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TV Coverage champions client's case.
Oliver King, 20, has been living in a converted flat at a former council hostel in Redruth for five years. Richard Scrase, Follett Stock's specialist in public law speaks out against local authority. To view interview online click on 'bbc spotlight' above.


Cornish Pirates
At the end of the 2004/05 season the Pirates finished in 4th position in National Division 1 - their highest since Dicky Evans became President and just 3 places below Premiership rugby status. To fulfil the club's aspirations of gaining promotion into the Premiership it is necessary to fulfil a number of criteria including becoming a Limited Company and playing home matches in a 15,000 capacity stadium. In examining the options it was viewed as imperative to increase the support base which led to perhaps the single most difficult decision for Dicky Evans and the supporters of the Pirates namely, should the team relocate to another site to play their home matches?The plethora of questions, concerns and sentiments arising from the proposals were debated in the clubhouse, in the street and through the media. However, on 27 th May 2005 at an emergency meeting held in a packed St Johns Hall the innovative plans were passed. They included:

• Relocating to a new temporary site at Kenwyn Truro for the 2005/06 season.
• Re-branding including changing the clubs name to the Cornish Pirates
• Upgrading all the facilities at the Mennaye Field which will continue to act as the permanent training base for the Cornish Pirates.

Following the vote Richard Evans told members: "ten years ago I asked you to support me in taking this club into the professional era. At that time there were those were totally against this move, there are people that are against this latest move. However, it is my belief that we must try this venture." Mr Evans went on to say "I'm absolutely chuffed to bits that the members of Penzance & Newlyn Rugby Club share the same vision as myself. As I have said many times before, Cornwall deserve a Premiership rugby club and it is our aim to bring that to them."

Follett Stock are sponsoring the 'Try of the Month' competition.  Email your nominations to fstoftm@cornish-pirates.com.

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Truro Anglican
Ecclesiastical law is a highly specialised area and no other firm in Cornwall has the expertise to advise authoritatively.


Cornwall Disability Forum
Cornwall Disability Forum is a registered charity and has been in operation since 1997. The Forum was started as an opportunity for disability groups across the county to meet, get together, share information and form partnerships. The Forum is recognised as the umbrella body for the disability community in Cornwall and is used by voluntary and statutory groups to disseminate information and gather views, concerns and opinions from disabled people and their representative groups and organisations.

The Forum currently meets three times a year at Restormel Borough Council Chambers in St Austell & development work initiated as a result of previous events, means that the Forum now also manages several projects. The Internet Project CDF-NET is working on the production of a portal website and providing specialist IT and internet training for disabled people across Cornwall. Penwith Lifestyles offers a service to disabled people in the Penwith area to enable them to live the lifestyle of their choice. Other projects in the pipeline include DiSCus a Disability Sports Development Project, for which funding is partly secured; Reach-out a development of core work to establish a network of seven disability groups across the county, taking information to people on a local level; and a representatives project which we hope will provide training and support to disabled people in order that they can become involved in various local public and voluntary committees.

CDF is managed on a daily basis by the Development Manager who is responsible to an Executive Management Committee disabled people voted into office by the full members of the Forum.