By any standards, the issue of a warrant entitling Westminster City Council to seize equipment used by a busker is unusual. But the warrant issued by Bow Street Magistrates Court gave the council the right to enter London’s Leicester Square and seize the equipment of busker Bruno McDonald. And as solicitor Richard Barca, representing McDonald, […]
The owners of a salmon fishery on the River Severn claim their business has been hit by pollution from a paper mill upstream. Nigel and Anita Mott, and Dawn and Sheila Merrett, all of Lydney, Gloucestershire, are suing JR Crompton, of Bury, Lancashire, the owner of the mill.
Meena Heath was born in Hampstead on 20 May 1964. She is a partner at Lloyds & Associates. What was your first job? Cleaning the third floor of Debenhams in Bromley at 6am every morning. What was your first ever salary as a lawyer? £8,000 pa. What would you have done if you hadn’t become […]
Manchester woman Julia Barber has launched a £50,000-plus damages claim against Port Ramsgate over the death of Stephen Jones at Ramsgate in September 1994. Barber is administrator of Jones’ estate and accuses the defendants of negligence and breach of statutory duty. Writ issued by Pannone & Partners, Manchester. The representative of a man who died […]
The UK’S landfill site operators are set to lose money unless they change the terms and conditions of their contracts with waste producers to take into account the introduction of the new landfill tax. The warning comes from tax lawyer Richard Woolich at Nabarro Nathanson. Speaking at a recent national tax conference, he said: “Site […]
I agree with Martin Mears. Splitting the Law Society into separate regulatory and representational bodies would bring no advantage. Change can be achieved within the existing structure. So why are some of his supporters trying to establish a new organisation – the Solicitors’ Association – to take over the representational job of the society? Why […]
Eversheds advised Stanley Leisure which recently renegotiated a £45 million five-year credit facility arranged by Hambros Bank.
Alison Laferia reprots Scottish firm Caesar & Howie says it has “revolutionised working practices” through a substantial investment in IT systems. The company has worked with Merge Management, which was set up by solicitors, over two years to design conveyancing, executory and estate agency management systems. It won a TSB Business of Law award for […]
New Health Service complaints procedures have been attacked by medical negligence lawyers who claim the system will cause “needless litigation”. The Law Society has teamed up with specialist lawyers to urge the NHS to drop its stipulation that patients considering legal action must automatically be excluded from its new complaints procedure, which was unveiled in […]
There have been a number of recent pointers to the strength of the legal market in Ireland. In January 1996, Arthur Cox became the first firm from outside Northern Ireland to establish a practice in Belfast. Its decision was apparently made some time before the ceasefire. And, at the end of 1995, another of Dublin’s […]
In the past decade, the electronics sector has seen a dramatic expansion with the Republic of Ireland now taking 23 per cent of all new greenfield electronics investment in Europe. Four of the top 10 PC hardware companies now operate in Ireland and the recent announcement by US computer company Gateway 2000 that it is […]
John Edward Adams, 63, admitted 1956, practised at material time in Bow, London, E3, suspended for 12 months and ordered to pay £1,273 costs. Allegations substantiated he drew client money and used it for his own benefit, failed or alternatively delayed effecting reconciliations of his client bank account. Tribunal told there were no allegations of […]