Any scholar of economics confronted with the economic indicators for Ireland can only come to one conclusion: the Irish economy is booming. Business confidence is strong and Irish firms are improving their competitiveness in international markets. Modesty constrained us from publicising this success story (perhaps we didn’t believe it ourselves) but when Morgan Stanley labelled […]

PROFESSIONALS are increasingly being made scapegoats when things go wrong, according to Andrew Davis, new senior partner at insurance law firm Fishburn Boxer. Davis, whose appointment will take effect from the beginning of next month, sees his role as “consolidating and building upon the existing success of the firm”. He replaces existing senior partner Richard […]

Henry Sherman’s thesis, as a construction litigator, is that a prime cause of litigation delays is the approach of some members of the senior Bar (The Lawyer 21 May 1996). He says that even in the most complex cases pleadings are still usually drafted by a junior. And he adds that access to leading counsel […]