Midlands-based Browne Jacobson has made four assistants in its business services department redundant. The firm’s managing partner Brian Smith blamed the economic downturn for the move.
Government gets bargain rate on Hutton inquiry
Counsel to the Hutton inquiry James Dingemans QC works for as little as £150 an hour, a third of the £450 hourly rate commanded by the BBC’s silk Andrew Caldecott QC, The Lawyer can reveal.Instructed by the Treasury Solicitor, Dingemans, of 3 Hare Court, could be commanding up to £220 an hour, but even this […]