Specialist small firms can take heart from the latest Acquisitions Monthly tables on UK public company takeover advisory work. The tables show the strides these firms have made in picking up lucrative corporate finance contracts in the past year. While Linklaters & Paines, Slaughter and May and Freshfields still hold top positions, firms with smaller […]
John Malpas reports A drive to hammer home to American lawyers the difference between barristers and solicitors formed the centrepiece of the Bar Council’s mission to the premier legal conference in the US. Bar Council chair David Penry-Davey QC led the Bar’s delegation to last week’s American Bar Association conference in Orlando. He was joined […]
Olswang acted for personal telephone numbers sales company Life Numbers in its successful application for a listing of ordinary shares and warrants on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange. The company placed 2.5 million units to raise £600,000.
Berwin Leighton advised Close Brothers Corporate Finance on its appointment to approve the contents of an offer document issued by Liberian Ore
A LONG-STANDING senior clerk who joined his first set of chambers at the age of 14, at the end of World War II, has announced his retirement. Gordon Breadmore has stood down as senior clerk from Gray’s Inn Chambers, the specialist family set led by Brian Jubb. Breadmore started out at the libel chambers 1 […]
Computer use has reached saturation point among US lawyers, but nearly all small law firms that use IT are upgrading the hardware they have, according to a survey by the American Bar Association. The association’s annual survey of automation among law firms with fewer than 20 lawyers found that computer use has levelled off at […]
John Malpas reports THE TAKINGS of a seminar on personal injury law have been donated to a charity which helps head injury victims. The Headway National Head Injuries Association was the grateful recipient of the £1,500 raised at the seminar held jointly by common law set Goldsmith Building and forensic accountants Frenkel Topping Structured Settlements. […]
The problems and frustrations that arise when the law is called in to help those who cannot help themselves have seldom been better illustrated than in a recent High Court action. And one message comes from the winning legal team – lawyers who fight for the needs of the ill and disabled must be tough […]
A Court of Appeal ruling last month has paved the way for a legal debate to continue over the rights of those seeking damages for repetitive strain injury. The Appeal Court, by a two-to-one majority, held that secretary Ann Pickford who claims she developed chronic RSI through speed typing, had not been fully advised to […]
Sheffield man George Piper has launched a damages claim against US-based artificial limb makers Howmedica, and Howmedica International, of Sandwich, Kent, over a replacement hip he received and which he claims was defective. He is suing under the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act.
AN AMBITIOUS corporate sponsorship scheme for polo matches being promoted by East Anglian firm Mills & Reeve has been questioned by tax analysts Allenbridge. The £5 million contracted exit EIS Polo Scheme sells licences for polo matches and tournaments at Ascot Park so investors can get a return from sponsorship and media rights as well […]
CAMPAIGNERS for the homeless and civil liberties claim new Home Office guidelines on voting rights leave thousands of homeless people disenfranchised. The guidelines insist eligibility to vote depends on residence at a specified address. But the Housing Campaign for Single People (Char) and Liberty say this ignores a recent judgment in favour of a man […]