A legal wrangle over £148,000 worth of plants that went missing from a nursery between the time contracts were exchanged and completed is going to the High Court. When Kristian Laws moved into the Charles Hill Nursery, Tilford, Surrey, which he had bought for £290,000, he found that over 150 rhododendron plants, mahonias and beech […]
Judgment is pending in a case with wide implications for the future of local authority private sector borrowing. Credit Suisse is appealing High Court rulings on 6 May and 2 November 1994 that Allerdale Borough Council and the London Borough of Waltham need not repay the millions loaned to them. In the Allerdale case, repayment […]
Delegates at a conference on law firm management will look at the workings of the new Price Waterhouse legal practice. Among other speakers at ‘Radically Reshaping Management’, being held in London in May, will be Chris Arnheim, a former partner at Hammond Suddards and founding partner of Arnheim & Co, the UK member of a […]
Entitlement to fees and costs indemnity insurance moneys Legal Protection Group v (1) Secretary of State for Trade and Industry; (2) Official Receiver; (3) Philip Adrian Travers; (4) Alsop Wilkinson (1996). Ch.D (Rimer J) 1/3/96. Summary: Law firm which acted for an insolvent company in resisting a winding up petition in the belief it would […]
A BLIND man who is determined to be a solicitor claims the Law Society is hindering him from gaining articles. Nigel Powell, of Salford, has failed to obtain a training contract since taking his Law Society finals in 1992. He works in Lancashire County Council’s executive legal department but the society will only allow him […]
Former truck driver Kevin Callan took the legal and medical profession to task last year when he proved that he could not have caused the death of his girlfriend’s daughter, despite being given a life sentence for her murder. Callan spent four years in prison studying neurology in order to prove that four-year-old Mandy, who […]
A damages bill of £65 million and a final High Court judgment debt of £105 million; it happened to Binder Hamlyn and, warns Mark Chapman, it could happen to you On 6 December last year, the High Court awarded damages of £65 million to security systems company ADT as a result of its claim against […]
The central role played by the City in international finance has, over the years, led many law firms from around the world to establish offices in London. For Irish law firms, the motivation to establish in London has been all the stronger given the substantial trading links between the two countries and their geographical proximity. […]
Even if the Italian political situation at the moment is not very clear, and the lack of a stable government provokes lingering doubts among foreign investors, the Italian market still offers some good opportunities. The general election, scheduled for 21 April, should clarify the political situation. However, prudent investors should already be making plans for […]
MARTIN Mears may have to quit his plush presidential Carey Street residence and be installed in a modest penthouse as part of a Chancery Lane austerity package. But one group likely to escape a general financial squeeze at the Law Society are candidates in contested presidential elections who look set to receive £7,500 campaign fund […]
CITY firm Richards Butler is taking advantage of the Brazilian economy’s resurgence by beefing up its presence in Sao Paulo. The firm anticipates sending up to three lawyers to the city this year, following the successful 18-month posting of partner Stephen O’Sullivan. O’Sullivan works from the offices of Sao Paulo firm Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, […]
A CONVEYANCING fees and complaints handling double whammy of defeats has hit the Law Society presidency. Martin Mears’ and his deputy Robert Sayer’s campaign to end cut-price conveyancing was in tatters after last week’s council meeting when they abandoned their scheme to use the indemnity fund to force up fees. The vice-president put a brave […]