Nabila Mallick of No5 Chambers has been nominated for the 2014 Birmingham Law Society Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year award. Mallick is a member of three groups at No5 Chambers: employment; immigration, asylum and nationality; and judicial review/High Court challenges. In support of her nomination, a Birmingham-based client wrote: ‘Joe and Jane Public perceive […]
By Paul Eccles Section 69 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 came into effect on 1 October 2013 and is seen by many as the biggest change to the law on employers’ liability for 20 years. This is nothing new, but we do well to remind ourselves of the anticipated impact. It is […]
Last week Slaughter and May gained a US capability in Hong Kong with its first Asia lateral hire, bringing in Morrison & Foerster’s co-head of China capital markets John Moore. Sources at the firm are keen to point out that the hire was all about necessity, with Slaughters struggling to stand out in pitches in […]
Turkey continues to be a hot jurisdiction for inward investment. No wonder lawyers are so interested in finding out about the local market. Get yourself up to speed by reading our coverage of Turkish developments over the last few months. Turkey: Rage of reason Protests in Turkey: a lawyer’s experience Turkish fizz for DLA Edwards […]
Allen & Overy’s (A&O) London-based capital markets partner Jim Wickenden has moved to Hong Kong to steer the firm’s US securities practice. The move comes months after the firm lost US capital markets lawyer James Grandolfo, who was the firm’s regional head of the Asia Pacific international capital markets, to US firm Milbank Tweed Hadley […]
Slater & Gordon UK chief executive Neil Kinsella has set the firm a 12-month target to fully integrate its merger with Pannone after the deal is complete. Kinsella said the firm, which is listed on the Australia Securities Exchange, would have until March 2015 to complete the structural alignment of all five of its UK […]
One would think that a property buyer should be entitled to a remedy where a seller makes untrue misleading representations about a property, inducing a sale that would not have happened but for those representations. And yet it is also reasonable for the parties to achieve certainty by agreeing that the terms of the contract […]
It is hardly surprising that in today’s economic climate some tenants are struggling to meet their rental payments. This often leaves landlords in a difficult situation, unsure of their rights and keen to secure an ongoing rental income. This article examines one of the remedies available to landlords in such circumstances: the right of forfeiture. Establishing and […]
By Martin McKeague The recent case of Barclays Wealth Trustees (Jersey) Ltd v Erimus Housing Ltd provides a valuable reminder that remaining in occupation at the end of a fixed-term tenancy can have adverse consequences for tenants as well as landlords. Where a tenant occupies premises for business purposes, the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 […]
Big media groups have been keeping their lawyers busy over the last couple of years – not just in the courts, but buying and selling bits and bobs of their enterprises. The Guardian Media Group (GMG) is the latest to get stuck into some deal-making of its own. Last week, private equity giant Apax gobbled […]
Overriding interests have been a hot topic recently, due to the fact that as of midnight on 12 October 2013 their overriding status was lost. It is a common misconception though that as a result of this change of status we need no longer concern ourselves with such matters. While it is true to say […]
Building and DIY retailer Travis Perkins Group has appointed Deborah Grimason as its new general counsel. She will step into the shoes of former GC John Carter, who has taken up the role of Travis Perkins’ new Chief Executive. Grimason joins the company from UK construction group Lafarge Tarmac, where she held the dual roles […]