Eversheds, Nabarro Nathanson and Cameron McKenna have helped start the schools’ Private Finance Initiative (PFI) ball rolling by negotiating the UK’s first contract for a private company to design, build finance and operate a school. Construction and maintenance company Jarvis, advised by Nabarros, signed a 30-year contract on 17 November with Dorset County Council eight […]

The Society of Labour Lawyers holds its annual conference this Saturday. It will debate the Government’s legal aid reform plans. For more details ring Penny Weinreb on 01306 886968.

A SECOND front will be opened up against the Government’s legal reform blueprint when it publishes its consultation paper on raising the small claims threshold from £3,000 to £5,000 this week. The Legal Action Group (LAG) has joined housing lawyers in warning that tenants being victimised and exploited by their landlords will lose out under […]

US firm Coudert Brothers has taken the City by surprise by taking over specialist London commercial property firm Debenham & Co this week and revealing that it is seeking a merger with a “top-tier” UK practice. Couderts has struggled to make an impact on the City since it became the first US firm to establish […]