Two widows whose husbands died in a September 1994 helicopter crash at Koblenz in Germany are heading for a High Court confrontation with the Ministry of Defence. Anja Bielert-Beck and Gillian Beresford, whose husbands Corporal Andrew Beck and Sergeant Leslie Beresford died when the Lynx helicopter crashed, are claiming the crash was the result of […]
Barristers specialising in employment law need to be aware not just of the legal issues but also the “politics with a small p” of the situation, according to the solicitors that instruct them. As one solicitor points out, academic brilliance is not the first consideration, despite the complexity of much of the law: “I first […]
THE LEGAL Tech conference is regarded as the definitive show for legal technology in the US. But I was deeply disappointed to find only a handful of products on show in the Olympic city of Atlanta last month that were truly deserving of a gold medal. There were even a number of products still running […]
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City firm Stones Porter acted for PolyDoc in its admission to the Alternative Investment Market. The placing raised approximately £2 million.
PROPERTY lawyers have condemned the introduction of a £125 charge for those seeking to join the solicitors panel of Woolwich Building Society. The Law Society and the Solicitors Property Group both claim the fee is unfair. But Woolwich senior solicitor Michael Webber said no lawyer had yet complained about the charge and the building society […]
A LEADING US law firm has hit out at in-house counsel who are demanding law firms connect up to their computer systems. Sullivan & Cromwell partner Michael Lacadara told a seminar on in-house counsel that the firm was faced with many clients all computerising at the same time. “We have had clients ring us to […]
Combined judgments: Hirst, Auld, Thorpe LJJ – Court of Appeal – 23 October 19Wells v Wells Claimant: Thelma Wells, 58 Incident: Road traffic accident Award: £1.619m by Judge Wilcox, QBD, 13 June 199Counsel for appellant: John Leighton-Williams QC, Richard Methuen Solicitors for appellant: Linda Y Oliver, Worthing Counsel for respondent: Christopher Purchas QC, George Gadney […]
Two more young barristers have left chambers for a City firm – and they have claimed that many of their generation are set to follow. Rachel Newman, a former pupil at 3 Paper Buildings, and Kevin Pettican, formerly a pupil at 2 Temple Gardens, have joined the litigation department of Warner Cranston. Newman conceded that […]
Foreseeability in tort claims Summary: Whether foreseeability is an essential element in proving liability in tort. Question: Insured is a property owner. He has DIY skills but has no specific professional skills in the building trade. He installed a soak-away near the top of an embankment. Owing to the unstable nature of the embankment there […]
TWO major research studies have all but demolished the conventional belief that academic qualifications should govern the admission requirements for law students. The studies, revealed at the IBA conference in Berlin last week and conducted in Australia and Canada, found that law school admission tests results correlate to a law student’s eventual academic success in […]
The way has been paved for East Kent Health Authority to be sued by a 46-year-old former policeman who claims an operation to remove varicose veins was botched. William West of Dover is suing the authority over the effects of the operation carried out at Thanet General Hospital in December 1985. Initially the Health Authority […]