In the Access to Justice report, Lord Woolf bemoaned the fact that “the power under Order 40 has been rarely used in the past” and recommended that more use be made of court appointed experts. Although the provision of court appointed experts is still rare, two recent appointments have come about as a direct result […]
The introduction of self-assessment puts more responsibility on solicitors acting as, or advising, executors so that they have to act almost like accountants. Solicitors are now responsible for ensuring an estate is administered in a tax efficient manner, with tax returns completed on time and payments made in stages for the current year, according to […]
The recent glut of articles and letters on the subject of the CPS which have appeared in The Lawyer (19 and 26 March, 16 and 23 April) have shown that relationships between CPS staff and higher management have broken down completely. Put bluntly, nobody in the CPS now believes a word that the DPP or […]
Solicitors must be wondering what has happened to cost cutting at Chancery Lane. Millions of pounds are suddenly being promised for all types of advertising activities to polish up the image of solicitors. Sir Tim Bell has crossed the threshold of Chancery Lane, a sure sign that things have got serious on the image front. […]
THE CITY has welcomed a Appeal Court ruling seen as an important test case for the validity of employment contracts. Peter Cooke, head of Theodore Goddard’s employment law department, helped to win the appeal case for investment company Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM). The Court of Appeal rejected an application by 10 former employees of […]
John Malpas reports CLAIMS that the repressed childhood memories of sexual abuse victims can be “recovered” by psychotherapists are not backed by science. That was the message delivered to the Family Law Bar Association’s annual conference earlier this month by chartered clinical and forensic psychologist Bryan Tully, one of a number of speakers to address […]
Personal injury victims are being doorstepped by unqualified claims assessors in a wheeze designed to drum up extra business for solicitors, warned Michael Napier, outgoing president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. The doorstepping approach is the latest attempt by intermediaries and marketing groups to share in potential awards to accident victims. Napier told […]
Two partners have left the corporate department of Garrett & Co’s Leeds office to join rival firm Hammond Suddards. Richard James and Karen Jarvis have joined Hammond Suddards in Leeds just two years after joining Garrett & Co in a mass poaching of 12 partners from Simpson Curtis. James said Garrett & Co was missing […]
I am sure that the thrust of your front page article referring to the disquiet of female solicitors as they advance through the hierarchy of a law firm was not lost on the 24 Eversheds male partnership appointees whose smiling faces were displayed on page 5. Stuart Welburn Reading.
Regarding the Tulkinghorn column in The Lawyer 30 April, I believe the Gaelic phrase for which your correspondent was searching is actually “Slan leat” meaning (literally) “[good] health [remain] with you”. Slan agus beanachd. Craig Dunford Middlesex.
Sandy Pratt is a partner at Norton Rose and leads the corporate rescue and insolvency team. Born in Winchester in 1951, he now lives in Ashtead, Surrey. What was your first job? Selling cuckoo clocks door-to-door in South Africa. What was your first ever salary as a lawyer? £2,001 per annum. What would you have […]
Ashurst Morris Crisp acted for Invesco English and International Trust in connection with a conditional placing and offer of shares which raised about £27 million.