Have a break. Go on, make a cup of tea, put your feet up and munch on a chocolate biscuit of your choice. But if that biscuit is a KitKat, it’s worth considering the latest opinion from Europe. As Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co ’s briefing this week discusses, Advocate General Wathelet of the European […]
Olswang clients the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA), the Musicians’ Union (MU) and UK Music have succeeded in their substantive judicial review against the Government over its recent changes to copyright laws. In a ruling in the High Court on Friday (19 June) Mr Justice Green ruled against the Secretary of State […]
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), Stephenson Harwood and Pinsent Masons have all won top roles on railway model maker Hornby’s delisting from the main market and admission to the alternative investment market (Aim). BLP advised its longstanding client, with a team led by partner and co-head of corporate finance Michael Anderson. He was supported by senior […]
German-based firms Arnecke Siebold and Sibeth have announced they are to merge and form Arnecke Sibeth on 1 September. The new firm will be among the top 50 law firms in Germany and will employ 35 partners and over 100 legal professionals. Both legacy firms have operated in different regions within Germany but the merger […]
Baker & McKenzie EMEA private equity co-head Bruno Bertrand-Delfau is leaving the firm to join Proskauer Rose in London. It is understood that Bertrand-Delfau will join as a partner at Proskauer and will depart Baker & McKenzie in the coming months. Bertrand-Delfau has been a partner at Baker & McKenzie for seven years, having joined […]
DWF has refocused its business model by launching an integrated service, which combines its consultancy, support centre and contract lawyer service. The new services include a legal support centre operating out of a Manchester and DWF Resource, which is the firm’s contract lawyer offering. DWF is also looking to provide services to in-house legal teams. […]
On Thursday 25 June, No5 Chambers will be hosting the launch of two publications with UNHCR, Asylum Aid and the Centre for the Study of Emotion and Law. Firstly, ‘The Heart of the Matter: Assessing Credibility when children apply for asylum in the European Union’, a UNHCR research study into credibility assessments for unaccompanied asylum seeking […]
A jury has ruled that James Walmsley, 24, caused a car crash that killed his friend, Frazer McCarthy, 21, when driving down the wrong way of a busy Merseyside road in May 2012. Mr Walmsley, who suffered catastrophic head injuries, has been left severely injured and brain damaged. He was ruled unfit to stand trial, […]
#Firstworldproblems no 1: being irritated by the OpenTable booking message telling me I can only have the table for a two-hour slot. It’s one of my particular bugbears, the two-hour table slot. Little are they to know that I eat my food at warp factor ten. In the land of quick eaters, I am queen. […]
Ogier is sponsoring Jersey Construction Council’s Summer Briefing Series. The series launches with a topical update on the new energy plan for Jersey, Pathway 2050, which is hoped to bring new opportunities to the construction sector and promote sustainable growth on the Island. The series launches with a topical update on the new energy plan for […]
Clifford Chance, DMH Stallard and Freeths have all had complaints lodged against them to the SRA. The complaints against Clifford Chance and DMH Stallard centre on a review conducted by the firm after allegations were made that RBS was deliberately damaging small businesses. Allegations were originally made against RBS in 2014 by Lawrence Tomlinson who […]
When Michael Greville stepped down as managing partner of Watson Farley & Williams (WFW), his position was filled by not one, but two, former office heads. Lothar Wegener and Chris Lowe were both voted into the role back in January 2014 (13 December 2013) and are set to be in the position for the next […]