South East firm Thomas Eggar has a multi-tiered structure for all staff, providing a steady path up the career ladder for lawyers. Once qualified, lawyers join the firm as solicitors, before progressing to associates and then senior associates. Senior associates enter the partnership as salaried partners, but there is also a fixed-share equity layer between […]
What was your first-ever job? Clerk to a registrar (now district judge) in the principal registry. What was your worst experience as a trainee? Running in heels in the rain after my senior partner down Broad Street carrying a scale model of Birmingham Symphony Hall. Where’s the best place to go to find out what’s […]
IT is a booming area and although there are numerous opportunities in London, there are also plenty of reasons to look abroad, according to James Franklin, a manager at recruitment consultancy Robert Walters. “We see most opportunities in London and, because a number of social media and online gaming specialists are based there, in the […]
Information governance is a huge issue for in-house lawyers. Our round table participants discuss the best way to manage e-documents David Reed, founder of Data Governance Forum and chair of the round table: This discussion is centred around e-discovery and the journey towards information governance. It’s probably useful to start by thinking about what’s driving […]
A former partner in chartered accountancy firm Wylie & Bisset, Muir joined Pannone in April 2011 from construction consultancy Davis Langdon, where he was global finance director. What are the key elements of your role? As a relatively new finance director (FD) charged with bringing a strategic focus to my role, I have a […]
Last week the much-anticipated initial public offering (IPO) of social networking behemoth Facebook inched a little closer, when it won approval from US government regulators to distribute its S-1 public offering prospectus and hit the road. The offering is expected to raise around $10bn (£6.18bn), valuing Facebook at around $90bn. It is also hoped in […]
A recent ruling forcing ISPs to block an illegal downloading site is not censorship, but a protection of property On 2 May 2012 the High Court delivered its second judgment in Dramatico Entertainment v BSkyB, ordering five internet service providers (ISPs) to block the world’s largest illegal downloading site, the Pirate Bay. Dramatico is not […]
A lap dancer’s unfair dismissal claim could set the stage for other performers to gain employment rights When a dancer at Stringfellows lap dancing club Angels was dismissed, the Employment Tribunal (ET) had to decide whether she was employed and could bring an unfair dismissal claim. For there to be a contract of employment three […]
Genuine whiplash claims must not be left by the wayside in ministers’ crusade against cheats The whiplash bandwagon has again rolled into town and many have hopped aboard. As Transport Secretary Justine Greening and Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke announced claims reforms last week (2 May) at what was the second summit of motor insurers in […]
The legal sector and not victims will benefit most as the UK seeks to boost the number of antitrust claims It has become an article of faith for European competition regulators over recent years that there are not ’enough’ compensation claims by antitrust victims. But I question that view: there are claims and, in any […]
Does top UK firms’ strategy of shipping out associates for NQs hold water? Clifford Chance, Linklaters and now Herbert Smith have all announced staff cuts due to the economic pinch. So far, so 2008. But a new characteristic – at Clifford Chance and Herbert Smith, anyway – is that cuts are being made to […]
Dundas won’t make any knee-jerk reactions to managing partner’s resignation Dundas & Wilson’s succession planning in the wake of managing partner Donald Shaw’s resignation is not expected to complete until August or even September, say sources close to the firm. Shaw stood down mid-term in March (The Lawyer, 8 March) as sole managing partner of […]