In his first exclusive since being appointed senior Law Lord, Lord Nicholas Browne-Wilkinson talks to Robert Mendick He favours a Ministry of Justice; he dismisses plans for a register of judges’ interests as “absolutely mad”; he claims to be overworked and troubled by writer’s block when penning 100-page judgments; the Pinochet affair was disastrous. And […]
Ryan Dunleavy finds that Hextall Erskine’s John Startin laughs in the face of law firm panel cuts – he has a cunning plan up his sleeve. Hextall Erskine insurance partner John Startin enthuses about the future for insurance lawyers. At a time when many of them are worried about panel cuts and an increasingly competitive […]
Head of legal at Cheltenham & Gloucester building society, Paul Gilbert, has blasted the Law Society council for scrapping an in-house solicitor council seat – without even allowing the ditched member to speak. The council’s decision to replace local government member, Pauline McBride with a newly-qualified solicitor – a dramatic U-turn on its previous resolution […]
The senior partner of Birmingham law firm Shakespeares is stepping down after six years at the helm. Charles Flint will be replaced by Tony Jones, head of the firm’s business services commercial unit and a commercial and employment lawyer with over 30 years legal experience – most of which were spent at Shakespeares. Flint, who […]
Denmark is fast becoming a top venue for litigation because it is cheaper than the UK. Litigants are now sidelining UK courts, preferring Denmark for strategic and cost reasons, say experts, forcing UK law firms to play away from their home turf. Danish-qualified lawyer Steen Rosenfalck of Osborne Clarke says this is a particular problem […]
Nissan Motors (GB) is being sued for damages for alleged fraud, deceit, breach of contract and misrepresentation over a dealer agreement. Action has been launched against Nissan by Howard Quirk of Billericay in Essex, in respect of agreements made between October 1991 and March 1992 for financial and other commercial support to be provided to […]
Manches acted for Saur UK in its u125m loan facility
Lesley Gregory and Alex Young of Memery Crystal advised Seymour Pierce (the nominated adviser) and Ellis & Partners (the nominated broker) on the placing of 17
The international securities group at Norton Rose advised Stena Line in its recent reorganisation of its asset-backed commercial paper securitisation programme. This programme will expand the existing Sterling-based programme to encompass passenger and freight receivables in euro, sterling, Swedish krona, Danish krone and Norwegian krone. Lead securitisation partner at Norton Rose Jonathan Walsh led the […]
Bevan Ashford has been ordered to pay compensation to a trainee solicitor sacked for being drunk in public. Patricia Durham Hall claimed wrongful dismissal and sex discrimination after a colleague reported her as being “very drunk” and unsteady on her feet in Exeter city centre last December. As a result, she was sacked for gross […]
The four gay members of the armed forces who were dismissed because of their sexuality are due to have their case heard by the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday. The three men and one woman claim the UK is breaching their human rights by keeping the ban on homosexuals in the forces.
Morton Fraser Partnership partner Donald Reid has joined environmental law consultants EnAct International. EnAct managing director Cormac Cullinan says Reid’s move from the Edinburgh firm is the latest in a series of departures – including Stephen Tromans from Simmons & Simmons and Andrew Bryce from Cameron McKenna.