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(as amended at the AGM on 23rd Sept 2002 )

 1. The Society shall be called “The Birmingham Medico-Legal Society.

2. The Object of the Society shall be to promote medico-legal knowledge and  develop contacts  and co-operation between the professions.

3. Membership of the Society shall be opened to qualified barristers, solicitors and registered  medical and dental practitioners in the Birmingham area and to such persons as may be interested in medico-legal work.   Honorary members of the Society may be elected by the Council on terms and conditions and for such period or periods as the Council may from time to time think fit.

4. Election for membership shall rest with the Council.   Every candidate for membership, other than those for honorary membership and founder members shall be proposed and seconded  by members of the Society.

5. Officers and Council

6. The affairs of the Society shall be managed by a Council which shall consist of the Honorary    Officers and nine other members of the Society to include at least three from each profession. Five shall form a quorum.

7. Members of Council, other than Honorary Officers, shall retire on the third anniversary of their election.  No retiring member shall be eligible for re-election until 2 years have elapsed from the date of his/her retirement.

8. The President, Vice President, Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer shall be elected annually.

9(a) The tenure of office of the President shall be for not more than two consecutive years, unless the Council and the Society in the General Meeting otherwise decide in any particular case.

 (b) The President upon retirement from office shall continue to serve as Immediate Past President on Council, for a period not exceeding two consecutive years, unless the Council and Society in the General Meeting decide otherwise in any particular case.

10. The tenure of office of the Vice President shall be for not more than two consecutive years. The Vice President shall be expected to succeed the President on his/her retirement from office.

11. Any casual vacancy occurring in the office of Honorary Officers or of the Council may be  filled by the Council, but any person so chosen shall retain his office so long only as the vacating member in whose place he is appointed would have retained the same if no vacancy had occurred.

12. The Council may from time to time appoint for such persons as the Council thinks fit, Committees with or without power to add to their number and Committees so appointed may appoint Sub-committees with or without similar power to add; but unless power to act is given by the Council the decisions of the Committees shall require the sanction of the Council.

12(a) The Council may from time to time appoint two (2) members of the Society as Speakers Secretaries , one from each profession

Meetings

13. The Council shall submit to each Annual General Meeting, nominations for each of the offices and for other vacancies of the Council.   Four weeks notice of such meetings shall be given and the notice shall include the Council’s nominations.   Any two members of the Society may also nominate any member of the Society for election to the Council or to any office provided that such nominations be sent in writing to the Honorary Secretary not less than two weeks before the Annual General Meeting.

14. An Annual General Meeting of the members of the Society shall be held in September or October, at which a report from the Council together with audited accounts, shall be presented and the Officers of the Society, together with sufficient members to fill any vacancies on the Council shall be elected.

15. The Honorary Secretary, on direction of the Council, or on the request of at least fifteen members of the Society, shall convene a General Meeting of the Society, of which not less than seven days’ notice specifying business to be transacted, shall be given.

16.No rule may be made, altered or rescinded except by the Society in a General Meeting.

Subscriptions

17. The Annual Subscription of each member of the Society shall be payable annually as determined by Council and ratified as necessary  by the Society at the Annual General Meeting.

18. The membership of any member whose subscription is one year in arrears is terminated automatically, but any such member may be reinstated by the Council on such terms as the Council may think fit.