Newly-merged Dibb Lupton Alsop is to drop out of the Legal Resources Group – the association of five regional firms that jointly runs a Brussels office and pools training and legal research – following disagreements over funding. Dibb Lupton Alsop and the other members could not agree funding arrangements following Dibb Lupton Broomhead’s merger with […]
While it is true that there are horses for courses, it is difficult to distinguish between the courses when comparing offshore jurisdictions. Publications that profess to shed light on the advantages of one jurisdiction over another frequently silence critical analysis in favour of maximising advertising revenue, and at conferences representatives of competing jurisdictions appear to […]
Addleshaw Sons & Latham and Booth & Co are merging in February next year to form Addleshaw Booth & Co. With 89 partners and more than 325 fee earners, the new firm will be one of the 20 largest in the UK, and the largest in the North. The chair and senior part ner will […]
The London office of US firm Coudert Brothers has lost one of its founding partners to City firm Richards Butler. Hugh Thompson will take up his appointment as a banking partner later this month. He rejoins a UK firm after six years at Couderts. Prior to that he was head of banking at Lawrence Graham. […]
An Abingdon man is heading for a new legal confrontation with a motorist he blames for injuries he received in 1988 and for which he has already received agreed compensation of £80,000. In a sequel to the settlement of the case, David Clubb has now issued a writ against Roger Fowler, of Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire, […]
The fundamental characteristic of a settlement is that its trusts are administered for the benefit of the beneficiaries. It ought therefore be a matter of real concern if its trustees learn that beneficiaries are not content with the way in which they have run it. If trustees are to benefit their beneficiaries, they must know […]
US lawyers are to meet next week to discuss ways of tackling proposed new US laws restricting companies from establishing offices in Cuba and to counter legislation emerging from Europe. Joseph Griffin, a Washington-based partner with US firm Morgan Lewis & Bockius, will chair a conference of senior lawyers and US and UK government officials […]
Courts competing for cases? During the Thatcher era, competition and market forces extended to some unexpected areas. This applies to the dispute resolution and court systems; clients and lawyers now often have a wide choice of forums to determine disputes. In the past it seemed simple. For disputes between citizens the State provided the court […]
High Court judgment is pending in the case of the Nepalese orphan Jay Khadka. Khadka, 21, and his adoptive father, 42-year-old businessman Richard Morley, have challenged the decision of the Home Secretary Michael Howard to deport Khadka. Morley, who claims his life was once saved by the boy’s father following an accident in the Himalayas.
Mark Humphries believes solicitors are disadvantaged by the current requirements for advocacy training imposed by the Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee (The Lawyer, 8 October). There are two short answers to the points he makes. First, anyone wishing to specialise in advocacy should become a barrister. The second is that in the training requirements he is […]
Beachcroft Stanleys advised East Surrey Holdings on its capital restructuring in which it issued £12.3m-worth of bonus preference shares
AN ELECTRONIC legal information fair sets out next week on a tour of six cities. Manchester is the first port of call for the fair, which is being organised by the CTI Law Technology Centre based at the University of Warwick. It will also visit Leeds, Newcastle, Bristol, Birmingham and London. The aim of the […]