DLA Piper is facing a possible investigation by the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority (SRA) after its senior partners sent emails to each other following the bankruptcy of a former client. Sheffield based property developer Steve Wilkinson has complained to the SRA after he obtained emails sent between DLA partners, which he claims celebrate the failure of […]
Osborne Clarke has won the top role advising Chris Evans’ management company on his appointment as the new Top Gear presenter. Evans’ Zimple Group was represented by Osborne Clarke’s head of digital business Adrian Bott and commercial partner John Davidson-Kelly. They were supported by associate director Tom Harding. The BBC was advised by its in-house […]
Ramby de Mello, James Dixon and James Fraczyk represented two claimants in a High Court judicial review (led by Richard Drabble QC), before Lord Justice Bean and Mr Justice Collins, challenging the legality of various provisions in the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (DRIPA). The two claims were joined with those of Tom Watson MP and […]
A motorist has been found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving and pleaded a judge not to send her to jail because she was so overweight. Linda Ann Jenns, 49, mowed down Paul Stinton, 45, in her white Ford Kuga after jumping a red light. But No5 barrister Ian Bridge pleaded with the Judge at […]
Herbert Smith Freehills has launched an initiative to place legal project managers in each of its practices, initially focusing on its disputes and corporate groups. The firm hired one project manager to its disputes practice based in London in May, and plans to roll out the programme across all sectors and a number of jurisdictions this […]
Osborne Clarke has joined firms including Addleshaw Goddard, Linklaters and Slaughter and May in offering an enhanced shared parental leave (SPL) scheme for its employees. Anyone who has worked at Osborne Clarke for one year or longer will be entitled to 15 weeks SPL at full salary. Fathers who have worked at the firm for […]
The expansion of Heathrow airport could be stalled after a lawyer who is a member of a local action group has threatened legal action against the Airport Commission and called for its chairman to step down. The Teddington Action Group (TAG) is calling for Sir Howard Davies to resign after it was announced that he […]
Squire Patton Boggs has announced the appointment of corporate partner Andrew Glaze who has joined the firm from SGH Martineau. Glaze joined SGH Martineau as a partner in 2012 after leaving legacy firm Wragge & Co where he worked as a director in its public companies team (22 October 2012). He specialises in mergers and […]
Pharmaceutical giant Shire has hired Reckitt Benckiser (RB) group general counsel Bill Mordan as its new general counsel and corporate secretary. Mordan replaces interim general counsel Mark Enyedy who will continue as the company’s head of corporate development. Enyedy took over as GC after Tatjana May stepped down at the end of last year having […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Simpson Thacher & Bartlett disputes partner Linda Martin in New York as it continues to build up its US capabilities. Martin will join Freshfields’ civil litigation practice on 8 September after nearly 20 years at Simpson Thacher. The hire follows a raft of star US lawyers joining the magic circle […]
The Co-operative Bank has launched the process to select its first-ever panel of external legal advisers, following the bank’s split from the Co-operative Group. Head of the bank’s non-contentious legal team Claire Morris will lead the panel review. Morris joined the Co-operative Bank earlier this year after replacing legal head James Southworth who returned to […]
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