Property
Denton Hall advised Ladbroke Group Properties on the development of an 11.5 acre site for Europe’s largest multi-leisure centre at Hemel Hempstead Herts. Rank Leisure, which owns the £22 million centre, was advised by Richards Butler.
Lloyds Bank. Taking things personally
THe sad financial situation we are still in has been overshadowed by press excitement which has led everyone to believe we as litigants in person have achieved an amazing victory. It makes good news, but it has left us bewildered. Lloyds Bank is still pursuing us for interest on the loan. Because we mitigated the […]
India takes action to oust foreign firms
ASHURST Morris Crisp may be thrown out of India if a High Court action against the firm and two other foreign practices is successful. US lawyers White & Case and Chadbourne & Parke could also go if public interest group the Bombay Lawyers Collective wins its bid to have the trio’s licences revoked. The collective, […]
ABA urged to close law school doors
US LAWYERS are pressing the American Bar Association to shut the doors on law schools after recent figures showed the country’s attorney population had grown to almost 900,000. ABA president-elect Lee Cooper said it was “staggering” that the number of lawyers in the US had reached almost one million, compared with 400,000 in 1975. Cooper […]
In brief: Law Society fears for Woolf reforms funding
The Law Society has echoed the concerns of the majority of the profession in questioning the Government’s will to commit financially to Lord Woolf’s proposed reforms for the civil justice system. In its response to the Woolf report the society argues the Government must make the investment necessary to streamline and simplify the system and […]
Financing
Travers Smith Braithwaite acted for Clydesdale Bank’s structured finance unit and the London branch of Landesbank Hessen-Thuringen Girozentrale in the provision of a £20 million refurbishment loan to Camberhurst, for the Brunel Centre shopping complex in Swindon. Norton Rose advised Camberhurst.
Matrimonial juniors set up own body
JUNIOR-RANK matrimonial lawyers have opened an offspring group for younger members of the profession, established under the auspices of the Solicitors Family Law Association. The Young SFLA Group (London) will be officially launched on 19 October to provide regular training, educational and social events for family lawyers under partnership level. Devised by Charles Russell solicitor […]
In brief: Trainee heads off to the movies
Charles Lucas & Marshall trainee David Ballantine has been seconded to the film production company which made last year’s smash hit movie Four Weddings and a Funeral. From this month Ballantine will work on a number of film projects at Working Title, where he will report to the company’s head of legal affairs. “It is […]
The Dream Team
Lawyers and their secretaries may not have as exciting a time as depicted in the films The Firm or The Client, but they certainly have their own views on the ‘ideal’ other half of the working relationship. Forget the images portrayed by Tom Cruise, Susan Sarandon or Holly Hunter, the lawyers and secretaries canvassed in […]
Irish Bar wig option
BARRISTERS in the Irish Republic have voted by a narrow majority to cut the rule obliging them to wear wigs in court and make the matter optional. The decision, taken in a secret postal ballot of the country’s 1,000 barristers, is designed to pre-empt a Courts Bill being prepared by Irish Justice Minister Nora Owen, […]
Lloyds Bank. The Dibb Lupton view
There has been a remarkable level of interest in this particular case. It has largely concentrated on the fact that the plaintiffs have won damages of £77,529 from Lloyds Bank. There has been scant mention of the fact that the plaintiffs were claiming in excess of £500,000 or that there is an outstanding counter-claim of […]