Birmingham Law Society: Election of President: Mr. J. T. Higgs, of Brierley Hill, was yesterday elected president of the Birmingham Law Society, and Mr. W. C. C. Gell was chosen as vice-president. These elections were made at the annual meeting of the society, held at the headquarters in Temple Street. Mr. H. W. Lyde, the retiring president, who occupied the chair at the opening of the meeting, reviewed the events of the past year and referred particularly to the retirement of Sir Richard Pinsent from his position as extraordinary representative on the Law Society of England and Wales. He also touched on the extension of the jurisdiction of County Court judges to £200, and said the society hoped it would soon be increased to £300. Mr. Higgs, the new president, said he had been a member of the society for forty-one years. He expressed the hope that during the coming year the membership of the society, the biggest outside London, would be increased by colleagues from the adjoining districts. The joint honorary secretaries and treasurers, Messrs. G. C. Barrow and J. F. Crowder were re-elected and the society’s gold medal was presented to Mr. Henry Woodhouse by the retiring president.
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948