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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
James Rees is an assistant in the property litigation team at Denton Hall. Over the Christmas period landlords have particular problems with squatters in or on commercial property. Gypsies or new age travellers occupy open land and squatters take over empty retail premises to do their own Christmas trading. Squatters can affect trade, damage property, […]
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 […]
Manchester firm Halliwell Landau has won a formal tender to handle The Environment Agency’s conveyancing work in the North West. Partner Geoff Marks said the selection process was “extremely thorough”. A spokesperson for the Environment Agency in the North West said this was the first time that work had been put out to tender in […]
Immigration lawyers are warning that Government plans to create a new offence of employing people who do not have permission to work in the UK may mean employers will fall foul of the Race Relations Act. Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act will be brought into force on the 27 January 1997, despite […]
THE Legal Services Ombudsman, Michael Barnes, has decided to take no further action over the complaint which led to the resignation of Michael Howells as Law Society treasurer. Howells resigned from the treasury post in July after the Solicitors Complaints Bureau issued him with a “severe rebuke” for professional misconduct and ordered him to pay […]
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, […]
James Rees is an assistant in the property litigation team at Denton Hall. Over the Christmas period landlords have particular problems with squatters in or on commercial property. Gypsies or new age travellers occupy open land and squatters take over empty retail premises to do their own Christmas trading. Squatters can affect trade, damage property, […]
The Law Society’s ruling council has passed resolutions condemning the “mismanagement” of its Regis project and staff’s “perceived lack of disclosure of relevant information about the project”. A scathing supplementary report on the Regis system was brought before the Society Council last week by former vice-president Robert Sayer. In it, he produces evidence which suggests […]
The High Court has found that South Gloucestershire County Council was unreasonable in refusing housing benefit to a woman who was living in one of her father’s houses. The Housing Review Board had backed the council’s decision to cancel Victoria Dadds’ housing benefit in November 1995 because she was living in a building that was […]