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About the Executive Committee
An Executive Committee is responsible for developing the future strategy of the Section and enhancing the services it already offers to its members. Current committee members are David Bott; Alison Downie; Nigel Haddon; Christopher Hart; Lisbeth Hughes; John Mitchell; Andrew Otterburn; Vanessa Shenton; Paul Widdup and Simon Young.
David Bott is managing partner of Bott and Co, a specialist personal injury firm based in Wilmslow, Cheshire. He was admitted in 1996 and founded Bott and Co in 2001. He has overseen his firm's growth and accreditation with Lexcel and Investors in People.
Alison Downie (Chair) is a partner and Head of Employment Law at Bindman & Partners, specialising in employment, discrimination and contract law.
Nigel Haddon is a construction solicitor and chartered arbitrator. He is managing partner of SAS Daniels, a four-office regional firm in the North West offering a broad range of commercial and private client services, including publicly-funded family law.
Christopher Hart is a managing partner with Hooper & Wollen specialising in licensing and commercial drafting work. He has been an active member of the Devon & Somerset Law Society's Practice Management Sub-committee for many years and is also responsible for the South Devon Managing Partners' Forum.
Lisbeth Hughes is the business development director with Howell Jones Solicitors.
John Mitchell is managing partner of Sills and Betteridge in Lincoln and specialises in family law. He is a member of the Law Society Children and Mediation Panels. He served as a deputy district judge between 1993 and 1996 and is a member of the Legal Services Area Committee and a member of the Lincoln Family Court Business Committee and Lincoln Family Court Forum.
Andrew Otterburn is a mangement consultant and a chartered accountant and has advised approximately 250 firms of solicitors in the UK and Ireland on profitability, management and strategy. He has written four books for the Law Society and produces the annual survey of law firms in Scotland for the Law Society of Scotland. He was an advisor to Lord Carter’s review of legal aid procurement in England and Wales and is a founding member of the Law Consultancy Network.
Vanessa Shenton is founder of the Compliance Partner, a company offering compliance and regulatory advice to solicitors. She is a lay member of the Construction Industry Council’s Appeal Tribunal and is both a panel member and an executive committee member of the Solicitors’ Assistance Scheme.
Paul Widdup is an independent management consultant, coach and mentor. He has been a practising solicitor, and law firm partner for more than 30 years, and, until his recent retirement from Emsleys, based in Leeds, was the managing partner in a practice that has grown to eight branch offices, six estate agency offices, and more than 130 staff. He holds an MBA in legal practice management, and a postgraduate qualification in executive coaching.
Simon Young is a director of Lawyers Compliance. A solicitor, consultant, trainer and author within the legal profession, he has written broadly on management topics, especially on issues of risk and quality management, and partnership. Publications include New partner’s guide to management (Law Society Publishing); Tolley's Limited liability partnership handbook; the partnership title of the Encyclopaedia of forms and precedents; and (jointly) Tolley’s Money laundering handbook. He is the Section's representative on the Law Society Council.
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