http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/ Aimed at legal professionals, The Legal Week is the Liverpool Daily Post’s essential news and information resource for the region en Copyright 2008 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:40:38 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss HILL DICKINSON have strengthened their banking team with the appoinment of a new partner. Elaine Charrôt has joined the national law firm as a partner in the banking team headed by Patrick Keown. She will work across the North West from Hill Dickinson’s offices in Manchester, Liverpool and Chester. http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/07/hill_dickinson_grows_banking_capabilities_with_two-partner_led_banking_team.html http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/07/hill_dickinson_grows_banking_capabilities_with_two-partner_led_banking_team.html Appointments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:40:38 +0000 DEVELOPERS across Merseyside are being warned that for most projects commenced after July 1 there will need to be prepared plans for managing and reducing site waste. Failure to comply could result in a substantial fine. New legislation means that any "construction" project costing more than £300,000, including building work, maintenance, alteration, decoration and demolition, will need a Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP) in place before any work begins. http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/07/warning_over_antiflytipping_pa.html http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/07/warning_over_antiflytipping_pa.html News Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:43:10 +0000 A WIRRAL law firm is taking a proactive approach to guard their clients from legal pitfalls created by the credit crunch. DGB Solicitors, based in Heswall, is going in-house with small firms to shore them up in case they need to make redundancies. The move comes after LDP Legal revealed last week that employment lawyers across Liverpool are seeing a surge in demand for advice. http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/07/law_firm_goes_inhouse_to_advis.html http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/07/law_firm_goes_inhouse_to_advis.html News Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:27:20 +0000 ENERGETIC members of Liverpool’s legal community were put through their paces at the weekend during the 12-hour Langdale Valley Charity Challenge. The event, organised by Brabners Chaffe Street, saw participants cycle for 30 miles, canoe for six miles and walk another 10 miles across the Lake District. More than 50 solicitors took part, raising £4,000 for Brabners’ 2008 charity, the Manchester New Children’s Hospital Appeal. http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/07/lawyers_shrug_off_poor_weather_1.html http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/07/lawyers_shrug_off_poor_weather_1.html News Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:16:12 +0000 THE white paper produced by the Equalities Minister Harriett Harman last week paved the way for legislation that will require all public bodies to reveal what they are doing to close the gender pay gap. The white paper also aims to ban “gagging clauses” that are used by one in four employers to stop staff comparing wages. Disclosure would allow those who are unlawfully underpaid - usually women - to challenge the employer at an employment tribunal. http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/07/opinion_paul_beck_on_why_the_equality_bill_should_apply_to_both_the_public_and_private_sectors.html http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/07/opinion_paul_beck_on_why_the_equality_bill_should_apply_to_both_the_public_and_private_sectors.html Opinion Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:11:23 +0000 MADONNA'S recently-announced divorce proceedings from film director husband Guy Ritchie has made waves across the city's legal offices. Here's what two of Liverpool's top divorce lawyers thought about the a-list break-up. http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/madonnas_divorce_-_analysis.html http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/madonnas_divorce_-_analysis.html News Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:27:30 +0000 A recent report commissioned for a number of bodies including the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics), the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents (Arla) by the ex-head of the Office of Fair Trading, has recommended that HIPs become voluntary. http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/sore_hips.html http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/sore_hips.html Phil Rees-Roberts Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:39:28 +0000 SOLICITORS in Chester are teaming up with a leading cancer research charity to give local people the chance to make or update a will free of charge. Fifteen solicitors are now offering Cancer Research UK’s Free Will Service to people aged 55 and above in the Chester area http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/free_will_service_launched_in.html http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/free_will_service_launched_in.html News Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:34:32 +0000 THE bite of the credit crunch is fuelling a boom in demand for employment law advice, Liverpool solicitors are reporting. Businesses feeling the financial squeeze are looking to save costs and cut overheads. And as the spectre of redundancies looms ever larger, the city’s law firms are seeing big increases in companies seeking advice. http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/credit_crunch_leads_to_rise_in.html http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/credit_crunch_leads_to_rise_in.html News Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:51:01 +0000 A TEAM of daredevil Liverpool lawyers took to the skies for a charity skydive. The eight-strong group from Brabners Chaffe Street jumped from 10,000ft above the Cheshire Plain to raise more than £1,000 for the New Children’s Hospital Appeal, the firm’s chosen charity for 2008. Kimberley Strickland, one of the first to jump, said: “It was a truly exhilarating experience and we were very lucky with the weather. The views were fantastic. http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/daredevil_lawyers_take_to_the_1.html http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/daredevil_lawyers_take_to_the_1.html People Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:48:57 +0000 Desperate legal moves were taking place behind the scenes tonight as ministers worked to secure the use of anonymous witnesses. Officials were in a race against time to plug a gap in legislation ripped wide open by a controversial House of Lords ruling last week. Top police officers and prosecutors want the use of anonymous witnesses to be enshrined in law before Parliament rises for the summer recess. If a solution cannot be found in the next 28 days, courts could face a deluge of appeals at a potentially huge cost to the taxpayer. http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/desperate_legal_moves_as_impac.html http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/desperate_legal_moves_as_impac.html News Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:40:46 +0000 MERSEYSIDE'S Criminal Justice Board (CJB) has seen the largest increase in offences brought to justice than other like-for-like urban areas. Since 2002 more than 45,800 offences resulted in the perpetrator being convicted in court, formally cautioned or receiving a penalty notice for disorder. That is 1,627 more than the target set by the Government. http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/sharp_rise_in_offences_resulti.html http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/sharp_rise_in_offences_resulti.html News Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:48:03 +0000 A BARRISTER who talked a 15-year-old girl down off a motorway bridge has been named Merseyside Woman of the Year 2008. Sue Sherman, a children’s care procedures specialist, spent 20 minutes with the teenager on the M60 before suggesting they should go back to her car to warm up. The girl hugged her and allowed Sue, who had been driving home from a training conference in Bolton, to lead her away from danger, much to the relief of the police officers at the scene. http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/hero_liverpool_barrister_named.html http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/hero_liverpool_barrister_named.html People Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:45:57 +0000 Five lawyers at Liverpool-based Quinn Barrow and Quinn Melville have been promoted to partners. Paul Thomas, who specialises in commercial litigation and dispute resolution, and family law expert Jenny Walsh, join the partnership team at Quinn Barrow. Ian Till, Clare Fletcher and Lionel Greig, who all specialise in criminal work, have received partnership at sister firm Quinn Melville. http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/five_promoted_at_liverpool_law.html http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/five_promoted_at_liverpool_law.html People Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:17:41 +0000 A LIVERPOOL lawyer is set to take centre stage in one of the highlights of the city’s Capital of Culture programme. Elspeth Christie, a solicitor at DLA Piper, will join the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir in three performances of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem. She will travel with the choir to Cologne’s Altenberg Abbey for the performances. http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/liverpool_lawyer_takes_centre.html http://www.thelegalweek.merseyblogs.co.uk/2008/06/liverpool_lawyer_takes_centre.html People Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:15:37 +0000