Lord Hoffman will address the Association of Law Teachers at this year’s annual Upjohn lecture which will be held at the Inns of Court School of Law next month. His lecture, ‘Anthropomorphic justice: the reasonable man and his friend’, will be presented at 6pm on 12 May.
A LONDON barrister has been appointed to spearhead a legal challenge to the proposed u80 million rugby Super League. Jonathan Crystal, a specialist in sport and defamation, is acting for West Yorkshire rugby league side Keighley in its bid to oppose the plan. The new elite league will feature 14 of the sport’s top clubs. […]
AS THE number of graduates vying for training contracts grows, more people are opting for the legal executive route into the profession, a new study shows. Figures released by the Institute of Legal Executives show 16 per cent of people studying with ILEX last year were graduates – often of law – compared with only […]
The European Young Bar Association in conjunction with the Rotterdam and Dordrecht Young Bar Association and the Hamburg Young Lawyers Group is holding a one-day seminar in Rotterdam next month. The seminar, which will address the issue of civil liability resulting from the carriage of dangerous goods, is aimed at those practising maritime and general […]
HENRY Hodge, who joined the Law Society presidency race last week, has unveiled a 50-point manifesto aimed at bringing “evolution and change” to the organisation. Hodge, sitting deputy vice-president and senior partner with London firm Hodge Jones & Allen, entered the fray after vice-president John Young withdrew amid sexual harassment allegations. The new candidate is […]
LAWYERS will be entitled to work on a “no win no fee” basis within months if plans put to Parliament are approved. The scheme will establish conditional fee agreements for personal injury and insolvency cases and those before the European Court of Human Rights and European Commission. In successful cases lawyers will be entitled to […]
The SOlicitors Family Law Association (SFLA) has reported a marked increase in the number of couples filing for divorce on the grounds of adultery or unreasonable behaviour a trend it is blaming on uncertainty surrounding the introduction of the Family Law Act. The SFLA says government dithering over when to introduce part two of the […]
War on crime was the message. But the White Paper on crime and punishment of Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Forsyth had more than one battle in mind last month. Tucked in between the hard-line penal reforms was the blueprint for a radical overhaul of the criminal legal aid process in Scotland. Proposals for […]
SOLICITORS who acquire full rights of audience in Hong Kong should be eligible for appointment as Queen’s Counsel, a new consultation paper says. The green paper, released by the Hong Kong Attorney General earlier this month, suggests solicitors in the colony may be entitled to gain rights of audience in all courts under statutory provisions […]
EILEEN Pembridge has accused the Law Society leadership of resisting her private calls for John Young to step down from office two years ago after “numerous” sexual harassment allegations were made against him. Pembridge, a presidential candidate, says those who knew about the allegations and yet continued to back Young’s presidential candidacy are now in […]
SJ Berwin & Co partner Nicholas Shattock has been appointed as an executive director with Quintain Estates & Development. The appointment takes effect from 1 June. Shattock, a leading commercial property investment and development lawyer, has been a partner with the firm for the past five years. Quintain’s joint chief executive Christopher Wallis says Shattock’s […]
FAMILY law specialists are expecting the Lord Chancellor to support calls for no-fault divorce in his white paper due later this month. The paper is believed to approve submissions by the Solicitors Family Law Association and others recommending irretrievable breakdown is cited as the only cause of divorce. Former SFLA chair Richard Sax, on the […]