Financial and investment business working party

CHAIRMAN

Michael Orton-Jones is a partner at Shoosmiths in Northampton and he has recently been appointed to the Law Society Council to represent financial services and investment management.

He has himself passed the three stages of the financial planning certificate and is now working towards the advanced certificate.

COMMITTEE MEMBERSNick Burrows, Harris Cartwright, SloughChristopher Elletson, Every Phillips Linford Browns, HonitonGareth Fatchett, ProACT Legal, MerryhillMartin Green, Lodders, Stratford-upon-AvonJohn Hayes, Hawkins Russell Jones, HitchinMichael Hayes, MacFarlanes, LondonDuncan Jackson, Buckle Mellows, PeterboroughAndrew Lowin, Hewitson Linnells, CambridgeIan Muirhead, Solicitors for Independent Financial Advice, EpsomBarry Rogers, Toller Hales & Collcutt, KetteringLesley Sharpe, Leigh Williams, BromleyTim Thornton-Jones, Association of Solicitor Investment Managers, LondonRichard Thorpe, The Legal Brokerage Limited, Sheppertonl The working party is appealing for views from solicitors, both those involved in financial services and those considering involvement, on the way in which the Society can better assist and promote their work.

Contact Steven Durno at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL or e-mail: steven.durno@lawsociety.org.uk