A COMMERCIAL set has embarked on a research project to determine how pleased clients are with its work. The perceptions research has been undertaken for Temple-based Fountain Court by PR agency Ludgate Communications which conducted detailed interviews with the chambers’ clients over a two-month period. Fountain executive manager and senior clerk Barry Down said the […]
The response of the Society of Black Lawyers to The Freedom Association’s expose of the Commission for Racial Equality’s false claim that “Only 1 per cent of solicitors in England are from ethnic minority groups” is disappointing. The CRE did not just get the fact wrong. It chose this “fact” to illustrate the failure of […]
Last week’s ruling by the European Court of Human Rights on the Gibraltar Three raised a predictable outcry from the usual quarters. Blaming the messenger, government spokesman after government spokesman and Eurosceptic after Eurosceptic condemned the judgment. The decision was described in terms varying from “ludicrous” to “discraceful”. The underlying theme (in the light of […]
An electronic version of the The Supreme Court Practice 1995 otherwise known as the White Book is likely to provoke the interest of any computer-literate litigation lawyer and on the face of it the facilities provided by the digital edition are impressive. Its many features allow the user to search for any word or words […]
The Home Office Select Committee is investigating the influence of freemasons in the legal profession (The Lawyer 29 August). What do you think? Do you believe a sinister force is exerting undue control over the workings of legal bodies or are you convinced freemasonry is an outlet for harmless socialising and charity work? Write to […]
What was your first job? Drawing white lines around corpses at the scenes of crimes. What was your first ever salary as a lawyer? Salary? You mean I can get paid for this? What would you have done if you hadn’t become a lawyer? Midfield dynamo for Brazil, nationality notwithstanding. Which law could you live […]
Hammicks and Whitaker have joined forces to produce Hammicks’ Legal Catalogue on CD-ROM, utilising the software interface used to access Whitaker’s bibliographic files. Hammicks has made a commitment to produce the catalogue more frequently, on a quarterly basis initially, and to provide the information on CD-ROM and eventually on the Internet.
DJ Freeman advised Hill Samuel Property Unit Trust in a forward-funding agreement with Swan Hill developments
Roger Pearson looks at the first piece of major lottery litigation SIB The High Court’s Family Division is set for the first major lottery litigation. Mukhtar Mohidin, who won £18 million on the lottery, is now locked in dispute with his wife Sayeeda over who gets the money. Mr Mohidin, 40, one-time Blackburn factory worker, […]
IAN GORDON COCKBURN, 49, admitted 1969, practised as Cockburns, Brighton, struck off and ordered to pay £3,665 costs. Allegations substantiated he practised or held himself out as being entitled to practise without current practising certificate, failed to reconcile books of account, delivered accounts late, failed to keep accounts correctly, failed to pay client funds into […]
Michael Parri-Hughes, former managing director of Cray Systems, of Frimley, Surrey, is being sued for damages for allegedly failing to use reasonable skill and care in his work. Cray’s writ claims damages for breach of his employment contract and damages for breach of trust and confidence during his time as managing director and head of […]
As an international firm, Lovell White Durrant has bank accounts with 20 different banks around the world. In the UK, banking is split between two banks, which provide us with almost all services. This allows the firm to pick the provider of each service, choosing whether we benefit from the method used to provide the […]