If criminal silks have to be hungry and ready for a battle, the juniors know they also have to stand out from the pack. One leading practitioner says they should inspire the client, as well as being good value and capable. At David Cocks QC’s set at 5 King’s Bench Walk, up and coming juniors […]
Agreed employment variations are ineffective if they are caused by transfer of an undertaking, according to the Employment Appeal Tribunal. In Wilson and others v St Helens Borough Council, control of the Red Bank Controlled Community Home passed from Lancashire County Council to St Helens. The applicants, who had consequently been made redundant, applied for […]
The new Lord Chief Justice, Sir Thomas Bingham, is tipped to be as outspoken a defender of judicial independence as his predecessor. Bingham, former Master of the Rolls, is to become Lord Chief Justice next month. Lord Woolf, currently a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, will take over as Master of the Rolls. Bingham, 62, […]
THE GOVERNMENT has accused family lawyers of putting their own interests before those of families, following their withdrawal of support for the Family Law Bill. A bitter row has broken out between the Lord Chancellor’s Department and the Law Society over its decision to stop backing the Bill. In a public statement Jonathan Evans, Lord […]
A STAUNCH critic of Martin Mears has trounced an “anti-establishment” opponent in a Law Society Council by-election. Supporters of the campaign to oust Mears at this summer’s election will take heart from Andrew Holroyd’s victory in the Merseyside constituency by-election. But Mears stressed that the election was a purely local affair and pointed out that […]
Any scholar of economics confronted with the economic indicators for Ireland can only come to one conclusion: the Irish economy is booming. Business confidence is strong and Irish firms are improving their competitiveness in international markets. Modesty constrained us from publicising this success story (perhaps we didn’t believe it ourselves) but when Morgan Stanley labelled […]
Aspects of the criminal justice system, such as the use of public interest immunity certificates and the latitude of judges in sentencing repeat offenders, have been much in the news of late. Lord Justice Woolf’s spotlight on the civil justice system has led to calls for a similar examination of the criminal justice system. Many […]
Society president Martin Mears will cause “very great harm” to the profession, ex-president Rodger Pannone has claimed. Pannone launched a sustained attack on Mears at a press conference last week, clearly timed to inflict maximum damage to the president. Announcing his own retirement from Law Society politics, Pannone said he had not enjoyed his last […]
SJ Berwin advised Waterfall Holdings on its admission to AIM and related placing to raise £4.1 million.
Emergency legislation has existed in Northern Ireland since partition. A government-sponsored review is presently taking place. It is vital that the review should not be clouded by the assumption that the Emergency Provisions (NI) Act 1991 (EPA), or the Prevention of Terrorism Act 1989 (PTA), or indeed any emergency legislation, is necessary to deal with […]
TWO UK judges led a delegation of barristers to Vienna for talks on the future of Europe. Mr Justice Laws and the Right Honourable Lord Justice Schiemann played a major part in Bar European Group’s conference, which is being heralded as a major success by the group. The annual conference, on the 17 and 18 […]
Employment law is now recognised as one of the fastest developing specialist areas of law. Much of the impetus for change and the growth of legislation has undoubtedly emanated from Europe, and the substance of the legislation in the UK has many similarities. The recognition of employment law as a specialist area has been marked […]