A man who was paralysed after falling from a ladder in a Dixons storeroom is now suing the company. Carl Jarrett, 52, of South Ockenden, has been confined to a wheelchair since the accident on 8 December 1993. Jarrett climbed a ladder on to the roof of a wire storage cage then fell to the […]
John Malpas reports Two senior silks have retired from leading European law set Monckton Chambers. Three hundred guests gathered at the Great Hall in Gray’s Inn, London, to attend a reception held by the chambers in order to mark the retirement of Jeremy Lever QC and David Kemp QC. Lever was previously head of the […]
A new British Israel Law Association is being set up in London with the support of 70 lawyers who attended a meeting at the Law Society last week. Berwin Leighton corporate finance partner Neville Eisenberg suggested the association because of increased business contact between the UK and Israel over the past two years. “I’ve had […]
John Malpas reports A YORK set of chambers is at the centre of a pioneering direct access arrangement with its local probation service. Under the recently-forged agreement, barristers at York Chambers will take instructions directly from probation officers for breach of probation order hearings heard at York Crown Court. The arrangement has been approved by […]
The past few decades have seen an explosion in the registered care homes industry as people live longer. However, the sector’s boom has also brought with it a need for safety measures to ensure those who set up homes are not only suitable to do so but have the resources to back the venture. Although […]
The House of Lords is being asked to decide the weight courts should attach to unconnected fraud in misrepresentation cases. The latest round of the long-running battle between Smith New Court Securities (SNC) and Scrimgeour Vickers (Asset Management) (SV) and others is now pending hearing. The case centres on allegations of misrepresentation in the sale […]
Downing Street and the Lord Chancellor’s Department this week hit back at criticism of the appointment of two “anti-punishment” Appeal Court judges. Conservative newspapers were critical of the appointment of Sir Henry Brooke and Sir Mark Potter to the Appeal Court. Calling the judges “anti-punishment”, the Daily Mail raised the spectre of senior members of […]
Severe budget cuts and a new wave of crippling restrictions have jeopardised the future of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in the US and limited access to justice for the poor. LSC spokeswoman Niki Mitchell said the decision of Congress to cut the corporation’s budget by a third this year, from $400 million last year […]
Phillip John Leslie Stokes, 43, admitted 1980, practised as Gardeners, Southampton, struck off and ordered to pay £568 costs. Allegations substantiated he was convicted of offence of dishonesty, practised as solicitor without current practising certificate for years commencing November 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, held himself to be entitled to practise as solicitor notwithstanding indefinite suspension […]
The accounting profession has already had to tackle many of the issues which are now reaching the legal agenda. And some of the most pressing are the risks inherent in expansion as a result of internal growth, mergers and alliances, particularly those with overseas firms. As is the case with the major accounting practices, the […]
Leading criminal lawyers believe evidence of contamination found in the Forensic Explosives Laboratory may have threatened the safety of many more convictions than the 12 cited by the Government. Bindmans partner Neil O’May, who is reassessing the explosives cases he has handled, said last week’s admission that laboratory equipment had been contaminated with RDX, a […]
Livestock litigation seems to be in vogue with the current beef scare. But cattle are not the only animals at the centre of court action – ostriches are also legal flavour of the month. The fate of the beleaguered Ostrich Farming Corporation (OFC) is now to be decided by a High Court judge after it […]