Manchester lawyers have staged a series of free advice sessions to help people affected by the recent IRA bomb. The sessions, which were held at Manchester town hall, were organised by the Manchester law society and were supported by the council and the chamber of commerce. A panel of lawyers offered advice on insurance, property, […]
Learning Tree, an independent IT training provider, is offering three new courses to IT professionals. The Internet Certified Programme covers the Internet’s business applications, including web site development and Net security. The course leads to a qualification as an Internet Certified Professional. The Hands-on Lotus Notes Application Development course trains users to get the most […]
REGARDING last week’s story “Euro Bars stand firm on MDPs”, during its spring council meeting, the International Bar Association voted to establish an ad hoc committee on multi-discipline practices. The remit of the committee was to devise from scratch a global IBA strategy regarding such practices. It is intended that the committee will report regularly […]
The Home Affairs Select Committee has given a resounding vote of confidence to the status quo in its report Judicial Appointments Procedures. It states boldly that there is no need for large scale change in the procedures for appointing professional judges and lay magistrates. It is not the procedures themselves but the restrictive scope within […]
Berwin Leighton acted for Tesco in the development of Clubcard Plus
The letter from Richard Hegarty last week upon the subject of conflict in conveyancing comes as no surprise to me or my group. It repeats what we have been told at regular intervals over the last 10 years or so. I make the following points: The Government has had plenty of opportunities to alter the […]
Stewart v Elsden – QBD 12 June 1996 Claimant: Thomas Stewart, 6Incident: Road traffic accident Injuries: Pedestrian knocked down crossing the road; now left in persistent vegetative state Award: £55,000 (agreed damages) based on claimant being 80 per cent liable for the accident Judge: Judge Michael Harvey QC (sitting as additional judge of the High […]
Paynes Hicks Beach and Iliffes Booth Bennett acted for Lands Improvement Holdings on its introduction to the London Stock Exchange. Scottish issues were handled by Gillespie MacAndrew. Lawrence Graham advised broker Beeson Gregory.
Ashurt Morris Crisp advised Critchley Group in a rights issue to raise £11.4 million net of expenses. Ashursts also acted for Hoare Govett Corporate Finance on its private placing of shares in Bioglan Pharma for a total subscription price of £10 million. Norton Rose acted for Bioglan Pharma.
SIXTY prosecutors are to be axed from the Crown Prosecution Service as it grapples with an £8 million cut in its annual budget. But the lawyers will all be leaving the service voluntarily and the Director of Public Prosecutions, Barbara Mills, said there were no plans for compulsory redundancies. Speaking at the launch of the […]
Investors who lost money with crashed financial adviser Knight Williams are entitled to claim millions of pounds in compensation, believes City firm Dibb Lupton Broomhead. The firm, which is offering advice to the Knight Williams Action Group free of charge, has compiled a report which concludes investors have a valid legal claim for breach of […]
Bristol firm Cartwrights is drinking to success after advising millionaire entrepreneur Michael Cannon on the sale of his Magic Pub Company to Greene King for £200 million. It is one of the biggest City deals for 16-partner Cart-wrights, which advised Cannon two years ago when he formed MPC by acquiring 282 Chef & Brewer pubs […]