The Supreme Court has ruled in a narrow majority verdict that the Government’s policy limiting the amount people can claim in housing benefit is legal. The 3-2 majority judgment on Wednesday (18 March) in favour of secretary of state for work and pensions Iain Duncan Smith means the Coalition policy that limits housing benefit will […]
Mayer Brown has hired US National Security Agency (NSA) general counsel Rajesh De to lead its privacy and security practice from Washington DC. De is set to rejoin the firm after a six-year absence to lead Mayer Brown’s global practice focused on regulatory, government and global trade, intellectual property, litigation, financial services regulation and enforcement, […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has once again been placed in Band 1 of the offshore global-wide category in the annual Chambers & Partners rankings for 2015. In addition, all of the firm’s offices, either as a practice group or lawyer, have achieved notable status across its jurisdictions. Band 1 • Global-wide offshore• Bermuda corporate and dispute resolution• […]
Barclays has appointed a new general counsel in the US after the departure of Carlos Pelayo from the bank. Kevin McKay, GC of investment banking advisory service Dominick & Dominick, will begin work in the New York-based role on Monday (23 March). Pelayo’s departure follows the resignation of several senior lawyers at Barclays this year. […]
The former head of Selborne Chambers, Romie Tager QC, is facing a tax bill of £1.25m after a tribunal ruled the silk breached inheritance tax rules following the death of his father. In a case brought by HM Revenue & Customs, which instructed Pump Court Chambers’ David Yates, Upper Tribunal Judge Colin Bishopp imposed the […]
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) and Pinsent Masons have been appointed to UK Payments Administration’s first formal panel. The two firms have been appointed this week for an initial period of 12 months as the first formal panel line-up for the industry body, which is the service company providing people, facilities and expertise to the […]
The UK construction industry is on tenterhooks over the Budget. Michael Conroy Harris, construction expert at Eversheds, said: “The industry is waiting to hear the package of measures the Chancellor has put together to take the shackles off housebuilding development. “With pent-up demand most acute in London and the South-East giving wider powers to the […]
Jones Day plans to go where no international firm has gone before: Detroit. It’s launching with a team led by co-head of capital markets Timothy Melton. Unusually it’s chosen to keep its partners largely in the dark about its reasons for expanding its platform to America’s Motor City, but we can reveal why it’s opening […]
Eversheds has appointed Ian Gray as its first international managing partner with executive responsibilities for its international operations. The firm has offices in 30 jurisdictions across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia, and a range of alliances in other jurisdictions. Gray is currently responsible for the Middle East operations and leads the litigation practice group. […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has promoted 17 lawyers to partner, as part of a firm-wide promotions round, three of whom are UK based. In the City, the Magic Circle firm has distributed its three promotions across corporate (two) and employment, pensions and benefits. Last year the firm made up five partners in the UK while the […]
Eversheds has sponsored the Irish Commercial Mediation Association’s annual conference, this year entitled ‘Mediation – What’s in it for me?’. The conference offered delegates insight from both national and international mediators, solicitor and in-house lawyers. The keynote speaker for the event was Hon. Mr. Justice Brian McGovern who provided the opening address for the conference which […]
Gateley will take part in Birmingham’s largest public art event for charity this summer as part of Birmingham Children’s Hospital’s ‘The Big Hoot’ initiative. Organised by public art specialists, Wild in Art, in partnership with Birmingham Children’s Hospital, ‘The Big Hoot’ will deliver over 100 individually designed owl statues to the region, each standing at […]