New York firm White & Case has broken new ground for a US firm with a London office by hiring a full-time marketing specialist to establish its European marketing department. The firm, which heralded its expansionist ambitions last autumn when it announced it would be paying higher US salary rates to its English fee earners, […]
Local government lawyers could face an extra workload if the Labour government gives local authorities the go-ahead to raise private sector finance for housing. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has indicated that he is keen to allow councils to borrow privately, as housing associations already do, although this has yet to emerge as official Government […]
THE CROWN Prosecution Service and the The Association of First Division Civil Servants (FDA) are at loggerheads over claims by the lawyers’ union that senior prosecutors are for the first time facing compulsory redundancies. Last week, the FDA’s CPS convenor Kevin Goodwin told The Lawyer that senior management had “made it known” that they were […]
Partners at the Leeds-based private client practice Wrigleys – which broke away from Dibb Lupton Broomhead last year – have lured two more former colleagues, Tim Knight and Richard Sutton, into the partnership. The firm has also recruited Richard Archer, a consultant at Hammond Suddards, as a pensions, tax and private client consultant. Wrigleys was […]
The countdown to the legal challenge has begun. Any law firm or barristers’ chambers which is brimming over with brilliance, ingenuity and a sense of humour (fitness would also help) is invited to enlist in the ultimate team-building exercise this month. The Teampower Legal Challenge is organised by leadership development company Whynot in association with […]
An application for judicial review seeks to define a council’s responsibility for adults formerly in its care, says Roger Pearson. Justice Connell of the Family Division is currently considering an application for judicial review which could have wide-ranging implications for local authority care. The case of R v London Borough of Lambeth ex parte Caddell […]
FORMER Law Society president Martin Mears has pledged his support to plans mooted by lobby group Task Force to prevent firms suing employees for negligence. The Law Society’s standards and guidance committee is to examine the issue when it meets next month. Mears wants firms to disclose, at interview, whether or not they will sue. […]
Insurance giant Eagle Star is considering opening an in-house insurance litigation team in Manchester to cut its legal bills in the north west. The company, which is a major supplier of legal work to firms in the region, says the move has been prompted by concerns over its “claims and litigation costs” in the area. […]
Taking part in a user group not only helps you to get the most out of your practice system but also allows you to share your expertise with others, says Boyd Holmes. Boyd Holmes is managing partner of Cartmell Shepherd in Carlisle and chair of the AIM Computer Users Association (ACUA). Making effective use of […]
A no win no fee firm that will operate solely for employees at industrial tribunals is being launched today by a law centre-based employment law specialist. The new firm is believed to be the first exclusively to run actions at industrial tribunals on a contingency fee basis. Lawrence Davies, an employment specialist at North Lambeth […]
Procedural improvements in the Arbitration Act mean it is better than ever to use London, reports Stewart Shackleton. Stewart Shackleton is senior associate of the arbitration group at Norton Rose in London and Paris. There has been much discussion at various academic conferences on the subject of the new Arbitration Act which came into force […]
Lucas Bateman is an intellectual property litigator at Pinsent Curtis in Leeds. In an era of concern over the time and money consumed by litigation, I anticipate that the recent trend towards the granting of orders for lump sum costs in the Chancery Division will be welcomed by most practitioners. In a Patents Court Practice […]