Financings
Herbert Smith acted for Sketchley in relation to its rights issue to raise about £21.6 million.
Lovells backs friendly society in ground-breaking Frizell takeover
Lovell White Durrant advised the UK’s largest friendly society, Liverpool Victoria, on its recent acquisition from Marsh & McLennan of financial services company Frizell Group for about £190 million. Frizell is the UK’s largest provider of financial services products to members of public sector bodies. Freshfields advised on the sale of Frizell on behalf of […]
Councils gang up to thwart racists
Helen Sage reports A scheme to help councils take swift and effective legal action against racist attacks and harassment has been launched by the Association of London Government. The Racial Harassment Information Exchange Network aims to allay the concerns of ethnic minority communities in London that local authorities are not doing enough to tackle racial […]
Set blazes trail of fixed cost services
A London chambers has drawn up a pioneering scheme to provide advocacy services to law firms under fixed contracts in a preparation for the threatened shake-up of the legal aid system. One King’s Bench Walk fears chambers may be sidelined if government plans to farm out legal aid to law firms under contract go ahead. […]
Royal firm swots up on mediation
FAMILY lawyers from the firm which acts for Princess Diana are preparing to take mediation training courses now the controversial Family Law Bill has finally been passed. Mishcon De Reya is one of several firms which approached the Solicitors Family Law Association to enquire about places on its new eight-day mediation course after the Bill […]
Leaders of the premier division
Leading solicitors are looking for barristers who can get to grips with medical terminology and have a good bedside manner. The following are considered to have those qualities. This list is not exhaustive and is based on the subjective recommendations of leading PI and medical negligence practitioners. One of the silks mentioned most frequently is […]
Provinces show their promise
Juniors outside London have also attracted the attention of instructing solicitors. In Manchester, at Rodney Klevan QC’s set in 18 St John Street, Alastair Forrest is praised and David Heaton is described as being “very bright and good in conference with clients, as well as pinpointing and understanding the issues”. Kevin Talbot, Mark Turner and […]
Litigation Personal Injury 25/06/96
Walker v Ministry of Defence – QBD 10 June 1996 Claimant: Kirsty Walker, Incident: Medical negligence Injuries: Oxygen starvation at birth at military hospital; quadriplegic, effectively blind, severely mentally handicapped, little speech, able to do nothing for herself Award: £1.05 million (agreed damages) Judge: Judge Hordern QC (sitting as judge of the High Court) Plaintiff’s […]
Recruit for Alsops ups MBO stake
David Raff has jumped ship as head of corporate and commercial at West End firm Winward Fearon and joined the management buy-out team at Alsop Wilkinson under the command of Peter Wayte. Recruiting Raff is a major coup for Alsops, which has been looking to strengthen its MBO team whose triumphs include the buy-outs of […]
Litigation Writs 25/06/96
Boatyard workshop owner Kenneth Latham, who was injured tackling a blaze in 1994, has launched a High Court action against one of his workers, Kevin Dixon, who was repairing his car in the workshop. The writ says while using an oxy-acetylene torch, Dixon set fire to the car and the fire spread through the boatyard […]
Make a good recovery
Debt recovery is currently undergoing a major image change and the perceived competition between external agencies has helped to improve the service clients receive. Solicitors have historically been viewed as the professional arm of debt recovery who act with absolute integrity and concentrate purely on those matters which require legal activity. Debt collection companies have […]
Data protection reviewed
Helen Sage reports The Data Protection Registrar plans to revise and streamline the registration process laid out in the Data Protection Act. Rosemary Jay, legal adviser to the registrar, said the system was set up in 1986 when fewer people used computers and the registry had no experience of data protection registration. The aim of […]