A barrister from 5 New Square chambers has been awarded a professorship at the European Media Business School. Tony Martino, an entertainment and intellectual property specialist, is teaching entertainment law and practice in Rome and London on a new Masters course which combines the media and the law. The course which trains its students to […]
A CHESHIRE solicitor who is campaigning for a public inquiry into numerous instances of sexual abuse at children’s homes in his area is preparing to take legal action against Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell. Peter Garsden, who has written twice to Dorrell demanding an inquiry, has won legal aid to investigate the possibility of seeking a […]
THE LEGAL Aid Board (LAB) has reinstated funds to lawyers acting for the family of a childhood leukaemia victim months after backing was withdrawn under alleged pressure from power suppliers. Leigh Day & Co is taking a case against Norweb claiming electromagnetic fields in Little Lever, Bolton, were associated with the 1992 death of 13-year-old […]
NEW York law firm Dewey Ballantine has paid tribute to its London founding partner Rupert Simpson, who died of leukaemia last month. Simpson, 43, started as an associate in the firm’s corporate department in 1986 and was made up to partner three years later. In 1990 he relocated to London to build an office with […]
Everyone else may be losing their heads but corporate finance lawyers are certainly keeping theirs. This year has been a difficult one for the merchant banking community. Barings teetered on the verge of collapse this spring and was rescued at the last minute in a hasty takeover by the Dutch bank ING. Other enduring names […]
ANTI-DRUG campaigners have hit out at East Anglian recorder David Crome who last week freed a student convicted of drugs charges because the two shared a love of music. Oboe-playing university student Dominic Kelly, a 1992 BBC Young Musician of the Year semi-finalist, pleaded guilty in the Norwich Crown Court to supplying cannabis and possessing […]
ADULTS should “generally” be entitled to make their own choices on issues of consent and those who suffer no permanent injury and willingly agree to certain acts should not be subject to criminal proceedings, according to the Law Commission. The commission, which last week released a consultation paper on the effect of consent in the […]
THEODORE Goddard is picking up four partners from Mishcon de Reya to strengthen its entertainment and corporate departments. Three of these partners – Paul Armstrong, Graham Stedman and Paul Salmon – were known to be leaving after a disagreement with the partnership. Armstrong, an entertainments partner specialising in film and TV work and chair of […]
Andrew Beer, a senior property partner with City firm Wilde Sapte, is set to leave the firm this month after more than 27 years. Beer will join as a partner with Dublin practice Ivor Fitzpatrick & Co on 1 January. He will advise exclusively in Irish law and help develop the firm’s growing banking and […]
RADICAL reform of the UK’s “outdated” libel laws is needed, despite the Lord Chancellor’s existing proposals for change, says the Newspaper Society. The society, which represents the regional press, says the Government still needs to address fundamental issues including burden of proof, the role of the jury, and the award and calculation of damages, which […]
In last week’s “Forthcoming Case” on the Hollies, we incorrectly said Brian Eagles was a solicitor at Nabarro Nathanson. He is a solicitor at Hammond Suddards.
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has handed down a judgment supporting the Council of Bars and Law Societies of the European Union in its majority opinion on establishment. The judgment, which interpreted the 1977 Directive on Lawyers’ Services and Article 52 of the Treaty of Rome, came after the Italian Bar attempted to prevent German […]