Several changes to company law in Guernsey will provide new opportunities for those using the island as a centre for international business. Incorporation in Guernsey is effected by registering the company’s memorandum and articles of association with the States of Guernsey Greffe (public records office) following an application to the Royal Court to form a […]
Legal aid lawyers have condemned as deplorable the decision by the Lord Chancellor’s Department (LCD) to freeze legal aid fees. A statement from the LCD last Friday said: “Having carefully considered the representations made by the Law Society and the Bar during this year’s remuneration discussions there will not be any changes made to the […]
Potential student barristers have been hearing whether they were lucky in their applications for the new bar vocational course at the College of Law. The college received about 1,800 applications for 120 places on the course, which starts in September. It is the first time an institution other than the Inns of Court School of […]
At its mid-year meeting last month the American Bar Association (ABA) called for a moratorium on executions. The ABA is not known for its opposition to capital punishment. But, as one New York attorney put it, it is important that “lawyers, those closest to the system, stand up and say it’s in shambles”. They are […]
The battle of the badgers is heading for the High Court. Mr Justice Kay has given the green light for South Somerset District Council to mount a unique judicial review challenge to the Government’s refusal to relocate a badger set in Yeovil which is said to be causing havoc for the creature’s human neighbours. The […]
Nearly half of the 30 lawyer delegates at a conference on law firm mergers last week said their practices were involved in merger talks. Another third said they were open to merger offers and only just under a quarter said they were not interested. The 23 firms that attended “Merger Most Foul”, organised by management […]
Jersey is soon to establish a self-standing commission to supervise and help develop the island’s finance industry. Approval for the Financial Services Commission (FSC) was given by the States, Jersey’s legislative body, in October 1995 and draft legislation is awaited. The original target date for the introduction of the new body was 1 January 1998, […]
Clifford Chance is embarking on a multi-million-pound project to update its information technology. From June to early next year it will replace the Wordperfect word processing system on all its PCs with the latest Microsoft Windows-based systems. It has also begun trials of a new practice management system with which it intends to replace its […]
Philip Leach was born in Cheshire on 10 May 1966. He now lives in St Albans and is the legal officer at Liberty What was your first job? Pruning vines in a Kentish vineyard. What was your first ever salary as a lawyer? £15,000. What would you have done if you hadn’t become a lawyer? […]
At present only qualified lawyers, namely solicitors and barristers working for the CPS, can make a decision as to whether a criminal prosecution should proceed and then prosecute those cases in court. At a time when there is heightened and grave concern about miscarriages of justice, the Review of Delay in the Criminal Justice System […]
Whenever I am in danger of getting carried away by the euphoria that surrounds the release of innocent people, I turn either to the leader column of The Sun or the correspondence columns of The Daily Telegraph. Not that I have any objection to being denounced in The Sun. True, it does generate a certain […]
Despite the development of the doctrine of constructive trust, and the endless controversy over its scope and meaning, litigation on express trusts in England is relatively rare. We still recite trust cases decided in the last century as key authorities, when the trust was a more common means of holding and administering family wealth. Any […]