MacRae v Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte’s Special Health Authority – QBD, 14 October 1996 Claimant: June MacRae, 2Incident: Medical negligence Injuries: Claimant admitted to London’s Hammersmith Hospital in February 1975 to undergo treatment to cure a congenital heart defect. During operation she suffered cardiac arrest which led to oxygen starvation and severe brain damage. She […]
The reaction of Law Society president Tony Girling to the findings of a recent survey on the salaries of women solicitors was uncompromising. The results, he said, left him “saddened and ashamed”. The survey reveals that, despite paying lip service to political correctness, law firms are reluctant to put their money where their mouths are […]
The Solicitors Property Group (SPG) has attacked the Law Society for excluding it from discussions on whether solicitors should be encouraged to sell property. In a letter to the society’s property and commercial services committee, the group, which represents 150 firms, slammed a report on property selling prepared by the committee and presented to council […]
MPs have called for a smooth and swift passage through parliament for the proposed private members Bill on stalking. At a conference on 18 October organised by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, Home Office Minister David Maclean MP announced the measures to be included in the Government-backed bill. He said a twin-track approach combining criminal sanctions […]
The new director of communications at the Law Society, Barbara Cahalane, is turning her attention from accountants to solicitors. Cahalane, 37, joins the 80,000-member Law Society from the 50,000-member Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, where she had been head of public relations since 1994. She succeeds Sue Stapely, who left the post earlier this year […]
Travers Smith Braitwaite advised Select Industries on its reverse takeover by industrial corporate development group Gartland Whalley and Barker and its subsequent £2m placing on the AIM. Garrett & Co advised Gartland Whalley and Barker.
The Law Society has displayed a startling lack of leadership on the issue of pro bono work. Despite the obvious public relations benefits, there is a need for a unit to co-ordinate the various schemes run by law firms. The Bar has already taken action – it set up a pro bono unit earlier this […]
Lewis Silkin acted as solicitors on the placing of shares in Interoute Communications to raise £10m in new money
Dianna Kempe, IBA secretary general and the highest ranking woman in the organisation, is a busy woman. The only contender in this year’s IBA elections to face a challenge, she has an action-packed agenda. She was in London at the opening of the legal year, which coincided with a Bar leaders’ meeting to discuss the […]
LEADING solicitors are to gather in London to discuss plans to set up a national solicitors’ pro bono service. The open meeting next month has been organised by leading charity lawyer Andrew Phillips and is backed by the Law Society and the national charity Business in the Community, which coordinates free legal advice to community […]
According to one lawyer, working with accountants could be improved by their becoming “less expensive, more proactive, and [making] more work introductions”. No doubt accountants would say the same about lawyers. This is the third year that The Lawyer and accountancy firm Baker Tilly have conducted a joint survey of law firms’ views of the […]
While some countries such as the Czech Republic have progressed rapidly since abandoning communism and adopting market economies, Romania has experienced a more difficult transition. Yet several foreign law firms, taking a long-term view of the Romanian market’s potential, have established themselves in the country. Political and economic independence is a relatively new experience for […]