The case of a ruined cargo of ground nut pellets is to go to the Law Lords. They have given leave for an appeal by Linden Management against a $478,000 (£300,000) damages award made by Mr Justice Longmore in the Commercial Court on 29 March 1994 and upheld by the Court of Appeal on 30 […]
The Bar Council’s pupillage clearing system has found itself in the last chance saloon with criticism coming from all quarters. Calls to reform the process have been heard from students and chambers alike, forcing a pledge from the Bar to give more support to the system in the next year. However, if more time had […]
The Investment Property Forum has sent out more than 2,020 copies of Readiness for Sale, its code of practice on streamlining commercial property transactions. It was published with the support of several major property industry bodies to promote faster and more efficient transfer of property with a view to enhancing the liquidity of property as […]
Nick Braithwaite is a lawyer with Clifford Chance and editor of The International Libel Handbook. When Observer journalist John Sweeney described the millionaire Barclay twins, David and Frederick, as “interesting people with an interesting past”, he could never have predicted just how interesting his next year would be. As a result of comments he made […]
The publication of Professor Avrom Sherr’s finding that a large number of lawyers have experience of acting for clients with the HIV virus or AIDS (The Lawyer, 4 February) is welcome, but not entirely unexpected. Recognition of the diverse areas of practice which can be relevant to people affected by HIV or AIDS is also […]
The crossover of counsel from the commercial Bar into the rarefied atmosphere of the Chancery Division has been a trend for a few years. More recently, however, solicitors are observing that chancery barristers are also dipping into the more robust realms of the commercial courts and the Queen’s Bench Division. As one leading practitioner comments: […]
Jeffrey Burke QC, the recently elected head of Devereux Chambers, has called for a continuation of the Bar’s move towards higher professional standards and competence. Burke, who is replacing Peter Weitzman QC at the head of the set, says continuing to build on a service mentality will be a key policy for the chambers. “For […]
Linklaters & Paines advised Banque Paribas and Caisse des Depots et Consignations, the lead managers, on an issue by the European Investment Bank of one billion Euro bonds due in 2004. It is the world’s first Euro denominated bond issue. It will be payable in ECU until the third stage of monetary union (1999) when […]
Eversheds has been appointed as the in-house lawyer for Barclaycard under an arrangement which will see a solicitor based permanently at the headquarters of the credit card company. Eversheds’ Leeds head of litigation, Howard Bryan, said the solicitor would work alongside the large in-house legal team at Barclaycard. He said the move would protect Barclaycard […]
Richard Hillman Vickers, admitted 1969, practising at material time as RH Vickers, Middlesborough, suspended pending compliance with direction of Solicitors Complaints Bureau and ordered to pay £1,332 costs. Allegations substantiated he failed to comply with direction of Complaints Bureau in that he failed to provide up-to-date information about missing deeds. John Michael Davies, 49, admitted […]
Some specialist Bar Associations, as their names suggest, are concerned with particular subjects, such as personal injuries or employment law. The Chancery Bar Association is a more broadly-based association. It represents the divisions of the work of the High Court, and has just under 800 members – about 10 per cent of the practising Bar […]
LAW firms are continuing to discriminate against graduates with disabilities despite the Law Society’s efforts to stamp out discrimination in the profession, an inaugural conference for solicitors heard. Delegates at the first national conference of The Group for Solicitors with Disabilities, held in Liverpool on 8 February, agreed that it was even more difficult for […]