The Capital Properties, a joint venture between Capital and Regional Properties and JLW Finance, was advised by Morgan Bruce in the acquisition of 31 retail and office investment properties from Norwich Union for u25.35m, advised by its in-house legal team. Senior debt was provided by SocietC Generale, advised by Wilde Sapte; mezzanine finance came from […]
The Practice Direction on Case Management in Civil Litigation handed down on 24 January 1995 contains much that will be applauded by members of the public and profession alike. Its twin objectives are to speed up civil litigation and cut costs. However, the question remains will it do so in practice, particularly as regards discovery, […]
Roger Pearson looks at the High Court battle that will attempt to untangle the Saatchis web The High Court is set for a clash of the advertising titans. Three of the top Saatchi & Saatchi advertising companies are preparing for a battle with the organisation’s former chairman Maurice Saatchi in a bid to prevent him […]
DAVID ROBIN JOHN HARBRIDGE, 40, admitted 1979, practised in partnership at Christchurch, Dorset, struck off and ordered to pay u1,050 costs. Tribunal told he pleaded guilty at Bournemouth Crown Court in June last year to five specimen counts of theft and was jailed for 42 months. For 14 years prior to discovery of offences he […]
TRIBUTES have been flooding in to Barnards Inn Chambers following the fatal stabbing of junior clerk Darren Parker. Parker, 23, from Catford, was stabbed in an alley in Sydenham, London, on 11 February as he returned home from a night out with a friend. The popular clerk had worked for Barnards Inn since its inception […]
THE LONG-AWAITED review body for investigating miscarriages of justice begins its legislative journey amid fears that its independence could be compromised. Campaigning group Justice argues the Criminal Cases Review Commission, should have its own team of investigators rather than using police. Justice has also raised concerns that commission members will be appointed by the Government […]
Bernard Cunningham, the barrister jailed for 15 months for a u1.3 million tax fraud, has had his sentence cut to nine months in the Court of Appeal. Cunningham was jailed, along with three accountants, after a six-month trial at Nottingham Crown court. It was the Inland Revenue’s longest-ever tax fraud trial and cost £2 million. […]
Roger Pearson finds proprietors of private retail complexes now have power to decide right of entry A recent ruling by the Appeal Court over a ban imposed on a group of rowdies who had been plaguing a Northampton shopping centre has increased the rights of proprietors of privately owned retail complexes to police their premises. […]
Barclays: £1.8m pay-out Rolfe Roseman, a litigation partner with West End firm Seddons, has put his firm on the City map with what may become a landmark victory against a bank. The Court of Appeal ordered Barclays Bank to make a u1.8 million interim payment and to pay substantial costs to Crimpfil, a company that […]
The Trainee Solicitors’ Group annual conference has been flooded with bookings for its weekend event in York starting on Friday. The organisers expect at least 200 lawyers will attend the weekend of seminars and social activities. The full delegate package including accommodation at The Royal York Hotel is now completely booked but a day pass […]
Richard King has joined City firm Herbert Smith as head of education and training. He replaces Alexandrina le Clezio, who joined the College of Law as director of education last year. King was with Linklaters & Paines, where he was training development manager from 1990 to 1994.
LORD Woolf will this week discuss his proposed shake-up of the civil justice system with officials from the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). Plans for a four-tier system, with cases streamed according to complexity and importance, are likely to form a key part of Woolf’s report to the Lord Chancellor. The review team also […]