HSF client Cuadrilla gets green light to frack in Lancashire
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has successfully dismissed two appeals against its client Cuadrilla over the fracking of two sites in Lancashire.
Conyers names COO
Conyers has named Paul Naylor as Chief Operating Officer. Paul will assume the role on 1 April, succeeding Stephen DeSilva who is set to retire on 31 March, after more than 25 years with the firm. Paul has extensive experience in operational roles. Prior to joining Conyers, he worked at Linklaters for over 10 years, […]
VdA in the M&A spotlight
The mergers and acquisitions Portuguese market has increased significantly in the past year. VdA has contributed to that growth and is highlighted on the Transactional Track Record (TTR) and Mergermarket rankings . On Mergermarket, VdA is one of the top 10 most active Portuguese firms in the mergers and acquisitions market. On the Transactional Track […]
Dean Kershaw Appointed as Circuit Judge in Midland Circuit
Dean Kershaw is to be appointed by the Queen as a Circuit Judge and will be formally known as His Honour Judge Kershaw. The Lord Chief Justice has deployed him to the Midland Circuit, based at the Wolverhampton Combined Court, with effect from 15 January 2018.
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Blog: A new NICE guideline to help health & care professionals
By Nageena Khalique Nageena Khalique QC explains why a new NICE guideline can help health & care professionals do right by those struggling to make independent decisions about their care.
Scope of duty in clinical negligence cases – CoA MNX v Khan judgment
By Bridget Dolan When is a doctor responsible for losses suffered after they have given bad advice? According to the Court of Appeal, if the loss is “coincidental”, it’s not recoverable. On 23rd November 2018 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of MNX v Khan [2018] in which it considered the extent to which the […]
Preventing future deaths following the Grenfell Tower fire – senior coroner’s report
By Amy Street The Senior Coroner for Inner West London, Dr Fiona Wilcox, has made a report to prevent future deaths (a “PFD report”) in connection with her investigation into deaths following the Grenfell Tower fire. Her report (here), issued on 19 September 2018, is a good illustration of the potential breadth of a coroner’s powers: the […]
Blog – Childbirth and primary victim claims for mothers
By John de Bono This is the clear takeaway from Whipple J’s powerfully reasoned judgment in YAH v. Medway Foundation Trust, judgment 5th November 2018. The facts are typical of many cerebral palsy cases. The Claimant’s daughter was born after a negligent delay in intervention in the face of signs of fetal distress. The Claimant […]
Disentangling the scope of an inquest
By Nageena Khalique QC Coroner for the Birmingham Inquests (1974) v. Hambleton & Ors. [2018] EWCA Civ 2081 (judgment here). On the evening of 21 November 1974 two successive explosions tore through two busy city centre pubs in the heart of Birmingham. The bombings, thought to be perpetrated by the IRA, resulted in the largest […]
HSF client Cuadrilla gets green light to frack in Lancashire
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has successfully dismissed two appeals against its client Cuadrilla over the fracking of two sites in Lancashire.
Conyers names COO
Conyers has named Paul Naylor as Chief Operating Officer. Paul will assume the role on 1 April, succeeding Stephen DeSilva who is set to retire on 31 March, after more than 25 years with the firm. Paul has extensive experience in operational roles. Prior to joining Conyers, he worked at Linklaters for over 10 years, […]
VdA in the M&A spotlight
The mergers and acquisitions Portuguese market has increased significantly in the past year. VdA has contributed to that growth and is highlighted on the Transactional Track Record (TTR) and Mergermarket rankings . On Mergermarket, VdA is one of the top 10 most active Portuguese firms in the mergers and acquisitions market. On the Transactional Track […]
Dean Kershaw Appointed as Circuit Judge in Midland Circuit
Dean Kershaw is to be appointed by the Queen as a Circuit Judge and will be formally known as His Honour Judge Kershaw. The Lord Chief Justice has deployed him to the Midland Circuit, based at the Wolverhampton Combined Court, with effect from 15 January 2018.
Khaitan & Co advise Shima Seiki over agency agreement with Voltas
Khaitan & Co advised Shima Seiki Mfg Limited in relation to agency agreement with Voltas Limited for sale/maintenance of knitting machines in India. N G Khaitan (partner), Sumit Chakraborty (counsel) and Jayantika Ganguly (principal associate) represented the client on the transaction.
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KPMG muscles in on Hong Kong legal market with six-lawyer team
Big Four accountancy firm KPMG has extended its legal services network to Hong Kong, targeting a headcount of 20 lawyers for its newly-established legal outfit in the region. The new firm called SF Lawyers is being set up by former Harneys counsel Shirley Fu, who started her professional services career with KPMG back in Australia in 2004. […]
Gowling WLG sells Monaco office in shift from private client work
Gowling WLG’s Monaco office has been acquired by an advisory firm, nearly two decades after legacy firm Lawrence Graham launched private client-focused operations in the principality. The office has been acquired by advisory firm Maitland, with the new entity being renamed as Maitland Advisory (Monaco). It will be led by former Gowling partner Peter Walford, who will now […]
Signature ups stakes in international disputes with Paris launch
Litigation boutique Signature has launched its second overseas office with two lawyers from Hogan Lovells, including its former head of Paris disputes. The firm has hired Hogan Lovells partner Thomas Rouhette to establish a three-partner site in the French capital. Rouhette had been head of litigation at the international firm and is joined by Hogan […]
Fieldfisher debuts stand-alone funds firm to skirt panel conflicts
Fieldfisher has debuted a new firm that will focus exclusively on the hedge fund market and work with businesses in the alternative investment management area. Located at 1 Mayfair Place, a hedge fund hub, specialist firm Cummings Fisher will deal with derivatives and investment funds and will be helmed by Claire Cummings, who launched Cummings […]
MoFo launches first London real estate practice with Reed Smith hire
Reed Smith’s head of private equity real estate, Oliver s’Jacob has left to join US counterpart Morrison & Foerster as its first real estate partner in London. s’Jacob becomes MoFo’s first and only real estate partner in London, following on from the arrival in late 2017 of partner Florian Ehrich, who joined to build out the real […]
Not Freshfields this time, but Weil: Kirkland makes second partner hire of the year
In what has already been a busy January for Kirkland & Ellis‘s City operations, the firm is gearing up to hire another new lateral from Weil Gotshal & Manges. The Lawyer understands that Weil’s most senior tax lawyer in London, David Irvine, has resigned for Kirkland. Irvine started his career at Deloitte in Australia as a tax […]