Council and Board committees

Our Council and Board committees support Council to make sure the Law Society is well governed and that we run effectively as a business.

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Council committees

Our Council is supported by five committees:

Audit Committee

This committee reports into Council and reviews/advises on our accounts, financial statements and accounting policies.

Members:

  • Nicola Sawford (chair)
  • Michael Frape
  • Charlotte Moar

Conduct Committee

This committee investigates and reports to Council any complaints about the conduct of elected and appointed members of Council, Board and committees.

Council Membership Committee

This committee advises Council on its representativeness.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee

This committee advises Council, Board and committees on equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) issues.

This includes setting the direction and strategic framework for EDI issues in the profession, ensuring a coordinated approach and reviewing progress.

Committee members:

  • Shama Gupta (chair)
  • Sam De Silva (Ethnic Solicitors Network)
  • Emma Delaney
  • Louise Duckett
  • Paul Maddock (LGBTQ+ Solicitors Network)
  • Omar Madhloom
  • Placida Ojinnaka (Disabled Solicitors Network)
  • Shaid Parveen (Women Solicitors Network)
  • Catherine Pitt
  • Nina Sahu
  • Chi Shao
  • Rebekah Sutcliffe (Junior Solicitors Network)
  • Niresha Umaichelvam (Women Solicitors Network)
  • Peter Young

Scrutiny and Performance Review Committee

This committee reviews decisions and actions taken under delegated powers and reviews the performance of the Board.

Board committees

Five committees report to the Board.

Policy and Regulatory Affairs Committee (PRAC)

This committee reports to the Board about legal policy and regulatory issues relevant to solicitors and our profession and our public interest role.

PRAC is supported by our specialist member advisory committees.

Experienced Council members with detailed knowledge of policy and regulatory issues make up this committee, together with two members elected from the chairs of member advisory committees.

Committee members:

  • Jonathan Goldsmith (chair)
  • Matt Aleksic
  • Allan Devine
  • Karen Dovaston
  • Adrienne Edgerley Harris
  • Louise Hanson (executive director of membership and external affairs at the Law Society)
  • Stephen Head
  • Nicola Jones-King
  • Emily Littlehales
  • David Melville
  • Katie Smith
  • Kirsty Stuart
  • vacancy

Finance and Investment Committee

This committee reports into the Board and advises on details for finance, investments and reviews the annual accounts.

Committee members:

  • Krishna Vishnubhotla (chair)
  • Sushila Abraham
  • Mark Anderson
  • Mark Evans (president)
  • Charles Ilako

People and Remuneration Committee

This committee reports into the Board and focuses on HR-related policies, remuneration and appointments, for elected and appointed members and staff.

Committee members:

  • Kevin Hogarth (chair)
  • Cordella Bart Stewart
  • Janet Campbell
  • Jean-Christophe Fonfreyde
  • Larissa Joy
  • Eileen Schofield

National Board for Wales (Bwrdd Cenedlaethol Cymru)

This board recognises, promotes and supports the contribution of the solicitor profession to the Welsh economy. It oversees our Wales office and reports to the Law Society Board.

Learn more about the National Board for Wales.