The Environmental Law Foundation has published the first three titles in its series of litigation manuals, producing guides by leading environmental lawyers in the UK. The manuals, which cover noise pollution, air pollution and private prosecutions, have been produced as part of ELF’s programme to provide advice to lawyers acting for individuals and communities faced […]
Hamilton Loeb, partner at US firm Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, has won a two-year term as co-chair of the 1,200-member International Trade Committee – the largest committee in the ABA’s Section on International Law and Practice. Loeb, who handles international trade law, technology litigation and international arbitration, co-chairs his firm’s international committee.
A case with far-reaching implications for the rights of companies and individuals to prevent confidential information being made public has now reached Europe. Journalists throughout the European Community are watching the final act in the case of journalist Bill Goodwin which stretches back to 1989 when he was a trainee on The Engineer magazine. The […]
The initial panic over the first flood of RSI cases has subsided a little, and now is a good time for firms to assess the situation which exists in their offices. Where does the responsible employer start? They should perhaps begin by comparing the efficiency of their office with that which existed 15 years ago. […]
A EUROPEAN Union competition law specialist has deserted the Bar to join City firm Ashurst Morris Crisp. Mark Clough, who was called to the Bar in 1978, attributes his move to the other branch of the profession to a need to expand and diversify his work. Until this month he was based at Brick Court […]
Duncan Calow, a solicitor at Denton Hall, says: “Working with lawyers requires special skills – like a high boredom threshold and a toner cartridge fixation.” Most law firms admit that a knowledge of the law is not essential but because most legal secretaries specialise they will eventually acquire a basic grasp of their particular field. […]
GERMANY and the UK have unveiled a new proposal on the rights of establishment in an effort to end the “stalemate” among members of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of the European Union. At a meeting in Brussels last Friday CCBE heads of delegations were set to hear the compromised plan which Law […]
Linklaters & Paines has acted in Russia’s second public share issue, launched last month by St Petersburg’s largest chain of bakers Khlebny Dom. The issue follows the 1994 offering of shares in chocolate factory Red October, also handled by the UK firm. The team, drawn from the London and Moscow offices, handled the structure of […]
AS HEAD of forensic accounting at chartered accountants Baker Tilly, I gave expert evidence for the successful plaintiffs. However while initial legal opinion suggests this case does not set a precedent and it remains to be seen whether the floodgates will open with similar actions against banks, the case provides a good example of some […]
NEWLY-MERGED Withers has been revealed as the firm to take over the private client and trust portfolio of City neighbours Lovell White Durrant. Withers has recruited one Lovells private client partner, Charles Pike, as a partner, but the second, Hugh Henshaw, will retire next April. Three other fee earners also make the move to Withers […]
THE MAN who headed the merger of Frere Cholmeley Bischoff is to step down from his partnership at the firm. Former chief executive Tim Razzall, with the firm for 30 years, will retire later this year to concentrate on other business and political interests. Razzall was chief executive at Frere Cholmeley before it merged with […]
Moden v Gateway Foodmarkets – QBD 3 July 199C Claimant: Alan Moden Accident: Fall through roof while on duty as policeman investigating burglary. Injuries: Spinal injuries; medically retired from police force; used to be keen walker but now only able to walk maximum of three quarters of mile; can no longer cycle; sex life said […]