Eversheds is leading negotiations between the EU and Pakistan over a major human rights dispute linked to one of the world’s largest existing insurance claims. The dispute, centring on the recent loss of an oil tanker, the Tasman Spirit, off the port of Karachi in Pakistan, and allegedly billions of dollars of pollution damage, also […]
The caseload of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has increased by more than 17 per cent in the last year. According to the institution’s 2003 annual report, there were 561 new cases brought to the ECJ last year and 466 to its sister court, the Court of First Instance. This is compared with 477 […]
Richards Butler has won a lead role on a new law firm panel set up by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to advise on all outsourcing work of which it is a customer. While Richards Butler, not well known for outsourcing, has been given a lead place on the panel, Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, Herbert Smith and Linklaters, […]
Cobbetts AIM team has embarked on a marketing tour of Russia in the wake of a series of successful deals for Russian client Highland Gold, one of the largest mining companies in the world. Cobbetts’ head of public issues Andrew Wright advised Highland Gold on its £200m admission to AIM last year and last month […]
Herbert Smith has secured a key World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling on cross-border gambling for Antigua, the wider implications of which could put the kibosh on US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry’s anti-outsourcing campaign. Last Monday (29 March), a WTO panel ruled against the US’s ban on internet gambling services based in Antigua. The ruling […]
DLA has brought it to Tulkinghorn’s attention that, following a comprehensive rebranding of the firm’s corporate identity, it has a new logo. Apparently, in an unforgivable oversight, The Lawyer has been failing to use it for some time. DLA’s old logo, a blue square with the firm’s name in white capital letters in the bottom […]
Calling your clients rude names, especially to their faces, is never an ideal tactic. One partner discovered this to be the case at this year’s international property shindig, Mipim 2004. No one behaves themselves at Mipim – it’s the law. But this particular commercial property partner from an Anglo-German firm (which shall, of course, remain […]
The M&A market may have dropped off a cliff in the last few years, but those disputes keep rolling in. There’s no shortage, not least in relation to trusts – a fact highlighted in an article last week by Fladgate Fielder solicitor-advocate William Richmond-Coggan. As the litigation star regaled the readership with tales of Part […]
When a private equity giant rejigs its adviser panel, lawyers’ hearts skip a beat. By Dearbail Jordan
John Lewis has been bucking its own anti-acquisitive trend by boosting its supermarket portfolio and extending its e-reach. Husnara Begum provides the lowdown
The war of the Apples in the High Court (the Beatles’ Apple Corps v Apple Computer Inc) highlights the failure of intellectual property agreements to account for technological advancements. The purpose of a trademark is to distinguish one person’s goods or services from those of others. Nevertheless, it happens that two – and sometimes more […]
Hampshire firm Warner Goodman & Streat recently celebrated its 150th anniversary, making it one of the longest-established South Coast practices. But longevity is allied with expansionist and forward-thinking policies. Family-friendly policies are the norm, with staff working regularly from home. Profit, while clearly important, is not the sole motive for a Warner Goodman solicitor. “We’re […]