Last 3 months headlines – Page 1759
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Row, row, row your boat...
It looks like the boys are attempting to go one better than the girls in the endurance rowing stakes. The star of last week's Obiter, Carolyn Kirkham, rowed from London to Paris - but Charlie Marlow, a 26-year-old solicitor from City firm Charles Russell, is attempting to follow in the ...
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Up to speed?
Back to the subject of fast women in the legal profession. Obiter readers will recall that marathon-running Deborah Gibbins, who runs her own firm in Basildon, wanted to know if she was the fastest lady in the law given her 3hrs 18 mins 8 secs performance in the Blackpool ...
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Rub of the greenish
Property law firm Pemberton Greenish backed a winner at the Chelsea Flower Show this year, after funding designer Paul Hensey's entry, entitled the Pemberton Greenish Recess Garden. Hensey's creation - opened by former England cricketer Mark Ramprakash and his first for Chelsea - was awarded the silver-gilt medal in the ...
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Counselling the council
Local authority legal departments run a tight ship but continue to prosper, argues Suzanne Bond
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Men's club
I am writing to respond to the lady whose letter 'cheap labour' was published in last week's Gazette (see [2008] Gazette, 29 May, 11). I am sorry she is disillusioned by the legal profession, but amazed at her naivety. Has this evidently intelligent woman not realised that the legal profession ...
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Bridging the divide
Inequality in the workplace is unacceptable, but change cannot happen overnight, says Andrew Holroyd The publication of our salary survey led to many headlines, not least in the Gazette, about the pay gap between black and ethnic minority solicitors, and women solicitors and their white male counterparts. While ...
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Shore thing
Who belongs to the offshore magic circle - assuming of course that such an elite exists? Grania Langdon-Down investigates Is there a magic circle of offshore law firms? Wikipedia certainly seems to have one, and helpfully lists the firms its anonymous contributors think inhabit it.
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Privacy and Mrs Murray
'The law should indeed protect children from intrusive media attention.'
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Law reports
INSOLVENCY Creditors - interpretation - medium-term notes - priority of payment to senior creditors - interpretation of clause in trust deed - indenture - security trust deed ...
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Law reports
INSOLVENCY Creditors - interpretation - medium-term notes - priority of payment to senior creditors - interpretation of clause in trust deed - indenture - security trust deed ...
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The world policeman
The long arm of United States law is longer than one might think, says Duncan Aldred 'The Americans are coming!' ...
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The long and short of disclosure
Case management is key to the appropriate level of disclosure under the Civil Procedure Rules, says Julie Exton In Nichia ...
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Metropolitan Police documentation charges
Charges for the provision by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) of copy documentation in civil proceedings have been reviewed for 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009.
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Magic circle firm Linklaters promotes 28 to the partnership
PRIVATE PRACTICE Partners Kicking off in London, US firm McDermott Will & Emery recruits John P Cogan Jr as partner and head of global projects and infrastructure, based in ...
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Family law solicitors 'will gain' from fee changes
The legal aid minister has claimed that family law solicitors will benefit from fee changes that will see barristers' rates cut, in an interview with the Gazette.
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Senior judge set to review costs system
The Master of the Rolls is to appoint a senior judge to conduct a root-and-branch review of the costs system, the Gazette has learned.
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LawWorks chief awarded CBE
Paul Newdick, a partner at Clyde & Co and chairman of LawWorks, has received a CBE for services to pro bono legal services in the latest Queen's birthday honours.
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Report reveals Society job cuts
The Law Society shed the equivalent of 51 full-time posts last year in its quest to become a 'lean, fit organisation', chief executive Des Hudson revealed this week.