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Jones Day, Norton Rose, A&O lead raft of firms on €3.3bn French PPP deal
Jones Day, Norton Rose and Allen & Overy (A&O) are among a raft of firms winning advisory roles on one of the first ever French public-private-partnership (PPP) rail infrastructure projects, valued at €3.3bn (£2.9bn).
15 Aug 2011 | 14:07 | 
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Berrymans wins first-time role as NHS Commercial Alliance reviews eight panels
Berrymans Lace Mawer has won a first-time role on the NHS Commercial Alliance panel line-up, following the healthcare body's review of eight of its panels. Berrymans has been appointed to the health panel alongside Mills & Reeve, Beachcroft, Bevan ...
03 Aug 2011 | 16:15 |
SNR Denton alliance firm partner appointed as Minister of Justice for Portugal
A partner at SNR Denton associate firm F Castelo Branco & Associados (FCB&A) has been appointed as Portugal's new Minister of Justice. Paula Teixeira da Cruz has taken up the position following a June election in which Pedro Passos Coelho became th...
03 Aug 2011 | 15:48 |
Gov’t refers News Corp-BSkyB bid to Competition Commission as Hackgate racks up legal roles
Legal wrangling over News Corporation’s controversial bid to take over BSkyB stepped up a gear this week as the proposed deal was referred to the Competition Commission. The referral by culture secretary Jeremy Hunt on Monday afternoon (11 July) ...
14 Jul 2011 | 00:00 |
. . . and then made bad law - a shoddy debate ahead of rushed legal aid reforms
I have not the slightest illusion that the Government cares what I think about legal aid. They largely didn’t care what the profession had to say on the subject, judging by what has emerged from the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders ...
30 Jun 2011 | 00:17 |
City lawyers size up US-style success fees – but concern grows over legal aid cuts
City law firms are assessing the prospects for using damage-based billing arrangements (DBAs) for complex litigation following the Government’s near-wholesale adoption of the Jackson reforms included in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Of...
30 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
Review of 48-strong Govt legal panel pushed back by 11 months
The Government has pushed back a closely watched review of the panel set up to centralise Whitehall’s legal spending for almost a year, it has emerged. Office of Government Commerce agency Buying Solutions has confirmed that the review of its 48-...
23 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
Freshfields recruits Paul Hastings trio for Paris public law practice
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has strengthened its Paris public law practice with the hire of a trio of lawyers from Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker led by partner Pascal Cuche. The team, which is due to join Freshfields on 4 April, also includes ...
23 Mar 2011 | 12:40 |
Silk round 2011 - reaction and the chambers perspective
Three sets of barristers' chambers will each gain four new queen's counsel (QC) next month as part of a 2011 silk round that saw applicants enjoy the highest success rate since 1995. The 120-strong round saw barristers from 76 chambers across the c...
16 Mar 2011 | 01:01 |
Census 2011 – duping innocent voters into breaking the law?
I received the Census 2011 form through the post last week. Rather than waste even more time on this I decided to use the online form - which was extremely quick and far easier than faffing with the paper version which newspapers were reporting this m...
14 Mar 2011 | 13:29 | 5 comments
CC's Popham awarded honorary QC status in 120-strong silk round
The latest round of QC appointments has been announced today (1 March) with former Clifford Chance senior partner Stuart Popham awarded honourary QC status. One hundred and twenty of a total of 251 applicants have been awarded the QC title, equatin...
01 Mar 2011 | 13:26 |
Benefits for housing - financing options for the social housing sector
With almost 1.8 million on the social housing waiting lists, the need for funding in the sector is clear. David Coulter and Mark Dennison discuss the options available in 2011...
01 Mar 2011 | 07:51 |
Government unveils controversial employment tribunal reforms
The Government has unveiled proposals designed to cut the number of claims being pursued through employment tribunals, it was announced today (27 January). The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) announced the shake-up of the tribu...
27 Jan 2011 | 17:32 |
Official figures reveal top public buyers of law
Sixteen Government departments racked up legal fees of more than £1m each over the last three years through the panel designed to centralise Whitehall legal spend, with JobCentre Plus emerging as the biggest spender. The data, obtained by Legal We...
27 Jan 2011 | 01:22 |
Dismal in so many ways
No wonder they call it the dismal science. After a 2010 in which economists loudly fretted about double-dip recessions and imploding bond markets, the economy obliged by, er, growing robustly over the summer while buyers of government debt piled into ...
26 Jan 2011 | 15:17
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