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Norton Rose promotes 16 associates to partner
PRIVATE PRACTICE Partners In the City, Norton Rose promotes 16 associates internationally, five in London: Davide Barzilai in its Islamic finance practice, Dorian Drew and Radford Goodman (dispute resolution), David Hawkins (real estate) and Mark Tricker (competition). ...
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Norton Rose promotes 16 associates to partner
PRIVATE PRACTICE Partners In the City, Norton Rose promotes 16 associates internationally, five in London: Davide Barzilai ...
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M&A market 'robust' despite downturn
Billion-pound merger and acquisition (M&A) deals involving private equity have dried up but the market is in 'surprisingly good health', according to corporate finance advisory firm Hawkpoint. This year, only one M&A deal has topped £1 billion, with most falling under the £150 million mark, Graham Paton, managing ...
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Criminal procedure
Conspiracy to defraud – defects – execution – powers of entry – search and seizure – search warrants – lawfulness of issue and execution – football clubs
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Birmingham pilots 'secure' email kit
Birmingham solicitors are taking the lead in closing a widespread information security weak point. Birmingham Law Society is testing a plug-in device that encrypts emails between firms and clients. 'Email is fundamental to our duty of client confidentiality and we wish to encourage best practice in this area,' ...
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'Virtual' firm reveals nationwide ambition
By Neil Rose Some of the UK's biggest financial institutions - including HBOS, NatWest and More Th>n - could tie ...
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Turnover test
Sue Nelson says that a happy workforce can't be calibrated and it won't show up on a print-out (see [2008] Gazette, 15 May, 11).
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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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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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Setting the tone
She will be the next big thing in opera,' according to Kerry Underwood, senior partner at Hertfordshire firm Underwoods, which sponsors 26-year-old Dorset-born soprano Lucy Mervik.
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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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Over the odds
A Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) case reported last week (see [2008] Gazette, 12 June, 29) sent a shiver down my spine. Forgive me, but no complaint was made and yet the SDT feels that the greater good is served by fining the partners of the firm in question £10,500 plus ...
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Privacy and Mrs Murray
'The law should indeed protect children from intrusive media attention.'
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Tanzania training mission
Solicitors from City law firms Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith, Clyde & Co and SJ Berwin have delivered, pro bono, a week of Alternative Dispute Resolution training in Tanzania. The training included role-plays in a mock courtroom, with Tanzania's Minister of Justice, Augustino Ramadhani, acting as the presiding judge with 45 ...
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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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Knowledge is power
As expert witnesses feature in an increasing number of disputes, Polly Botsford assesses how their influence is growing as the volume of work expands
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Insolvency
Investigations – misrepresentation – public interest – pyramid selling – undertakings – winding-up petitions – unlawful lotteries – just and equitable winding-upSecretary of State for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform v Amway (UK) Ltd: ChD (Mr Justice Norris): 14 May 2008 The petitioner secretary of state presented a petition for ...