Pinsent Curtis has lured three partners from City firms as part of a major drive to beef up the practice after a stream of departures in the last year. The Birmingham firm has been hit by several high profile resignations since its creation by the merger of Pinsents and Simpson Curtis in May 1995. The […]
Bury metropolitan council may be forced to pay exemplary damages for refusing to provide a postgraduate law student with information about the criteria it uses for allocating grants. The council has until the end of the month to provide a written policy on discretionary grants, after a promise it made at a judicial review hearing […]
Cripps Harries Hall investment and compliance manager Marcia Rye will be speaking at Asim’s course on “Improving investment performance with equity options” at the London Chamber of Commerce on 15 November.
The Us and UK must relax their position on the Lockerbie trial location if they want to get the two Libyans accused of the bombing to court, the Scottish lawyer representing the two will tell a London conference this week. Alistair Duff, who is acting for the accused men, Abriel Busset ali Megrahi and Lamen […]
The Employment Lawyers Association has appointed David Cockburn, of London firm Pattinson & Brewer, as its new chairman. He replaces Fraser Younson of Baker & McKenzie, who has completed a one-year term. Cockburn is a leading employment law specialist and has acted for trade unions and employees. He said: “Employment law is a flourishing area […]
Richard Clayton reports Panic felt by solicitors at the July introduction of Crest, the electronic share dealing system of the London Stock Exchange, appears to have abated for the moment. The system made a slow start, with only a few firms being forced to change their existing practices. Andrew Curtis, head of investment management at […]
Manches & Co is advising Tim Waterstone, founder of the book shops that bear his name, on his latest venture involving the creation of a chain of themed children’s superstores. Waterstone, who sold his book shop empire in the late 1980s, is basing the superstores on two new child characters, Daisy and Tom, who will […]
Linklaters & Paines is the only City firm to challenge US dominance in equity issues around the world, according to a table compiled by International Financial Law Review. US firm Davis Polk & Wardwell advised banks on the most issues, 41, in the 12 months to June 1996, followed by Linklaters & Paines with 39 […]
Bristol-based practice Ringrose Wharton is to pursue personal pensions mis-selling claims on behalf of 150 members of Unison, the UK’s largest trade union. The additional work means Ringrose is investigating about 450 potential actions, including claims from members from two other trade unions, the Royal College of Nursing and GMB. Shacklocks in Mansfield, Girlings in […]
Osborne Clarke is to shut down its investment management division over fears of a possible conflict of interest. The firm feared its connection with a large number of corporate clients, whose shares are traded on the stock market, could lead to a conflict. The move will set alarm bells ringing in other corporate law firms […]
The ‘final’ settlement between Lloyd’s and its Names is anything but when it comes to estates, says Christine Malia Last week’s news of the Lloyd’s settlement should give personal representatives more hope of paying out their deceased’s estate. But although the settlement describes itself as “final”, the matter is by no means over for personal […]
Hong Kong’s chief justice, Sir Ti Liang Yang, has put himself forward as a candidate to take over as Chief Executive of Hong Kong from Chris Patten when UK rule ends next July. The move will probably scupper the chances of solicitor Tak-shing Lo, whose firm has a joint venture with Stephenson Harwood in the […]