Bob Heslett, a partner at national firm Beachcroft, has been elected Deputy Vice-President of the Law Society. He will take up office on 19 July 2007 and become President in July 2009. Mr Heslett was managing partner of Beachcroft from 1999 until 2005. Elected to the Law Society Council in 2001, he has served on the corporate governance board, the finance and resources board, the indemnity insurance committee and the scrutiny committee.