City firm Wilde Sapte has appointed NatWest’s head of group taxation Krishna Bose as a senior international tax adviser. Bose has headed the bank’s taxation branch for 17 years and had previously served as group tax manager for Reckitt and Coleman. He joined Wilde Sapte last week after retiring from NatWest. He says he was […]
One of the common complaints about the Inns has been that, with buildings dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, they are ill-equipped to function as modern offices. But one, Lincoln’s Inn, will be rectifying that problem during the long vacation this year with its £100,000 investment in a data network system around the Inn […]
A legal battle with wide ranging implications for local authorities anxious to hive off unprofitable residential care responsibilities to the private sector is now to be considered by the Law Lords. In June the Court of Appeal ruled that the Department of Health was wrong when it told councils they could not opt out completely […]
Henry Fletcher is appalled by the rise in the number of women given prison sentences In the last two years, there has been a 40 per cent rise in the number of women sentenced to custody. During 1994, the number of women jailed reached its highest level ever. That trend has continued during the last […]
Pinsent Curtis advised Winchester Multimedia on its flotation onto the Alternative Investment Market – thought to be the first to raise funds on AIM. Martineau Johnson advised Winchester’s stockbrokers
Trowers & Hamlins and the BBC in-house legal team rescued Ealing Studios from receivership with a two-stage financial deal. The BBC
Eversheds’ Leeds office advised Farnell on its purchase of Combined Precision Components for £30.45 million. Rooks Rider in London advised the vendor.
John Malpas reports THE FORMER practice director of the largest UK set has agreed an out of court settlement after a dispute which he says typifies the tensions between barristers and managers. Details of the settlement between David Symonds and 5 Fountain Court are not being revealed but Symonds says he is happy with the […]
Ashurst Morris Crisp acted for McBride
Andrew Page Solicitors acted for Loxleys Print in connection with the recommended offer for the entire share capital of Loxley Brothers. McClure Naismith Anderson & Gardiner
Helen Sage reports Dibb Lupton Broomhead is installing a £700,000 corporate network to allow the firm’s clients to gain instant access to their own case files. The network, the first of its kind to be installed in a law firm, will also provide a wide area managed data network service to connect the firm’s five […]
Solicitors acting for Lloyd’s Names action groups whose court actions start in the next few months are applying for adjournments of their trials in order to await more details of the Lloyd’s Corporation’s £2.8 billion settlement plan. At least three action groups applied last week to adjourn, including the 1,250-member Wellington Names group, advised by […]