CITY firm Norton Rose is this week moving back to Bishopsgate – just 18 months after its offices were bombed. New technology and air-conditioning on all floors are among the improvements which have been made as part of a u20 million revamp. Managing partner Roger Birkby says a major firm rarely gets the chance to […]
Games Workshop Group was advised by Booth & Co on its flotation, with backers Bank of Boston, NatWest Ventures, Charterhouse Development Capital and ECI advised by Gouldens. Financial adviser Samuel Montagu was advised by McKenna & Co.
It may be hurting, but is it working? Here are 10 common cries for help which indicate vulnerable areas in a firm’s marketing.
MORE than 150 Polish law students have attended the first ever Project Europe conference held outside the UK. The conference, organised by the Trainee Solicitors Group (TSG) with the Polish branch of the European Law Students Association (ELSA), was staged at Warsaw University this month. Planned by TSG international relations officer Dr David Taylor and […]
A typical day in the marketing department of a law firm can resemble a game of hunt the marketing director. These elusive characters often need to spend so much time communicating their message to partners that the time they actually spend in their office is minimal. I spoke to Richard Holt, ex marketing partner with […]
The legal profession must use marketing techniques to survive in an increasingly competitive market, says Laurie Young Most people associate marketing with soap powder advertising or the sort of aggressive sales techniques common to business in the US. As a result, professionals dismiss a skill which is becoming increasingly important to their survival. However, marketing […]
Roger Pearson reports on the High Court decision to award compensation for stress at work Teamwork was a key factor in helping achieve the recent landmark compensation decision by the High Court. In the case, the court ruled that a social worker who claimed he was left “shell shocked” by stress was entitled to compensation […]
Croydon Council is seeking a High Court order banning one of its residents from parking a massive, self-propelled gun on a road in the borough. The council claims that such parking is illegal under the provisions of the 1980 Highways Act.
NIGEL MARK HUNTINGTON, 28, admitted 1992, practised as assistant solicitor with Bell Lamb Joynson, Liverpool, struck off and ordered to pay u750 costs. Allegations substantiated he wrongly drew client money and used it for his own purposes, and misused office funds for own purposes. Tribunal told Huntington had written to Solicitors’ Complaints Bureau admitting the […]
COMPULSORY competitive tendering causes cuts in wages and conditions of pay and introduces a system of bureaucratic rules which divert attention away from improving services, a new report claims. The report, written by the Association of Metropolitan Authorities assistant secretary, Lesley Courcouf, says it is becoming increasingly clear that CCT “does not and will not […]
OXFORD professor Dan Prentice has joined leading company law set Erskine Chambers. Professor Prentice, a Fellow of Pembroke College, is the first academic to join the chambers. He will keep his position at the college while accepting instructions through chambers in company law matters. Prentice will also continue in his role as editor of Butterworths […]
Those of us who have acted for defendants in recent serious fraud trials may be thankful for the jury system. However, continued reliance on 12 men and women taken from the Clapham omnibus to redeem outmoded and inefficient legal processes is only a long-stop solution, albeit one that should not be removed unless a more […]