Director of Public Prosecutions Barbara Mills QC will be answering the intriguing question “What does a woman want?” when she delivers the Second Fawcett Library Lecture. Mills will examine the barriers to making equal opportunities at work a reality for women, and what is being done by the Civil Service and the CPS in particular […]
The Government’s plans to end free legal aid are based on misinformation and guesswork and should be dropped, according to a report by the National Consumer Council. In a detailed submission to the Government, published on Monday, the influential group says the plans will not necessarily save taxpayers’ money. The report warns that the costs […]
In the Cayman Islands, financial services initiatives include legislation addressing trustee investment powers and duties, and new rules facilitating private or special purpose trusts. Plans are also well advanced for the establishment of a Caymans monetary authority in January. The Proceeds of Criminal Conduct Bill was passed by the Cayman government and strengthens the Mutual […]
Fellows v Arnold (1996)
CHERIE Booth QC and Brian Moore are to play key roles in this week’s Graduate Law Fair, organised by The Lawyer. Thousands of tickets have been sent out for the fair, which takes place at the Barbican on Wednesday and Thursday. The event will boast 64 stands manned by law firms, chambers, colleges and lawyers’ […]
The European Commission is likely to have to admit defeat over attempts to gain greater regulatory control over takeovers, according to Allen & Overy partner Michael Reynolds, co-chair of the International Bar Associations’ anti-trust committee. Instead, he said, it is likely to allow companies to opt into EC control if takeovers affect at least three […]
Bar students are threatening to set up an alternative pupillage clearing scheme following a wave of discontent over the Bar Council’s own system. The students’ anger stems from the fact that 1,400 of them have been left stranded in the first round of the Bar Council’s Pach scheme after all the available 865 pupillages were […]
CHAMBERS practice managers are to meet with a leading bank to discuss a new scheme to provide barristers with a regular salary. The unique project is the brainchild of Peter Bennett, practice manager at James Hunt QC’s chambers at 36 Bedford Row, and is already up and running at the set. So far 30 tenants […]
Two lawyers specialising in Korean shipping at Clyde & Co are swapping seats. Peter Shelford has moved to Hong Kong, while Nick Graydon is returning to the City. Both partners work for ship owners, charterers and insurers.
The savage murder of Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common in July 1992 remains unsolved. Colin Stagg, the man who was accused of her murder, could reasonably have expected that his 15 minutes of celebrity, as predicted by Andy Warhol, would have ended with his acquittal in September 1994. He could have expected to be free […]
With the Olympic flame extinguished in Atlanta, attention has turned to preparations for the Games of the XXVII Olympiad to be held in Sydney in 2000. Inevitably, questions are being asked as to whether the facilities will be ready. SOCOG (the Sydney Organising Committee for the Games) firmly believes they will be. In the meantime, […]
London solicitors Withers have appointed six new partners from within its own ranks. The six – Janette Catell, Paul Brecknell, Adam Taylor, Meriel Schindler, Stephen Digby and Hugh Devlin – takes the number of partners in the firm to 44. Withers says it has been expanding in the last two years after following a policy […]