I do hope members of the Bar will think carefully before following the advice of Ronald Thwaites QC (The Lawyer 7 November 1995) that they should vote against the Bar Council’s complaints system at the extraordinary general meeting on 21 November. As I have pointed out in my last three annual reports, the Bar’s present […]
Macfarlanes and White & Case advised advertising agency Cordiant in a one for one rights issue to raise around £127 million. Slaughter and May and Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton acted for financial advisers SBC Warburg and UBS.
Your 14 November issue contains two wholly false statements about me: 1. “He is believed to regularly submit unsolicited articles to The Times” In recent months The Times has received four articles from me, each after prior discussion with its legal correspondent, Frances Gibb. One article (unpublished) was sent in on the basis that because […]
In the first 18 months since solicitor advocates began to appear in the Higher Courts there has been a slow but steady stream of litigation solicitors who have obtained the Higher Courts qualification. Currently there is no sign that the stream is increasing, but the truth is different. The City giants are not asleep; they […]
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is set to face a challenge in the European Court of Justice to its approach over control provisions designed to regulate the import of pesticides into the UK. Mr Justice Popplewell has referred the case following a challenge mounted by the British Agrochemicals Association which represents 37 members […]
The libel claim by north-west Leicestershire MP David Ashby against The Sunday Times is scheduled to reach the Queen’s Bench Division this week. Ashby is suing over an article which refers to “MPs second holiday with male friend” and alleges he shared a hotel bed with another man.
The Federation Against Software Theft (Fast) has announced the seizure of over £7 million of counterfeit computer software in a series of weekend raids. The raids were part of a nationwide campaign masterminded by Fast in conjunction with the police. Officers from South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, and Devon and Cornwall Constabularies helped to co-ordinate the […]
The Software for Solicitors two-day event held in Manchester at the beginning of November pushed its attendance figures up by 85 per cent from 1993. The event which attracted 20 exhibitors and 585 visitors was a regional spin-off from the long-running Solicitors and Legal Office Exhibition held at the Barbican in June.
Computerised crime anal-ysis is an important technique to help police tackle crime and criminals, according to a Home Office report. The report details the ways information technology systems can be set up and used to provide vital information on the patterns of crime in a particular area. The report guides police on local crime analysis […]
McKenna & Co acted for Enterprise Inns on its flotation on the London Stock Exchange by way of a placing and intermediate offer which valued the company at £58.7 million and raised £18.6 million.
John Malpas reports TWO of Liverpool’s oldest sets are to merge as a third celebrates the opening of a new wing. A busy period for chambers in Liverpool has culminated in the announcement of a merger between 14 Castle Street and 7 Queen Avenue. The merger, which both sets say will lead to an improved […]
Geoffrey Catterall, 34, admitted 1986, practised as partner with Toller Beattie, Barnstaple, Devon, suspended indefinitely. Allegations substantiated he dishonestly or improperly utilised client money for benefit of other clients and drew client money in breach of accounting rules. Tribunal said: “It is a matter of great concern when a young and inexperienced solicitor, indeed at […]