DLA Piper has announced that Tara Lee, global chair of the firm’s cross-border litigation practice and managing partner of the Northern Virginia office, has been named on the 2013 class of Leaders in the Law by Virginia Lawyers Weekly . Now in its eighth year, the Leaders in the Law programme is said to recognise the lawyers across the Commonwealth who are setting […]
By Aidan McGuire Immigration into the UK continues to be a hot topic, with the government wanting to reduce net immigration and ensure immigration that does happen is ‘good immigration, not mass immigration’. To achieve this, the Home Office has made a number of changes to the Immigration Rules. They began to take effect on […]
By George Roberts There are dozens of deaths and more than 40,000 injuries each year related to the use of machines. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) argues that many of these could easily be prevented with the use of adequate machine guards. On 30 September 2013, the HSE prosecuted Oldfields Ltd, an East London […]
By Craig Bennett Many expected a revolutionary new take on the conduct of litigation, with costs budgeting taking centre stage. Six months on and it is time to analyse the impact so far; have the Jackson Reforms been revolutionary and what has been their effect? Much has been made of the Jackson Reforms to the […]
By Jeremy Bouch The National Crime Agency (NCA) replaced the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) on 7 October 2013 as the UK’s main body for tackling organised crime and it has made a commitment to work closely with businesses in its fight against white-collar crime and cyber attacks. The most important tool in disrupting crime […]
The SRA has referred two Addleshaw Goddard partners to the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) following investigations into discrepancies relating to expenses and disbursements. Real estate partner Emmett Peters and banking partner Dave Wilson are due to attend a case management hearing at the SDT on Tuesday (5 November). The two are listed to appear […]
Back in 2005, the partners of Salans elected Warsaw-based partner Darisuz Oleszczuk as their managing partner. Oleszczuk was a safe pair of hands for the firm, with leadership experience at office and board level, and under his guidance Salans expanded its geographical presence and its financials. At the end of the 2012 financial year, the […]
More than 150 firms are still trying to get professional indemnity insurance (PII) cover a month after the 1 October renewal deadline. Those firms will be prevented from taking on new business and could eventually be closed down if they fail to get cover. It’s been a challenging year for PII renewals with a massive […]
Squire Sanders has confirmed the re-appointment of its UK and US businesses, with Peter Crossley and Stephen Mahon set to serve another three-year term each. The news comes four months after the firm first began the process of nominating individuals for the roles (28 June 2013). Crossley and Mahon’s names were put forward to the […]
More than 150 firms could face closure after being unable to get professional indemnity insurance (PII) on the open market. Last month the SRA said 185 firms had applied to enter the extended indemnity period (EIP) (9 October 2013). Those firms were given 30 days in which to find cover or be forced into the […]
Turnover at Europe’s largest independent firm, Garrigues, has fallen by 1.7 per cent between 2011/12 and 2012/13, with revenues for the financial year ending on 31 August slipping to €331.9m (£284.5m). The drop is smaller than the downturn reported by the Iberian firm in 2012, when turnover was down 5 per cent to €337.6m (30 […]
A judge has come down on the side of the Legal Services Board (LSB) and thrown out an application to reduce the £150,000 cost cap set on the ongoing battle over the new Quality Assurance for Advocates (QASA) scheme. At a 23 October hearing Mr Justice Bean rejected the Criminal Bar Association’s (CBA) argument that Herbert […]