Hewitson Becke & Shaw has poached pensions expert Andrew Lowin from Cripps Harries Hall to head its new financial services department Lowin will offer an investment service from the firm’s Cambridge office. He was at Cripps Harries for more than six years, in charge of pension funds and remuneration. The services Hewitsons will offer include […]
A sole practitioner who played a part in an £8m fraud has been thrown out of the profession. The solicitors’ disciplinary tribunal heard how Alan Dixon got involved in the fraud when he was approached in 1992 by a woman, described as “Mrs C”, who asked him to take part in an investment scheme devised […]
Linklaters & Paines is claiming a $1.8bn High Court victory for Ernst & Young in a battle over responsibility for the collapse of BCCI, whose liquidators are represented by Lovell White Durrant. The High Court last week struck out half the liquidators’ $3.5bn claim against the accountancy firm for the alleged negligent audit of BCCI. […]
Last week the Association of Solicitors in Investment Management (Asim) revealed that funds managed by its members had increased by 30 per cent over the past year. As Asim points out, solicitors can become a bigger force in the booming fund management market, offering investors a one-stop shopping service which rivals cannot match. They are […]
The German legal market is in a state of flux. Firms are gearing up for further domestic mergers, while foreign lawyers and accountants are aggressively building up their German offices. The burning question is how to keep market share in a sluggish economy. “Every major German firm is talking about how they should meet the […]
The Legal Action Group (LAG) and the Law Society are asking the Lord Chancellor’s Department (LCD) to think again over its proposal to remove criminal advice and assistance from the scope of the green form scheme. They say that it could leave a significant number of people without much-needed advice and assistance. The LCD, which […]
Thambapillai Yogananther, 54, admitted 1979, practising at material times as Yoga & Co, London NW9, suspended for a year. Allegations substantiated he wrongly drew money from client account, failed to comply with accounts rules, failed to disclose material circumstances to mortgagee client, failed to reply to correspondence from Solicitors Complaints Bureau. Tribunal accepted Yogananther had […]
Monckton Chambers has published a new brochure with a full set of barristers’ photos after requests from solicitors, who say they often fail to recognise them when introducing clients. Practice manager Milly Ayliffe said solicitors usually dealt with barristers over the phone and they were often as much in the dark as their clients when […]
The chambers of Michael Crystal QC at 3-4 South Square has decided to scrap the post of chief executive, which has been held for two years by solicitor David Hatchard. Hatchard will leave the commercial set on 1 April in a move which senior clerk Neil Atkin described as being by “mutual agreement”. A former […]
New Court Chambers has set up a computer litigation practice group to increase expertise in this growing area. The chambers has several practice groups covering different areas of law which allow barristers to share their experiences and expertise and to organise events for their clients. The group comprises nine tenants with experience in computer dispute […]
Rouse & Co International is installing Windows-based time recording and accounts systems in its Hong Kong and Beijing offices, following successful implementation in London. The firm installed the systems, supplied by Solicitors Own Software (SOS), in its London office in 1995 and successfully converted its account data to Windows. The software has now been installed […]
Norton Rose has strengthened its Paris office by tempting Alain Sanchez away from Lovell White Durrant with the offer of a partnership. Sanchez spent six years with Lovells in Paris and has experience as an in-house counsel for Exxon and 3M. His move to Norton Rose is intended to support the existing mergers and acquisitions […]