Professor Richard Susskind will address a new East Anglian group of the Society for Computers & Law on ‘The future of law – facing the challenges of IT’ on 30 January at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. For details, contact Joanna Wagstaff on 0117 923 7393.
Construction firm Corbett & Co has opened two public discussion forums on the Internet. The forums, on construction law and arbitration/alternative dispute resolution, allow users to post new messages or contribute to ongoing discussions. They can be found at the firm’s web site at http://www.corbett.co.uk.
Alison Laferla reports The Data Protection Registrar has issued guidance on how to keep clients’ personal details secure under the Data Protection Act. Keeping Customer Information Safe addresses sec- urity measures that should be adopted when responding to enquiries seeking access to confidential customer information. The guide is available free from the Office of the […]
Legal powers relating to the seizure of the goods of those convicted of drug trafficking are to be tested by the Law Lords later this year. They have just given leave for an appeal by the Customs & Excise against a Court of Appeal decision on 19 February 1996 quashing a confiscation order made in […]
In 1989 a part of the assets of the National Bank of Poland was used to create nine regional banks. Since then the Polish banking market has been very fragmented. Each of these banks inherited a large portfolio of corporate clients. This meant that the loan portfolio of these banks was not very impressive. However, […]
Logue and Anor v Giles – QBD, 28 November 1997 Claimants: John Logue, 62, and Mary Fox, 55 Incident: Road traffic accident Injuries: Logue and Fox, his commonlaw wife at the time, were knocked over when, in February 1991, they stepped into a road following a drinking session. Logue was hit by the side of […]
British lawyers are giving their services free to help the two nurses charged with murder in Saudi Arabia. Peter Watson, head of litigation at Glasgow firm Levy & McRae, is representing Scots nurse Lucy McLauchlan while Rodger Pannone, of Manchester firm Pannone & Partners, in conjunction with Paul Taylor, head of the forensic department, are […]
The Society of Asian Lawyers has launched the first national legal helpline which will give free advice to the Asian community in mother tongue. The service will be manned by a volunteer team of qualified barristers and solicitors who will offer advice on simple matters or refer them to legal assistance available in their area. […]
KPMG has stepped up its efforts to move into the legal market by putting newly-appointed deputy senior partner Roger Dickens and Mike Rake, UK chief operating officer, in charge of legal team development strategy. The two have initiated preliminary talks about an alliance with several law firms, believed to include Norton Rose and Eversheds. Peter […]
Stephenson Harwood has launched a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) guide for the higher and further education sectors. Author Peter Walters said his booklet was aimed at providing university and college professionals guidance through the “procedural maze of PFI project procurement”. The firm is advising the two largest PFI projects, which have been designated as “Pathfinders” […]
A Freshfields trainee solicitor is suing her firm claiming £633,436 for loss of her career as a lawyer, personal injury and psychological distress arising out of a business trip to Ghana. The trainee, Kate Cawthorn, details in the writ how she contracted shigella dysentery after eating fresh barracuda while working on the flotation of the […]
Lord Woolf is to face questions concerning the role women lawyers will take in implementing civil justice reforms at the third annual Woman Lawyer Conference. The conference, which takes place on 12 April, will explore strategies to enable women lawyers to rise through the ranks of a male-dominated profession. The programme includes workshops, an open […]