ONE of the country’s biggest names in family law has been forced to call in insolvency practitioners after running up debts of nearly £1.2 million. A creditors’ report shows that High Wycombe-based Winter-Taylors owes 10 former partners a total of £128,000 and barristers more than £31,000. Insolvency practitioners have been called in to rescue the […]
North East and borders firm Crutes has appointed two joint managing partners following its expansion into new Newcastle offices. Stephen Crute, who joined the Sunderland office in 1976, and Tim Wallis, who started with the practice 19 years ago, will lead the firm and oversee administrative, financial and personnel functions as well as business development […]
‘Dependant’ under Fatal Accident Act 197Pounder v London Underground (1995). QBD (1995) PIQR P217 Summary:Whether girlfriend of deceased railworker qualified as a dependant under s.1 (3) Fatal Accidents Act 1976 where there had been broken periods in their cohabitation. Claim under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 by deceased’s girlfriend, who had had two children by […]
Writ issued by Dawson & Co, London WC2. C146 Milton Keynes widow Susan Campbell is suing British Railways Board over the death of her husband from an asbestos-related disease. Roy Campbell, who was 56, died on 3 February last year from mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos when he worked for British Rail at its […]
A 27-year-old woman who was in a coma for two weeks after allegedly suffering from toxic shock syndrome after using tampons is mounting a High Court test case against Smith and Nephew Consumer Products. Sandra Turner, of Maldon, Essex, claims she has been left with, among other things, sight and hearing weakness and has also […]
A RAFT of measures to combat sexual harassment at the Bar, including a network of safe haven chambers for victimised barristers, has been welcomed by the Association of Women Barristers. Bar vice-chair David Penry-Davey QC said he recognised the “significant barriers” women had encountered in the profession at a meeting of the women barristers’ group […]
JOHN FRANKLIN RICE, admitted 1978, practised in partnership with Breeze & Wyles Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, struck off and ordered to pay £4,524 costs. Allegations substantiated he wrongly drew and used client funds for purposes of other clients and himself and misappropriated client funds. Tribunal told investigation accountant’s report of December 1992 revealed serious misuse of client […]
LONDON firm Rowe & Maw celebrated taking over property work for the Unilever Group by negotiating terms on the exchange of a subsidiary’s Bedford premises. The firm last month won the tender to supply legal services for all Unilever operating companies. Unilever’s in-house property solicitor Ralph Harwood retired and assistant Nicola Morris joined the firm. […]
THE TABLES could be turned on Martin Mears this week as the man who has persistently described himself as radical tries to stem pressure for wholesale constitutional reform. In a ‘President’s Paper’ outlining his objectives for the year which is to be debated by the Law Society council on Thursday, the new president says major […]
Although not yet available to the commercial client, no win no fee arrangements undoubtedly appear attractive, offering, it seems, risk-free litigation and a carrot and stick incentive for the lawyers. However, the proposition that lawyers will try harder if their own money is at stake ignores the competitive instincts of litigators. Instead, the commercial pressures […]
Rather like the ratings of Brookside compared with Coronation Street, the legal professions in Liverpool and Manchester respectively have been considered a David and Goliath. But Liverpool has stolen a march on its North West rival recently, with the ratings-stealing episodes of the Jordaches’ trial in Brookside and the high-profile collapse of Liverpool legal aid […]
The Law Lords have given leave for an appeal in two cases titled Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Willoughby, in which the tax department challenges decisions of the Commissioner for the Special Purposes of Income Tax and the Court of Appeal. The case will centre on whether provisions in chapter III (Transfer of Assets Abroad) […]