Lawyers from Linklaters & Paines are breathing a sigh of relief at the end of complex negotiations to finance what will be one of Europe’s largest shopping centres, Bluewater, in Kent. A team of five partners and five assistants, including property partner Martin Elliott and property tax partner Simon Clark, worked for a year with […]
The legal recruitment consultancy, Richard Owen & Harper, has forged an alliance with the Hong Kong agency, Swift Legal. Links have existed between the agencies since former consultant at Richard Owens, Catherine Faircloth, left to become senior consultant at Swifts. The two agencies already share many of the same clients in London and Hong Kong. […]
As the opening of a conference, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers president Caroline Harmer’s production was something of a surprise. It featured a journalist, a client and a consumer representative getting up and, in effect, telling a stony-faced gathering of 350 Apil members what an ethically dubious bunch they were. “Of all areas of law, […]
Linklaters & Paines is boosting its international finance practice with the appointment of two new partners in the US and Singapore. Allen & Overy partner Fiona Rice will join the firm’s Singapore office as a partner next month. Cecil Quillen, who joined the firm last year from Sullivan & Cromwell as a senior associate, will […]
Kevin Doolan (right), Eversheds’ Banking and Finance partner, has been appointed chair of the Institute of Credit Management’s Secured Lending Group. The Group holds quarterly meetings in London and is attended by representatives from both residential and commercial lenders. Doolan heads more than 200 staff in Bristol and Leeds for Eversheds’ Banking Department.
The Lord Chancellor, Lord Mackay, is in Strasbourg this week to discuss how improvements can be made to the way the human rights convention machinery works. He will meet the president of the European Court of Human Rights, Rolv Ryssdal, and the secretary general of the Council of Europe, Daniel Tarschys. Discussions will centre on […]
DAVID Cocks QC is to face a disciplinary hearing over his involvement in the Roger Levitt fraud trial. Complaints against Cocks, who heads 5 King’s Bench Walk chambers, were lodged with the Bar Council last year by Levitt’s solicitor John Perry, a partner at Goldkorn Davies Mathias, and Conservative MP John Marshall. They relate to […]
The American Bar Association will hold its 58th mid-year meeting in San Antonio, Texas, from 29 January to 4 February 1997. The Board of Governors will meet to consider its recommendations on policy matters to be debated by the ABA’s House of Delegates. Its nominations for several key ABA positions, including the president elect, will […]
Three-partner niche practice Geisler Laws Manning has emerged from legal purdah for the first time since the partners broke away from Rakisons six months ago. The London firm, with has three assistants, is calling itself an “IT and motor industry specialist” and has announced its involvement in a capital restructuring of its client Hughenden Motors. […]
Lawyers are in danger of letting secrets slip when using communal office equipment, according to a recent survey. The survey of 100 lawyers, carried out by office equipment suppliers Gestetner, revealed that lawyers used fax machines enthusiastically but not always to best effect. One lawyer faxed a confidential document to a newspaper, but another went […]
Insolvency practitioners are calling on the Government to introduce a moratorium on unsecured creditor action against insolvent companies, following a survey which showed that voluntary arrangements were more successful than ever last year at rescuing businesses. Allen & Overy partner Gordon Stewart is chair of the Society of Practitioners of Insolvency, which conducted the survey. […]
As we all know, the process of becoming a fully qualified lawyer is a long and arduous one. Regardless of future specialisms, a thorough grounding in all the main disciplines is considered essential. A newly-qualified solicitor, therefore, has every right to believe he or she has learned enough to go about the business of law. […]