Chinese communities across the world could face a rise in crime as a result of the exodus from Hong Kong in the run-up to 1997, a leading Hong Kong Queen’s Counsel has predicted. Peter Nguyen QC said that Chinese communities are growing as a result of the movement out of Hong Kong. “This creates law […]
Europe is “ill-prepared” to deal with the huge expansion of international fraud which accompanied the abolition of exchange controls, the director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) George Staples told delegates at the IBA conference. However, the subsequent signing of bilateral agreements and mutual assistance treaties has boosted efforts to investigate and prosecute cross-border cases, […]
London and international law firm Norton Rose is moving its Paris office to larger premises following an increase in staff from eight to 18 lawyers in the past three years. Francis Chronnel, head of the Paris office, said it was established in 1990, with one partner and one assistant, to draw up financing deals for […]
Love IT or loathe it, there are few lawyers left who have not used IT – even if only a word processor. And, if Lord Woolf has his way, many more will be using computers in the near future. The final version of his report, Access to Justice, is scheduled for publication next month. If […]
Richard Carey-Hughes has been elected as the new secretary of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA), replacing Stephen Kay. Carey-Hughes, who practices at 4 Brick Court, headed by Anne Rafferty QC, is a CBA committee member and edited the association’s news-letter from 1992 to 1995. “This is an interesting time with changes in the law, particularly […]
The Public Health Laboratory Service Board, of London NW9, is being sued by Patricia Lowans, of Topsham, Exeter. Lowans claims she suffered personal injuries and loss as a result of the board’s alleged negligence and breach of statutory duty in 1993 during her work at a laboratory in Church Lane, Heavitree, Exeter. Writ issued by […]
The debate over multipliers in personal injury cases focuses on the investment by a plaintiff of his damages award, in particular the merits of different investments such as equities and index linked government stocks (ILGS). The assumption implicit in the traditional approach to multipliers is that the real rate of return is 4-5 per cent. […]
Ten senior Indian judges have begun a month-long course on women’s issues and the law at Warwick University’s Law School. The programme was devised after the Chief Justice of India pointed out a gap in awareness of women’s issues in the Indian legal training system. The 10 judges will visit Crown and County courts, rape […]
Cyril Dixon A NEWLY-published league table of the country’s top legal advisers to charities has highlighted the increasing importance of voluntary sector business to law firms. Firms with experienced specialists in the charity area are taking advantage of a burgeoning market, according to the analysis from this year’s ‘Henderson Top 2000 Charities Directory’. The table, […]
CPS LAWYERS have opted to hold back on their threat of strike action, at least for the time being. The CPS section of the Association of First Division Civil Servants (FDA) has decided to keep its threat of a one-day strike in reserve, despite Attorney General Sir Nicholas Lyell’s refusal to meet with them to […]
Elizabeth Andrew, the local government specialist who wrote the article ‘Grounds for appeal in Westminster case’ in last week’s issue of The Lawyer, is a tenant of Devereux Chambers, and not Verulam Buildings.
Ross MacKay is the head of the private client department at Henderson Boyd Jackson, WS, based in Edinburgh. Raised in the Scottish Highlands, he has lived in Edinburgh since 1980 What was your first job? Bus conductor on the Mull of Kintyre. What was your first ever salary as a lawyer? Around £2,000 a year […]