Simon Jones, partner at Eversheds, has commented following findings from the BRC-Google online retail monitor that show a surge in overseas shoppers in the fourth quarter of 2013. He said that these figures highlight the ‘amazing opportunities’ available to many of the UK’s famous retailers to exploit their reputations in key international markets via a global […]
Alongside Arwid Mednis, Gerard Karp is now co-heading Wierzbowski Eversheds’ privacy, information and communication technologies team and electronic communications team. Attorney-at-law Karp has been affiliated with Wierzbowski Eversheds since December 2006. He specialises in the law of data protection and high-tech and electronic communications. In 2012, he was one of the winners of the professionals competition in the Polish […]
Tomorrow marks the start of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games, hosted by the Russian city of Sochi. The run-up to the Games has been marked by controversy. But, as we reported back in November, the Sochi Olympics have generated a fair bit of legal work and look set to continue doing so for the next […]
Paul Maile, partner and planning expert at Eversheds, has commented on proposals for a new UK planning court. Maile said that the need for a specialist planning court, which will provide a quicker and more effective system for dealing with claims, has been pursued for some time and is a move to be welcomed. However, […]
Michael Conroy Harris, construction expert at Eversheds, has commented following the release of new UK construction PMI figures showing a pick-up in activity in January. Harris said: ‘After such a long time focusing on construction figures in an introspective way, placing great emphasis on small swings in activity and output, it’s great to see the […]
With just one week to go before Peter Rees QC leaves oil giant Shell, HR chief Hugh Mitchell has been put in charge of Shell’s 135-strong global legal team. No pressure, this is just a $467bn (£290bn) business with estimated production levels of oil and gas equivalent to three million barrels a day. Shell is […]
Ashurst picked up the mandate to advise Crossrail on its decision to award a £1bn contract to Bombardier UK. The transport provider – Britain’s only train builder – will provide 65 trains for the Crossrail service, which is due to open in 2018. Bombardier, meanwhile, is believed to have referred the deal to its in-house […]
Litigants have a newfound impetus for pushing the boundaries of law, particularly when it comes to costs. A recent DLA Piper case suggests lawyers could be in the firing line. Should the High Court be able to hold an instructed solicitor liable for costs? Less than a year into the Jackson era and the ramifications […]
Outer Temple might be feeling a little draughty this week after the defection of a four-strong barrister team to Serjeants’ Inn. The barristers left 6 Pump Court back in 2004 before the set dissolved and now will be taking on regulatory, disciplinary, medical and clinical negligence work at their new home. They join former set-mate, […]
High-profile competition partner Julian Ellison has left Ashurst’s Brussels office to join Mayer Brown’s antitrust and competition team. Ellison, who has been a partner at Ashurst since 1989 and headed the firm’s Brussels office for a number of years, will start his new role at Mayer Brown’s outpost in the Belgian capital on Monday (10 […]
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has seen two IP partners exit the firm in Melbourne, taking their 13-strong team to rival Minter Ellison. IP partner Robert Cooper has left the firm, alongside partner Wayne McMaster who previously headed King & Wood Mallesons’ Australian IP and health and pharmaceuticals practice groups. The pair left KWM with […]
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