ALLEN & Overy has poached the head of Boodle Hatfield’s intellectual property department. Stephen Jones, a partner at Boodle Hatfield, joins Allen & Overy next month as a senior associate. Allen & Overy IP partner Catriona Smith says the firm approached Jones for the position which involves co-ordinating IP pharmaceutical matters. He will replace Alan […]
Andrew Dismore, litigation partner at Robin Thompson & Partners, best known for his work on the successful Court of Appeal challenge to the Government’s Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, is to join rival firm Russell Jones & Walker in May. Dismore has a strong record in the personal injuries field for trade unions and their members. […]
There are 10 Commercial Court judges, six of whom sit at any one time. Those judges who are not sitting in the Court are either out on circuit, in the Court of Appeal Civil Division or in the Queen’s Bench Division. The quality of the judges is often commented on by City solicitors. Mr Justice […]
THE LORD Chancellor’s Department is guilty of “chronic complacency” over the future impact the information superhighway may have on UK law, says Labour. Concern emerged after a written answer to a Parliamentary question tabled by Paul Boateng MP, Labour’s legal affairs spokesman, to LCD Parliamentary secretary John Taylor MP. Taylor replied that “no officials in […]
THREE City property lawyers have moved to East Anglia to help Mills & Reeve win more City work. Penny Hubbard, a former Macfarlanes partner, is the most senior of the new recruits to join the Mills & Reeve Cambridge commercial property department headed by Duncan Ogilvy. The firm has also taken on former Lovell White […]
Manchester-based Vaudrey Osborne & Mellor has increased its insurance litigation department with two appointments and a promotion. Deborah Mury (left) has joined the firm from Davies Arnold Cooper and will specialise in motor claims and Philip Andrews (right), formerly of Russell Jones & Walker, will concentrate on industrial disease claims. They join Ian Jones (centre), […]
Porsche Cars Great Britain subsidiary Lamborghini Great Britain was advised by Pitmans in Reading on the agreement with Automobili Lamborghini, advised by McKenna & Co, to distribute Lamborghini cars throughout the UK.
Vehicle hire company Hill Hire was advised by Addleshaws Sons & Latham on its u25.5m flotation
ASPIRING young advocates will get a chance to perform in front of Lord Chief Justice Taylor in the finals of the National Mock Trial Competition for schools this week. Sixteen schools are taking part in the competition organised by the Citizenship Foundation at Southwark Crown Court on Saturday. The competition, now in its fourth year, […]
The latest issue on litigation costs is to suggest that law firms are liable to pay the other sides’ costs if their client fails to pay the successful party’s costs. The argument arises out of the old and little-known torts of maintenance and champetry. Maintenance makes it unlawful for a third party, who has no […]
Pentex Oil was advised by Peterkins in Aberdeen on its u20m introduction to the Official List
Undue influence on guarantor .Midland Bank v Serter & Another (1995). (CA (Glidewell LJ, Pill LJ, Aldous LJ) 2/3/95) Summary: Undue influence on wife/guarantor not to be imputed to lending bank unless solicitor advising her is instructed by the bank. Wife’s appeal against order for possession of the matrimonial home which she had jointly charged […]