BAE Systems has appointed a new chief counsel for its land systems business following Mike Elston’s move to India. Defence company BAE Systems has appointed a new chief counsel for its land systems business following Mike Elston’s move to India to become the company’s first lawyer in Delhi. Peter Cawley, who was senior counsel at […]
Legal broker Clarity Connections has teamed up with claims management company AIMS Services to offer up to 20,000 cases a month to small and medium-sized law firms. The link-up sees Clarity Connections, part of the Clementi-focused Clarity Legal Group, able to provide a funding facility of up to £250m to assist firms hit by current […]
UK lawyers have criticised a green paper from the European Commission that suggests EU member states should create a Europe-wide law on class actions. The report, called the ‘Green Paper on Consumer Collective Redress’, puts forward three broad proposals for addressing consumer class actions (see box). Introducing the green paper, Commissioner for Consumers Meglena Kuneva […]
General Motors has turned to Weil Gotshal & Manges and Dewey & LeBoeuf for advice on potentially filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Weil Gotshal veteran and restructuring star Harvey Miller and partner Stephen Karotkin are leading the team, while former Weil restructuring co-head Martin Bienenstock is leading the Dewey team advising on the deal. […]
Staff at Doncaster-based Beresfords Solicitors, which saw name partner Jim Beresford struck off yesterday, is considering launching Britain’s first ‘legal services supermarket’. Staff at Doncaster-based firm Beresfords Solicitors, which saw name partner Jim Beresford struck off yesterday (see story), is considering launching Britain’s first ‘legal services supermarket’. The ‘supermarket’ comprises a web portal called mysolicitor.com, […]
Proposals to allow more representative bodies to bring class actions on an opt-out basis have been put forward to the government today. The Civil Justice Council (CJC), the body responsible for advising the Lord Chancellor on the modernisation of the law, called for reform of the group litigation model to remove barriers to access to […]
Beresfords Solicitors partners Jim Beresford and Douglas Smith have been struck off after all but three of the 11 allegations of professional misconduct against them have been upheld by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. The hearing against Beresford and Smith, who have become multi-millionaires through work on sick miners compensation claims, arose from their alleged conduct […]
Rosenblatt Solicitors has launched a 15-lawyer restructuring and recovery group in response to the economic crisis. Funds and financial services partner Nigel Frudd is leading the initiative, which will see litigation partners Anthony Field and Tania MacLeod rebadged along with corporate partner Wayne O’Neill and employment partner Andrea London. Frudd said: “It really is a […]
White & Case’s bid to launch a judicial review over the Government’s decision not to refer the Lloyds TSB-HBOS merger to the Competition Commission has failed. White & Case loses bid for Lloyds-HBOS merger JR” />White & Case has failed in its bid to launch a judicial review over the Government’s decision not to refer […]
Weil Gostshal & Manges and Clifford Chance have snared lead roles advising on the sale of AIG Private Bank to Abu Dhabi investment group Aabar Investments PSJC. Weil Gotshal London corporate partner Peter King led a team with New York partner Richard Ginsburg advising global client AIG on its sale to Aabar. A team from […]
Royal WAG Chelsy Davy has started a Christmas vacation scheme at the Queen’s law firm, Farrer & Co – a move which her peers at Leeds University hope will gain the institution kudos among employees. The Zimbabwe-born blonde, who is dating Prince Harry, was snapped by waiting paparazzi as she popped out for a quick […]
Consumer group Which? has complained to the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) about letters sent by Davenport Lyons to alleged file-sharers on behalf of copyright owners. In a letter sent to the SRA yesterday, Which? accused Davenport Lyons of “bullying” behaviour. Which? also claims that the Davenport Lyons letters make “incorrect assertions about the nature of […]