Intrepid solicitor Jenny Harris raised £3,000 for a South African school after this hair raising tandem parachute jump over Salisbury Plain. The money will go towards a project to provide a new community hall at Rorke's Drift Shiyane Secondary School in South Africa. Confirming that she has no fear of heights, Harris, a family law partner at Southampton firm Woodford & Ackroyd, last year abseiled down a tower block with fellow partner Charles Ackroyd, who also joined her in this death-defying feat of togetherness, as did Payne Marsh Stillwell partner, Chris Marsh.
In brief: Paisners' pensions victory sets precedent
Pensions Ombudsman Julian Farrand, advised by Paisner & Co, won in the High Court when conglomerate Hillsdown Holdings was ordered to pay back £18.4 million unlawfully taken from one of its pension schemes. Hillsdown had appealed against a similar ruling by Farrand last year, which the company attempted to overturn in court. David Parkin, head […]
