DAVID JOHN KELL-EGHER, 45, admitted 1976, practised on own account as King & Co, Oldham, Lancashire, struck off and ordered to pay u2,160 costs. Allegations substantiated he practised without a current practising certificate, wrongly drew client money and used client money for own purposes, failed to keep properly written accounts, failed to deliver accountant’s reports […]
I read with interest the letter from David McIntosh in your issue of 25 February. There is a world of difference between accepting certain basic principles on the one hand and, on the other, apparently deliberately making attempts, in a public forum, to lay stress on practices, whether they are common or not, which are […]
The new Courts Services agency and its first head Michael Huebner, according to the agency’s corporate plan, face the twin challenges of improving quality of service while closing the gap between civil business income and expenditure. But the programme for the agency is the standard government model of more efficiency through more cuts. Huebner says […]
The Trainee Solicitors’ Group (TSG) claimed last week that the Law Society makes a profit from students on the legal practice course. The TSG said that figures produced by the Law Society revealed that the Law Society may have made a £1m profit from students since the course was introduced in 1993.
A LAW firm is seething over an application to have one of its legal staff locked up in jail for contempt of court. The motion to commit Paul Callan, of Barry Phillips & Co, along with the defendant he is representing in a High Court action, was launched by Clintons. Clintons alleged Callan and client […]
Hampshire firm White & Bowker has made three new appointments as part of strategic changes to itsmanagement structure. Managing partner Alastair Rhodes says the arrival of directors of personnel, marketing and information technology will let the lawyers “concentrate on what they are good at, namely giving legal advice, rather than trying to manage the practice”. […]
THE BAR Council is calling for extra judges and more open courts to speed up case processing, in contrast to Government policy of rationalising the numbers of courts. The Bar’s view is part of a wide raft of proposals for getting “tough on court costs” to be put in a submission to Lord Woolf. Other […]
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 […]