Jonathan Seres Jonathan Seres aims to bring clarity to the confused in the murky waters of pension law; Fennell Betson Pensions law as an area of activity has everything going for it. Economics, demographics and Maxwell have all spurred the politicians into action. The 154-section new Pensions Bill is a direct response to Maxwell’s plundering […]
One laudable new year resolution more individuals in the profession are making is that of doing pro bono work. A recent report from Lawyers in the Community (071-383 2200) says that more than 200 lawyers have been involved in its scheme of helping local charities. Over 100 voluntary organisations in 16 London boroughs have had […]
The dismantling of the Serious Fraud Office appears to have become an idea whose time has finally come. Public commentators have questioned the effectiveness of the SFO, while at the same time, a chorus of uninformed opinion has suggested that the way in which the City conducts its affairs should be realistically left to the […]
Oxford Molecular Group was advised by Booth & Co on its u29.5m flotation
BCE Holdings was advised by Wallace & Partners in relation to an u11m placing of shares primarily to fund acquisitions.
Fennell Betson reports TWO leading legal IT suppliers have decided to pool their resources so they can undertake a common research programme. Edinburgh-systems company HG Usher & Co and Hull-based AIM Professional are at the early stages of a joint approach which has surprised the legal market. AIM managing director John Wilde says the two […]
Quorum Litigation Services’ acquisition of Information Scanning Services (ISS) in Aldershot was not just a case of buying a company because it liked its service. Quorum UK director Kelvin McGregor-Alcorn says the purchasing of ISS from the Headway Technology group is part of a strategy to broaden the US group’s range of services, both to […]
You can never have enough hats, gloves and shoes, a shell-shocked Patsy, the glossy mag editor, tells the chat show cameras in an episode of ‘Absolutely Fabulous’. She’s talking accessories, and accessories, as every reader of Jackie in the 70s will remember, are the essential finishing touch to the perfect “outfit”. Then, they were red […]
Since I built my first crystal set at the age of eight, technology has been a fascination. By the age of 12 my bedroom was wired for sound and much more besides. Visitors had to announce their identity over an intercom system. If I wanted to see them I would press a button on the […]
Gangs across Britain are targeting law firms and stealing computer equipment worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, suppliers warn. The profession is being hit by a “thefts-to-order” campaign, according to a founder member of the Association of Legal Technology Suppliers. Stephen Taylor-Parker says that highly computer-literate gangs are targeting legal practices in a series of […]
A travel service specifically aimed at lawyers and offering a 24-hour hotline for their clients has started up. Clients can call the Lawyer’s Travel Service at any time of the day or night, and switchboard operators will pass the message on to their travelling lawyer as arranged. The service is an offshoot of the City-based […]
Two Commonwealth lawyers, Spring Yuen Ching Fung and Anthony Watson-Brown from the Attorney General’s chambers in Hong Kong, have produced a working paper on “deconstructing legislative sentences”. It is part of a bigger project undertaken by the authors as Nuffield Foundation research fellows at the University of London’s Institute of Advanced Legal Studies to help […]