Charlotte Collier was born in Burton-on-Trent on 13 June 1959. She is a partner specialising in childcare at legal aid firm Atkins Hope in Croydon. What was your first job? Selling fruit and vegetables in a greengrocers. What was your first ever salary as a lawyer? £4,500. What would you have done if you hadn’t […]
The concept of management is often seen as less of a priority in legal offices where fee-earning is seen as the key to success. But that may have to change with the long-planned – if not long-awaited – revision to practice rule 13. Following the Law Society standards and guidance committee meeting last week, which […]
David Lawrence Kelly, 51, admitted 1970, practised on own account at Warrington, Cheshire, successful in application for indefinite suspension, imposed in September 1995, to be lifted. Suspension followed substantiation of allegations that Kelly practised without current practising certificate for type of practice he was running, practised in breach of condition imposed on his practising certificate, […]
Conservationists are waiting for judgment in a case with major implications for development rights relating to listed buildings. A protest group from Bridport, Dorset, has challenged the decision by West Dorset District Council to allow the development of Downe Hall, a Grade II-listed building in Bridport which is rated as one of the finest examples […]
Leicester widow Merinda Lea, who claims she was subjected to undue influence to persuade her to put her house up as security on a loan for her former boss, has won the right to challenge a county court order for possession of her home. The county judge at Nottingham also ordered that Mrs Lea should […]
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Rickerby Watterson acted for Share & Fisher in the £3.3 million sale of a Texas DIY retail store in Worcester and the £1 million sale of vacant land at its Cheltenham headquarters.>
Davies Arnold Cooper acted for traffic information provider Trafficmaster in its £16.9 million rights issue and on its deal with Vauxhall to fit at least 100
Memery Crystal acted for Emerald Energy on its move from the Unquoted Securities Market to the London Stock Exchange and a £7.5 million placing and a $4.3 million open offer to finance oil and gas exploration in Colombia.
Proceedings on assignments of choses in action Barclays Bank PLC v Kent County Council (1996) Ch.D (Sir Peter Webster) Summary: Issue as to when interest ran on costs awards made in the Lands Tribunal. On 25 January 1983 the defendant council made a compulsory purchase order in respect of land owned by a Mr Bachelor […]
The recent Court of Appeal ruling on moves to establish a unique floating heliport on London’s Thames has far from cleared up the question marks hanging over the proposals. Thames Heliport, the company behind the £1.5 million scheme, wants to convert the 150ft Father Thames, at present a floating restaurant, into a floating heliport. It […]
Conservationists are waiting for judgment in a case with major implications for development rights relating to listed buildings. A protest group from Bridport, Dorset, has challenged the decision by West Dorset District Council to allow the development of Downe Hall, a Grade II-listed building in Bridport which is rated as one of the finest examples […]