No5 Chambers’ golf team was victorious at the FOIL golf day at the Warwickshire Golf Club on 23 May 2014. FOIL, the Forum of Insurance Lawyers, is the professional membership organisation representing those engaged in the defence of insurance-related claims. Paul Bleasdale QC, Adam Farrer, Robert Smallwood and James Parks combined well to produce a winning score of […]
Nageena Khalique of No5 Chambers has appeared on behalf of the family of Dana Baker in a lengthy four-week inquest, which culminated in a narrative determination by the Worcestershire coroner Mr Geraint Williams. The inquest into the death of a 16-year-old girl who was a ‘looked-after child’ under the auspices of the local authority identified […]
Allen & Overy has advised the Rwanda Development Board on its disposal of a 77 per cent stake in the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) to Atlas Mara Co-Nvest Ltd. Subject to the satisfaction of certain regulatory and other conditions, Atlas Mara has agreed to acquire the government of Rwanda’s 77 per cent shareholding in […]
DLA Piper and senator George J Mitchell have announced that the senator has delivered his seventh quarterly report as the independent athletics integrity monitor under the Athletics Integrity Agreement (AIA) among the Pennsylvania State University, the National Collegiate Athletics Association, and the Big Ten Conference. The seventh report describes Penn State’s effort during the most recent […]
Allen & Overy in Asia-Pacific has picked up 66 awards to date in the current round of legal industry awards, culminating in IFLR Asia’s ‘International Law Firm of the Year’, awarded to the law firm at a ‘black tie’ ceremony in Hong Kong on 26 February 2014. Recent awards and accolades received by Allen & Overy […]
City AM has reported on Christopher Rennie-Smith’s move to Collyer Bristow’s intellectual property (IP) team. Rennie-Smith has spent the last 15 years working as a senior judge of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich, and will be joining the firm as a consultant in June. Along with a wealth of IP experience, he brings […]
The Walker Morris charity football tournament recently took place, with eight teams battling it out in aid of Hyde Park Boys Brigade and Girls Brigade — Walker Morris’s nominated charity for the year. Pre-tournament favourite Asda took home the trophy and was unbeaten throughout the tournament, cruising to a victory to beat Colliers International in the […]
Barrister Earl Pinnock from No5 Chambers recently defended Simon Williams, who has been sentenced to six months in prison after admitting fraudulently obtaining cash. Williams, 29, from Wolstanton, Staffs, told his family and friends that he had terminal cancer, and his mother, who believed he had only six months to live, set up a charity […]
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) increased its revenue in 2013/14 by 14.6 per cent last year, resulting in a jump in revenue from £102.1m to £117m. The results are a significant uptick on last year’s financials, when the firm grew turnover by just 2 per cent from £99.9m to £102.1m (16 July 2013). The total […]
Michael Grimes, head of waste at law firm Eversheds, has commented on the new plastic bag levy set to be announced in the Queen’s Speech. According to Grimes, recent figures from the government show that, despite all the efforts of councils and businesses, the annual recycling rate in England has remained level at just under 40 per cent […]
What grinds your gears most in the office on a Monday morning? It’s well worth checking our survey of stress in law, to see if your issues chime with the leading causes of work-related stress in the legal profession. Perhaps it’s that particularly prickly superior, or the ear-bashing client that seems to exist purely to […]
DAC Beachcroft has put 65 jobs across the UK and Scotland into consultation that launched on 30 May and will vacate its Fountain Street office in Manchester as a result. The consultation involves staff in the firm’s claims solutions group in offices across England and Scotland. The firm said the move had also prompted a […]