FOUR barristers at Mitre Court Chambers have left with its senior clerk, Robert Ruegg, to found a new set. According to Ruegg, a dispute between him and his former chambers, where he was senior clerk for five years, prompted his move to open Fleet Chambers at 44-46 Fleet Street. Neither Ruegg nor his former set […]

Pinsent Curtis advised HSBC on a £135m private equity investment in AM Paper Group’s planned paper mill in Skelmersdale. Chaffe Street acted for AM Paper and Slaughter and May advised JP Morgan on providing senior debt.

A former Norton Rose secretary, Cheryl Pascal, is claiming unfair dismissal and racial discrimination against the firm, its head of personnel Celia Staples and director of administration Patrick Stone. Stratford Industrial Tribunal heard how Pascal had worked at the firm for eight years before her dismissal in February last year. “There was a systematic attempt […]

In an article in The Lawyer, 12 August – “E&Y’s £800m claim against Bank of England struck out” – we stated that Ernst & Young was the liquidator of BCCI. In fact the liquidator is Deloitte & Touche and it was Deloittes who brought the claim against the Bank of England, not Ernst & Young.