The shadow Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg, is to to be the keynote speaker at the Family Law Bar Association’s annual dinner this Friday at the Middle Temple Hall. The black tie dinner, which is at 7.45pm and costs £40, is open to anyone who receives the Family Law Bar Association’s newsletter, whether or […]
The Network for Social Change is a group of 80 inheritors who have joined together to coordinate the donation of money to deserving causes. We would like to highlight our existence to solicitors whose clients may want to give some of the money they have inherited to charity. The network was formed 11 years ago […]
The media has recently occupied itself with reports that lawyers who promote flimsy cases backed by legal aid, might be made to suffer in their pockets by the Legal Aid Board. And some might say high time. Not only should such lawyers lose fees, they should also have to pay the other side’s costs. Nor […]
Patrick Isherwood is a partner at Frere Cholmeley Bischoff. The recent settlement of the Cala Homes v McAlpine High Court action for £1.85m brought an end to a piece of litigation which has attracted an unusual level of interest in legal and business circles. The original judgment by Mr Justice Laddie on liability in July […]
Taylor v West Kent Health Authority – QB 14 February 1997 Claimant: Paul Taylor, Incident: Medical negligence Injuries: Widower’s claim over death of his wife, 33-year-old mother of four, who died of cancer 23 December 1991. Family had claimed £200,000 damages in respect of failure to diagnose cancer after checks following discovery of lump in […]
With the New Year came a new name to the Danish legal scene: Plesner & Gronborg, the issue of a marriage between Copenhagen firms Koch-Nielsen & Gronborg and Plesner & Lunoe. A prime motivation behind the move was to entrench the firm in the country’s top league of practices. “We felt a number of foreign […]
A Knightsbridge solicitor convicted of assault after he forcibly removed a client from his offices has expressed his regret for his behaviour and the injuries he caused his client. But Child & Child senior partner Allen Chubb has called for the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, which is to hear his case in May, not to strike […]
Simmons & Simmons is pulling together its Hong Kong and Shanghai offices in readiness for the handover of the colony in July by creating a post of China managing partner. The post will be filled by Huen Wong who has been with Simmons since 1988. He established the firm’s Shanghai office, where he has been […]
Hambro Countrywide has unveiled the specialist legal software for its new conveyancing centres, as part of the estate agent’s bid to offer a one-stop-shop conveyancing service. It has hired the IT company Solicitors Own Software to install the computer system for the in-house service, due to be launched next month, which will be handled by […]
The Solicitors Family Law Association has launched a campaign to put family law reform high on the political agenda in the run-up to the elections. A 10-point manifesto, Agenda For Change, was published by the SFLA in the House of Lords last week. The document is being sent to MPs, peers and prospective parliamentary candidates […]
Fierce criticism has forced Home Secretary Michael Howard to withdraw a clause which allowed police to shred prosecution evidence in jury trials three years after conviction. The clause, which was part of the 1996 Criminal Procedures and Investigation Act’s code of practice, was drawn up by Michael Howard in December without any parliamentary debate. It […]
The Association of Solicitors in Investment Management has set up links with Step, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. The organisations last week attended Asim’s London regional meeting held at Speechly Bircham and are making plans to have future joint meetings. Asim member Andrew Murray, of Lawrence Graham, who attended the meeting said of […]