Financings
Northern Leisure was advised by Herbert Smith on its u4.5m debenture stock issue.
Martin Hill denies insurers are avoiding settlement of claims
Martin Hill The insurance industry will never be popular, but I want to defend it against the charges that it is looking for ways to avoid claims. The problem arises from the extreme financial pressures insurers are under. The over-capacity of the late 1980s and subsequent recession, with its recession-led claims, have resulted in the […]
Litigation Writs 13/09/94
Michael Slater, a prisoner at Longlarton jail, is suing the Metropolitan Police Commissioner for the return of more than u37,000 in banknotes. Slater claims he was owner of a wooden box containing u36,860 in cash at a house in Stoke Newington, London, u700 cash at a London EC1 address and an A-reg Mazda car, which […]
Litigation Recent Decisions 13/09/94
Contracts uberrimae fidei – standard of proof of fraudSun Alliance: proving duty of utmost good faithDiggens & Anor v Sun Alliance and London Insurance Plc (1994) (CA 29.7.94.) (Nourse LJ, Evans LJ, Sir Roger Parker LJ) Summary: Right of insurer to recover all monies paid to insured if claim is proved to be fraudulent. Standard […]
Sting steers Coutts into court over u5m
Roger Pearson looks ahead Pop giant Sting is suing the Queen’s bankers, Coutts & Co for nearly u5 million. The action, scheduled to come on in the Commercial Court later this year, has been launched by the star’s company, Steerpike (Overseas) Ltd. The company says it had a current account at the bank’s Kensington branch […]
An independent stance
When I started out as an independent computer consultant in 1980, I advised all sorts of firms including retailers, manufacturers, charities, solicitors and accountants. In the early days of small computers, software was in its infancy and integrated packages were rare. Switching from one sort of business to another was not a difficult task. As […]
Gunning lost the battle, won the war
Roger Pearson
The Lawyer Inquiry: Sailesh Mehta
Sailesh Mehta practises as a barrister from Verulam chambers. He is general secretary of the Society of Asian Lawyers and sits on the Bar’s human rights committee. He was born in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania in 1963, and now lives in London. What was your first job? Dishwasher in a canteen. On day two of the job […]
Keeping a case in the media spotlight
Roger Pearson
Liberals challenge Euro election result
Roger Pearson A case scheduled for November could break new ground in election law. The action has been brought by the Liberal Democrats and follows the defeat of the party’s candidate for Devon and Plymouth in the European elections held in June this year. Their candidate, Adrian Saunders was beaten after a recount by Tory […]
Practices to host Chinese secondees
CHINESE lawyer Li Jun has been seconded to Leeds firm Eversheds Hepworth & Chadwick as part of a Law Society training scheme. The new recruit, currently employed as chief of the economic affairs department of the State Law Firm for Cuangxi Province, will join the firm for a three-month placement. Eversheds is one of only […]
Nabarros represents environmentalist
City firm Nabarro Nathanson defended environmentalist David Plumstead who was prosecuted for running a voluntary recycling scheme for 70 households in Kent. The firm’s environment department took on the case, brought by Kent Waste Regulation Authority, as part of its pro bono work. Barrister Philip Mead, of 15 Old Square, agreed to act on the […]