The Law Centres Federation has registered the name Law Centre® as a trademark to stop rogue businesses setting themselves up as ‘law centres’. England and Wales’ 54 real law centres provide free legal advice to people without access to justice. The federation was concerned about non-solicitor agencies calling themselves law centres and providing legal services.
35 Essex Street captures eleven lawyers from rivals
Two former heads of chambers, including Robert Rhodes QC of 4 King’s Bench Walk (4KBW) and a mix of nine other lawyers and barristers, have joined Christopher Wilson-Smith QC’s 35 Essex Street.Rhodes’s distinguished career includes major espionage cases. He recently represented a defendant at The Hague War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and acted […]