The British-German Jurists’ Association and sister organisation the Deutsch-Britische Juristenvereinigung will host a conference in Konstanz later this month. Topics under discussion by panellists, including solicitor Henry Clinton-Davis and Alexander Layton QC, will include public procurement, employment issues arising on business transfers and recent developments in trade mark law. For further information about the event, […]
The latest invasion of Royal privacy in The Housekeeper’s Diary by Wendy Berry has once again focused attention on our privacy laws and those which exist abroad. Parallels have been drawn with the Spycatcher affair when the UK Government was unable to prevent the publication of Peter Wright’s memoirs in Australia. Prince Charles intends to […]
Davies Arnold Cooper has taken on ex-Halliwell Landau partner Stephen Houston to boost its corporate team. Houston, who joins the Manchester firm as partner, was at Halliwell Landau for two years and before that at Norton Rose, London. Houston, who has acted on several company flotations including Traffic Master and Antonov, said he looked forward […]
HUMAN rights specialists have called on Europe to force the hand of Turkey over its persecution of lawyers and human rights activists. In a report released last week, UK-based barristers and solicitors who observed trials in Turkey earlier this year accuse officials of interfering with petitions to the European Commission of Human Rights. The European […]
A RELAXATION of public interest immunity on police complaint investigation documents means lawyers are changing tactics over whether to complain or sue over police misconduct. Stephen Cragg, co-author with John Harrison of Police Misconduct: Legal Remedies, said there was now little to lose and, in many cases, a real advantage in complaining and suing at […]
THE FIRM which advised King George V and Queen Mary has merged with another old London practice. Bircham & Co, which acted for the monarchs during their 26-year reign earlier this century, has incorporated Stoneham Langton & Passmore. The enlarged practice will have 26 partners and Stonehams staff will move from their Piccadilly offices to […]
Eight hundred trainee police station advisers have been suspended by the Legal Aid Board (LAB) for failing to complete a crucial stage of their training. The mass suspensions, affecting 44 per cent of all the non-solicitor representatives on the LAB’s books, have been caused by their failure to hand in examples of their practical work […]
THE Top 100 US law firms have shown an across the board upturn of nearly five per cent, following a three-year period of slow growth. But the positive numbers conceal extremes within the US legal market, according to American Lawyer magazine. For those firms which reported positive results in 1994 it was a good year. […]
Sir Stephen Brown, president of the Family Division, has announced that Mr Justice Wall is to succeed Mr Justice Douglas Brown as Family Division liaison judge for the northern circuit on 1 January next year. Mr Justice Holman will become Family Division liaison judge for the western circuit next month, following the promotion of Mr […]
INVESTORS who lost about £8 million through allegedly poor advice from collapsed retirement financial services firm Knight Williams need lawyers on a pro bono basis to help them recover their money. Kenneth Jordan, chair of the Knight Williams Investors Action Group, said: “We are open to suggestions. We would like legal representation but cannot afford […]
Mr Sayer is reported as saying (about a visit to the American Bar Association’s Chicago conference) “I need convincing that this isn’t just an outing but I will go with an enquiring mind. “If it can be of use to the profession all well and good but at the moment I cannot see that a […]
High-profile in-house lawyer Yve Newbold has been made chief executive of Pro Ned, the non-executive director and chairman recruiters which is part of management consultancy Egon Zehnder. Newbold, who has been company secretary at Hanson plc since 1986, is also a non-executive director of BT and Coutts Bank. Pro Ned has been under the chairmanship […]