The recent High Court battle to outlaw livestock export bans in the UK resulted in a landmark law and order ruling. It was also, says one of the key players, Bruce Potter of Oxford solicitors Cole and Cole, a triumph of case organisation and co-operation between legal teams with a cast that read like a […]
LONDON firm Zaiwalla & Co says its representation on Michael Heseltine’s trade mission to China is proof the Government takes the profession’s trade-boosting potential seriously. Senior partner Sarosh Zaiwalla flew out to China with the President of the Board of Trade last week in what is the largest ever trade mission undertaken by the British […]
Some of the country’s leading authorities on financial crime are to speak at the first major conference on the subject in London next month. They include Chris Dickson, senior criminal lawyer at the Serious Fraud Office, and solicitor Monty Raphael who worked on the Guinness, Barlow Clowes and Blue Arrow trials. The event will be […]
The Royal Society of Medicine is holding a one-day conference ‘Entitlement to NHS treatment: the resolution of disputes’ at its Wimpole Street offices on 14 June. Arbitration and non-formal routes for complaint will form two of the discussion topics. For further information call 0171 290 2900 ext: 4936.
Challenging mode of review of taxation R v Supreme Court Taxing Office, ex parte John Singh & Co (1995). (QBD (Latham J) 11/4/95). Summary: Availability of judicial review to challenge decision of a Taxing Master of the Supreme Court. Application for judicial review by solicitors who challenged the decision of the Supreme Court Taxing Office […]
YOUNG lawyers from around Europe meet in Budapest this week for a major conference. The European Young Bar’s third AGM and conference is the biggest event the group has organised and will play host to delegates from 30 countries. As well as debates like ‘Why young lawyers groups in Central and Eastern Europe are essential’, […]
A MILESTONE decision by the House of Lords could have a major impact on litigation, allowing the statutory limitation period of six years to be extended where defendants have deliberately concealed information that would be a cause of action. The case relates to a Lloyd’s of London negligence action being taken against the RHM Outhwaite […]
THE multi-million pound Whitbread Round the World Race has appointed its first permanent in-house legal adviser. Commercial lawyer Nicholas Campailla initially joined the Southampton-based race organisers on a six month secondment from Clifford Chance. But the scale of the workload necessitates a permanent adviser and he has been appointed legal adviser and contracts manager. His […]
JAMES Jowitt has ended nearly 30 years’ service at Frere Cholmeley Bischoff to become the tax and heritage adviser at Sotheby’s. The former company commercial and private client partner moved in-house at the beginning of the month to become head of tax and heritage at the well-known auction house. His role is to advise Sotheby’s […]
The biggest law firm in Wales is planning a push for fresh business in London with a £1.2 million investment in offices and equipment in the heart of the City. Cardiff-based Morgan Bruce will launch the expansion with the opening of a £500,000 base in Fleet Street this month. The company will also spend nearly […]
LAWYERS from civil rights group Liberty have backed a campaign to clear the name of a man found guilty of the shotgun murder of his fiancee’s parents. John Wadham, the group’s legal director, said the conviction of Jonathan Jones is being added to a file of 200 alleged miscarriages of justice compiled by his staff. […]
THE JUDICIARY is waiting the outcome of the arrest of Circuit judge Richard Gee last week for mortgage fraud. Gee, appointed in 1991 and assigned to the south-eastern circuit, was called in to Belgravia Police Station last Wednesday evening and arrested for fraud alleged to have occurred between 1980 and 1989. A spokeswoman for Scotland […]