Both sides’ lawyers are claiming victory in the bitter six-week long shareholder battle over property company Greycoat. Property company Moorfield Estates last week withdrew an offer to buy its larger rival Greycoat after shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting voted to reject its bid. But in the process, Greycoat, advised by Herbert Smith, has agreed […]
Ashurst Morris Crisp is the country’s leading legal adviser to companies seeking a flotation, according to a league table produced by big six accountants KPMG. During the period from January 1993 to 30 September 1996, Ashursts advised 28 of the 500 companies that floated on the London Stock Exchange. Slaughter and May, Linklaters & Paines, […]
Every law firm has just received a letter from Law Society president Tony Girling in which he reveals his delight in being “able to write to you with some really good news of a scheme which offers good practical support to solicitors and their clients”. During the past 12 months, solicitors have become accustomed to […]
LABOUR’S campaigns co-ordinator Peter Mandelson was forced to defend Shadow Home Secretary Jack Straw’s policy on crime at the Society of Labour Lawyers’ AGM. Mandelson was the guest speaker at the packed event at the Law Society, which saw the official unveiling of the society’s ambitious plan to raise £100,000 from City lawyers through seminars […]
The Government Legal Service (GLS) has had to introduce equal opportunity measures, having been found guilty of racial and sex discrimination against a black woman job applicant. An industrial tribunal found the GLS guilty of undermarking Chineme Nwoke in her application for a post as a solicitor in the Treasury Solicitors Department in February. The […]
The Law Society and other practitioners’ groups are claiming victory in a bid to get the Lord Chancellor, Lord Mackay, to form a civil justice council to implement Lord Woolf’s reforms. Mackay conceded last week in the House of Lords that he had been persuaded of the need for such a council. He confirmed that […]
Chris Fogarty reports Councils convicted of a criminal offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 are not liable for any further civil claims, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The decision in favour of Hackney Council in London means other local government organisations have escaped facing a potential avalanche of civil claims seeking damages for […]
Clifford Chance’s Asian project finance specialist, Tim Soutar, has transferred to the firm’s London headquarters after spending 14 years at its Hong Kong office. Soutar said he had returned to the UK for family reasons. In the future, he will have a broader role helping to co-ordinate Clifford Chance’s 100-lawyer global projects group, led by […]
Ideal Country Homes of London W1 is suing Margaret Routledge of Wormley, Surrey and Orkney Property Services of Chichester for damages for alleged breach of a 1989 contract. The claim arises from the purported sale on 14 March 1991 of property which was the subject of the contract at a gross undervalue and for breach […]
A successful partner in a Home Counties legal practice has been awarded £1.1 million damages after he was knocked off his bike in a devastating accident. Robert Atkins, who was a partner in the Bedford firm of Gareth Woodfines, was seriously injured in a cycling accident in May 1990. “He has not been able to […]
A ruling is expected soon in one of the most critical battles waged by Harrods to protect its jealously guarded name. The Knightsbridge store is attempting to block moves, originating from South America, to sell off the name world-wide to the highest bidder. If the action failed, Charles Sparrow QC told Mr Justice Neuberger, the […]
Both sides’ lawyers are claiming victory in the bitter six-week long shareholder battle over property company Greycoat. Property company Moorfield Estates last week withdrew an offer to buy its larger rival Greycoat after shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting voted to reject its bid. But in the process, Greycoat, advised by Herbert Smith, has agreed […]