A new public relations consultancy specialising in the legal and professional sector, Spada, has been set up by PR specialist Gavin Ingham-Brooke. The new firm , which is based in London’s West End, has a number of legal accounts which he previously looked after at PR firm Camargue. Spada will have a core team of […]
Birmingham law firm Shakespeares has appointed practising solicitor Graham Englefield to head its investment management department with a brief to extend the product range and the fund value of its financial services business. Englefield, 32, joins Shakespeares after five years with City firm Peachey & Co where he specialised in private client business as assistant […]
THE BAKER & McKenzie $7 million sexual harassment decision showed that the employer’s response was on trial as much as the conduct of the individual concerned, says a US firm. Baker & McKenzie hit the headlines last September when it made a record pay-out to a secretary who was sexually harassed by a former partner. […]
The Law Society intends to apply to the Securities and Investments Board (SIB) to increase the limit of investment business firms can conduct but still be regulated by the society. Stewart Bushell of the society’s monitoring unit says that it wants to increase the proportion investment business can contribute from the 20 per cent of […]
TWO American Bar Association (ABA) projects in Chicago which are successfully increasing public access to justice would be models for the Law Society and Bar Council in the development of pro bono work under a Labour government, says Labour legal spokesman Paul Boateng MP. The ABA Center for Pro Bono attracts lawyers and resources from […]
The Law Society of Northern Ireland has launched the Home Charter Scheme, a conveyancing quality assurance programme aimed at providing the highest possible standard of service to people buying and selling houses. Law Society president Andrew Carnson says the scheme was introduced “so the public can see the readiness of the profession to adopt and […]
SALARIES for high-flying assistant solicitors are rising sharply, says legal recruitment consultants Quarry Dougall. Quarry Dougall director Stephen Rodney says assistants who qualified two to four years ago in commercial property or company departments are particularly highly prized. “At that time a lot of people were qualifying in litigation, but now the other specialisations have […]
Tony Cherry
Firm Head office NHS FEs Total FEs NHS PTs NHS Assts NHS others NHS work Age of dept Do you provide risk (per cent) (years) management? 1 Bevan Ashford Bristol 73 179 22 15 36 n/a 46 Yes 2 Beachcroft Stanleys London 45 138 12 27 6 25 15+ Yes 3 Hempsons London 41 46 […]
Roger Pearson
Refund of Vat overpayments precluded by agreement Customs and Excise: binding agreement on tax calculations; Gus Merchandise v Commissioners of Customs and Excise (1994) (CA 20.10.94) (Steyn LJ, Saville LJ and Sir John May) Summary: Inaccurate sampling techniques resulting in over payment of Vat by mail order companies. More Vat was payable by mail order […]