Serbian courts were brought to a standstill last month when the legal profession went on strike over tax. The strike started in Belgrade, but spread nationally over the seven-day stoppage. Courts have now reopened, pending the Serbian government meeting the demands of the legal profession. The conflict is over the state taxes lawyers are obliged […]
The lawyer who drew up the Israel-PLO peace deal is to speak on the future of the peace process at the launch of the British Israel Law Association on 9 September. Joel Singer, until recently legal adviser to the ministry of foreign affairs, drafted the Israel PLO declaration of principles. He has been involved in […]
CITY insurance specialist Kennedys is moving into Northern Ireland, setting up a strong insurance presence in response to client needs. But the historic move has met with some reservations from established Belfast insurance practices, which say they are already advising non-local clients. The office, opening this week, will be run by four partners and one […]
Partner at London firm Watson Farley & Williams Nick Towle has been appointed to assist the reconstruction of Bosnia’s telecommunications sector. He is believed to be the first English lawyer in private practice to have visited Bosnia since the peace agreement last December. Towle is joining a team of consultants appointed by the European Bank […]
It is now five months since changes were made which limit the rights of silence. Solicitors are left with the problem of advising suspects about an uncertain and complex new law. The Law Society’s Criminal Law Committee has published guidelines which set out the circumstances in which a court should not penalise a silent suspect. […]
A UK family lawyer is to speak at an international conference next month in an attempt to shape domestic violence legislation in the emerging state of Slovenia. Sara Blazey, a partner and head of the family law department at Sheffield firm John Howell & Co, will detail the UK legal experience of marital assaults. Blazey […]
A FIRM acting on behalf of a soldier suffering from stress because of his inability to help persecuted Bosnian citizens is calling for solicitors handling similar cases to get in touch. The appeal has been issued by Leicester firm Lawson-West, but it suspects it may have come across the first case of its kind. The […]
BRITISH lawyers are taking centre stage in a historic legal action which may establish the first court ruling on genocide since World War II. The case, being heard in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, involves an action by the Bosnian government against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). Two […]
– International Bar Association president Ross Harper has welcomed the Turkish government’s decision to guarantee independence and freedom to its Bars. He says that the impending legislation, which will end the Minister of Justice’s current cont
SIX Albanian lawyers are visiting a selection of legal institutions as part of a fact-finding visit to the UK starting this week. The officials, visiting the country for three weeks, aim to get a full picture of the British process of justice. Hosted by the Lord Chancellor’s Department, the visit includes trips to the Old […]
LAW Society President Charles Elly has urged the Turkish government to release two human rights lawyers “without delay” following their arrest in the Kurdish district of Diyarbakir. In an open letter to Turkish president Suleyman Demirel, Elly says that the arrests of Sinan Tanrikulu and Firat Anli, the latest in a series of actions against […]