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 […]
Hirrell v Securicor Ltd – QBD, 28 October 1996 Claimant: Frances Hirrell, Incident: Road traffic accident Injuries: Claimant injured in accident in which she was motorcycle pillion passenger. Described in court as a “gre- garious, out-going” woman who had worked as a booking clerk for a motorcycle dispatch firm, her life was said to have […]
Solicitor David Bruton has been appointed managing partner of Hertfordshire firm Hawkins Russell Jones. He replaces David Heymans, who has held the position for seven years. Bruton said: “We will continue to put emphasis on providing a quality, fast and efficient service at a fair price. Use of new technology will enable us to achieve […]
Linklaters & Paines is taking 16 per cent more office space than it originally intended when it moves from its three offices in the City to 1 Silk Street and the adjoining Milton House next autumn. The firm signed the largest City pre-let ever two years ago, when it agreed to lease 1 Silk Street […]
Manchester law firm Donns is preparing to launch legal action against the Government over ‘Gulf War Syndrome’ in the New Year. Donns partner Hilary Meredith, who represents more than 1,000 veterans, has written to ask firms Dawbarns and Gill Akaster, which have been awarded the generic legal aid contract to sue the Government, asking them […]
Hammond Suddards is half-way towards poaching Nabarro Nathanson’s client, Hull engineering company Fenner, having just completed its first major transaction for the listed company (see Flotations). David Armitage, Hammonds corporate partner in Leeds, has just advised Fenner on the £5.45 million sale of its Hull gear manufacturing facility to Sumitomo Heavy Industries of Japan. Fenner […]
BARBARA Mills QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, has moved to reassure critics of the new criminal disclosure rules that they will not lead to miscarriages of justice. Mills last week told a conference organised by the British Academy of Forensic Sciences that the CPS and the police were working together to comply with the […]
Alison Laferla reports MAID, the business information supplier, has unveiled two products due for release in the New Year. The products are based on the company’s Profound system, which it claims gives users access to the world’s largest database of business information, including news, market research and company data. Profound lets users download detailed business […]
Nine months after it was first instructed, Eversheds has revealed its involvement in safeguarding hundreds of car engine workers jobs in the Midlands with the decision by BMW, which recently took over Rover, to build a factory there. Commercial property partner Stephen Sorrell was instructed in March by the government urban regeneration agency English Partnerships […]
Lawyers at Hampshire County Council are celebrating their role in the establishment of a national automatic fingerprint recognition system for the police. Principal solicitor Ted Mason and his team helped secure a deal with North American Morpho Systems to supply the system, which will be used by 33 of the 43 police authorities in England […]
Every lawyer is probably familiar with the European Working Time Directive, due to have been implemented by EU member states on 23 November 1996. The Press attention on the subject is hard to avoid. However, not all lawyers will be aware what precise form the UK regulations will take, as a result of the UK […]
LAW firms are being encouraged to start preparing the welcoming party for an influx of around 23,000 delegates from the US to London for the annual meeting of the American Bar Association (ABA) in the year 2000. The ABA made its decision to hold its meeting in London during the summer and the initial plans […]