About Us
The Society is located in South Cheshire which is a largely rural area in the centre of the county and based around the three towns of Crewe, Nantwich and Sandbach. The Society provides a forum for legal professionals living or working in South Cheshire. Members of the Society include solicitors, barristers, judges, law lecturers and law students. The Society sees itself as an integral part of the community and as such, is keen to establish links with other professions and support the area within which we live and work. Meetings take place once a month and everyone is welcome to attend. Most events are free but there are some paid for events such as our annual dinner. By joining the Society, you will gain access to a society consisting of members of your profession who understand both the rewards and the pressures of the profession. We hold regular meetings and events which are aimed to be as relevant to its members as possible. There are also discounts available at local businesses. Ultimately, the Society is run by its members for the benefit of its members. If you would like to join the Society but are not sure if it offers what you want, come along to a meeting. The society is always open to new ideas about how we can benefit our members.
Our Directors and Committee
Paul Clark TEP
Director and co-founder
Paul Clark TEP
Paul Clark is a private client solicitor and a member of the Law Society Private Client Section advisory committee. He is the managing director of Spall Clark Solicitors and he specialises in advising individuals and their families on personal legal matters such as Inheritance Tax, Wills, Probate, Trusts and Lasting Powers of Attorney. He has a particular focus on cross border estates and advising business owners.
Paul is a keen supporter of local charities and is the legacy officer for East Cheshire Hospice as well as being a trustee of SUSO (Speaking up, Speaking out). He lives in Sandbach with his wife, cat and rabbit.
Email: Paul.clark@spallclark.co.uk
Telephone: 01270 868 373
Website: www.spallclark.co.uk
Max Tebbitts
Director
Max Tebbitts
Max Tebbitts is a Commercial Solicitor and the managing director of Tebbitts & Co Solicitors based in Crewe and Warrington. The firm was established in 2010 as a niche commercial law practice specialising in providing legal advice and services for small to medium sized businesses in Cheshire.
Max trained at the Inns of Court School of Law and was called to the bar in 2000. He has over 20 years’ professional experience in commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, employment law, business debt recovery and dispute resolution. Prior to becoming a qualified solicitor, Max spent a number of years working in commercial roles in the corporate sector in Lichfield and London.
Current interests outside work include taking the dog for a walk in the mountains of Snowdonia, and golf on a Sunday morning if the sun is out!
Email: max@tebbitts.co.uk
Telephone: 01270 211 567
Website: www.tebbitts.co.uk
Address: Tebbitts & Co Solicitors, 8 Chantry Court, Forge Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 2DL
Rebecca Spall
Director and co-founder
Rebecca Spall
Rebecca qualified as a Solicitor in December 2015 and has experience of working in litigation and private client. She is currently a non-practising solicitor and runs her own business.
In her role for the South Cheshire Law Society, she hopes to encourage those wishing to enter the legal profession to join the Society. Outside of work, she enjoys following the many professional tennis tournaments, walking in the countryside with her partner and travelling to her favourite place in the Algarve, Albufeira.
Email: Becky.spall@spallclark.co.uk
Telephone: 01270 868 373
Website: www.spallclark.co.uk
Our History
The initial idea for the Society came about as a result of Paul Clark and Rebecca Spall’s wish to join a local Law Society. Having recently qualified as solicitors and moved to South Cheshire, they wanted to join a local Law Society to integrate into the local legal community. Following extensive research, it appears that the nearest Societies were Chester (now Cheshire and North Wales), Macclesfield (East Cheshire) and North Staffordshire (based in Stoke). They were faced with the choice of joining a society in a different part of Cheshire or giving up on joining a completely. However, there was a third way. If it doesn’t exist, create it! The seeds were sown and an email to the Law Society in Chancery Lane followed. The Law Society swiftly replied to say that no local law society had been created in the past 25 years and they were unaware of there being a formal process. After discussions, it was agreed that a formal proposal would be sent to the Law Society and they would then consider officially recognising South Cheshire Law Society as a local law society. Emails were sent to local solicitors and law firms in South Cheshire asking if anyone would be interested in joining the new society. An excellent response was received with over 45 solicitors indicating interest in joining the society. Rather than restricting membership to qualified solicitors, it was deemed important to include all members of the legal profession. A particularly enthusiastic early supporter was South Cheshire College. Moyra Throssell acted on behalf of the college and played an important role in shaping the direction of the society. Jamie Want (director of Bowcock Cuerden in Nantwich) volunteered to assist with the articles of association and played an important role in registering the society as company limited by guarantee. The proposal was submitted to the Law Society in 2015 and the Society was officially recognised as a local law society later that year. Company registration followed in 2016. The four initial directors were Paul Clark, Rebecca Spall, Jamie Want and Moyra Throssell. Together they worked to bring the Society from an ambitious idea to a functioning local law society. Special thanks are given to Jamie Want’s secretary, Jacky Pountain, who used her spare time to provide him with support during registration of the company, Jo McLeod and Catherine Carter from the Law Society for their support throughout the process and finally to companies such as Platform 81 and Kellands who provided support and guidance to the Society from the beginning.