Re: Autumn 2015 | Page 9

Firms waive fees for charity A joint initiative was recently held by our firm, Mayo Wynne Baxter solicitors, and BENNETT CHRISTMAS INSURANCE BROKERS in Burgess Hill to raise money for local causes. Both firms waived a percentage of their fees for any work referred to each other. A total of £600 was raised and this was divided between the nominated charities for each firm, Macmillan Cancer Research to help support the development of the Horizon Centre in Brighton, and St Peter & St James Hospice in North Chailey. Our firm is one of the largest Law firms in Sussex with nine offices across the region offering an award winning level of service, while providing a wide range of legal solutions for both private clients and for business. Bennett Christmas is a local, independent and friendly firm of INSURANCE BROKERS that offers a high level of expert and professional service, whether you are a business or an individual. By Laurence Elphick Mark Bennett - Bennett Christmas Michael Mulcare - Mayo Wynne Baxter Carolyn Robinson - St Peter’s and St James’ All the fun of the footgolf… Of all the things I had thought might be possible after deciding to pursue a career in law, footgolf was not one of them. Michael Mulcare - Mayo Wynne Baxter Mark Bennett - Bennett Christmas David Metcalfe - Macmillan Answers to Crossword Answers to Movie Quiz 1. Only Connect 2. Boston 3. Alien Life Form 4. Walter Cronkite 5. Angela Lansbury 6. Michael Palin 7. Richard 8. Happy Days 9. Both are called Ben and are dentists 10. Martin Freeman The concept is straightforward: Navigate a nine-hole golf course by kicking a football into a “flag” (aka a hula hoop positioned around the flag) around a golf course in the lowest possible number of shots (“kicks”). What is less straightforward, as some of my team mates can readily testify, is keeping the football out of the bunkers and water traps. “Albion in the Community,” was the sponsored charity, so the event was in aid of a good cause, and the venue was Mid Sussex Golf Course, a picturesque setting for what, on any other occasion would have been a beautiful evening for serious golfers to bear down on their handicaps. As it was the members were greeted with a motley crew of ageing solicitors and other professionals, all of whom really should have known better. Would I do it again? Yes, especially, if the weather was as good at it was this year; the sort of English Summer evening that might have persuaded Blake to pen a sequel to Jerusalem. Even the English Cricket Team were giving a good account of themselves, the applause of an ecstatic Edgbaston crowd, still ringing in our ears as we made our way to the first Tee. Anyone lacking a sense of humour or wanting to retain a sense of dignity, however, need not apply. By Daniel Pike 7