Christie's appoints BBC lawyer as Group General Counsel
Christie's, the auctioneers, has appointed Nicholas Eldred as its Group General Counsel, overseeing its legal affairs globally and advising the...
View ArticleHow to choose a lawyer - top tips
Most people do not bother to do their homework before instructing a solicitor, according to a new survey. More than...
View ArticleDefence lawyers peeved
Defence laywers are feeling miffed that in all the praise about the justice system, somehow they are being left out....
View ArticleWomen in the FTSE100 boardrooms
FTSE 100 companies are failing to comply with Lord Davies’s report Women on Boards, despite the increase in the number...
View ArticleNew head of Criminal Bar warns of "irrecoverable" damage that legal aid cuts...
A stark warning has been sent to ministers about the impact of long-term effects of the legal aid cuts by the...
View ArticleRight deal for Singapore super market
News today that Tesco is withdrawing from the Japanese groceries market after years of trying –“ and failing –“ to...
View ArticleLibya avoids cashless Catch-22 thanks to Hogan Lovells
Individuals down on their luck and charitable organisations without deep pockets are the usual beneficiaries of London law firms’ pro...
View ArticleLaw Society to proceed with class action against Solicitors from Hell
The Law Society is to proceed with a class action against the owner of Solicitors from Hell, the website that...
View ArticlePrivacy is the new defamation - official
Privacy injunctions have taken over from defamation actions as the legal route of choice for celebrities who want to stop...
View ArticlePrisons lift ban on free phone numbers for lawyers
A ban on prisoners having access to free telephone numbers so as to call their lawyers has been lifted, according to...
View ArticleHealth regime for bloated bankers
With the City awaiting the recommendations of the Vickers Report next week, Robert Finney, a financial regulation partner at Dewey...
View ArticleThe law should never be spiteful
The recent attempt by Nadine Dorries MP to stop abortion providers giving NHS-funded counselling to women was met by strong...
View ArticleReferral fees row continues
The announcement that the government plans to ban all referral fees in personal injury cases has won many plaudits but...
View ArticleMacca's lawyer Baroness Shackleton becomes Inner Temple bencher
Payne Hicks Beach, the sedate private client firm, has scored something of a hat trick. Its best known lawyer, Baroness...
View ArticleLady Justice Rafferty on how not to distract a judge
If anyone nursed the idea that senior judges were all stuffy and staid, they will have been firmly put right...
View ArticleWise before the event?
On the day that Kweku Adobole appears to have mislaid $2 billion from the vaults of UBS, how do the...
View ArticleTurkish delight
No sooner did Kenneth Clarke target Turkey as one of the key legal markets where he wants to open up...
View ArticleThe rules are not enough
As Kweku Adobole, the UBS trader charged with fraud, starts to get better acquainted with his new best friend at...
View ArticleBLP enters Germany
Continuing the trend of German office openings, Berwin Leighton Paisner, one of the City’s top twenty, announced today that it...
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