DENTON Hall regulatory specialist Tom Winsor has been appointed General Counsel at the Office of the Rail Regulator (ORR). But the Denton Hall partner, who has just completed an 18-month secondment as ORR’s chief legal adviser, is only to remain with the rail regulator until 31 March when he rejoins his firm. His short term […]
CITY firm Slaughter and May is to close its Frankfurt office three years after it opened in the city. The two resident lawyers, partner Graham Childs and assistant lawyer Peter Carstensen, are returning to London in April when the office shuts. Partner Charles Randell, who originally opened the office, says the firm concluded “if you […]
Managing the annual financial accounts is a redundant exercise. Financial accounts are a snapshot of past performance and you can’t manage business on this basis. Managing information is the key to success. Financial goals are necessary over a relevant future period, say three years, and partners’ support in achieving those goals. Budgets are short term, […]
A LECTURE series on capital punishment in the US by a leading academic marks the beginning of a busy year for a London-based institute devoted to study of the death penalty. The Centre for Capital Studies at the University of Westminster is hosting three lectures on the death penalty in the US by visiting professor […]
FOUR law firms have settled their court action against the Legal Aid Board (LAB) over who should co-ordinate a multi-party action. The four firms, which comprise the official steering committee for vibration white finger (VWF) claims against British Coal, have reached a compromise with the board after it originally awarded the generic work to rival […]
NEARLY 200 extra students will be admitted to the next Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, in London, despite mounting concerns about the glut of students who cannot find jobs. The Law Society has agreed to the expansion because of the huge demand for course places in the capital. But Richard Moorhead, chair […]
ELLIOTT & Company has made its first marketing manager redundant less than a year after he was appointed to help consolidate strengths and develop new markets for the firm. Mike Cousen, due to leave the Manchester-based firm imminently, says he is not going voluntarily. Neither he, nor senior partner Katherine Mellor, will comment on the […]
NON-EU lawyers practising in Germany can now use their home title thanks to legislation passed by the German Parliament. The change, which has been effective since last month, was welcomed by foreign lawyers who have waged a long battle with the German government and bar authorities to have the situation changed. “We are now allowed […]
The Lawyer has been overwhelmingly voted the most “entertaining and newsy” legal publication on the market. An independent poll of in-house lawyers also reveals that The Lawyer is better read than any other legal magazine apart from the Law Society Gazette. The study, carried out by NOP Corporate and Financial, ranks the Gazette, In-House Lawyer […]
SIBGHAT Kadri QC was overwhelmed with support as he canvassed for signatures to a petition calling for the lifting of the death penalty imposed on two Pakistani Christians accused of blasphemy. And he believes the letter to the president of Pakistan signed by 75 barristers helped increase the international pressure against the convictions which were […]
The trial is scheduled to begin at the Old Bailey on 15 March of Robert Napper who is accused of the double murder of Samantha Bissett at her Plumstead home and her toddler daughter Jasmine. Samantha was stabbed to death and her daughter was smothered with a pillow.
Supplying of limousine to take passengers to airport Virgin Atlantic Airways v Commissioners of Customs & Excise; Canadian International Airlines v the same. (QBD (Turner J) 3/2/95) Summary: The provision of a limousine service for first class passengers from their homes to the airport is an integral part of the supply of air transport and […]