Three British law firms – understood to be City practices – have applied for a special licence to allow them to practice in Malaysia. The Bar Council there is reportedly strongly opposed to the entry of foreign lawyers but the final decision rests with the Malaysian Attorney-General, Tan Sri Mohtar Abdullah. The A-G has been […]
Australian firm Minter Ellison has poached the bulk of Deacons Graham & Jones’ Canberra office to create the biggest non-government practice in the capital. All ten Deacons’ partners have voted to join Minters. Offers have been made to the 90 legal and support staff also based in the office. The personnel will join Minters’ four […]
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ associated law firm in Poland has poached two partners from the associated law firm of rivals Arthur Anderson. Tax and administrative law specialist, Dorota Szubielska and commercial and civil lawyer, Tomasz Gromek have joined Wierzbowski & Co as partners from Domanski Szubielska i Wspolnicy. Their arrival heralds a new and succinct name for the […]
You will know that legal aid reforms are working when “you hear the squealing of lawyers”, the Lord Chancellor has told MPs. Giving evidence to the Commons home affairs select committee, Lord Irvine said that lawyers ” cannot go on living their lives being paid by the hour on a taxi meter”. He said it […]
Robert Mendick meets the man who helped settle two important disputes… one for a princess and one for a king. Eyes sparkle behind thick-framed spectacles, his body hunched up in a grand office chair that dwarfs his diminutive frame. A photograph of Princess Diana sits proudly on a book case, perched over his left shoulder. […]
Steven Blakeley is as belligerent as ever, finds Gulshanah Choudhuri, despite constant references to that failed merger. Steven Blakeley is famous in his firm for his habit of writing to the various managers of Blackburn Rovers to interrogate them about team tactics. However, this all came to an abrupt halt when Kenny Dalglish took over. […]
After spending just eight months as head of tax at Eversheds, the man who seems unable to keep his feet in one place meets Dearbail Jordan When it comes to grabbing job opportunities, Reginald Nock’s timing is little short of awful. When Nock left the Bar in the late 1980s to join accountancy firm Deloitte […]