What good fortune we had as a club to be able to welcome Professor Susan Edwards to our club meeting in May. A long time friend of Mary she kindly agreed to attend our meeting to speak on the legal changes in the sentencing and treatment of “women who kill” following domestic abuse, coercive control and the constancy of fear. With over 20 at the meeting there was much discussion and surprise how a degree of relative leniency under common law from the 17th century cases has changed with wider judicial change and case law in more recent times. Watch the Club Newsletter for more information. Susan would make a superb addition to any expert working party looking at the current bills and future proposals for amending and lobbying via CSW, governments and local policy. Sincere thanks to Mary, Carlye and of course dear Dorothy for opening up dialogue with a woman who has significant expertise to share with us.
We welcomed two guests to our meeting Celia and Angela accompanied Carlye and MaryLe. It’s always splendid to welcome women interested in the work soroptimists do to stand up for women and girls. We hope they might come again or join our next ZOOM business meeting to learn more about the 2023 projects.
Don’t forget to congratulate The Fairmile on Tripadvisor for their new menu and handling of what was a busy meal delivery for so many of us last week.