Cameron Markby Hewitt acted as host to a delegation of four French senators which was in the UK to study Lord Woolf's Access to Justice report. The French are interested in Woolf's recommendations and in alternative dispute resolution, following a similar report, Quels Moyens Pour Quelle Justice?, last year from the French Senate's Law Commission, which came up with 36 recommendations of its own. The delegation, which was invited by James Burnett-Hitchcock, Camerons' senior commercial litigation partner, met up with senior figures, including Lord Woolf, vice-chancellor Sir Richard Scott, chair of the Law Society's civil litigation committee Michael Napier and senior members of the Lord Chancellor's Department responsible for implementing Woolf's reforms.
Punders in last gasp entry to Hong Kong
German firm Punder Volhard Weber & Axster has taken an eleventh-hour decision to open a Hong Kong office before the 1 July handover of the colony to China, following a strategic review of its international practice. The firm already has a Beijing office, which it established in 1985, and now runs it as a joint […]