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.
The short arm of the law
The Court of Protection endorses use of the Mental Capacity Act
By Michael Mylonas QC The requirement for written consent in schedule 3 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act has caused difficulties in some notable cases. Last week saw another challenge in which Mrs P needed the consent of her husband who had suffered an irreversible brain injury. She turned to the Mental Capacity Act 2005…
Material contribution in acute hypoxic ischaemia
By John de Bono QC There is no doubt that since the decision in Bailey v MoD the claimant’s task in proving causation has become significantly easier because she no longer needs to prove that her condition is worse than it would have been ‘but for’ the defendant’s breach of duty. There are cases where […]
Court of Appeal upholds s.2(1) Suicide Act
It is a criminal offence to assist another person to commit suicide. The Court of Appeal has today rejected a challenge to this offence brought under art 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The case raises key constitutional and ethical questions…
Costs against coroners: Paying for a cab rank rule
In the closing chapter of a case that has attracted wide media comment, the Divisional Court has now considered whether costs should be awarded against the North London Coroner, whose ‘cab rank’ policy for addressing the administration of deaths in her area, challenged by religious groups who considered that it amounted to indirect discrimination, was […]
Taking the Fiat to the end of the road: s.13 applications & challenging the Attorney General
In a useful reminder of the constitutional position of the Attorney General, this Administrative Court decision has made it clear that should the Attorney General refuse to give a fiat this will be the end of the road for any Claimant hoping to make an application under s.13 of the Coroners Act 1988 for a […]
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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29 lawyers over two months: Dechert nets largest group hire from Quinn Emanuel
Dechert has completed the mass hire of 29 lawyers from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s product liability team in the US. The group has been joining since the end of May, after the arrival of Quinn’s product liability co-chairs Sheila Birnbaum and Mark Cheffo. The pair made the move with fellow partner Douglas Fleming, another […]
Freshfields and HSF to pocket £45m in fees for Comcast’s Sky bid
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) are set to pick up nearly £45m in fees for their work in the high-profile bidding war for Sky between Comcast and 21st Century Fox. The figures are printed in a formal offer document published by Comcast, which yesterday revealed it would be scrapping its […]
TalkTalk legal head joins AA as its new GC
TalkTalk’s Nadia Hoosen is the breakdown cover provider’s new general counsel
Dechert recruits Middle East duo from King & Spalding
Dechert has hired its first lateral partner in Dubai for over 18 months, after taking on two real estate lawyers from its US rival King & Spalding. King & Spalding partner Stephen Kelly is joining Dechert. He will be joined by counsel Sarah Mahood who joins as a national partner. Prior to King & Spalding, […]
Freshfields partner swaps private practice for the Bar
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer restructuring partner Nick Segal is switching private practice for the Bar, taking on a new role at Erskine Chambers. Segal is set to join the chambers as a barrister in September, after he has been successfully admitted to the Bar. Segal joined Freshfields in 2006 on his return to the UK from […]
DAC posts double-digit growth across the board with record PEP figure
DAC Beachcroft has posted a strong set of results for the 2017/18 financial year, showing double-digit growth in turnover and profit as well as posting a record-high in profit per equity partner (PEP) of £530,000. An 11 per cent increase in turnover from 2016/17 saw the firm rise from £207m to £230m, while a 21 per […]