Once a month (on the last Friday in each month), various Tenterden-based professionals and business people (solicitors, accountants, estate agents, IFAs, telecom consultants, bank managers, insurance brokers, etc) get together for an informal, single-course lunch and a bit of networking
There is no need to commit to attending (nor to apologise if you cannot attend), but if you are in business in Tenterden and would like to be added to the email reminder list, let me know: send me an email at jn@justinnelson.co.uk
Friday, 26 March 2010
Rush Witt & Wilson return to Tenterden
Rush Witt & Wilson are estate agents with offices in Battle, Rye, Hastings, Bexhill and St Leonards. They did also open an office in Tenterden, but closed it when the economy went down the tubes
In what may be a sign that the economy (or, at least, the local housing market) is improving, I hear they are re-opening their Tenterden office on Saturday 3 April - you can even enter a free draw for a balloon ride, dinner at Richard Phillips at Chapel Down, guided tour of Chapel Down vineyard or a ride on the Kent & East Sussex Railway
In what may be a sign that the economy (or, at least, the local housing market) is improving, I hear they are re-opening their Tenterden office on Saturday 3 April - you can even enter a free draw for a balloon ride, dinner at Richard Phillips at Chapel Down, guided tour of Chapel Down vineyard or a ride on the Kent & East Sussex Railway
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Always learning, always improving
I spent all of today on a conveyancing CPD (continuous professional development) course in Tunbridge Wells.
While most of the content was not new, it provided a forum for some interesting discussions with other solicitors about practices, procedures and attitudes to risk - and about "clients from hell"!
It also left me with about a dozen possible improvements to make to paperwork and procedures - life is a constant process of improvement, which I currently welcome, but I wonder how soon I will become demotivated (as many lawyers I know) and cannot find the enthusiasm to change
The majority of those attending feel Home Information Packs to be a waste of time and money, but I still feel that, done well, they help the conveyancing process significantly
While most of the content was not new, it provided a forum for some interesting discussions with other solicitors about practices, procedures and attitudes to risk - and about "clients from hell"!
It also left me with about a dozen possible improvements to make to paperwork and procedures - life is a constant process of improvement, which I currently welcome, but I wonder how soon I will become demotivated (as many lawyers I know) and cannot find the enthusiasm to change
The majority of those attending feel Home Information Packs to be a waste of time and money, but I still feel that, done well, they help the conveyancing process significantly
Saturday, 20 March 2010
"Tragedy at Law" by Cyril Hare
Just finished reading this - on the advice of P D James, no less - "Written with elegance and wit" - and thoroughly enjoyed it
Not a thriller, but a "whodunnit - and why?" it is truly elegant and quite captivating. A detailed account of a near closed room mystery with a legal background and well-described characters, the outcome is both surprising an satisfying.
I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who wants a slightly intellectually-demanding crime novel: light enough to be read for pure pleasure, but deep enough to be satisfying
A five star mystery, IMHO
Not a thriller, but a "whodunnit - and why?" it is truly elegant and quite captivating. A detailed account of a near closed room mystery with a legal background and well-described characters, the outcome is both surprising an satisfying.
I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who wants a slightly intellectually-demanding crime novel: light enough to be read for pure pleasure, but deep enough to be satisfying
A five star mystery, IMHO
Small town delights (number 99 in an infinite series)
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!
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!
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!
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