All Law Gazette articles in Archive – Page 1181
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Employment: no regrets
Sometimes it appears that life is all about regrets. That ill-advised ‘Law Society’ tattoo on qualification, the scurrilous suggestion that the little girl singing at the Olympic opening ceremony was miming, and indeed the rude comments many of us may have made about the likely spectacle Britain will present to ...
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Employment
Banking and finance – Civil procedure – Contracts – Springboard relief (1) UBS Wealth Management (UK) Ltd (2) UBS AG London branch v Vestra Wealth LLP & 5 ors: QBD (Mr Justice Openshaw): 4 August 2008. ...
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Funding freedom plea
Support remains sharply divided on whether solicitors should be free to contract with clients in whatever way they want – including agreeing to contingency fees. At a debate last week between leading practitioners, third-party funder Susan Dunn said contingency fees should be an option to ...
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As time goes by
Maurice Fooks and Victor Gersten have, between them, been practising law for an extraordinary 120 years. Last week they were kind enough to share some of their memories with Obiter.
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Tory HIPs rethink
The Conservative Party may abandon its pledge to scrap home information packs (HIPs) if elected, their housing special adviser hinted last week. Owen Inskip, adviser to shadow housing minister Grant Shapps, told the National Conveyancing Congress in London that the party’s plan to abolish the controversial ...
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Immigration
Human rights – Contractual rights – Closed material – Visas Murungaru v Secretary of State for the Home Department & ors: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Sedley, Jacob, Mr Justice Lewison): 12 September 2008. ...
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Ritu Sethi's inspiring journey to success
Criminal lawyer, fitness instructor, motivational speaker and television chat show host. Award-winning polymath Ritu Sethi talks about her ‘learning curve’. Ritu Sethi isn’t the only female managing and senior partner within the legal profession, but she is probably the first with a dual qualification ...
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Intellectual property
Shopping centres – Trade marks – Service provision – Registration In the matter of trade mark application no. 2417145B sub nom Land Securities Plc: in the matter of trade mark application no. 24200205B sub nom Capital Shopping Centres ...
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Yorkshire mixture
Ee, by gum! After sleepless nights the wait is over. The shortlist for this year’s Deliciouslyorkshire annual food and drink awards has been announced. Patent and trademark attorneys Harrison Goddard Foote are one of the many sponsors associated with the event – which is organised ...
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Nuclear
City firm Lovells advised French energy giant EDF on its £11bn acquisition of British Energy Group, the UK nuclear power generator. Lovells also advised Merrill Lynch and BNP Paribas in connection with the deal. Magic circle firm Clifford Chance advised British Energy, while US firm White & Case advised the ...
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Trivial prosecutions
I refer to the front-page article on 18 September, ‘Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal left with backlog of cases’ (see [2008] Gazette, 18 September, 1). I take issue with [SDT president] Anthony Isaac’s view that ‘perhaps in days gone by solicitors were more inclined to hold their hands ...
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Registry to shed staff
The Land Registry of England and Wales is offering redundancy terms to around 1,250 staff, prompting fears that an ‘exodus of experience’ could harm standards of service once the property market recovers. Revenue at the self-funding agency has fallen sharply in recent months with the collapse ...
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Rights slight
I write in response to Roger Smith’s article stating that readers of the Daily Mail ‘are hysterically opposed to human rights’ (see [2008] Gazette, 18 September, 12). This is an insult to any Mail reader. I read the Mail and anyone who knows me will tell you that it is ...
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Swings and roundabouts?
Vulnerable defendants are in danger of missing out in representation because of funding regime for Crown Court work. I feel the need to share my concerns about an anomaly with the new funding regime for Crown Court work.
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Taking stock after 30 years
Recession may be looming, but Manchester firm Harold Stock & Co knows how to throw a party. To celebrate its thirtieth birthday the generous firm took 41 of its employees on a no-expense-spared weekend trip to Barcelona. Mark Ryan, senior partner, said: ‘Thirty years in business is a real milestone ...
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American perspective: we interview the head of the ABA
Paul Rogerson speaks to Tommy Wells, president of the 400,000-strong American Bar Association, about Wall Street, the White House – and Guantanamo. PR: Perhaps we should start with ...
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Access to justice
It would be a shame if readers obtained a misleading impression as a result of the headline in your recent news item about our views on the Legal Services Commission’s (LSC) fixed fees (see [2008] Gazette, 2 October, 1).
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Franchising, construction, acquisitions and investments
Toy story: City firm Field Fisher Waterhouse advised toy retailer Hamleys on a franchising deal that will allow it to open up to 20 stores in India. The franchise will be run and operated by a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, India’s largest private ...
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New advice for detainees branded 'illegal' in report
Suspects’ rights to consult a solicitor of their choice have been undermined by potentially illegal reforms to the legal aid process, leading academics said this week. Professors Lee Bridges and Ed Cape, of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at King’s College, London, accused ...