Chris Fogarty Senior clerks and greater specialisation have been pinpointed as the keys to the future success of a chambers in a survey of solicitors’ attitudes towards barristers. Twenty-nine solicitors, from a range of firms, were asked about the services provided by barristers in research commissioned by Newcourt Chambers and conducted by Randolph Williams Research. […]
Legal thrillers being all the rage among the book-reading public you would think the life of John Platts-Mills QC would be ripe for plundering. You can almost hear the publishers pitching the book now: “This chap from the colonies comes to Britain to study amid dreaming spires of Oxford, becomes a barrister in an elite […]
Eversheds advised Bodycote International on its £115m rights issue to fund the £57.5m acquisition of Swedish company Brukens Thermotreat. The rights issue was underwritten by Kleinwort Benson Securities
Linklaters & Paines acted for Raglan Estates in a £17.5m property swap with Bourne End Properties. Kanter Jules acted for Bourne End in England and Maclay Murray & Spens acted for it in Scotland.
Denton Hall has been appointed by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to advise on compulsory purchase work.
I write in connection with a recent article from Tony Holland. I would first note the interesting point, that, once again, Mr Holland is cited in his capacity as senior partner at his firm. Quite clearly, his articles (which appear regularly and may be said to form part of a series) are written not because […]
I must declare an immediate interest. I am one of the patrons of the African Caribbean & Asian Lawyers Association and have been ever since its foundation. Recently I had the opportunity of opening its annual conference. It was a most successful conference and one I enjoyed attending. It was overshadowed, however, by the fact […]
Ashurst Morris Crisp acted for Bankers Trust Company and a syndicate of banks providing IR£400m loan facilities to Independent Newspapers to finance a bid offer for New Zealand newspaper company Wilson and Horton.
Eversheds acted for Amec Developments in securing the Independent Insurance Company’s commitment to occupy a proposed 105,000sq ft office at the Cheadle Royal business park, Manchester.
After 10 days scrutinising the British legal system, Vladimir Gukov, head of the international department of Russia’s Supreme Court, was particularly taken with UK magistrates. “Magistrates would be perfect for Russia” he said. “If 90 per cent of our cases were dealt with by officials who did not want to be paid, it would take […]
In a move designed to help it keep ahead of the accountancy firms, Dibb Lupton Broomhead has poached a senior corporate finance accountant from KPMG for its Leeds and Sheffield offices. Peter Scaman, KPMG’s head of corporate finance for the North-Eastern region, will have consultant status in the firm since Law Society rules do not […]