Banks have been aiming increasingly aggressive marketing campaigns at law firms. The Royal Bank of Scotland is sponsoring the 1995 solicitors’ annual conference and many of the major clearing banks are using direct mail to try and shake the loyalty law firms have to their bank. But how effective are these marketing strategies? Laytons’ national […]
EDGE & Ellison and Cambridge two-partner firm Ritchie Samuel played a central legal role in the Stock Exchange climb-down over its unprecedented libel action taken against one of its own members. The two practices represented their clients David Jones, chief executive of share dealing service Sharelink, and Cambridge computer company Electronic Share Information (ESI), in […]
Unlicensed UK and US law firms practising in China are being forced to pack their bags following a crackdown by the Ministry of Justice on illegal offices. Foreign firms say authorities are enforcing long-ignored restrictions on their local operations without warning. The hard-line stance appears to have spread to those practices working legally on the […]
Finers partner Michael Simmons has predicted that a growing number of firms will establish themselves in multi-disciplinary practices as clients increasingly opt for one-stop-shopping for legal services. But he said specialist lawyers could continue to win work by building boutique practices and appealing to the buyers’ right to choose. Speaking at the recent Paris meeting […]
Wilde Sapte’s plans to develop its project finance practice took several steps forward last week when it announced the addition of two City lawyers to its major projects practice. The two are Bruce Johnston from Linklaters & Paines and Christopher Clement-Davies from SBC Warburg, both in their mid-30s. Wilde Sapte said the two have considerable […]
LEGAL issues play a leading role at this week’s Labour Party conference in Brighton. The event will culminate with a debate on Labour’s Access to Justice policy paper and its planned radical reforms of the legal profession. On Sunday the Society of Labour Lawyers meets, with guest speakers Paul Boateng MP, Labour legal spokesman, and […]
TWO CHAMBERS in the Temple have merged after a mass of tenant defections from one of the sets. Raymond Walker QC’s set in 1 Harcourt Buildings will be joining Simon Buckhaven’s set in the same building from the beginning of October. The move follows the departure of 10 barristers from Walker’s chambers over the past […]
The Family Rights Group is holding a reception for family law practitioners next month in a bid to raise funds for child protection work. The 2 November event, the first of its kind, will be hosted by Dame Margaret Booth DBE, patron of the FRG’s financial appeal. Appeal committee members include Alan Levy QC and […]
DIBB Lupton Broomhead has come to the rescue of the Knight Williams Investors Action Group (KWIAG) by offering its services on a pro bono basis to help its members recover money lost through alleged bad advice. Dibbs is fielding a four-lawyer team, led by head of commercial litigation Neil Micklethwaite, and hopes to add to […]
Legal aid for personal injury work should be channelled to “competent” lawyers, according to the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. In its submission to Lord Mackay’s Green Paper the association suggests aid should be targeted at firms containing members on the relevant Law Society panels once problems relating to membership have been sorted out and […]
‘Judicial review’ is a term used almost daily in the media, but few people understand what it means. Your readers may be interested in a publication for members of the public and lawyers unused to the procedures for judicial review. ‘Is it lawful?’ is a short guide recently published by the Public Law Project and […]
London firm Sharpe Pritchard is holding a seminar on the legal and practical implications of local government reorganisation on 25 January. The seminar has talks on assets and liabilities and finance and contracts. Speakers will include Sharpe Pritchard’s Stephen Millen and Helen Kemp, local government consultant Tom Caulcott and Local Government Staff Commissioner Judith Lovelace.