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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Womble Bond Dickinson rebuked by regulator
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has been rebuked and fined by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The regulator investigated after WBD self-reported. A corporate client asked WBD to hold funds for it in the firm’s accounts. The client requested that these funds were held on behalf of the client’s client – who was not associated with WBD. […]
Judge dismisses “inappropriate” challenge over $2.2bn mining award
A High Court judge, giving his verdict in the latest spat between mining company Vale and BSG Resources, has criticised litigants and their advisers for adopting a “needlessly antagonistic” stance in disputes. Master Davison made the comments after dismissing an application made by former BSG director Dag Lars Cramer against a Part 71 Order requested […]
Slaughters scopes out City premises in HQ search
Slaughter and May has scoped out Goldman Sachs’ former European HQ as an option for its London relocation. The Lawyer understands that with its current lease expiring in 2026, the firm has looked at Peterborough Court on Fleet Street as a potential new HQ. Slaughters has occupied the entire 260,000 sq ft of its 1 […]
Clifford Chance regains place on FCA’s £8.6m panel
Clifford Chance, Ashurst, DLA Piper and Dentons are among the firms that have secured a place on The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s latest £8.6m legal panel. The new, expanded panel is made up of 15 firms, with new appointments including Clyde & Co, Pinsent Masons and Mills & Reeve. Whereas previously the FCA had separate […]
Macfarlanes records record turnover and big profits increase
Macfarlanes has posted double digit growth for profit per equity partner (PEP) over 2019/20, with revenue also rising by 9.5 per cent. The City firm’s PEP grew 10 per cent to £1.91m, the highest PEP figure of any UK firm to report this year so far. The double-digit increase puts Macfarlanes’ PEP above all the […]
Simpson Thacher targets Gibson Dunn for City M&A hire
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has poached private equity partner James Howe from Gibson Dunn. Howe, who focuses on cross-border leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions, joins Simpson Thacher’s London M&A practice after four years as a partner at Gibson Dunn. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn he was a partner at Proskauer Rose. […]
