Andrew Laycock headed a legal team from Leeds firm Read Hind Stewart that acted on behalf of the consortium that obtained control of Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Club. The deal ensures that Leeds rugby league club will continue to play at the famous Headingley Stadium.The legal team comprised Ian Falshaw, Guy Jackson, Robert Crossley, […]
Local authorities have argued that “out of necessity” they use eviction, or the threat of it, as the primary way of dealing with anti-social behaviour on council estates. However, housing department staff have found that only a handful of the most serious cases are ever prosecuted successfully. Eviction is seen as a panacea for anti-social […]
The Coopers & Lybrand annual survey into the financial management of law firms for The Lawyer is now in its fifth year. The 1996 survey shows that the profit trend is continuing upwards, with more than 70 per cent of the firms that responded reporting increased profits. Performances in 1996 were particularly strong at the […]
Chris Fogarty reports FOUNTAIN Court chambers is the latest of a small band of sets that have turned to public relations firms in a bid to promote themselves to solicitors and the wider public. The leading commercial set has just signed up Fishburn Hedges to handle its publicity for a trial period. Fountain Court joins […]
Chris Fogarty reports FOUNTAIN Court chambers is the latest of a small band of sets that have turned to public relations firms in a bid to promote themselves to solicitors and the wider public. The leading commercial set has just signed up Fishburn Hedges to handle its publicity for a trial period. Fountain Court joins […]
Rakisons Solicitors has launched a custom-made phonecard in what is thought to be a world first for a law firm. Senior telecommunications lawyer Danny Preiskel said around 1,000 of the cards would be given to valued IT and telecommunications clients. Each card will have around £3.50 of initial credit on it and will be useable […]
Validity of a patent for gene cloning and DNA technology Biogen v Medeva (1996) Subject: Intellectual property Summary: Determining the validity of inventions and patents in the fields of gene cloning and DNA technology. Court: HL (Lords Goff, Browne-Wilkinson, Mustill, Slynn and Hoffmann) 31/10/96
Stephenson Harwood is acting for Robert Fleming Group and its subsidiary Caxtoncrest in the £2.85m sale of an 18,000sq ft Maidenhead property to Artesian Estates. Artesian was advised by Finers.
If rumours are to be believed, the UK legal market is set for one of the biggest shake-ups in its history. Coopers & Lybrand, the story goes, is talking to Eversheds about a close tie-up. Eversheds already has a relationship with Coopers and refers much corporate legal work to the firm. A tie-up would firm […]
London practice Finers has taken on construction specialist Jonathan Collins as a partner. Collins, who has a special interest in and has advised on the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994, joins from Lewis Silkin where he was a partner. He will help Finers develop its construction law group and brings the firm’s partner count […]
I am somewhat alarmed to read about the increasing interest of accountants in the legal profession. It is a worrying trend and one on which the legal profession must take a stand. Multidisciplinary practices are not even allowed and yet we see the major firms of accountants preparing to go down this route. It means […]
LEGISLATION to outlaw age discrimination in employment is recommended by a report from the Law Society’s employment law committee. The report, ‘Age discrimination and employment law’, said persuasion and voluntary action had a part to play against ageism, but “lasting change will only come with legislation”. Janet Gaymer, committee chair and partner of City firm […]