Nuns Moodliar has joined Hertz as director of legal affairs for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Nuns was previously responsible for legal services at British Telecom’s personal and national business divisions and worldwide broadcasting services.
The United Nations Centre for Human Rights is assembling a group of legal experts to produce standard guidelines for legal training in the world’s new democracies. The UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Dato Param Cumaraswamy, told delegates to the IBA conference that the UN would produce a legal training manual […]
The rape victim who was cross-examined for six days by her attacker is taking her case to the European Court of Human Rights in a bid to alter the law. Julia Mason, who renounced her anonymity to publicise her cross-examination ordeal, has lodged an application to the court. Under current law, defendants have the right […]
An international survey has revealed the widespread existence of multi-disciplinary practices across the globe. The survey of 120 member countries of the International Bar Association was unveiled at its conference in Berlin last week. In the survey, 72 per cent of the countries reported MDPs in their jurisdictions, even though such arrangements were permitted in […]
Legal work on major private finance initiative-funded building and maintenance projects to run over 25 years are up for grabs from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. New embassies are planned in Sophia, Lagos and Colombo, and contracts for the legal work are expected to be announced in the next few weeks. The contract to advise […]
Conventional commercial litigation is long, slow, and laborious and unfortunately the growth of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods has been no quicker. Providers of ADR services are only gradually gaining ground and establishing mediation and arbitration services. According to Professor Karl Mackie, chief executive of the Centre for Dispute Resolution (CEDR): “It’s not a sprint […]
Anthony Bogan, chair of the Solicitors Association and maverick Law Society Council member who campaigned to split the Law Society, has set up a practice in his constituency base of Surrey. Bogan left Saunders Palmer Ure in Hounslow, Middlesex last week to set up with partner Alex Alagappa, chair of the British Legal Association. The […]
Being Princess Diana’s divorce lawyer you would think Anthony Julius would be laughing all the way to the bank. Instead he is wondering why the joke is on him and his profession. “Why are lawyers the butt of so many jokes?” the Mishcon de Reya partner asked a lunchtime audience at University College London on […]
The City Disputes Panel is negotiating with the States of Jersey for a five-figure sponsorship deal amid reports from City firms that the financial services mediation and arbitration service is being less well used than expected. The non-profit-making organisation receives no Government support, and its main source of funding is fees. Arbitrators are likely to […]
They do not want the money, they expect their work to be stressful and believe the public will respect them when they become lawyers. A survey of post-graduate law students by The Lawyer found that more than half believe the legal profession is highly regarded by the public. The survey of 100 students, all studying […]
Employment lawyers may be forgiven for listening to Euro-sceptics with a wry smile. For us, the supremacy of European law is already a fact of life. While there have been important recent developments in domestic legislation, and some in the common law, perhaps the most significant changes have been brought about by European law. Article […]
McKenna & Co has advised on the merger of four Polish state banks. The merger of one of the principle banks in Poland, PEKAO, with capital of £380 million, and three others will create the largest bank in Poland. The merger was carried out as part of a parliamentary act because the banks are all […]