Tens of thousands of low paid local council and NHS workers could claim equal pay compensation following a landmark decision handed down in the Court of Appeal today (29 July). Sitting alongside Lady Justice Smith and Mr Justice Lindsay, Lord Justice Mummery ruled against the local authorities in the case Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council […]
Alston & Bird is targeting a simultaneous launch of two offices this week on the US west coast. Partners at the Atlanta-based firm are expected to be voting either later today or tomorrow on the hire of a group of IP lawyers from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s Silicon Valley office. The firm is […]
The world’s elite firms are jostling for position on Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’s (KKR) landmark dual listing in Amsterdam and New York. A team from longstanding advisers Simpson Thacher & Bartlett led by partner Alan Klein is advising KKR on the listing, which is expected to raise between $15bn and $19bn and will see KKR merge […]
Many lawyers acting for brand owners will have felt the shockwaves emanating from Google’s recent controversial change to its policy regarding the use of trade marks as keywords in the UK and Ireland. In broad terms, keyword advertising systems allow advertisers to bid for particular terms or phrases. When a search is conducted which includes […]
Norfolk-based Steeles Law has been retained by Formula 1 chief Max Mosley as he launches libel proceedings against the News of the World. Mosley’s legal team issued a writ for defamation against the newspaper on Friday (25 July) after winning £60,000 in damages from the Sunday publication for breach of privacy (TheLawyer.com, 24 July). Steeles […]
Personal injury (PI) lawyers have slammed the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for its failure to implement far-reaching reform of the claims process. After lengthy consultation, last April the MoJ proposed a series of reforms aimed at speeding up the PI claims process. Specifically, the proposals looked at cutting down claimant legal costs by introducing fixed […]
DLA Piper has lost its status as Abbey’s sole employment adviser after Eversheds joined the bank’s panel. Eversheds has replaced DLA Piper as Abbey’s provider of high-volume routine employment work, while both now sit on the bank’s complex case panel. One source close to the panel pitch told The Lawyer that the two firms will […]
US firm Faegre & Benson’s London office has been raided for the fifth time this year, with LG recruiting corporate real estate partner Malcolm Headley. Headley, like the four partners to leave before him, joined Faegre through the US firm’s merger with Hobson Audley in 2003. Headley’s departure leaves just four Hobson Audley lawyers in […]
Ashurst has poached Lovells projects and infrastructure partner Jason Radford for its own growing team. Ashurst has poached Lovells ;projects ;and infrastructure partner Jason Radford for its own growing team. Ashurst’s London energy, transport and infrastructure (ETI) team makes up more than 10 per cent of the firm’s turnover and numbers 15 partners in London and around […]
Criminal defence set 25 Bedford Row has warned that the payment system for publicly funded ‘one case, one fee’ (Ocof) work is putting too much power in the hands of solicitors. Chambers administrator Jacky Chase told The Lawyer that the scheme results in the fees going to the first advocate in the proceedings, with that […]
Kennedys absorbs RPC’s Tiverton insurance office” />Kennedys has today (28 July) taken over the Tiverton office of its insurance rival Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) and plans to move the staff to Taunton. The RPC team of one partner and six lawyers has joined Kennedys after the firm took on the team as a going concern. […]
Bath firm Thring Townsend Lee & Pembertons is set to step up its recruitment programme after hiring two partners for its London practice. Bath ;firm ;Thring Townsend Lee & Pembertons is set to step up its recruitment programme after hiring two partners for its London practice. The firm has recruited employment ;partner Jeremy Nixon from Bird & […]