Garrett & Co, the national chain of law firms associated with the accountants Arthur Andersen, is changing its name to Garretts. The firm said it made the change “because we are already known as this in the marketplace and because it has a modern feel”. It has also brought out a new brochure to mark […]
Eversheds is to set up a new “national management committee” to replace its national managing partner Peter Cole, who is stepping down to concentrate on running the firm’s consulting arm. Cole is moving to head Eversheds Consulting Limited (ECL), after spending four years steering the firm through a period of rapid growth. He will not […]
The BBC marked its landmark 25th programme of Rough Justice, which highlights miscarriages of justice, with a reception at The Reform Club last week. The guests included legal luminaries such as the legal team for the Bridgewater Three.
London Brick Court Chambers (Christopher Clarke QC): Andrew Popplewell, George Leggatt, Stephen Ruttle Monckton Chambers (Richard Fowler QC): Peter Roth, Nicholas Paines, Christopher Vajda Devereux Chambers (Peter Weitzman QC): Robert Glancy, David Bean Essex Court Chambers (Gordon Pollock QC): Andrew Hochhauser, Peter Joseph Duffy Falcon Chambers (Jonathan Gaunt QC and Kim Lewison QC): Jonathan Brock, […]
Judges are being advised to pre-empt adverse media coverage by issuing press releases before they make controversial decisions. In a letter to all judges, Lord Mackay said he was concerned about the standard of some press reporting of judicial decisions. He said in the letter that he had contacted the Press Complaints Commission saying he […]
Lobbying used to be considered something strange and nasty that Americans do, something too vulgar for the rarefied legal circles of Brussels. It is still an activity that some lawyers, in particular continental European ones, frown upon. But, with the arrival of a number of US firms such as Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Roberts and […]
Norwich law firm Fosters is going back to a traditional partnership structure this week, four years after having scrapped the concept of partners in a radical restructuring that won plaudits. “Increasingly the firm realised it was missing something,” said managing partner Andrew Saul, who in 1993 oversaw the introduction of a four-strong management board to […]
The self-assessment system, which will affect the tax year ending 5 April 1997, does not involve a new tax, nor will it affect the overall amount of tax you pay. There are, however, many issues to consider and changes in practice to implement. If you have not already started planning, you cannot afford to wait […]
The latest Chancery Bar Association Directory has been published. According to the directory there are 790 specialist Chancery barristers practising out of 100 chambers in England and Wales. To obtain a copy, send a £3 cheque payable to “Lincoln’s Inn” to the Under Treasurer, Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2A 3TL.
From Moscow to Melbourne, from Paris to Paraguay, UK lawyers can be found. Mostly, these fearless legal expatriates are solicitors. The reason for this is clear. Although the commercial world no longer operates in a British empire in which its legal system rules supreme, non-contentious work is universal in nature and more and more clients […]
LEADING telecommunications lawyer Robin Saphra is leaving City firm Allison & Humphreys for a directorship created for him at One 2 One, the mobile-phone subsidiary of Cable & Wireless and US West. A partner at Allison & Humphreys since 1995, Saphra was headhunted for his new role as One 2 One’s director of public policy […]
The Burnley branch of the Crown Prosecution Service has come under question from MPs on the Home Affairs Select Committee over possible masonic links. In the report, which recommends a register of freemason prosecutors, judges, magistrates and police officers, the MPs reveal claims about an alleged malicious prosecution of two non-masons who were involved in […]