On a mission
Thales UK is winning its battle to compete with the mighty BAE, and is keeping its in-house team busy in the process. Husnara Begum investigates
Opinion
Experts in the dock’, screamed one broadsheet headline in January 2004 after the Court of Appeal quashed Angela Cannings’ conviction for murdering two of her children. The Court of Appeal said that in cases such as Cannings’ it will often be unsafe to proceed to trial if the outcome would depend on a serious disagreement […]
Pro Bono – Dechert restructures pro bono into practice groups
In a bid to support and encourage transactional lawyers undertaking pro bono work, Dechert has taken the unusual step of introducing distinct pro bono practice groups in its Philadelphia office. The move, announced late last month, follows last year’s appointment of Suzanne Turner from the firm’s London office as global chair of the pro bono […]
Private bar
Legal professional privilege, long used by lawyers to deflect awkward questions in court, is under threat. Jon Robins investigates
In-House Sector Focus: Brave new world
London’s insurance market is having to adapt to survive. Jodi Bartle speaks to the top in-house lawyers working in the sector
The secret’s out
The steady erosion of professional privilege will have significant implications for lawyers and their clients. John Rhodes reports
Taxing times
Is the UK’s attitude to wealth changing as its population becomes increasingly affluent? Arabella Saker reports
Giving what you get
Recent changes to family home inheritance tax may have major implications for how clients prepare for their future financial security. Penny Catterick reports
Corporate Deals Roundup
Osborne Clarke (Greg Leyshon) advised ECI Partners and a newco on the £34m institutional buyout of Nuaire Holdings. Eversheds acted for the vendors, while Morgan Cole advised the management team. Bank of Ireland provided debt funding, advised by Dickson Minto. Weil Gotshal & Manges (Wayne Rapozo) represented Lehman Brothers International and Danske Markets as underwriters […]
Carter-Ruck in Fleet Street storm over CFA libel costs
Defamation firm slammed over £750-an-hour partner rates; two Court of Appeal judges criticise CFAs
Silk quits 3 Verulam for 3 Stone
Leading trust and property barrister Richard de Lacy QC has left 3 Verulam Buildings to join Geoffrey Vos QC’s 3 Stone Buildings. De Lacy said that he left to join a more chancery-focused set. “A person with a chancery practice needs to be with a critical mass of people doing the same sort of work,” he said. De […]
Pinsents set to separate its banking and finance group
Pinsents is launching a dedicated banking and finance group to help the national firm strengthen its relationship with institutions. Pinsents’ banking and finance group, which is currently part of the firm’s wider corporate group, is hoping that the reorganisation will help the firm win larger and more complicated deals. As part of the reorganisation, Pinsents’ London office […]