As of today, I’ve quit the Group for Solicitors with Disabilities (GSD). I became Chair in May 2003 for a year, and since then I’ve remained on the Executive Committee as Immediate Past Chair and became Editor of “The Bridge” newsletter.

This letter explains why I’ve quit.

Dear all

The reason I am emailing you all today is because I have decided to resign from the GSD Executive Committee and as Editor of ‘The Bridge’, as well as my other duties for which I have volunteered for in the past few years.

This has not been an easy decision to make. However, I do feel it is the right one. I have decided to do this because I have very little time to myself these days. I have a demanding job and am uncomfortable about the amount of time I take off to attend meetings for the GSD. Also, I am looking to hopefully obtain a training contract within the next few months, which will take up nearly all of my time. With a fiancée on the other side of the country in Wales, studying a LLM by distance learning and moving into a house I have bought this summer, I feel that I will be stretching myself too far if I continue to be involved with the GSD.

Nonetheless, I would like to very much remain a member and to receive the mail outs that are sent out from time to time. I do not wish to detach myself from the GSD completely.

I would like to say a big thank you to Judith for all her support over the last few years, and to wish the rest of you the best of luck in every endeavour.

Best wishes

Rob