Financings
BCE Holdings was advised by Wallace & Partners in an u11m placing to fund acquisitions.
Financings
Ascot Holdings was advised by Paisner & Co in its recommended financial restructuring involving a placing and open offer to raise u27.3m. Financial adviser Samuel Montagu & Co was advised by Travers Smith Braithwaite.
Financings
MY Holdings was advised by Clifford Chance on its u24m rights issue
Financings
Chesterton International was advised by Osborne Clarke on its rights issue
Robert Moss on the practical problems of EU trade agreements
The GATT agreement and the lifting of trade restraints in the European Union is a major opportunity for UK companies to expand their export markets. However it has long been recognised that it is one thing to be able to sell goods abroad, it is another to be able to recover the price of those […]
Taking instructions
Barristers depend on solicitors for instructions, yet their understanding of why solicitors choose them is often limited. Given the threats faced by barristers, this lack of understanding is difficult to defend. Barristers need to know the reasons behind the decision to instruct. Exploring the reasons solicitors give for instructing barristers suggests that they are not […]
Howard does U-turn on prisoner visits to lawyers
HOME Secretary Michael Howard has been forced into an embarrassing U-turn on prison policy after a threat of judicial review by Leeds firm Simpson Curtis. The Home Office has agreed to reverse a blanket ban, introduced just two months ago, which prevented all prisoners from visiting their legal advisers. The rule was designed to cut […]
A difficult balancing act
Chris Heaps explains why smaller practices are so often the focus of the Solicitors Complaints Bureau’s attention The Solicitors Complaints Bureau (SCB) is often accused of devoting a disproportionate amount of its time and resources to the activities of sole practitioners, and some sole practitioners are convinced that the SCB discriminates against them. So far […]
Three-year-old expelled
An early preliminary hearing seems likely in the High Court case of a three-year-old boy expelled from his Gloucestershire school after allegations he sexually molested a three-year-old girl at the school. The boy’s parents are suing the management of the school for breach of contract claiming they were not given an opportunity to respond to […]
Complaining of complaints
There is mounting concern in the profession about the general distrust among solicitors and public of the Solicitors Complaints Bureau, and about the great unfairness to respondent solicitors in being denied resort to the Legal Services Ombudsman. Something has to be done about this. I am therefore intending to arrange a seminar on the subject. […]
Plea for wills information
The Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) is urging the establishment of a Central Wills Registry where all wills, irrespective of how they are drawn up, will be registered and checked for validity. ILEX is seeking examples of cases where a Central Wills Registry would have made certain that the deceased’s wishes were indeed carried out. […]
Flotations
Boscombe Property’s directors and certain new investors were advised by Berwin Leighton and its shareholders by Lewis Silkin on its introduction to the Official List. At the time of the introduction Boscombe acquired Newcrest Property Services