Herbert Smith prize
Herbert Smith’s international energy practice has been voted the best in the UK by the Petroleum Economist Energy Finance 1998 poll. The firm came second worldwide, after US law firm Vinson & Elkins.
Julie Midgley on the use of constructive knowledge. Julie Midgley is an associate at The Lewington Partnership.
My client health authority’s case Rosanna O’Driscoll v Dudley Heath Authority came before the Court of Appeal on 30 April 1998. The case is a reaffirmation of the principles of Spargo 1997, but has useful obiter comment on constructive knowledge which is helpful for health authorities which often have to face large but stale cerebral […]
European bank cuts panel for advice in East to cut costs
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), is cutting the number of firms it uses for English and local law advice on financing projects in Eastern Europe and Russia. Until recently, the 20 or so in-house lawyers at the EBRD had not co-ordinated the way in which they chose firms. In an effort to […]
In brief: New conditional fee med neg policy
Legal insurer Amicus Legal has launched an insurance policy for solicitors handling medical negligence cases under conditional fee arrangements, covering the opponent’s costs if the case is lost.
Dentons wins challenge to take-or-pay contract
Herbert Smith prize
Herbert Smith’s international energy practice has been voted the best in the UK by the Petroleum Economist Energy Finance 1998 poll. The firm came second worldwide, after US law firm Vinson & Elkins.
Julie Midgley on the use of constructive knowledge. Julie Midgley is an associate at The Lewington Partnership.
My client health authority’s case Rosanna O’Driscoll v Dudley Heath Authority came before the Court of Appeal on 30 April 1998. The case is a reaffirmation of the principles of Spargo 1997, but has useful obiter comment on constructive knowledge which is helpful for health authorities which often have to face large but stale cerebral […]
European bank cuts panel for advice in East to cut costs
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), is cutting the number of firms it uses for English and local law advice on financing projects in Eastern Europe and Russia. Until recently, the 20 or so in-house lawyers at the EBRD had not co-ordinated the way in which they chose firms. In an effort to […]
In brief: New conditional fee med neg policy
Legal insurer Amicus Legal has launched an insurance policy for solicitors handling medical negligence cases under conditional fee arrangements, covering the opponent’s costs if the case is lost.
Dear incoming DPP…
Christopher Frazer has some advice for the next Director of Public Prosecutions. Christopher Frazer is a practising barrister at Harcourt Chambers, London and Oxford. In 1993, the Centre for Policy Studies published a pamphlet of mine regarding the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). In 1997, the Labour Party also published a pamphlet about the CPS. Labour’s […]
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