What the Internet is not: A hotbed of pornography. Uninformed journalists will write about what they know. They do not know very much about the workings of the Internet. A club for computer nerds. Sure, there are some nerds lurking out there. But there are many more ordinary people just like you and me. An […]
The Lord Chancellor’s proposed ‘no win no fee’ scheme has provoked a spate of colourful headlines in the last few weeks. Some raise the spectre of litigation in the US, with all the imagined horrors of huge awards and overpaid ambulance-chasing lawyers. Others complain that the scheme will lead to a massive explosion in litigation. […]
Michele O’Neil Michele O’Neill is an associate with West End firm Peters & Peters. She was born in Carlow, Republic of Ireland in 1963 and is currently moving house. What was your first job? Saturday sales assistant at John Lewis – my favourite store. What was your first ever salary as a lawyer? £7,250 – […]
A NATIONAL network of law firms was launched amid controversy this week to “cultivate” multi-party personal injury claims. ALeRT – Allied Lawyers Response Team – aims to spot potential multi-party actions and research the subject, then develop and co-ordinate claims. The project has been masterminded by two Liverpool solicitors, Graham Ross and Norman Hughes, who […]
CITY firm Allen & Overy, described in the press as the most profitable firm in the UK, has gone on the record about the true state of its finances. In a frank article in the firm’s in-house newsletter, senior partner Bill Tudor John describes how the firm has fared since the last quarter of 1993/94 […]
A UNANIMOUS vote of the International Bar Association council has passed a proposal for the establishment of a cross-jurisdictional criminal court. Put to the council by IBA president J Ross Harper, the motion was passed after the introduction of an amendment to include environmental crimes. The plan will now be put to the UN, which […]
Cyril Dixon reports THE COURT of Appeal has cleared the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea of unreasonable behaviour towards a tenant seeking council accommodation. Three Lords ruled that the authority did not have an obligation to explain why it felt the woman’s medical needs suited her to a seventh-floor flat. The woman was offered […]
Bolt Burdon has issued another writ against the partners of dissolved law firm Graham Peries & Co. Hemamali Graham and Indrani Peries, who have been hit by a series of writs in recent months from former clients claiming they are owed money and passports lodged with the firm in support of visa applications, are being […]
Cyril Dixon reports SOMERSET County Council claims it has paved the way for successful bans on hunting – despite losing its bid to prevent the Quantock Staghounds riding across its land. Leader Chris Clarke made the claim after the council finally gave up plans to take its battle with the Quantock to the House of […]
The article entitled ‘Kuwaiti government denied immunity’ on 6 June incorrectly stated that the government of Kuwait had been denied immunity in respect of an action by a former member of the Kuwaiti Air Force. The judgment was given in January 1994 following the plaintiff’s ex parte application for leave to serve out of the […]
An extension of its study of consent in the criminal law, a systematic review of the law on limitation periods and a re-examination of third parties’ rights against insurers are among items on the Law Commission’s sixth programme of law reform issued last week. The release of the programme, which sets out most of the […]
JUDGE David Edward of the European Court of Justice has been signed to speak at this year’s Trainee Solicitors’ Group Project Europe day. To be held at the Law Society on 8 July, the event will include discussion on media and competition law, advice for taking cases to Luxembourg and information on developments in EU […]