THE CHAMBERS of John Melville Williams QC at 15 Old Square is moving to Gray’s Inn. The chambers, currently spread over three buildings in Lincoln’s Inn, will be united in refurbished premises next month, with room for further expansion. “We’ve gone from strength to strength since I moved to Old Square from the Temple 20 […]
London practice Lewis Silkin is holding a one-day seminar on advertising law on 24 January. The seminar is aimed at providing practical solutions to legal problems within advertising – including advice on what can happen if things go wrong, agency/client contracts, and comparative advertising.
INTERNATIONAL academic Professor Basil Markesinis has been appointed as the first chair of European Private Law at Oxford University. Markesinis is currently Professor of European Private Law at University College London and Professor of Anglo-American Private Law at the University of Leiden. His appointment at Oxford takes effect from 1 October this year. Called to […]
NATIONAL law firm Eversheds and City-based Jaques & Lewis are set to announce the result of their merger talks. Discussions have reached an advanced stage and a formal announcement is expected next week. For the moment, however, both firms are remaining tight-lipped about the developments. If the merger goes ahead, as expected, it will create […]
Laws governing employee share schemes are highly complex and schemes are becoming more sophisticated, according to Pinsent & Co partner David Pett, whose book ‘The Employee Share Schemes Handbook’ has just been published by Longman. Written with Leslie Moss, director of the Human Resource Partnership, the book comes in response to the growing trend in […]
The Commission for Racial Equality has opened entries for the second year of its Local Authority Race Awards. The awards, open to authorities in England, Scotland and Wales, include categories for education, tackling racial harassment and violence, and initiatives for young people. Entries close on 28 February.
THE NEW chair of the Commission for Local Administration has welcomed the publication of a code of conduct for council employees, saying the reputation of local government is one of its “most precious assets”. Edward Osmotherly, who succeeded Sir David Yardley in October, says local government “cannot flourish unless everyone believes it is straight” and […]
Former Eversheds Hepworth & Chadwick marketing manager Deborah Ascott-Jones has joined Manchester-based Vaudrey Osborne & Mellor as director of marketing. The firm has also announced the appointment of partner Paul Brown as head of its corporate department. He takes over from Tony Martin who continues his role as joint senior partner.
The Legal Aid Board is due to meet the personal pensions steering committee of solicitors’ firms, set up to litigate on behalf of victims, with the aim of examining how it should handle claims and to explain the types of cases likely to arise. The board has also nominated its Bristol office to handle all […]
Nicole Maley reports SHIRE authorities unaffected by reorganisation may be forced to adhere to a new timetable for the implementation of compulsory competitive tendering if proposals put forward by the Government are accepted. But the Law Society’s Local Government Group claims the move would disrupt plans already in progress and place in-house departments at a […]
Manchester-based Pannone & Partners has moved its lawyers to one site. Staff have left the Spring Gardens office and are now at Lincoln House adjacent to the Deansgate head office. The firm has acquired two floors of Lincoln House from a firm of architects.
HOGMANAY heralds further outrage for Scottish lawyers and court users over additional rises in court fees, including a half-hourly fee rate for the High Court. Both the Law Society of Scotland and the Scottish Consumer Council will lobby MPs on what the latter describes as “a further erosion of the Scottish civil justice system”. The […]