Jonathan Ross is a consultant at Denton Hall. Pursuant to Order 26 Rule 1 of the Rules of the Supreme Court, a party may serve interrogatories relating to any matter provided they are necessary either for disposing fairly of the cause or matter or for saving costs. Prior to 1990, interrogatories could only be administered […]
The New Law daily digest service is available on-line from this month. The digest provides access to digested, indexed and cross-referenced decisions, and will complement the existing daily fax and email system. Digests are available on the day of judgment and references will be added in 24 to 48 hours. The system is divided into […]
London-Based Edmonds Bowen & Company has recruited international specialist Hans Marcus from the London office of Pritchard Englefield. The English-qualified solicitor specialises in compensation law in East Germany and handles general international work. He had been with Pritchard Englefield for 26 years. “I am happier in a small firm,” said Marcus. “You can give a […]
Young solicitors should be in a stronger bargaining position when applying for jobs thanks to a shortage of newly-qualified solicitors predicted for this September. According to recruitment experts, the shortage has arisen because current final year trainees were recruited in the heart of the recession when business was slow. Four years later growth areas such […]
City firm Rowe & Maw has taken a site on the Internet. The firm can now be contacted at http://www.rowe andmaw.co.uk/index.htm. It will include specialist brochures and lists of specialist services and contacts. Managing partner Richard Powles said: “We are simply responding to the needs of our clients. A number of them, particularly those based […]
The meat industry may be worried over the effect of mad cow disease on their trade but the awareness of BSE has spawned a new area of litigation and more work for lawyers. Some of that litigation is already under way. On 9 April this column focused on the case of Lancashire-based Great Harwood Food […]
Controversy surrounding the European Court of Justice’s development of community law will be discussed at an SJ Berwin & Co seminar on Wednesday this week. Ralph Cohen, a partner in the firm’s EU and competition department, said speakers include a judge, barrister and solicitor who had extensive experience of dealing with the European Court of […]
International law firms will find it easier to open offices in Poland following an amendment to the country’s foreign investment law. The change means foreign lawyers no longer require permits to establish offices in the country but it is too early to tell whether the more relaxed rules will lead to a flood of new […]
Michael Lappe, resident partner at the London office of German firm Oppenhoff & Radler, is leaving the UK to join the firm’s office in Berlin. He is replaced by Oppenhoff & Radler partner Ulrich Wolff, who comes from the banking department of the firm’s Frankfurt office. Lappe, who established the London office four and a […]
London law firms Berwin Leighton and Bircham & Co each retain a Conservative Member of Parliament as a paid consultant, according to the recently published register of MPs’ interests. Hartley Booth, MP for Finchley, is paid between £10,000 and £15,000 by Berwins, while Roy Thomason, who represents Bromsgrove, receives between £15,000 and £20,000 from Birchams. […]
The head of City firm Watson Farley & Williams’ Moscow office has returned to the London office after three years in Russia. English lawyer Michael Greville established the Moscow office in 1993, with a focus on shipping and ship financing. The office also handles more general finance, corporate and inward investment. Greville is replaced by […]
The legal status of ‘stints’ or ‘cattlegates’ is to be defined by the Law Lords. Judgment is now pending in the case of Bracken Bank Lodge (BBL) v Peart and others. The Lords have been asked to rule on whether conveyance of a ‘stint’ or ‘cattlegate’ can confer a corporeal right to a share in […]