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Our Rules

Current Rules and Regulations

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Our History

A Short History - 1920 to 1980

For a fascinating insight into the history of our society, please download the Hastings & District Law Society, A Short History - 1920 to 1980

Kindly provided for reproduction by the author, Christopher Langdon

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Hastings & District Law Society - 2019 Presidential Hand Over

25th February 2019 - Presidential Hand Over

Mr Michael Blandy handing over the Presidency to Mr Timothy Crook at the AGM

Hastings & District Law Society - Members of 1953

Hastings & District Law Society - Members of 1953

Front row from left to right
Mr George Herington; Unknown; Miss Dorothy Morgan, President; Unknown; Unknown

Back row from left to right:
Unknown; Mr Logan Edgar; Mr Eric Willings; Mr Cooper-Key; Unknown; Mr M C S Langdon; Mr Guy Leggett; Mr Brackett

Hastings & District Law Society - 2009 Presidential Hand Over

6 March 2009 - Presidential Hand Over

Bryan Sagar replaces John Sperring as Hastings & District Law Society President.

Hastings & District Law Society - 2018 Presidential Hand Over

5 February 2018 - Presidential Hand Over

Mr Michael Blandy replaces Mr Geoffrey Longmire as Hastings & District Law Society President.

Our Presidents

Present - 2005

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  • 2018
  • Mr Michael Blandy
  • 2017
  • Mr Geoffrey Longmire
  • 2016
  • Ms Jane Strickland
  • 2015
  • Mrs Debra Frazer
  • 2014
  • Mr Michael J Foster
  • 2013
  • Mrs Elaine Parkes
  • 2012
  • Ms Jacqueline Eichler
  • 2011
  • Mr David Collins
  • 2010
  • Ms Angela V S Durand
  • 2009
  • Mr Bryan C Sagar
  • 2008
  • Mr John N Sperring
  • 2007
  • Ms Angela M Chivers
  • 2006
  • Mr Graham L G Deaves
  • 2005
  • Mr Alan R Craze

2004-1984

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  • 2004
  • Mr Richard J F Harrison
  • 2003
  • Mr Patrick Neville Donaldson
  • 2002
  • Mr Richard N Bryant
  • 2001
  • Mr John E S Crone
  • 2000
  • Mrs Angela K G Reid
  • 1999
  • Mr Christopher M F Langdon
  • 1998
  • Mr David Harding
  • 1997
  • Mr John A Ball
  • 1996
  • Ms Nicola C Frith
  • 1995
  • Mr David Frederick Rawlings
  • 1994
  • Mr David W Chivers
  • 1993
  • Mr John F Lamplugh
  • 1992
  • Mr Michael Maurice Slot
  • 1990
  • Mr James P A Simpson
  • 1989
  • Mr John Douglas Raeburn
  • 1988
  • Mr Ivo T Fowle
  • 1987
  • Mr Gerald P Funnell
  • 1986
  • Mr Denis J Dukes
  • 1985
  • Mr John M Midgley
  • 1984
  • Mr David Wadman

1983 - 1963

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  • 1983
  • Mr Colin W Shuttleworth
  • 1982
  • Mr Hugh H Fovargue
  • 1981
  • Mr John Ernest Stanley Griffiths
  • 1980
  • Mr W Barry Brackett
  • 1979
  • Mr Alan A E Polhill
  • 1978
  • Mr Peter J Fynmore
  • 1977
  • Mr John S Narup
  • 1976
  • Ms Cicily E Perring
  • 1975
  • Mr A Jethro Arscott
  • 1974
  • Mr D N Midmer
  • 1973
  • Mr Norman White
  • 1972
  • Mr A K Guest
  • 1971
  • Mr John W Lester
  • 1970
  • Mr Richard H Bryant
  • 1969
  • Mr W A Raper
  • 1968
  • Mr M C S Langdon
  • 1967
  • Mr J S Menneer
  • 1966
  • Mr J L Ward
  • 1965
  • Mr S S W Penry-Davey
  • 1964
  • Mr S L Clarke
  • 1963
  • Mr M S Jones

1962 - 1940

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  • 1962
  • Mr G H Gill
  • 1961
  • Mr E Willings
  • 1960
  • Mr J M Baldry
  • 1959
  • Mr R T H Perkins
  • 1958
  • Mr L A Edgar
  • 1957
  • Mr C T Chevallier
  • 1956
  • Mr F G Beckett
  • 1955
  • Mr R Lloyd Dawson
  • 1954
  • Mr St Jga Sechiari
  • 1953
  • Miss D M W Morgan
  • 1952
  • Mr A W K Brackett
  • 1951
  • Mr H G E Crafter
  • 1950
  • Mr C F Harding
  • 1949
  • Mr E P Dawes
  • 1947 - 1948
  • Mr P Idol
  • 1940 - 1946
  • Mr R W Fovargue

1939 - 1920

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  • 1939
  • Mr J E Ray
  • 1938
  • Mr G A Herington
  • 1937
  • Mr C St J Philips
  • 1936
  • Colonel F G Langham
  • 1934 - 1935
  • Mr A D Thorpe
  • 1933
  • Mr W A Raper
  • 1932
  • Mr F W Coles
  • 1931
  • Mr C S Baily
  • 1930
  • Mr N Prentice
  • 1928 - 1929
  • Mr E S Douglas
  • 1927
  • Mr C A Pead
  • 1926
  • Mr B F Meadows
  • 1925
  • Mr F C Sheppard
  • 1924
  • Mr W Carless
  • 1923
  • Mr W Dawes
  • 1920 - 1922
  • Mr H G Baily

Our Members

  • Gaby Hardwicke
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  • David Young, David Getty, Christopher Bean, Jonathan Midgley, Richard Ostle, Debra Frazer, Iona Smith, Cara Grant, Jane Strickland, Simon Harris, Lucy Rastgoye, Nicole Byrne, Ian Hoare, Michael King
  • Heringtons Solicitors
  • heringtons.net
  • Annabel Burchett, Jane Cathcart, Sarah Clifton, David Cooper, Nikki Coward, Jenna French, Juliet Harris, Natalie Jones, Richard Lane, Alison Lindley, Natalie Mortimer, James Mountford, Rupert Parkes, Caroline Speed, Richard Fisher, Yuen Chan, Charlotte Hustwayte
  • Individual Members
  • Gerald Funnell, Ivo Fowle

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