June 2007 Archives

Law firm Silverbeck Rymer has launched a new web site to reflect its refocused position in the legal marketplace as a dedicated claimant practice.

Solicitors in Merseyside are losing out on profits according to recent research by a Prescot-based firm of law costs draftsmen and negotiators, which shows that wasted time and ineffective working methods are costing firms thousands every year.

The research by Compass Costs Consultants shows that lawyers waste between 4 and 5 hours a week - or 260 hours a year - chasing and negotiating outstanding debts. With clients being charged up to £250 for an hour of their solictor’s time, the potential loss of earnings is phenomenal, the comany said

SOUTHPORT-BASED Barnetts Solicitors has welcomed its newest legal eagle after appointing solicitor, John Killen, to its personal injury department.

John, 39, from St Helens, has over 17 years experience in personal injury and civil litigation cases. He was previously with St Helens Law Limited where he specialised in road traffic accidents, employer’s liability and public liability matters.

In what is believed to be one of the first arrangements of its kind, EAD Solicitors has formed an association with Mannin Chambers in the Isle of Man.

Mannin Chambers is headed by Paul Beckett, one the world’s leading trust practitioners.
It currently provides trusts, human rights, asset tracing and company and commercial services. The association with EAD will enable Mannin Chambers to broaden its services and expand into new practice areas.

VICTIMS of domestic abuse can now get free help to take legal action against their attackers in Cheshire.

The charity National Centre for Domestic Violence launches in the county on Monday July 2.

THE Cheshire branch of a national campaign body for more family-friendly family law has appointed a new chairman.

And the first task for solicitor Janet Baines in her new post at Cheshire Resolution was to donate to Claire House Children’s Hospice the cash to buy booster seats for its mini bus.

Talking about cycles and continuity my granddad started building houses in Aintree and beyond from the 1930’s. Under my dad, the business turned from house building to property portfolio investment following the mid 70’s slump in the sale of new houses.

Thirty years on the business is now managed by one of my brothers and remains based at the Old Roan, Aintree with the portfolio under management stretching from Cumbria to Yorkshire to South Manchester but with the heartland in Aintree and Liverpool still.

EQUAL pay, bullying, stress and whistleblowing are among the issues up for discussion at the Liverpool Law Society’s employment law conference tomorrow.

A LONG-AWAITED new, purpose-built magistrates court for Liverpool city centre was finally given the go-ahead last night.

A major national investment of £400m to include the building of six new major courts, including one in Liverpool, was announced by the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Lord Falconer.

WITH the smoking ban now just days away, lawyers are warning of some of the extreme enforcement measures that will available to employers.

Employees caught smoking at work once the ban comes into place on July 1 could face instant dismissal, or even find their boss calling the police if they flout the ban.