A man from Marazion, Cornwall, who claims he contracted the hepatitis C virus as a result of bone marrow transplant surgery, is taking the Department of Health to the High Court. IJ Caldwell is also suing the National Blood Authority, Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust, Avon Health Authority, and the Committee on Safety of Medicines, […]
Travers Smith Braithwaite acted for Save & Prosper on its £80m recommended reconstruction scheme for Save & Prosper Linked Investment Trust.
Dennis Owen Williams, admitted 1979, struck off April 1993, refused restoration to Roll and ordered to pay £693 costs. The tribunal was told that Williams, of Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, was struck off after allegations were substantiated that he improperly transferred client money to his office account, failed to pay part of his insurance indemnity, acted […]
Although the case of Re: Ivan aubrey Landau 967/96 clearly resolves one question it also raises many other far-reaching issues. For example, cases will need to be kept open for more than 20 years; distributions will probably be made only every year or two; and contact with creditors may be a long-term problem. Where cases […]
Chris Fogarty reports Fountain Court Chambers senior clerk Barry Down is planning to leave the leading commercial set. His departure is yet to be confirmed, but The Lawyer understands that he is still in discussions with the set and it is expected that he will leave the chambers on an amicable basis. Down could not […]
City-based international law firm Richards Butler has become the latest law firm to adopt a new logo, which it hopes will make its name instantly recognisable. The logo is the first phase of an overhaul of the firm’s entire internal and external communications system. Richards Butler said it wanted a logo that was contemporary, sharp […]
Both the High Court and Court of Appeal have stressed that the case last year, in which rugby referee Michael Nolan was held liable for serious injuries suffered by a player in the collapse of a scrum, will not open a floodgate of claims against referees. However, the outcome of the action involving plaintiff Ben […]
Despite the position’s reputation as a “bed of nails”, about 40 people have applied for the job as director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The applicants include judges, lawyers working for the Civil Service, the City’s regulatory bodies, the public sector, private practice and the Bar. As one prosecutor puts it: “If you win, […]
A report released earlier this month reveals that the earnings gap between lawyers working in-house in US corporations and private firms has continued to narrow. The findings are contained in US consultants Altman Weil Pensa’s Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey, which has been conducted annually since 1974. According to the report, almost one in 10 […]
Stockbridge v Gutteridge and anr – QBD, 2 December 1996 Claimant: Liam Stockbridge, 24 Incident: Road traffic accident Injuries: Claimant was a passenger in the rear seat of a vehicle and sustained multiple injuries, including severe head wounds. Although he is now tetraplegic and confined to a wheelchair he is capable of managing his own […]
Lawyers at Westminster City Council have been implicated in a chain of errors that cost the London borough £7.1m. Two independent investigations commissioned by the London council have found that its legal department was partly responsible for failing to bill leaseholders for repairs and maintenance over a six-year period. Under legislation introduced in 1988, lessees […]
White & Case has head-hunted commercial in-house lawyer Michael Onischenko to manage its Moscow office. Onischenko joined the firm earlier this month from US cosmetics company Maybelline, where he was assistant general counsel. He said he was offered a post with L’Oreal after it took over Maybelline but decided to move to Moscow where he […]