I had lunch today with one of the leading lights in social justice in the UK. It's a perk of the job. I'm very lucky.
We put the world to rights on a number of matters and then turned to the effectiveness or otherwise of local law societies. It's a mixed bag. The City of London Law Society is first rate, as is Bristol. But Manchester? My host expressed his surprise at what he saw as a paucity of service in England's second city.
I don't have enough information to hand to comment on Manchester Law Society's fitness for purpose - for all I know it's a shining beacon to the rest of the country. And I have never met its CEO, Fran Eccles-Bech. But I did write to her a little while ago and I got this response.
Would any of us survive in our jobs for more than a week if emails to us were greeted with "I am very important and busy, I don't have to abide by the same rules as anyone else in the business world, and if you don't have my direct line you can whistle for it"?
If Manchester Law Society really is punching below its weight I can't say I'm surprised.
We put the world to rights on a number of matters and then turned to the effectiveness or otherwise of local law societies. It's a mixed bag. The City of London Law Society is first rate, as is Bristol. But Manchester? My host expressed his surprise at what he saw as a paucity of service in England's second city.
I don't have enough information to hand to comment on Manchester Law Society's fitness for purpose - for all I know it's a shining beacon to the rest of the country. And I have never met its CEO, Fran Eccles-Bech. But I did write to her a little while ago and I got this response.
Would any of us survive in our jobs for more than a week if emails to us were greeted with "I am very important and busy, I don't have to abide by the same rules as anyone else in the business world, and if you don't have my direct line you can whistle for it"?
Fran Eccles-Bech. Listens to her inner ninja. |
If Manchester Law Society really is punching below its weight I can't say I'm surprised.
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And I don't think this was meant to be an attempt at humour. Surely it was just pointing out the unprofessionalism of the CEO?
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Read the article. Matthew's point is a very simple one. It's not about taking offence at a tardy response. It's all about what he considers to be an extraordinary and entirely inappropriate out-of-office. On that he must be right. I've certainly never received anything like that in my entire career. The poster at 18:19 is correct, she looks like a joker.
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"Education: The University of Life
"Degree Name: Life Skills
Field Of Study: Communication, Patience, Understanding & Humour
Dates attended or expected graduation: 1963 – 2017"
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Of course it is possible to combine humour with professionalism. But this doesn't. It's just unprofessional. And she represents a professional organisation.
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