Cherie Booth QC and her barrister colleague at 4-5 Gray's Inn Square, Jane Oldham, were guest speakers at a seminar, Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling, at the inaugural meeting of City firm Berwin Leighton's Women In Business Group. About 80 businesswomen attended the event at London's Tallow Chandlers Hall last week. The group, which is the initiative of Berwin Leighton senior assistant Joanne Gubbay, aims to encourage an exchange of views among women in executive and management positions.
Law Commission plugs ADR for shares actions
The Law Commission is recommending changes to the law to make costly court actions by shareholders faster and cheaper and to encourage alternative dispute resolution procedures. Shareholders who feel they have been wronged by the company in which they hold shares have at present only limited remedies – such as court action using the “unfair […]
