Dominic Lacey, partner and head of the roads sector at Eversheds, has commented on news the government is set to invest billions in the UK roads network by the end of the decade. Lacey said: ‘The government’s commitment to investment in roads is affirmed ahead of the Autumn Statement, in addition to the progress of […]
Eversheds has appointed lateral hire Matthew Kelly as an employment partner in the firm’s education employment team. He joins the firm from Thomas Eggar. Kelly advises a range of further-education colleges, higher-education institutions and academies on employment and governance issues. He has experience in providing advice on a range of employment law issues, including: advising […]
DLA Piper has acted for Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and its subsidiary Samsung Heavy Industries Nigeria (SHIN) in forming a joint venture partnership with Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL) to develop a marine fabrication and integration yard facility near Lagos in Nigeria. SHIN and LADOL will jointly invest to develop a new marine fabrication and […]
Walker Morris has announced the winners and runners-up of the landmark 20th-anniversary edition of its Children’s Charity Calendar Painting Competition. The winners and runners-up attended a presentation ceremony held at the Tetley, where Walker Morris is hosting a public exhibition of more than 250 paintings from across the 20 years of the competition. This year’s […]
Shoosmiths has expanded its family law offering with the appointment of a partner, an associate and a solicitor. The new team will operate as part of Access Legal, the firm’s private client arm. The new hires will work with existing family law partner Marika Franceschi, and specialists Claire Christie and Karen Nicol in Shoosmiths’ family […]
Nabila Mallick, barrister at No5 Chambers, has been invited to speak at the Health and Wellbeing at Work Conference 2015. Mallick will present an employment law session about dress-code policies on 4 March 2015. The conference, which attracts more than 3,000 delegates, is now in its eighth year and is aimed at those responsible for […]
No5 Chambers barrister S Chelvan was on the panel of an event titled ‘The role of pro-bono lawyers in ensuring the protection of refugee rights’ at the European Pro Bono Forum in London, which ended on 7 November. The Forum, organised by PILnet, attracted delegates from all over the world, including representatives from international law […]
A grieving partner has called for a review of psychiatric care at the North Devon District Hospital after his partner was discovered hanging in her bedroom after spending two weeks at Barnstaple’s Ocean View facility in February 2011. Simon Banks claims staff at the facility failed to take simple steps that could have prevented her […]
DLA Piper and Clyde & Co played key roles in a landmark agreement between Gulf Related and Al Tayer Group, which will see the opening of two US department stores, Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s, at Al Maryah Central. Al Maryah Central is a new 2.3-million-square-foot shopping centre being developed by Gulf Related on Al Maryah Island, […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman’s British Virgin Islands (BVI) office has been given top rankings in three key industry awards this year from Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500 and IFLR1000. The firm was named by Chambers and Partners as the Offshore Law Firm of the Year for 2014. In addition, with the move to a […]
Linklaters, Clifford Chance, Freshfields and Ashurst have all won roles for the UK’s big four retail banks currently at the centre of a major Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) probe launched last week. The big four banks could face being broken up at the end of the 18-month investigation after the CMA pledged to launch […]
Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP) arbitration head Nicholas Fletcher QC has left the firm to join 4 New Square and Olswang’s arbitration chief Andrew Aglionby has also left for a career at the bar. Fletcher is set to join 4 New Square as an independent arbitrator on 1 December 2014, five years after joining BLP from […]