Birmingham firm Edge & Ellison has appointed Digby Jones to take over as senior partner from John Aucott. Law Society Council member Aucott, who has been in the post for the past five years, hands over the reins in May. Jones, who takes over at the age of 39 and was recently voted top deal […]
Manchester firm Linder Myers has launched a service tailor-made for the fashion business. The service, Clothing Namecheck, will identify trademarks and brand names which are in use but unregistered and could save clothing manufacturers and retailers hundreds of thousands of pounds in legal expenses, the firm says. Registered trade marks can be found in the […]
Dr John Clare, of Cowley, Middlesex, is suing Patrick Hunter for aggravated damages following an alleged wrongful assault in August this year. Writ issued by Dr Clare in person. C2224 The British Coal Corporation is being sued for over u2 million for alleged breach of contract. Currall Lewis and Martin, of Handsworth, Birmingham, claim the […]
Guy Fitzmaurice
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Robert Bass
A challenge is to be mounted in the House of Lords against an Appeal Court decision reversing a ruling by Sir Louis Blom-Cooper in June 1993 that Victoria Awua, who had been declared intentionally homeless under the 1985 Housing Act, was not intentionally homeless. Sir Louis quashed a homeless ruling by the London Borough of […]
Reasons for judgment are to be given soon in the Court of Criminal Appeal in the case of Stephen Young, who was jailed for life for a double murder. The court allowed his appeal after submissions from Young’s counsel, David Penry-Davy QC, that members of the jury consulted a ouija board about the verdict. Michael […]
LAW firm Garrett & Co has set up a new European intellectual property network. Reading-based partner Marcus O’Leary says that the European intellectual property group, which currently includes lawyers from Norway, Denmark, Holland, Germany, France, Belgium, Spain and Saudi Arabia, is his firm’s way of competing with the big international law firms. “The idea is […]
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Mackie International Group was advised by Hammond Suddards on its u17m flotation on the USM