Flotations
Denton Hall acted for stockbroker Walker Crips Weddle Beck on its flotation
MSF launches global voice telecoms link for law firms
Alison Laferla reports MFS Communications has launched a telecommunications package for London law firms. MFS Law Exchange uses fibre optics to connect London offices to key business centres such as New York, Paris and Tokyo, at a competitive rate. Under the deal, which covers voice communication, users get a volume discount based on the spend […]
Litigation Writs 24/09/96
The Vale of White Horse District Council has launched High Court moves to curb the pig farming activities of one of Oxfordshire’s oldest established pig producers. After complaints from the public about smells and pollution said to constitute a health hazard, the council is seeking a court order to restrict the activities of RJ Allen […]
AIM adds upgrades to Evolution system
Alison Laferla reports AIM has upgraded its Evolution practice management and workflow system. The upgrade introduces several features, including a special accounting facility for Scottish law firms, the ability to integrate voice dictation systems with AIM Evolution and to cost each fee earner’s time at different rates. The update also includes a messaging system to […]
In brief: Lawyers question courts' commercial role
Leading lawyers will decide whether there is still a place for the courts in commercial disputes in a debate at the Thames Valley Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators on Wednesday. Proposing the motion that there is no longer a place for the courts will be Derek Wood QC and solicitor and Arthur Marriot. […]
Educational forum debates profession's international future
LAWYERS from all over the world have been debating the future of the legal profession at a marathon five-day conference in Oxford. Jesus College was the venue for the International Legal Ed ucation Forum organised by the Trainee Solicitors Group and Oxford Law Society. The stated aim of the forum is to boost global co-operation […]
Battle stations for rent war
The private housing sector is becoming a major legal battleground. Confrontations between private landlords who want to increase the rents of long-standing statutory tenants and the tenants themselves have already taken place. And all the signs are that this will be a growth area of activity, with many more such confrontations in the pipeline. At […]
Denton Hall appointment beefs up Asia-based team
Denton Hall is to boost its legal team in Asia by sending one of its top partners to spearhead its Asian practice. David Moroney, head of the firm’s energy group, has been appointed head of projects, Asia, in an effort to capitalise on work flowing from governments keen to develop infrastructure and private utilities. The […]
Post Office faces action over late delivery
The Post Office is facing High Court action over alleged late delivery of tender documents. One of the country’s top private market-operating companies is suing it for more than £340,000 after tender documents concerning a market at Port Talbot were discarded by the local authority because they arrived after the deadline. Wendy Fair Markets, of […]
Two City firms 'road test' practice management plan
Alison Laferla reports A new practice management system is to be launched this month by Resolution Systems. Firmware, which is being beta tested by two undisclosed City firms, offers accounting, billing, time recording and management reporting modules. A case management module will also be available by the end of the year. The company says the […]
Cordless option to increase mobility
Alison Laferla reports Morgan Lovell, a workplace specialist, has opened the first cordless office in the City. The company predicts that the office as we know it will disappear and workers in knowledge-based services, such as lawyers, will be mobile or place-independent. Workers in the cordless office communicate through cordless telephones and local area networks […]
Consultant post
Australian firm Blake Dawson Waldron has appointed a leading insolvency specialist as consultant at its London office. Ron Harmer, who is currently Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary & Westfield College, was previously a commissioner of the Australian Law Reform commission. In that role he was responsible for […]