You refer to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission’s rigid adherence to time limits coming under High Court scrutiny in the case of Countess Ilona Esterhazy (The Lawyer 29 July). I would just like to set the record straight. The commission does not adhere rigidly to time limits – these are for guidance only. When complaints are […]
The article about the Simmons & Simmons joint venture (The Lawyer 5 August) was very interesting. However, you are wrong to say all alliances in the early 1990s have failed. We have had an alliance with Rosenman & Colin since before 1990. It continues to be a source of work for both sides. We never […]
James Alexander Gregg, solicitor’s clerk of Bedfordshire, banned from working for any further solicitors without written consent from Law Society and ordered to pay £1,407 costs. Allegations substantiated that he had been involved in an international financial transaction involving a proposed loan of US$25m and a proposed advance fee of US$250,000. Gregg said to have […]
FOUR barristers at Mitre Court Chambers have left with its senior clerk, Robert Ruegg, to found a new set. According to Ruegg, a dispute between him and his former chambers, where he was senior clerk for five years, prompted his move to open Fleet Chambers at 44-46 Fleet Street. Neither Ruegg nor his former set […]
Many solicitors still perceive the Bar as being a long way from providing an efficient, business-like or even courteous service. But with the changing economic climate, survival and growth is guaranteed only for those sets that are client-led and focused. Solicitors are simply demanding value for money and business professionalism. If the Bar continues to […]
EXPANDING London firm Hodge Jones & Allen is celebrating its 20th anniversary by moving office, hiring extra staff and adopting new technology. The practice, which began in September 1977 with three solicitors and now has 70 staff, was due to move 100 yards from its Camden High Street premises to new offices on Camden Road […]
Prestigious City offices taken on by Badenoch & Clark at 16-18 New Bridge Street, London EC4, failed to meet up to expectations, according to a writ issued in the Chancery Division. It claims that some of the furniture at the offices, which cost £124,623 a year, had a “Steptoe and Son” look about it. The […]
The House of Lords is to consider an appeal by International Trader’s Ferry (ITF). ITF accused Sussex police of failing in their duty by seeking to prevent livestock lorry convoys reaching the port in the face of demonstrations. The Divisional Court upheld its challenge on 26 July 1995, but that decision was reversed by the […]
During the long years of apartheid, anyone who tried to establish an organisation in the UK whose objectives were to promote fellowship and good understanding between the legal professions in South Africa and the UK would have been considered a fool or an optimist. Following the election of the ANC government, however, it soon became […]
A BARRISTER has won a national award for his plan to use a weekly national lottery draw to choose members of the House of Lords. Chancery specialist Daniel Lightman is this year’s winner of the Politics Social Innovations Award, handed out by the Institute for Social Innovations. In his entry, the barrister from Charles Sparrow […]
US firm Coudert Brothers has taken the City by surprise by taking over specialist London commercial property firm Debenham & Co this week and revealing that it is seeking a merger with a “top-tier” UK practice. Couderts has struggled to make an impact on the City since it became the first US firm to establish […]
Leeds-based Lupton Fawcett has hired a new investment manager. Philip Cramer replaces John Hanratty, who left the firm to specialise in pensions related work at Pinsent Curtis. Cramer, who was a director of financial services at Leeds chartered accountancy firm Grants, said he would be assisting partner John Eaton and undertaking hands-on portfolio management for […]