The City of London Solicitors’ Company are the Livery Company for City solicitors. They are a working Company and all members are required to practise or to have practised as a solicitor within the City of London and Canary Wharf.
The Company reflects the history and tradition of the City and its institutions, but it is also a modern professional organisation, promoting the interests of solicitors in the City of London.
Charitable giving and the relief of suffering have always been at the heart of livery companies and the CLSC has been no different. Before becoming a Livery Company in 1944 the members regularly supported worthy causes. However, on obtaining its grant of Livery a more formal process was established with new members being encouraged to contribute to the "Poor Box" on admission. The present Charitable Fund was constituted as a charity under a Trust Deed in 1965. It has a capital base of over £500,000 and it makes awards each year in excess of £20,000.
You can find out more about the City of London Solicitors' Company on their website here.