Ros Bever, Irwin Mitchell 2015 was a standout year for Irwin Mitchell’s Manchester family law head Ros Bever. In June she led a team that took the divorce cases of Alison Sharland and Varsha Gohil to the Supreme Court, arguing against decisions of the lower courts which meant the two women had received lower settlements […]
John Beggs QC, Serjeants’ Inn Chambers Over the past 25 years John Beggs QC has built up a leading practice acting on defendant police work. The Serjeants’ Inn Chambers tenant acts for individual policemen and women, chief constables and police authorities – as well as the Police and Crime Commissioner – on a wide range […]
Jacqueline Backhaus, Trowers & Hamlins As Trowers & Hamlins’ head of planning, Jacqueline Backhaus has been at the forefront of the some of the largest UK housing projects in the past year. She supported Cherwell District Council on its acquisition and financing for the first large-scale, self-build housing project in the UK, setting a precedent […]
Rosalie Chadwick, Pinsent Masons Pinsent Masons corporate partner Rosalie Chadwick had a busy 2015 as lead lawyer on one of the most high-profile deals of the year: the £585m disposal of assets by French oil giant Total to North Sea Midstream Assets following the collapse in oil prices. The deal, which was a challenging first […]
Tom Bray, Eversheds Eversheds HR partner Tom Bray has been busy over the past four years leading the team responsible for providing specialist HR legal advice to Heathrow Airport. Bray’s work for Heathrow covers “every employment issue you may come across”. This includes work surrounding senior executive appointments, high-profile trade union issues and Employment Tribunal […]
Cyber risk awareness is high among companies but they are hindered by a lack of sophisticated defence planning and uncertainty over EU security rules
Look at the pictures. Our annual Hot 100 brings much joy to many: not only the lawyers, but also their mums and the PRs. And it’s a wonderfully uncynical exercise, in which we find 100 exceptional individuals who have not just excelled at their day job, but brought a little bit extra to the role. […]
Mergers and divestitures in the energy sector are creating plenty of work for in-house lawyers and their external advisers
Just over half of the British public trust lawyers to tell the truth, according to an Ipsos MORI poll, while judges are the third most trusted profession overall. According to the survey carried out on nearly 1,000 adults, judges are trusted by 80 per cent of the British population. Only doctors and teachers are trusted […]
Litigation was the theme of TheLawyer.com last week as we revealed our pick of the top 20 cases for 2016. With over £6bn estimated to be in dispute, barristers and their instructing solicitors will be kept busy throughout the next 12 months. In related stories, we also reported that Lewis Silkin is to appeal a […]
Macfarlanes has re-appointed senior partner Charles Martin and managing partner Julian Howard to continue in their roles until 2020. Martin and Howard’s terms are due to expire in May 2017 and have been extended for another three years. The firm did not carry out formal voting, but instead held consultations with partners in November and […]
One can’t really write about The Quality Chop House without talking about its history. One look at the place and you wonder whether this could possibly be the real thing, so I dig around and find that it has been a restaurant since 1869. As a property lawyer by profession and an historian by education […]