A NEWLY-PUBLISHED survey reveals that 1994 was the year of performance-related pay (PRP) for large London-based law firms. Salaries are now linked to performance in nearly 60 per cent of City firms. Two-thirds of those introduced PRP last year, according to a survey of London practices with more than 25 partners. The research into employee […]
PLANS to abolish the Solicitors Complaints Bureau (SCB) have been thrown out by the Law Society’s adjudication and appeals committee. Instead, a four-part package of reforms has been put forward to make the SCB more independent and effective. The proposals form part of the fundamental Quo Vadis review – a thorough look at solicitors’ complaints-handling. […]
TOP ten Australian firm Blake Dawson Waldron has appointed a new head for its London office. Justin Shmith, a partner working in the banking and derivatives sector at the firm’s Melbourne office, has taken over from David Williamson. Williamson, who was in the London post for 18 months, is moving to the corporate group based […]
The Trainee Solicitors’ Group annual conference has been flooded with bookings for its weekend event in York starting on Friday. The organisers expect at least 200 lawyers will attend the weekend of seminars and social activities. The full delegate package including accommodation at The Royal York Hotel is now completely booked but a day pass […]
AN INVESTORS’ guide has been produced for UK lawyers and business people looking to move into Armenia. Solicitor Carl Ulbricht has spent the last year in the former Soviet Union working on the project financed by the Foreign Office’s Know How Fund. Ulbricht, formerly with City firm Sinclair Roche & Temperley, has also produced an […]
TRAINEE and newly qualified solicitors are burdened with debt worries and fears they may lose their jobs, according to a report out this week. The Trainee Solicitors’ Group survey based on the responses of 148 solicitors to questionnaires shows 54 per cent are worried about job security and 51 per cent concerned about debt. Less […]
A GENTLE reminder of the rather more clear-cut days of British justice when a criminal was “hanged by the neck until dead” has been put in place at Nottingham’s Galleries of Justice . The national tourist attraction is the proud owner of a full-scale replica set of 1880 gallows, which will be the centre piece […]
The annual Legal Aid Practitioners Group conference will debate the issues raised by the Lord Chancellor’s Green Paper which is expected to be published shortly before the event. The conference is being staged in Cardiff, from 28-29 April and will feature sessions led by the Legal Aid Board’s Steve Orchard and the Law Society’s legal […]
Consultants Robson Rhodes reports a good response to its annual IT questionnaire, with over 280 firms responding already. The aim is to exceed last year’s final response of 339. The consultants would like to hear from larger firms and those firms that have not previously responded to this survey. Responses will be accepted up to […]
Since its origins as a fashionable resort at the turn of the century, Cannes has steadily built up an array of options for the entertainment and pampering of its guests in staggering proportions.
Leading West Country businesses have signed up to a scheme offering health and safety advice set up by Bristol firm Osborne Clarke. So far 35 companies and institutions have joined the club established by Richard Bretton, head of Osborne Clarke’s health and safety unit. The services offered by the club feature free advice bulletins, workshops […]
Three law firms have completed what is believed to be the largest UK single office letting before construction. The pre-let transaction involved the acquisition and financing of Milton and Shire Houses in the City’s Silk Street, and the pre-let of the majority of the forthcoming development to Linklaters & Paines for its new international headquarters. […]