City firm Linklaters & Paines is to handle the legal work in the flotation of Railtrack as part of the British Rail privatisation programme. The firm will advise the Department of Transport on all aspects of the flotation, including matters relating to titles to land and property, European law that might be affected by the […]
THE long-awaited merger between national practice Eversheds and City firm Jaques & Lewis has been finalised. The move took place on 9 January after months of talks between Eversheds and several City firms, including Theodore Goddard. The new London practice will be known as Eversheds Jaques & Lewis until June, when regional titles will be […]
THE LAW Society of Scotland starts the new year with a full agenda of law reform and professional practice issues. THE LAW Society of Scotland starts the new year with a full agenda of law reform and professional practice issues. Talks also continue between the society and Faculty of Advocates on the troubled issue of […]
The Central London branch of the Institute of Legal Executives is holding its annual general meeting in the Edinburgh Tavern, London WC2 at 6.30pm on 21 February. The AGM will be followed by a lecture at 7pm.
The case of solicitor Howard Ogden, who is facing disciplinary proceedings, will be heard sooner than expected following the suicide of former client and alleged mass murderer Frederick West. The Solicitors Complaints Bureau confirms that the date for Ogden’s hearing is likely to be brought forward from November. The Gloucester solicitor is accused of attempting […]
This week the Court of Appeal will hear appeals by Quadrex Holdings and Samuel Montagu & Co arising out of their long running litigation with British & Commonwealth Holdings (B&C). The appeal is expected to occupy the court for at least three months. The appeals arise out of the abortive sale by B&C to Quadrex […]
Faced with the question “Would you like to go shopping for a work outfit with a professional clothes consultant, all expenses paid?” what could any self-respecting City solicitor say but “yes”? Clothes shopping is something I rarely have time to enjoy, and rather than make costly mistakes I have tended to buy what I know […]
RAP Group was advised by Travers Smith Braithwaite on its u15m flotation raising u6m
City firm Berwin Leighton is hosting a conference for Israeli businesses at the Sheraton Hotel on 17 and 18 January. The event, organised in association with the Israel Export Institute, covers raising capital and business expansion in the UK and Europe.
Tim Miller explores the military option and finds out about the strategic operations involved in Army Legal Services Clad in their nuclear-biological-chemical warfare protection suits, they carried a ‘Manual of Military Law’ under one arm and a 9mm pistol under the other. The weapons training and the combat fitness test may have seemed like cosmetic […]
‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ actress Robin McCaffrey plays the lead role in a new College of Law promotional video. McCaffrey, who played the woman who married Hugh Grant’s brother in the film, appears as a student visiting the College’s four branches to view facilities and learn about the Legal Practice Course. The 30-minute video […]
Richard Batty had spent four and a half years with a high street firm and he was fed up. “I had been working pretty hard, driving many miles and generally beginning to feel the stresses of dealing with other people’s problems.” After spotting an advert for Army Legal Services and making a tentative call he […]