Three City firms are celebrating winning a race against time to finish a $467m gas power financing project which could have been scuppered by an imminent Turkish Supreme Court decision. The non-retrospective ruling, which is due in the next few days, could still affect other infrastructure projects, together worth billions of pounds, which City firms […]
President of the Law Society Tony Girling has brought his maverick predecessor Martin Mears back into the fold by appointing him to head a client care initiative. Mears, who claims he was turfed off three sub-committees, has been given the task of cutting the 20,000 annual complaints to the Office of the Supervision for Solicitors […]
Denton Hall has been appointed to advise on what the Government hopes will be the first clutch of privately constructed and operated magistrates courts. Dentons will advise Hereford and Worcester Magistrates Courts on the tendering procedure to select a consortium which will build and operate three magistrates courts at an estimated capital cost of £15m. […]
A “when is whisky whisky?” legal battle is heading for the High Court. The Scotch Whisky Association is taking Isle of Man drink producer, Glen Keller, to court in an action seeking orders to prevent Glen Keller calling their Manx Whisky whisky. They claim Glen Keller’s product does not fall within the Council of Europe’s […]
Prinn v Plymouth and Torbay Health Authority – QBD, 21 October 1996 Claimant: Steven Prinn (six years) Incident: Medical negligence Injuries: Oxygen starvation at birth at Plymouth’s Freedom Fields Hospital. Claimant now suffers spastic quadriplegia, is blind and utterly dependent on care of parents, but does have some awareness of the world around him. Award: […]
District auditors may formally assist councils on the financial and legal implications of taking part in Private Finance Initiatives, after discussions involving the Audit Commission and the PFI panel. PFIs, which are essentially projects between a local authority and a private sector partner, have been beset by problems, with councils often unsure if they can […]
Taylor Joynson Garrett is claiming success in forcing management consultant Baker Tilly to pay £575,000 compensation to a client over alleged negligent advice in selecting a computer supplier. TJG’s client, Lancashire-based textile company Hamilton McBride & Co, sought Baker Tilly’s advice on the tendering process for procuring a computer system. But the company alleges that […]
The post of deputy district judge is to be advertised publicly for the first time this week. A Lord Chancellor’s Department spokeswoman said: “This is all part of wanting to open up the judicial system and to get as many people from as wide a spectrum as possible to become judges. Vacancies for district judges […]
Manchester firm Donn & Co has recruited insurance litigation specialist Nick Close to head up a new defence section within its personal injury department. Close will join the firm in January when he leaves Liverpool-based Davies Wallis Foyster. He will be responsible for expanding the department. Senior partner Raymond Donn said the firm engaged in […]
Rotherham firm Oxley & Coward partner David Hainsworth has been appointed to oversee the town planning arrangements for the Millennium Wheel venture involving British Airways and the Millennium Wheel Company. The wheel, intended to celebrate the turn of the millennium, will be 152 metres in diameter and will be positioned over the River Thames by […]
More than one in five companies which have floated may change their legal adviser, according to a Mori survey commissioned by Osborne Clarke. Mori warned that recent research indicates any customer satisfaction rating less than “very satisfied” represents a real risk of client loss, and 22 clients out of 100 interviewed fell into this category. […]
The recent Court of Appeal decision in Re Oasis Merchandising Services, delivered on 9 October 1996, considered whether a liquidator could assign the benefit of any proceeds of an action to a company specialising in litigation support for liquidators. The question before the court in Oasis was whether the liquidator’s statutory powers to sell “the […]