NI: Belfast solicitor Brian Speers elected president of Commonwealth Lawyers Association
Belfast solicitor Brian Speers has been elected president of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA), representing lawyers from all 53 jurisdictions in the Commonwealth.
Mr Speers, managing partner, solicitor and mediator at CMG Cunningham Dickey Solicitors, just completed a two-year term as vice-president of the association.
He is a former president (2010-11) of the Law Society of Northern Ireland and has served as its treasurer since 2015.
He was elected to the presidency of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association for a two-year term during the association’s annual conference in Zambia, which began yesterday.
In a statement congratulating Mr Speers, the Law Society of Northern Ireland said it “wishes him all the best for his presidency”.