CITY FIRM Herbert Smith has established a presence in Jakarta through an arrangement with local firm Prof Dr Mariam Darus, Badrulzaram & Partners. Herbert Smith corporate lawyer Stefan Ricketts has left the firm’s London office to work as a full-time consultant with the firm. He will provide support in Jakarta to local financial institutions, corporate […]
FIVE lawyers have left Clifford Chance’s Brussels office in the past four months, four from the EC department. Clifford Chance partner responsible for the Brussels office’s EC competition practice, Alex Nourry, denied rumours of poor morale and said the firm had recruit ed six lawyers over the past six months. “The people who left have […]
Not only can Citizen’s Advice Bureaux work notch up experience, it can also count towards qualification, finds Moira Haynes You’re sitting at the table wondering how to fill in an application form for the trainee contract. Question one. How did you first hear about the firm? “An angel came to me in my sleep and […]
SCOTTISH commercial firms need to be much more up-front about fees, according to independent research on client needs commissioned by Edinburgh firm Morton Fraser Milligan WS. The research was based on in-depth interviews with 10 prestigious commercial clients. It revealed that corporate clients want pricing based on the value of the job, not the time […]
Firms are gearing up for a spate of merger activity in the broadcasting sector to follow the passage of the Broadcasting Bill this summer. Stephen Cooke, partner at Slaughter and May, said: “The new rules will pave the way for further consolidation and we expect media groups to take advantage of the changes.” Slaughters is […]
Lawyers are disillusioned with their jobs, highly stressed and nearly half wish they had never entered the law. These are the stark findings of a major survey carried out across the profession by The Lawyer. Four out of five respondents said they were looking for other jobs. And four out of 10 respondents, which included […]
A campaign calling for major revision to the delivery of legal services held its first public meeting at the House of Commons last week. The Campaign for a National Legal Service, brainchild of Austin Mitchell MP, long-time voice of the legal services consumer, is calling for a statutory right to legal services to remedy what […]
Unrelenting bad press and increased competition have pushed marketing and management issues to the forefront of the 1990s agenda in law firms throughout the country. “Legal services are an intangible service and in a commercial world they need to be presented alongside a clear marketing package,” said David Temporal, of management consultancy firm Hodgart Temporal. […]
A MEDIEVAL law, dating back to 1373, has forced a London solicitor who wants to become a notary public to move his business offices out of central London. Mark Smith of Prince Evans solicitors has had to move his office to Ealing in West London because of a law governed by the medieval guild of […]
ROTHERHAM firm Oxley & Coward is seeking to re-establish its reputation in the health work field by developing a new commercial focus. The 11-partner firm has now formally launched its health group. This comes 16 months after selling its specialist health office in Sheffield to the national firm Wansbroughs Willey Hargrave. The sale included five […]
The Legal Protection Group, an insurance and legal services group linked to the Sun Alliance, has extended its existing telephone legal advice service, LawCall, to include a referral system. LawCall professional services is a joint venture between LawCall, LawNet, a national quality-assured solicitor network, and the chartered accountancy group UK 200. It provides subscribers with […]
LITIGATION partner Stuart Benson has announced he is leaving City firm Dibb Lupton Broomhead but is adamant he will not join another law firm. Benson, who was responsible for the firm’s business development and marketing, said he was frustrated at the inability of law firms to develop multidisciplinary partnerships. “I’m bored with being a lawyer,” […]