Staff at Paisner & Co have been devastated by news of the tragic accidental death of pensions partner Graham Hoar aged 33, while on holiday. Hoar, who completed his articles at Paisner & Co in 1988 and was made a partner last year, died in a swimming accident on Monday (Oct 28) while on holiday […]
Chris Fogarty reports A small Merseyside council has found itself embroiled in a legal argument over TUPE after its bid to alter the pay and conditions of workers at a secure unit for dangerous teenagers was blocked. St Helens Borough Council is appealing an Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling that strictly applied the European Union Transfer […]
Millionaire Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed and his brother Ali are currently waiting the outcome of their latest legal bid to overturn the Home Office’s refusal to grant them UK citizenship. The Egyptian-born Al Fayeds failed in a High Court action this February to overturn the Home Office decision. Now they have renewed their challenge […]
A SOLICITOR has failed in his bid to have a former partner committed to jail following a row over the alleged poaching of clients. Paul Rooney, senior partner at Liverpool firm Paul Rooney & Co, had accused his former colleague, Mike Hogan, of breaching an interlocutory injunction binding him to a partnership agreement preventing him […]
Freeth Cartwright Hunt Dickins is to swallow up its smaller Nottingham neighbour – seven partner Bramleys – adding around 10 per cent to its turnover. Freeth Cartwright, already the largest law firm in Nottingham, will, from January 1, increase from 33 to 40 partners and from 137 total fee earners to around 150. Bramleys clients […]
Over the last year the Australian corporate sector has turned the corner. Inward investment, company flotations and takeover activity are all rising, which is good news at last for the country’s recession-weary commercial law firms. John Shirbin, acting managing partner of Clayton Utz, says the recovery has been spurred by reforms initiated by the right-wing […]
A MOCK trial organised by the Sheffield business community has highlighted the dangers posed to local authorities by the government’s planned contaminated land laws. The trial, organised by the Sheffield Green Business Club at Sheffield Magistrates Court, saw a Sheffield City Council environmental health officer serve clear-up notices on two imaginary companies. Nabarro Nathanson solicitor, […]
MUCH green form work will be delivered through block contracts by the end of 1999, the Legal Aid Board has predicted. Last Friday, the board’s chief executive, Steve Orchard, delivered the most detailed timetable yet of the pilot projects the board will be mounting in preparation for the wholesale reform of the legal aid system […]
Ron McQuaker will replace Dr Geoff Robinson as president of the British Computer Society, the chartered body for all information systems professionals, at the end of this month. The incoming president has pledged to work with judicial authorities to enforce professional standards in the IT trade. A qualified mediator and fellow of the Academy of […]
Jersey’s parliament has scrapped the law which requires the Island’s advocates to study Norman and French law at the University of Caen. Introduced in 1993, the rule stemmed from the fact that Jersey’s customary and contract laws are based on French law. The Jersey Law Society said the rule was preventing mature students from training […]
Dibb Lupton Broomhead has set up a new local government unit under the leadership of commercial group partner Tony Randle. The unit already advises local authority clients including Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire and West Sussex county councils, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council and the London Borough of Croydon. It has launched a regular newsletter called Futures […]
The fashion department at FHM (For Him Magazine) has a number of guidelines for looking your best. Suits: for spring/summer ’96, sharp tailoring will be one of the most important looks from designers such as Paul Smith. Single-breasted suits with peak lapels are hot, in vivid colours and checks. Double-breasted jackets are definitely a fashion […]