21 October Freedom of information – privacy versus freedom of the press. Are some crimes so horrible that the interests of the victims and their families outweigh the freedom of the press to inform the public of all the details involved? Art and cultural property law – should there be limits on visual art and […]
“There is a growing need for accountants to provide a proactive service which highlights changes in tax legislation” Respondents were asked to rate the level of importance their firm is likely to attach to each of the services listed in figure 1, with ‘5’ equalling very important and ‘1’ unimportant. The graph compares the results […]
THEODORE Goddard has called in a banker to head a new financial advice service which it says represents a move to a “multidisciplinary culture”. Nigel West, former marketing director of Hill Samuel Asset Finance, will lead the firm’s structured finance group, which will advise clients on asset finance and leasing services and Private Finance Initiative […]
US chemical company Du Pont has struck a deal with the 34 law firms it instructs to ensure all lawyers who work with the firm are recruited from the same agency. The mass contract with US recruitment agency the Wallace Law Registry is believed to be a first in the US. According to agency president […]
An office to service UK law societies and the German Federal Bar was opened last week by Mario Monti, the European commissioner responsible for the EC establishment directive. Occupied by the organisations since June, it is a “lawyers’ house” representing 150,000 UK and German lawyers – a third of Europe’s lawyers. The office will assist […]
Legal human rights organisation Justice criticises “badly planned and drafted legislation” in its 39th annual report. Justice’s chair, Lord Alexander, said: “Increasingly, the parliamentary process does not assist the detailed and effective scrutiny which is necessary if laws are to be both fair and workable. Laws are often too poorly drafted, based on inadequate research, […]
Alison Laferla reports International law firm Baker & McKenzie is piloting a support system it hopes to use in much of its litigation. Under a £100,000 contract, the firm is testing Litigator’s Notebook, an American litigation support system based on Lotus Notes. The software will be piloted by 30 users, currently working on one big […]
SJ Berwin advised All American Communications
Lovell White Durrant acted for ABN Ambro when it arranged a 500 million euro medium term note programme for Ford’s Brazilian car subsidiary
Richard Susskind was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, on 28 March 1961. He now lives in Hertfordshire and is special adviser at Masons. What was your first job? Selling ice-cream in a Baskin Robbins shop in Glasgow. What was your first ever salary as a lawyer? As a law student in 1979, I averaged £3 per […]