Results tagged “Exchange Chambers” from LDP - The Legal Week

YESTERDAY I met leading Liverpool silk David Turner co-head of Exchange Chambers.

Mr Turner, QC, enjoyed four days of public attention last week as the prosecutor in Steven Gerrard's affray trial.

Gerrard was acquitted unanimously by the jury and went on to enjoy a Friday evening of football against Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park.

JUST A few places remain at Exchange Chambers' "Understanding Alternative Dispute Resolution" seminar which is taking place at Liverpool Town Hall on Wednesday February 25.

The seminar, which is accredited with 4 CPD points, runs from 9am to 2pm.

Tom Handley, Exchange Chambers' director, said: "This seminar will prove extremely useful for legal professionals and anyone involved with internal management issues."

Further details are available from Exchange Chambers on 0152 236 7747.

Paul Burns of Exchange Chambers in Liverpool has been named in a list of the top ten UK Barristers who are considered "future stars of the Bar" by The Times.

The 2008 list includes just two barristers practising outside of London. Paul is the only barrister in the North West of England to feature.

This accolade comes on top of his now regular appearance in the annual publication Chambers and Partners - the leading independent guide to the legal profession. The recently published 2009 Edition describes Paul as a leader in his field and awards him the highest available ranking, noting that Paul has an "incredible level of expertise" and that "You know you'll get the best representation out there when you instruct him and you know he'll always do a damn good job for you."

SENIOR legal figures descended on Liverpool on Tuesday as the city played host to the launch of the Northern Administrative Law Association (NALA).

The group is being established to promote the practice of administrative law in the North.

Lawyers are anticipating that the Ministry of Justice will open the first Administrative Court outside London in the region.

LIVERPOOL lawyers have welcomed the decision not to publish complaints made against solicitors.

Industry body the Legal Complaints Service (LSC) last week announced it was stepping back from plans to put complaints in the public domain.

The LSC said it could not find a scheme that was both "equitable" to both customers and solicitors.

IT IS time for lawyers to put their words into action and increase the use of mediation in commercial disputes - according to research released by Management Partners Merseyside.

LDP Legal asked leading lawyers their views on mediation.

Click here to read what they said.

LAWYERS across Merseyside are railing against a move that could see complaints against solicitors made public.

The Legal Complaints Service (LCS), the independant body that hears complaints about solicitors, will hold a board meeting tomorrow (Weds, Sept 10) to discuss publishing complaints.

But the city's lawyers say naming and shaming those who receive complaints would provoke "unintended consequences" and would be "crude and unfair" to lawyers.

A LIVERPOOL lawyer is part of the team behind a book awarded a top industry prize.

Dr Digby C Jess, a barrister at Exchange Chambers, co-authored the 2nd edition of "Professional Indemnity Insurance Law".

The book has been awarded the 2008 BILA Book prize by the Trustees of the British Insurance Law Association (BILA) Charitable Trust.