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CDLS Council & Committees

Council

Position Held	Name	Profile
President	Clive Thomas (Watkins & Gunn)	View
Senior Vice President	Rachel Harfield (Slater & Gordon Lawyers)	View
Junior Vice President	Steve Roberts Richard Nelson LLP	View
Immediate Past President & Hon. Secretary	Rachelle Sellek (Acuity Law)	View
Hon. Treasurer	Janet Lavelle (Synergy Costs Ltd)	View
Hon. Secretary (Professional Development Officer)	Tom Danter (Dolmans)	View
Hon. Secretary (Legal Aid)	Trudy McBride
Hon. Secretary (Membership)	Steve Richards (Richards Nelson)	View
Hon. Secretary (Website)	Clive Thomas (Watkins & Gunn)	View
Hon. Secretary (Regulatory)	Hugh Price
Hon. Secretary (Equality & Diversity)	Delyth Williams (Watkins & Gunn)
Administrator	Michael Walters
Marketing & Sponsorship Secretary	Emma Waddingham (Emma Waddingham Consulting)	View

Elected Council Members

Andrew Jones
Stuart Hutton
Michael Imperato
Shaun Jamieson
Anne-Louise Ferguson
Jan Tillyard
Rachel Harfield
Jennifer Perry
Kerry Mordey

Co-opted Members

Andrew Cross
Catrin J.Evans/ Siobhan Blake
Huw Morgan (Hmcs)
Byron Jones (Cdf Law School)

Associate Members

Alexis Thomas (CILEx S Wales Chair)
Jade Cox (SE & SE Wales Junior Law Division)
Phillip Griffiths, 30 Park Place Chambers
Stephen Averill, Phoenix Legal Services

Observers

Lowri Morgan, The Law Society (Wales Office)

Committees

Committee	Members
Finance & Policy	President Senior Vice President Junior Vice President Treasurer Immediate Past President Social Secretary Training & Professional Development Secretary Administrator Website Secretary Marketing & Sponsorship Secretary
Professional Development	Tom Danter
Legal Aid & Criminal Law	Trudy McBride
Law Society Council Constituency Member	David Dixon
County Court Users	Tom Danter
Family Court Business Committee	Kerry Mordey
Confederation of South Wales Law Societies representatives	President

LATEST NEWSsee all news

05/11/2019 First Minister's Statement on the Justice Commission Report & CDLS Working Group

Statement: Commission on Justice in Wales. Justice Commission Mark Drakeford outlined the Welsh Government’s response to the Commission on Justice in Wales’ report, which called...

20/09/2019 GlobalX launches Matter Centre - built right here in Wales!

Visit globalx.co/matter-centre for more information.

15/09/2019 Discounted Kaplan Altior training for Yolk Recruitment clients

Discounted Kaplan Altior training for Yolk Recruitment clients Cardiff-based legal training provider, Kaplan Altior, has partnered with Yolk Recruitment to offer its wide range of training...

01/09/2019 United for Legal Pride 2019

Cardiff Pride 2019 We had a fantastic time celebrating the diversity and strength in support for the LGBTQ community in Cardiff and beyond this summer, in partnership with the SRA and The Law...

FORTHCOMING EVENTSsee all events

23/11/2019 CDLS Children's Christmas Party

Join CDLS and our very special guest Santa Claus in his incredible grotto (complete with a Santa throne!) at Parc Play for a fantastic, festive time with family and friends. Our hugely...

28/11/2019 The wonder of Christmas: an exclusive CDLS event with John Lewis & Partners

Make Christmas 2019 your best yet! Join CDLS for our first bespoke festive event with John Lewis & Partners Cardiff, created with all ages and genders in mind. Let us help you find the...

12/12/2019 CDLS Christmas Drinks social 2019

Join CDLS for a festive, informal drink on your way home - to catch up with colleagues, peers and friends at the Laguna Bar, Park Plaza Cardiff. FREE first drink for CDLS members. Click...

15/05/2020 CDLS Annual Dinner 2020: Save the date!

Tickets and hotel rooms to be released soon. For sponsorship enquiries please contact our Marketing Hon.Secretary, Emma Waddingham