Eco-Warrios?
With a number of major law firms in Portugal moving offices in recent years, many have taken the opportunity to make their workspaces more environmentally friendly. The cries of ‘climate emergency’ are intensifying. And so the pressure is mounting on all organisations to ensure that they are doing as much as possible to ensure their […]
Africa active – Mozambique
By Guilherme Daniel, Luiza Savchenko Over the past 10 years, Mozambique has become one of the greatest drivers of global energy demand and fastest growing economies on the African continent, despite the recent debt crisis, fostering substantial investments from across the globe, mostly in the oil and gas sector and continuous improvement of the overall […]
Shareholder onslaught
Investors want more input on the way companies are governed, which has led to a rise in demand for corporate governance lawyers as clients deal with the challenges of ‘shareholder activism’. Investors are taking a much keener interest in the way companies are governed. As a result, demand for lawyers with expertise in corporate governance […]
Portugal’s fight against the black market
Despite a recent survey suggesting channelisation in Portugal is moving in the right direction, one regulated operator wants the threat posed by unlicensed sites treated as a cyber crime. EGR Compliance puts the country’s online gambling market under the spotlight to investigate the extent of this scourge. Practically every regulated online gambling market faces unwanted […]
Whitening combat: Between stove and freezer
By Sofia Ribeiro Branco Law No. 83/2017 of 18 August, which establishes preventive and repressive measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, provides for the obligation to abstain from obliged entities (namely banking institutions) when they know or suspect that the operations may be associated with funds or other assets arising from or related […]
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The speed read: Elections at A&O, German lawyers get flexible, and intriguing movement at Mishcon
Firms’ leadership elections under Brexit will be a test for London The general election was not the only significant leadership development happening in the UK this week. Not ones to give out the spotlight easily, a number of firms either shook up or geared up their highest echelons as they enter 2020. The race to […]
Sentence passed in tragic doctor crash case
Counsel from No5 Barristers’ Chambers prosecuted and defended (Mike Duck QC prosecuting and Ian Bridge defending) in the recent high profile and tragic case involving the death of Dr Suzanna Bull. Dr Bull died when her bicycle was in collision with an LGV driven by experienced lorry driver Robert Bradbury. Mr Bradbury was found not […]
Clinical negligence trial sees damages awarded of £1.5m in Cauda Equina syndrome case
Clinical negligence experts from No5 Barristers’ Chambers have seen the successful conclusion of a claim involving Cauda Equina Syndrome with damages agreed at around £1.5million. Jonathan Jones QC and David Tyack, with Moosa Duke solicitors, represented the claimant, 37, who had a long history of back pain. The defendant NHS Trust was represented by Michael […]
Colin Banham and Christopher Hopkins successfully defend officers after 5 year investigation
Counsel from No5 Barristers’ Chambers have successfully represented two officers who were alleged to have discriminated against a member of a public by reason of his race. The incident dated back to June 2014 but, due to a two separate appeals to the IOPC by the complainant, the hearing did not take place until November […]
Election 2019: the lawyers who have been elected for the first time
A host of new lawyers have entered Parliament as a result of the Conservative Party’s decisive victory last night. In Stroud, Conservative Siobhan Baillie gained the marginal seat from Labour. Baillie, a non-practising family solicitor, worked her way up from legal secretary to qualify. Peter Gibson gained another marginal seat for the Tories: Darlington. Gibson […]
Addleshaws guides Supercuts to rescue deal
Addleshaw Goddard worked with Deloitte as Supercuts and Regis hair salons this week struck a salvage deal to save over 1,000 jobs. The firm’s restructuring team played the lead advisory role for Deloitte as administrator to the businesses, with partner Paul Fleming and legal director Anna Hodgson leading on the deal. Shoosmiths had been advising […]