LIVERPOOL City Council has been ordered to pay compensation after delays by its legal department in deciding whether a local resident qualified for housing benefit. It took three months for the lawyers to give the go-ahead for cash to be paid. The file was sent on 9 March 1993 to the legal department which gave […]
NOTTINGHAM Law School, the wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of Nottingham Trent University, is considering raising u1 million in a unique equity issue to help fund its growing range of specialist courses for lawyers. Law firms are likely to be the main private business sector to be targeted for the issue, which venture capital company 3i may […]
LEADING Northern commercial firm Walker Morris is closing its Bradford office to work from a single base in Leeds. The firm, which originally opened for business in Bradford, will shut its doors in the city at the end of this week. Managing partner Peter Smart says the 26-partner firm wants to increase its regional, national […]
Tim Miller reports TRAINEE solicitors in local authorities are demanding more feedback from their bosses, a survey reveals. Less than half meet their supervisors on a monthly or more frequent basis to review their progress. And two-thirds of trainees would welcome more communication with their superiors. The research, carried out on behalf of the local […]
A woman who became pregnant after her partner had a vasectomy operation is suing for damages. Moira Carson, of Purley, Surrey, and Robert Stevens, have issued a writ against Richard Harris-Jones, of Cassidy Road Medical Centre, Cassidy Road, London SW6. They say that in November 1989 Harris-Jones performed a vasectomy on Mr Stevens, but Ms […]
Tim Miller reports Lawyers from Somerset Council will this month defend an unfair dismissal claim at the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) which is seen as a test-case for local authorities. Mary Biggs, who was sacked from her part-time job as a teacher 17 years ago, is seeking to challenge the UK’s three-month time limit on […]
Nicole Maley examines the work of the Alliance of European Lawyers and its fresh approach to cross-border business Royex House has long proven to be an influential address in the world of international law. The high-rise eyrie, looking out over the City of London, was once the headquarters of Clifford Chance, the UK’s top international […]
LONDON-BASED international practice Linklaters & Paines has appointed its first solely US-qualified partner. Stephen Thierbach, formerly a senior associate with New York practice Sullivan & Cromwell, starts work in Linklaters’ London office this week. The firm follows other UK-based international practices, such as Clifford Chance, in appointing US lawyers to handle financial work. A graduate […]
Home Office: illegal immigrants applied for habeas corpusImmigration Act – no power to detain asylum seekers R v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Anor, ex parte Khan; Same v Same, ex parte Virk; Same v Same ex parte Singh; Same v Same, ex parte Taggar (1995) (QBD 16/01/95) (Dyson J) Summary: No […]
LEGAL aid lawyers have hit back at the senior partner of a City firm who has blamed the soaring cost of justice on “noisy campaigning solicitors” pursuing speculative cases. David McIntosh, senior partner of Davies Arnold Cooper, told Lord Woolf’s ‘Access to justice’ seminar that the public purse was leant upon too heavily and too […]
Roger Pearson talks to the lawyer who has been on the front line of the battle to free Private Lee Clegg There seems little doubt that sooner rather than later Private Lee Clegg, the paratrooper said to have fired the bullet which killed a girl passenger in a joy rider’s car at a Belfast road […]
Guy Fitzmaurice examines how firms get the best deal on travel insurance for staff Given that staff are one of a law firm’s most valuable assets, arranging proper insurance cover for when they go abroad is an important exercise. Firms normally get their general insurance broker to arrange cover, or they may talk directly to […]