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We are extremely proud of team RG&CO who join the nearly 1000 runners who took part in the Salisbury half Marathon on Sunday 1st October.

The event was organised as a fund raiser for two very worthy local Charities:

• Salisbury District Stars Appeal; and
• Help for Heroes

Richard Griffiths & Co not only sponsored the event as one of the primary sponsors, but also entered a team of seven who all completed the course in fine spirits last Sunday.

Our teams results are below: –

1. Robert Lush came 65th in a time of 1 hour 34 minutes, he was 17th in his age category
2. Natalie Kemp came 328th in a time of 1 hour 55 minutes, she was 19th in her age category
3. Andy Eddy came 565th in a time of 2 hours 15 minutes, he was 57th in his age category
4. Richard Wootten came 664th in a time of 2 hours 27 minutes, he was 136th in his age category
5. Laura Dadson came 674th in a time of 2 hours 29 minutes, she was 90th in her age category
6. Shaun Langrish came 675th in a time of 2 hours 29 minutes, he was 66th in his age category
7. Lisa Cordery came 676th in a time of 2 hours 29 minutes, she was 91st in her age category

One of our team, Richard Wootten a legal cashier even used the event as a warm up  for his entry in the Bournemouth full Marathon this weekend which he has entered to raise money for Julia’s House.  We wish him every success.

Here are some photos of the event.

Richard our legal cashier is taking part in the 2017 Bournemouth Marathon on 7th October this year.  This will be Richard’s first full marathon and he is doing it in aid of Julia’s House a very worthy cause.

Julia’s house provide both practical and emotional support to families with children suffering with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions.  They provide regular care to those families either in their own homes, within the community or within the Julia’s House Hospice.

Richard said: “Since having my own children I have realised how important charities like Julia’s House are and how their help and support to a lot of families in our areas is so important.”

If you would like to sponsor Richard please visit his Just Giving page at : https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/R-WOOTTEN

We are really looking forward to the start of the Salisbury Arts Festival at the end of this week.

This year we have teamed up again with Wiltshire Life to sponsor the fantastic Clare Teal who will be performing the Ella Fitzgerald songbook on 31st May 2017 at the Salisbury Playhouse.  2017 marks the centenary of the original first lady of song, Ella Fitzerald.  Clare Teal, award-winning jazz vocalist and Radio 2 presenter will be performing with her mini big band for this special celebration of Ella’s versatility.

Richard Griffiths & Co and Wiltshire Life will be hosting a welcome reception for their guests in the Playhouse’s Hawkins bar before the event with canapes provided by Bird & Carter  for our guests to enjoy.  If you are fortunate enough to have tickets for the sell out event check out your seat before you sit down in the auditorium – you may well find something there for our fellow ticket holders and fellow jazz enthusiasts to enjoy.

On Tuesday 9 May 2017, the Appeal against Sentence brought by LCpl A, a RMP JNCO, was successfully argued in the Court Martial Appeal Court, Royal Courts of Justice, London, by our Mr Bob Scott, who specialises in military criminal defence law.

LCpl A had been convicted after trial in the Court Martial at Bulford, of the off-duty assault of another RMP NCO. LCpl A was subsequently sentenced to 60 days detention, to be reduced to the ranks and dismissed from Her Majesty’s Service.

Bob successfully argued before Lady Justice Hallett, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb and Mr Justice Lavender, that the sentencing Judge Advocate and Board at the original trial, had failed to refer to the Sentencing Guidelines whilst considering sentence and had passed a sentence which was manifestly excessive and out of line with previous guidance from the Court Martial Appeal Court.

LCpl A’s sentence was quashed and substituted with a Severe Reprimand. The practical result of this case is that LCpl A is restored to RMP service in the rank of LCpl with simply a Severe Reprimand on his record of service.

Bob Scott

Military & Court Martial

CELEBRATE A CAPPELLA – Sponsored by Richard Griffiths & Co Solicitors

Double Bill: Papagena & Blossom Street

Tuesday, 25th October 2016, 7.30pm
Medieval Hall, Cathedral Close, Salisbury
Tickets £15
Box Office: 01722 321744

Celebrate Voice present an evening of some of the finest professional a cappella singing today, with a concert featuring a double bill of performers – one concert, twice the talent!
Papagena is an all female a cappella vocal group, exploring the wealth of music from medieval times to the present day written specifically for female voices. The group’s programming defies pigeonholing; drawing richly on traditional folk music and women’s working songs from around the world, Papagena juxtaposes these pieces with more classical repertoire from Hildegard of Bingen and Purcell to Katy Perry and Imogen Heap.

 

 

Blossom Street is a highly versatile and vibrant chamber choir comprising some of the UK’s best young singers, which performs regularly on TV and radio as well as on the concert platform and has released two critically acclaimed CDs with Naxos.  “One of my favourite choirs” David Mellor, Classic FM.  “It is some indication of the quality of the singers in Blossom Street that all the solos are outstanding” Edward Greenfield, Gramophone.

Join these outstanding ensembles for an evening of contrasting a cappella delights.

Supporting the Wiltshire Life 2017 Awards, Richard Griffiths & Co is sponsoring their Young Sports Personality of the Year.

This award will be presented to an individual, professional or amateur, in any recognised sport who has made the most significant contribution to sport as a result of individual or team achievement. Additional merit will be awarded where sport has been used in a community sense or to place Wiltshire on a national/international platform. The nominee must be 25 or younger on the closing date for entries.

Nominations for the 2017 Wiltshire Life Awards are now open, and will remain open until 4^th November 2016. For further information on all Wiltshire Life Awards, and to nominate yourself or another, please see: http://www.wiltshirelifeawards.com/categories

Richard Griffiths & Co co-sponsored British jazz artist, Courtney Pine, to appear at Salisbury Arts Festival on Wednesday 1^st June. Pine played the bass clarinet and was accompanied by pianist Zoe Rahman, together providing an evening of exceptional talent to a full Salisbury Playhouse.

Richard Griffiths said: “Richard Griffiths & Co has been providing legal services in Salisbury since 1979, founded on the belief that every individual has a right of access to justice, just as every individual should have a right of access to the Arts. It is part of the fabric of society which binds us all together as human beings.  Whilst this is our first year as event sponsors we have, as individuals, been avid supporters of the Salisbury International Arts Festival for many years.  We are thrilled to have the opportunity to co-sponsor Courtney Pine this year with Wiltshire Life.  Mark Allen (publisher and editor of Wiltshire Life) and I are close friends and our combined love of Jazz made this the perfect event to co-sponsor”.

 

Richard Fisher represented Richard Griffiths & Co in Salisbury’s annual pancake race on 9^th February, Shrove Tuesday.

Raising money for the Trussell Trust, Richard was challenged to race up and down Salisbury’s High Street whilst flipping a pancake as many times as possible and donning a fancy dress outfit. Competing against other local businesses and shops, Richard succeeded in becoming a semi-finalist!

 

 

The Richard Griffiths & Co Military Team were recently instructed in the high profile Court Martial Crown V Marines A to C. Heard at Bulford Court Martial Centre.

The team successfully defended “Marine C” who was charged with murdering a Taliban insurgent together with his two co-accused.

This was a case with unique and complex problems. The first case of its type since World War II.

The “infamous” nature of the evidence attracted National Press attention.

Bob Scott appeared as Junior Counsel led by Mr Tregilgas-Davey. Nigel Holt was the Litigator.

Our depth of knowledge of the Military system proved essential in successfully representing our client.