Partners at UK’s ten biggest law firms take home £1.1m in profits – The Times
“Partners at Britain’s ten biggest law firms took home an average of £1.1 million in profits last year.”
The Times, 19th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Category: partnerships
Regina v W. Stevenson & Sons (a Partnership) – Times Law Reports
Regina v W. Stevenson & Sons (a Partnership)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Legislation could render a partnership criminally liable as a separate entity from its individual partners. However, confiscation proceedings could not properly be brought against the partners’ personal assets on the basis of the partnership’s conviction.”
The Times, 5th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
R v W Stevenson & Sons (A Partnership) – WLR Daily
R v W Stevenson & Sons (A Partnership) [2008] EWCA Crim 273; WLR (D) 60
“Legislation could render a partnership criminally liable as a separate entity from its individual partners. However, confiscation proceedings could not properly be brought against the personal assets of the partners on the basis of the partnership’s conviction.”
WLR Daily, 26th February 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Women partners up as long-term prospects improve – Legal Week
“The proportion of female partners at UK law firms rose by more than 5% between 2006 and 2007, according to new research, although women still represent less than a quarter of all partners in private practice.”
Legal Week, 22nd February 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
SRA ponders test for non-lawyer partners – Legal Week
“The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is to consult on plans for a ‘suitability test’ for non-lawyer partners in law firms in the wake of the Legal Services Act.”
Legal Week, 10th January 2008
Source: www.legalweek.com
A shame for Peter Bloxham, but not for the profession – The Times
“It was intriguing that the loudest sighs of relief after Peter Bloxham lost his age discrimination claim against his former partners at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer last week were from lawyers nearer the end than the start of their careers.”
The Times, 17th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
City lawyers united on benefits of non-legal staff becoming partners – Legal Week
“Ninety-three percent of lawyers agree on the potential management benefits of non-law professionals joining firm partnerships — but they remain wary of introducing multi-disciplinary models. James Illman reports on the findings of the latest Big Question survey.”
Legal Week, 20th September 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
MoJ fast-tracks LSB reforms to usher in non-lawyer partners – Legal Week
“Non-lawyers could become partners in law firms by 2008, it has emerged, after the Government amended the Legal Services Bill to fast-track the early introduction of its controversial plans for alternative business structures (ABSs).”
Legal Week, 13th September 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
Official Receiver v. Hollens – WLR Daily
Official Receiver v. Hollens [2007] EWHC 753 (Ch)
“Subsections 303(2A) to (2C) of the Insolvency Act 1986 conferred upon the court the power to direct that the affairs of a partnership be wound up and its property administered as if the debtors had themselves presented a joint petition, even though they had not, so long as the partnership was insolvent and the order sought was one that could have been made had the individual members presented the joint petition.”
WLR Daily, 4th April 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
