Linda Tsang reports On-line information provider Perfect Information has signed an exclusive agreement with the International Securities Market Association (Isma) to provide its users with access to over 11,000 prospectuses for international securities. Perfect users will be able to access any document, which will be displayed as an image on a PC screen. The facilities […]
Linda Tsang reports City firm Linklaters & Paines is in the process of rolling out a £15 million IT project which, it believes, will put it level with or even ahead of many of its clients. The controversial system is intended to give all the firm’s lawyers, both in its international offices and at client […]
Cripps Harries Hall is putting the final touches to a private banking package for clients which will include a link with a merchant bank. “This will mean that if we have clients who have a portfolio with us, they will be able to get an automatic borrowing facility,” said David Lough, head of the firm’s […]
Despite US firm Jones Day Reavis & Pogue bid to launch its new office in Bombay, the mood among investors in India has soured after a decision by the government of Maharashtra, an Indian state, to pull the rug on the US$2.8 billion power station project to be run by US gas company Enron. Worse […]
Cyril Dixon A FORMER trainee solicitor with Southwark Council has been appointed to the top legal job with the authority. Julie Belvir becomes borough solicitor and secretary following the departure of Dr Clive Grace to a chief executive’s post in south Wales. Belvir qualified in 1988 and began her career as an articled clerk with […]
The Law Society has finally arrived at a solution on the fraught question of corporate pensions after spending 18 months examining the issue. In a move which is likely to be followed by other pensions regulators, it defines corporate pensions as including all types of company scheme, including SIPPs. Those looking to advise on such […]
Philip Hurst is a partner at the Energy & Major Projects Group and country partner for India at Ashurst Morris Crisp, London. For the last two or three years, India has been the emerging market in the view of many Western and East Asian investors. In particular, the independent power sector has attracted the interest […]
MARTIN Mears’ bid to veto Solicitors Complaints Bureau head Veronica Lowe’s pay-off has been blocked by the Law Society Council in the first major defeat of his presidency. There was speculation that John Hayes might resign if Mears’ resolution to “examine” the pay-off of around £80,000 agreed by the secretary general had been passed. Mears […]
Holland v Smith – QBD 23 June 1995 Claimant: Bernard Holland Accident: Motorcycle accident Injuries: Plaintiff received severe, multiple injuries to head, arm, leg and remains disabled Award: £219,24Judge: Mr Justice May Solicitors: McGrath & Co (London) Turner v Plessey Research Caswell – QBD 26 June 1995 Claimant: James Turner, 56 Accident: Research worker contracted […]
AN English woman who fled to the UK from Australia with her 18-month-old daughter has been ordered by the High Court to return the child to Australia where her father is a resident. The recent case has highlighted the increasing number of such custody battles reaching the High Court. The order to return the daughter […]
Two trainee solicitors have written a book to bridge the gap between academic legal study and the practice of law. Gerald Montagu, of Macfarlanes, and Mark Weston, of Allen & Overy, pooled their skills to write The Legal Practice Companion after completing the Legal Practice Course and then moving into private practice. Former Law Society […]
SOUTH African workers could see their right to strike “significantly” extended if a Bill before the parliament is passed. The new Labour Relations Bill, which is set to replace present legislation, is expected to come into force in the middle of next year, cutting the number of employees banned from striking and opening the door […]