Karanović & Nikolić is organising presentations on hot topics in competition and tax law for an event to be held on April 17 2015 in Split, for the Association of Corporate Lawyers Split and prominent companies in the area. The event will take place at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce – County Chamber of Split. […]
Property developer EPG has instructed DLA Piper to sue Gateley for breach of contract and professional negligence. The developer claims the firm forged documents and acted dishonestly when it was instructed to work on the acquisition, development and sale of the Trafford Press Building in Manchester by its subsidiary company, Fresh Start Living, which collapsed […]
K&L Gates has become the latest firm to pick up a partner from Clifford Chance in Germany, recruiting the magic circle firm’s German trademark head Thorsten Vormann. Vormann joins K&L Gates’ Frankfurt office. He has been a partner at Clifford Chance and its legacy firm in Germany since 1997. He focuses primarily on patent infringement […]
Labour’s non-dom plans could damage the UK’s status as a great place to move to and do business. The Labour Party announced last week that it intends to overhaul the UK’s res non-dom tax regime if it wins the next election. This should be seen as Labour’s most radical announcement yet, with potentially dramatic consequences […]
Weightmans has promoted four women to its partnership in a reduced promotions round, with the new partners including HR director Sam Airey. Last year the firm made up seven new partners including its first non-lawyer partner, marketing director Sarah-Jane Howitt (22 May 2014). The promotion of Howitt and Airey, who are both fixed-share partners, comes […]
City West Housing has appointed 14 firms and the in-house team at Manchester City Council to its panel in a framework agreement worth £1.4m over four years. City West Housing Trust, which owns more than 14,600 homes in the North West, has appointed a 15-strong lineup of teams including BLM, Brabners, DWF, Hill Dickinson, Trowers […]
Trowers & Hamlins has become the first firm to be granted a qualified foreign law firm (QFLF) licence in Malaysia after changes to the way foreign firms can practise in the country last June. The licence was approved by the Malaysian Bar Council and is effective from 4 April 2015. It will last three years, […]
Suspended Gibson Dunn & Crutcher partner Peter Gray has been denied permission to appeal the ruling that he deliberately misled the High Court. Yesterday (14 April) Mr Justice Flaux took just 15 minutes to refuse Gray’s application for permission to appeal. The application was led by counsel Mark Simpson QC of Fountain Court Chambers. It […]
Public, police and medical negligence set Serjeants’ Inn Chambers has reported growth in fee income of 27.5 per cent for the 2014/15 financial year ending 31 March on the back of a management overhaul. The set declined to provide a figure for its income, but said the growth had come on the back of a […]
The spate of hires of UK talent by US firms continued last week with the news that Cahill Gordon has swooped on Shearman disputes partner Richard Kelly to build its London litigation practice. At the same time Cahill has becomes the first US outfit to be licensed by the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority (SRA) as an […]
Spring brings welcome news for some. Across the UK, it’s partner promotion season. National firms are adding plenty to their partnerships, but magic circle firms are being more circumspect. At Freshfields, for example, only three made the grade in London out of 17 worldwide Addleshaws promotions soar to 18 in record year Slaughters makes up […]
Mark Heywood QC defends in domestic shooting case. Joseph Gray from Stafford as pleaded guilty to manslaughter following the death of his mother, in a case in which Heywood defends. Mrs Gray’s body was discovered at the foot of the stairs by a neighbour after one of her childminding customers arrived at the house but received […]