Financing and restructuring
Norton Rose acted for US developer AES on the £112.5m development and financing of a 230MW power station in Barry
Tony Girling/CPS. The bridge-mender general
Law Society president Tony Girling is not sure if the 60,000-plus solicitors he works for are really interested in what he has been doing for the past eight months. “A lot of the work I have been spending my time on is not the exciting stuff which your editor believes your readers are going to […]
Tony Girling/CPS. Why CPSD must stay independent
The underlying principle when the CPS was established was, as I understand, that it should be an independent, professional service. This, I think, means that while relations between the police and the CPS should not be in any way adversarial, nor should the CPS be in the pocket of the police. I have some fear […]
In brief: Elly is appointed member of Aclec
Former Law Society president Charles Elly (right) has been appointed a member of the Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct (Aclec). Elly’s appointment runs for three years from April. Last week Aclec published largely positive advice on an application by the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents for extended litigation rights in the […]
Partners get fees ultimatum
Two partners at an Uxbridge practice have been given a six-month ultimatum to pay £14,000 in barristers fees. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal heard last week how Tony Foss and Clinton Worsfold, of Garner Foss & Worsfold, owed fees stretching back 10 years. Gerald Lynch, representing the Law Society, told the tribunal that the debt at […]
Jeune cleared over his part in LLP law
THE FORMER senior partner of a leading Jersey law firm has been cleared of improper conduct over his role in the drawing up of the island’s controversial limited liability partnership (LLP) law. Reg Jeune, a prominent Jersey politician, was accused of improperly fast tracking the new law by a fellow member of the Jersey parliament […]
In brief: Use your telephone vote
VOTES are already flooding in by post for the prestigious The Lawyer/HIFAL Personality of the Year Award. Now The Lawyer has set up a 24-hour telephone voting hotline. Last year the former Law Society president Martin Mears was the profession’s choice. This year the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Bingham, Cherie Booth QC, Law Society president […]
Scots vent anger over public fund to protect conveyancers
Scottish solicitors have attacked the Government for paying a £40,000 indemnity insurance premium for licensed conveyancers in a bid to get the profession off the ground in Scotland. The funding is being offered by the Scottish Conveyancing and Executry Board, a newly launched non-departmental public body which has been given the job of overseeing the […]
Caution required on valuations
Claims relating to negligent property valuation now form an increasing percentage of business at the High Court and a recent case has been closely watched by those in property circles. Lawyers see the judgment in the case as a warning to lenders when they give instructions to value a property. The case – Hambros Leasing […]
Girling calls for solicitors' chambers
A Law Society survey which found that 71 per cent of sole practitioners see themselves as specialists has prompted president Tony Girling to call on them to follow the lead set by barristers and band together in chambers-type arrangements. In an interview in this week’s edition of The Lawyer (see page 11) Girling argues that […]
Partner backs Tube crusade
Nabarro Nathanson senior partner David Bramson has put his name to a letter to The Times from senior London businessmen calling for a “£1.2bn investment backlog” in the London Underground to be made good by government. Nabarros joined the London First campaign – a privately funded group of businesses to promote the city – two […]
Ontario's 'robojustice' plan sparks political controversy
Concerns in Ontario about an ambitious C$100m plan to computerise and re-engineer the province’s entire justice system have been heightened by accusations that the regional government is pursuing a policy of “information control”. Negotiations are under way between the provincial government and a consortium of companies led by IBM to sign a deal to launch […]