Fladgate has posted a double-digit increase in turnover and a 10 per cent rise in profit for the 2013/14 half year, with a 15 per cent turnover hike to £14.84m over the like-for-like period. The firm is projecting a full-year turnover in excess of £30m, the first time it will have broken through that benchmark, […]
Gray’s Inn set Matrix has boosted its media practice with the arrival of three juniors from rival set Doughty Street Chambers. Juniors Anthony Hudson, Guy Vassell-Adams and Ben Silverstone will join former Doughty Street silk Richard Hermer QC at Matrix on Monday (11 November). All three have made a name for themselves in the media […]
High-profile cases have been rearing their heads this week with Plebgate and the David Miranda case both hitting headlines again as well as news of $3bn of claims filed – and lost – against the Kazakhstan government. Matrix Chambers – which led in challenging the detention of David Miranda – were on the losing side […]
By Guy Lamb This month will see one of the biggest shake-ups of the employment law landscape for decades, as fees will be charged to bring claims in the employment tribunal for the first time. Fees are due to be introduced in respect of all claims commenced on or after 29 July 2013. The tribunal […]
By Sandra M Wallace The introduction of the service provision change (SPC) regulations in TUPE 2006 promised so much in terms of certainty, but unfortunately has delivered so little. Far from giving employers and employees alike much needed confidence about the circumstances in which TUPE will apply, recent case law has created a great deal […]
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By Cole Stacey Signing a document is a simple method of confirming the agreement of contracting parties. It provides comfort and certainty as to the personal involvement of that person and means that signatures can be checked, for example, against bank mandates. Finding an electronic equivalent is necessary to the continued growth and development of e-commerce. […]
The Supreme Court has allowed a landmark appeal by the insurance market over the ability of litigants to settle cases without fear of foreign court proceedings. In what is understood to be one of the most significant commercial law cases to come before the Supreme Court, the judicial panel of five ruled in favour of […]
The SRA has shut down Follett Stock with immediate effect following revelations that the Truro-headquartered firm was facing a HM Revenue and Customs winding up petition last month. The SRA has declared Follett Stock and its holding company Follett Stock Holdings Company insolvent, stating that an intervention was necessary to protect the interests of clients […]
Reed Smith has defeated Allen & Overy (A&O) and Stephenson Harwood in two separate arbitrations totaling $3bn (£1.9bn) against the Republic of Kazakhstan (RoK). Reed Smith partner Belinda Paisley instructed 3 Verulam Buildings’ Ali Malek QC and Essex Court Chambers’ Toby Landau QC to defend the case before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment […]
Lawyers who fancy themselves a bit of an action hero should maybe consider the biscuits business. Just ask head of corporate legal affairs at United Biscuits, Simon Rose, who has faced death threats over a bag of crisps and advised on a cake that needed its own body double. But if fruit cake isn’t your […]
Gresham computing has hired a Manches associate to its new general counsel post, marking the first qualified lawyer to enter the company. The software company hired former in-house Philips lawyer Jonathan Cathie to its new in-house legal role in September, where he will report to chief financial officer Rob Grubb and chief executive Chris Errington. […]