COMPAS, the university-style clearing house scheme for pupillages, is creating a buzz around the Inns of Court, according to one of its chief promoters. So far, 12 common law sets have signed up to the Compas system, which aims to bring order to the current free-for-all annual pupil selection round. Christopher Purchas QC, of Raymond […]
John Malpas reports AN EX-BARRISTER is battling to force three judges to appear before an industrial tribunal to face charges that they breached race relations law when disbarring him. Rudy Narayan was disbarred in July 1994 following a Disciplinary Tribunal of the Inns of Court. He will take his case before a review hearing this […]
LAWYERS have hit out at a spate of misleading advertisements which suggest that unregistered properties are “unowned”. A number of solicitors have contacted HM Land Registry to complain after private clients were left thinking their homes were up for grabs. Peter Holt, a partner at Manchester-based Grundy Kershaw, says advertisements have given details of how […]
A BANKRUPTCY petition against Merseyside solicitor David Deacon has been has been rejected by the court. And now the founder of Liverpool firm Deacon Goldrein Green (DGG) has issued a writ against creditor NWS Trust for malicious presentation of the petition. Deacon, who left in 1992 when the partnership was dissolved, had argued that he […]
* Former London pub manager Lee St Rose, is heading for the High Court with a claim that he was shot by police while jogging with a friend in a London park. He claims police on an armed stake-out at a pub – not the one where he worked – chased him and that during […]
LAW firms are slashing fees and even offering to work for nothing in order to win beauty parades, it is claimed. But the trend for short-term price cuts will buy turnover not profit and will eventually backfire against fee-desperate practices, says a leading City lawyer. David McIntosh, senior partner at Davies Arnold Cooper, told a […]
SIX Albanian lawyers are visiting a selection of legal institutions as part of a fact-finding visit to the UK starting this week. The officials, visiting the country for three weeks, aim to get a full picture of the British process of justice. Hosted by the Lord Chancellor’s Department, the visit includes trips to the Old […]
London-based Harbottle & Lewis has issued a writ for libel on behalf of its client, Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli. The writ, issued to the editor and publishers of Screen International, alleges the magazine’s latest edition published a story suggesting Zeffirelli is a fascist member of the Italian parliament. Harbottles senior partner Michael Bowler says […]
Legal publishers Butterworths has launched the latest version of Simon’s ‘Direct Tax Service’ in both CD-ROM format and in book form. The electronic version is part of the publisher’s ‘books on screen’ series, and replicates the format of the printed volumes. One disk contains the 11 volumes in the set covering income tax, corporation tax, […]
Fennell Betson reports The Society for Computers & Law is examining the future of electronic communications in the profession. A working party, chaired by James Behrens of 13 Old Square, is to report on the findings in June. A questionnaire on the extent and type of communication currently in use in the legal world is […]
* Daphne Thorn is scheduled to be tried at the Old Bailey on 3 April for murdering three of her children. The case was committed for trial from Barking, Essex.
Lloyd’s: reinsurance ruling. Duties of Lloyd’s member agents to Names’ syndicates. PJ Aiken & Ors v Stewart Wrightson Members Agency Ltd & Ors (The Pulbrook Syndicates) (Ch.D (Potter J) Summary: Eleven consolidated actions by 378 Lloyd’s Names who were members of Lloyd’s Syndicates Nos.333, 334, 335, 426 and 427 (‘the syndicate’) for the 1985 underwriting […]