Herbert Smith says property investors and their professional advisers risk prosecution under anti-money laundering legislation because of ignorance of important provisions in the Criminal Justice Act 1993 which came into force earlier this year. A survey by the firm among key players in the property market shows 45 per cent had little or no knowledge […]
A LEADING legal academic is demanding an Office of Fair Trading inquiry into the relationship between the Law Society and the College of Law. Professor Nigel Savage, the Dean of Nottingham Law School, claims the Law Society cannot act as an effective independent regulator of the Legal Practice Course while its highest office holders are […]
Lawyers must move quickly to beat November 1995 exam deadlines if they want to practise in discrete investment business, according to a course organiser. The Association for Solicitor Investment Management (Asim) said those hoping to become “qualified persons” under the Law Society rules should take their exams soon, as the tight deadlines leave little room […]
TWO Liverpool lawyers are setting up a personal injury consultancy to bypass the “clubbiness” of multi-party action steering committees. The joint venture between Graham Ross and Keith Park, of Merseyside firm J Keith Park & Co, aims to research and investigate new avenues for group actions. Work will then be referred to a national network […]
One of the aims stated in the overview chapter of ‘Freshfields’ Guide to Management Contracting’ is to “cover the spectrum of issues which arise in relation to most types of construction contracts, picking out aspects apparently peculiar to management contracts”. Readers will speculate immediately as to how this can be done in 140 pages. However, […]
The law of pensions is complicated. The lawyer who wants to be a pensions specialist, or the expert faced with a new problem should be grateful for this book. Indeed, it is now a standard work and, since it was first published in 1989, has become a required text for anybody who wishes to be […]
With planning it is possible to avoid bequeathing a hefty tax bill with the contents of your estate says Ron Wheatcroft More people are seeking to avoid placing the burden of inheritance tax on their families by taking out tax-efficient policies to cover their future liabilities. The whole life policy is most suitable. With married […]
CITY firm Nabarro Nathanson has a new head of its property department. Geoffrey Lander, now completing his 22nd year at the practice, takes over from David Bramson, who becomes the firm’s senior partner in May 1995. Lander says the 112-strong property department, which has the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, J P Morgan and the […]
Construction lawyer Tony Woolf, former senior partner at London firm Freedmans, has died. He joined W H Thompson in 1956, conducted the first disputed asbestosis trial and subsequently rose to partner. At Freedmans he specialised in law relating to the building and engineering industries and became senior partner of the firm in 1983. Woolf was […]
SOLICITOR Simon Easton, who acted for one of the Guinness trial defendants, has been convicted of false accounting at Southwark Crown Court. Easton was found guilty of three counts of false accounting. The court heard he had submitted false invoices to claim legal fees for a client’s divorce. The invoices resulted in money being removed […]
DIBB Lupton Broomhead is showing signs of growing weary of its media-inspired reputation as the “Rottweiler” of the legal profession. Managing partner Paul Rhodes says: “The Rottweiler image is totally undeserved. Our assertiveness on behalf of our clients could be, and apparently is, misinterpreted as aggression.” Rhodes, head of a firm described recently in the […]
‘The UK Trade Marks 1994: A Practical Guide’ has been written by four leading members of the Institute of Trade Mark Agents: John Groom, Richard Abnett, Jeremy Pennant and Adrian Spencer. It provides a useful guide to the provisions of the Trade Marks Act 1994 and contains a detailed, well constructed analysis of the key […]