Dibb Lupton Alsop has lost four corporate recovery and insolvency specialists to Linklaters & Paines, including the well regarded former head of the practice at Dibb Lupton Broomhead, Anthony Bugg, and litigation partner Susan Kelly. None of the four will be partners at Linklaters, and they will be joining former Dibb Lupton Alsop insolvency partner […]
A leading Kent waste recycling company has won the right to mount a High Court challenge over implementation of EU laws aimed at protecting the environment. The case is to be heard as a matter of urgency and is expected to reach court before the start of the summer vacation. At the centre of the […]
Herbert Smith’s Brussels office has been awarded a prestigious contract by the European Commission to produce a guide explaining the remedies available to complainants in the field of public procurements. The guide will be produced primarily by partner Craig Pouncey and solicitor Adrian Brown. It will be published next year, and made widely available to […]
Lynch v Miles – QB 4 February 1997 Claimant: Barry Lynch, Incident: Road traffic accident Injuries: Claimant escaped from road crash with broken leg, but has been left with serious psychological problems as result of witnessing the death of a pregnant woman during the crash. The dead woman hit the claimant’s vehicle head-on after swerving […]
Deceased husband’s sperm ought not to have been stored without his written consent R v Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, Ex Parte Blood (1996) Summary: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 does not permit any storage of sperm for any purposes unless the donor’s consent has been obtained.
Technology for Business is holding seminars to discuss the use of IT within law firms. The company will demonstrate its case management and voice recognition systems on 27 February in London and 20 March in Ipswich. For details of these and other seminars around the UK, call 01932 781120.
Brian Cleave, the solicitor of the Inland Revenue, is believed to have called in investigators from the Inland Revenue’s special compliance office to find who has been circulating notes criticising the length of his trousers. Cleave is the head of the Inland Revenue Solicitor’s Office, which has around 50 legal staff on four floors at […]
Shipping firm Holman Fenwick & Willan has opened its third office in France in the port of Nantes. The office will be headed by French avocat, Helene Cadiet, who joins from local firm Menard Quimbert & Associes. London partner Michael Donithorn said that the initiative had been driven by the firm’s Paris office which was […]
Allen & Overy has lost one of its project finance partners, Andrew Trahair, to Australian firm Clayton Utz. Trahair has left London to join Clayton Utz in its Sydney office. Trahair became a partner at Allen & Overy in 1994 and worked primarily in international project finance deals in power, infrastructure and telecoms. Clayton Utz […]
Jack Trustham, the former senior partner of West End firm Wigram & Co, who in August last year was arrested on the Isle of Man on drug money laundering charges and flown in handcuffs to London, was last week cleared of all charges at Southwark Crown Court. Customs officers had released Trustham on bail the […]
Linklaters advised the Italian Treasury on the $13bn sale of its 44.7 per cent stake in Telecom Italia by way of a private offering and a global public offering including an SEC-registered public offering in the United States. US firm Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Telecom Italia.