The Lawyer is pleased to announce the 1995 Legal National Five-a-Side football tournament in conjunction with Arsenal Football Club. This is the third year of this highly popular event and last season it attracted entries from over 150 teams keen to play in a good cause. The competition is open to all members of the […]
Edward Lewis partner Alexander Carter-Silk starts filming this week for a new BBC television documentary on the fashion industry. A fashion and copyright specialist, Carter-Silk will discuss the legal aspects of the industry, including counterfeiting, copyright, and designer rights. The programme is the second BBC appearance by Carter-Silk, who last year discussed counterfeiting on breakfast […]
US lawyers are targeting Latin America as a major growth area for legal work, in response to the business spin-off from the increasing numbers of US and British companies setting up there. Delegates from US-based Commercial Law Affiliates (CLA), the world’s largest law firm network, met in Sao Paulo, Brazil, earlier this month to consider […]
The Solicitors Trust, the co-operative national press advertising campaign for solicitors, has signed up the Conquest legal network to promote the scheme. Conquest, which has 250 members, has negotiated a 10 per cent discount off the standard u70 per week cost to join the Solicitors Trust advertising club, which intends to spend u10,000 a week […]
John Browne believes the key to successful financial management lies in being well-prepared for the unpredictable Expecting the unexpected used to be the preserve of strategists and corporate advisers; not any more. These days it is a skill that many people are having to acquire and, more than ever, there is widespread recognition that one […]
FRANCHISED firms will be in the driving seat when it comes to competing for contracts under Lord Mackay’s proposed new legal aid regime. Details are yet to be fleshed out, but franchise-holders will have a distinct advantage when the system is overhauled. It is understood that non-franchised firms will not be barred from applying to […]
DENTON Hall is involved in termination negotiations with media and technology solicitor Angela Jackson, after it made her redundant on three months notice at the end of last year. Jackson, widely-known in film and television circles, was offered a consultancy by the firm, but she says it was tied to “unfavourable and restrictive terms”. She […]
Melanie Oley on the considerable benefits of single currency funds With the low level of interest currently being offered on deposits by banks and building societies, savers may well be looking for a better rate of return on their deposits. Money funds or single currency funds are often able to provide this return without the […]
Barrister Suzanna Woollam has been appointed as assistant Judge Advocate General to officiate at Army and Royal Air Force Courts Martial in the UK and abroad. Woollam, who was appointed as a deputy Judge Advocate in 1990, was called to the Bar in 1975 and was later admitted as a solicitor. In 1987 she was […]
CORPORATE property company Hambro Countrywide Relocation has appointed a head of legal to take charge of its conveyancing team. Robert Sala, a former property partner with West End firm Jacobson Ridley, will oversee a legal team of 15 and will also provide corporate advice. The position was created to broaden the scope of legal services […]
Tim Miller reports LOCAL government lawyers in the West Midlands are being bombarded with writs from legally-aided tenants. Councils have seen their bills soar as residents use the Section 82 procedure to force local authorities to carry out urgent repairs. “Section 82s are like a disease – they are infectious and usually come in clusters […]
LLOYD’S of London’s John Mallinson is stepping down as head of the legal department after three years in the post. A major review of the section will now be undertaken by Freshfields partner Josanne Rickard who has been recruited on secondment. Rickard will oversee the newly-created legal services directorate, reporting directly to Lloyd’s chair David […]