earlier.
He had left the usual card, so that I could collect the item from the sorting office. However, seeing me go into Waitrose, he followed, and I was able to take and sign for the item there.
That's what I call service!
Saturday, 20 March 2010
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Top tips for 2010
In the Law Society Property Section magazine for this month, 11 members of the section's executive committee gave their top tips on how to prosper in the new decade
Almost all of them were very good, but almost all of them were steps, attitudes and procedures we at Nelsons Property Lawyers had adopted from Day 1 - we are looking for ways to imprive beyond these relatively basic client care ideas
If you have any suggestions as to how we can improve client care, we'd love to hear them!
Almost all of them were very good, but almost all of them were steps, attitudes and procedures we at Nelsons Property Lawyers had adopted from Day 1 - we are looking for ways to imprive beyond these relatively basic client care ideas
If you have any suggestions as to how we can improve client care, we'd love to hear them!
Money laundering
Though conveyancers have been at the sharp end of money laundering activity to date, it seems that litigators are now being targeted as well
Until now, it was thought that litigation was a less fertile area for laundering the proceeds of crime than conveyancing was: fraudsters had been setting up spurious property transactions in order to launder money, while litigation was considered a less risky area of law
Because conveyancers have become more and more strict over their anti-money laundering procedures, the criminals are apparently now setting up spurious debt collection and similar claims, in order to launder their money through lawyers' firms
As a result, litigation solicitors will need to be as alert as conveyancers have become, to spot signs of suspicious activities and report them where appropriate
How soon will this apply to probate and matrimonial lawyers, too?
Until now, it was thought that litigation was a less fertile area for laundering the proceeds of crime than conveyancing was: fraudsters had been setting up spurious property transactions in order to launder money, while litigation was considered a less risky area of law
Because conveyancers have become more and more strict over their anti-money laundering procedures, the criminals are apparently now setting up spurious debt collection and similar claims, in order to launder their money through lawyers' firms
As a result, litigation solicitors will need to be as alert as conveyancers have become, to spot signs of suspicious activities and report them where appropriate
How soon will this apply to probate and matrimonial lawyers, too?
April Fool giveaway
It's my birthday in April, so I'm giving a 10% discount on all new legal work where I receive (and accept)instructions in April 2010 - you need to quote "promo code April Fool" when giving the instructions (on the authority form, in the case of new clients) in order to qualify, so don't forget
Another school governor monitoring visit
I have carried out another monitoring visit, this time focusing on "Community Cohesion", which is a formal way of saying, "We all have to get along together, so play nicely" - I understate for effect, of course, but it does seem to require a lot of input for something that, in 90% of schools, must be taught and experienced automatically anyway. Ah, well, it ticks some boxes ...
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
School monitoring visit
In my capacity as a governor of the Infant School in Tenterden, I today paid a monitoring visit to the school
It is always a delight visiting the school: all the children are well-behaved, happy and hard-working, and they really seem to thrive in the school's positive atmosphere; It makes me quite proud to be a small part of that success
My visit focused on the "drop-off club" in the mornings - which allows parents to drop off their children for supervised play before school normally starts, so that the parents can get off to work or whatever - and the role of the newly-appointed Family Liaison Officer. Both are aspects of the "Extended Schools" initiative, which tries to get schools more closely involved in their local communities.
On the basis of my visit today, both the drop-off club and the FLO are valued by parents, and (certainly in the case of the drop-off club) by the children who took part as well.
Yet more evidence, if needed, that the school is very successful
It is always a delight visiting the school: all the children are well-behaved, happy and hard-working, and they really seem to thrive in the school's positive atmosphere; It makes me quite proud to be a small part of that success
My visit focused on the "drop-off club" in the mornings - which allows parents to drop off their children for supervised play before school normally starts, so that the parents can get off to work or whatever - and the role of the newly-appointed Family Liaison Officer. Both are aspects of the "Extended Schools" initiative, which tries to get schools more closely involved in their local communities.
On the basis of my visit today, both the drop-off club and the FLO are valued by parents, and (certainly in the case of the drop-off club) by the children who took part as well.
Yet more evidence, if needed, that the school is very successful
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Tenterden accountants get it together
Two firms of accoutants with offices in Tenterden are to merge with effect from April Fools' Day (1 April 2010)
Phipps & Co, who also have offices in Rye, will merge with Gibbons Mannington, who also have offices in Rye (and in Bexhill as well)
As Phipps & Co have only relatively recently returned to Tenterden, re-absorbing the Day Peto & Co practice that had previously spun off from them, this merger seems to indicate that they are actively managing their future - as one would expect from good accountants!
Good luck to them in their latest phase of development
Phipps & Co, who also have offices in Rye, will merge with Gibbons Mannington, who also have offices in Rye (and in Bexhill as well)
As Phipps & Co have only relatively recently returned to Tenterden, re-absorbing the Day Peto & Co practice that had previously spun off from them, this merger seems to indicate that they are actively managing their future - as one would expect from good accountants!
Good luck to them in their latest phase of development
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