November 2007 LAWFUEL – UK Legal Announcements – The London Business Restructuring and Reorganisation Practice has been short-listed for an award at the British Legal Awards being held on 28th November 2007. The practice entered the category Banking Team of the Year which includes loans, acquisition finance, and insolvency. The judges short-listing firms were looking
LAWFUEL – Australia & NZ Legal Jobs & News – Blake Dawson advised on three CFO Magazine deals of the year announced this week. The winning deals in the 2007 CFO Awards included: IPO of the Year – Boart Longyear Structured Finance Transaction of the Year – Reliance Rail consortium Project Finance Deal of the
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~ Major auto dealerships will alter procedures to address consumer complaints ~ TALLAHASSEE, FL – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that his office has reached a settlement with Bill Heard Chevrolet of Sanford and Bill Heard Chevrolet of Plant City Florida, resolving multiple consumer complaints about the dealerships’
LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that PAUL HUMPHREYS, the former Chief Financial Officer of Safety-Kleen Corporation (“Safety-Kleen” or “the Company”), was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by United States District Judge LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN to 70 months in
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s battle with Peter Bloxham, a former partner who unsuccessfully sued for age discrimination, took a new twist this week when the firm said that they would pursue him for their legal costs. Freshfields, who won a unanimous victory last month, confirmed that they had written to the Employment Tribunal raising the issue
Police are disappointed in the decision of Solicitor General David Collins’ failure to authorise the laying of terrorism charges against those arrested in recent Police raids in the North Island, but satisfied that they have “done their duty”. Solicitor-General David Collins said he had advised the Commissioner of Police that he was “unable to authorise”
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New Zealand’s no fault Accident Compensation Scheme is being considered for Malaysia. LAWFUEL – New Zealand Law Jobs & Legal News – Two Wellington lawyers, David Cochrane and Siobhan Hale from public law firm Chapman Tripp, have been invited to Malaysia by the Malaysian Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail to assist Attorney General’s Chambers
LAWFUEL – Australia Legal Announcements – TressCox Lawyers is delighted to announce the appointment of Peta Tumpey as a Partner in its Sydney office. Peta is a specialist in employment law and is highly experienced in contentious and non-contentious aspects of employment and industrial relations law. Peta brings a wealth of experience to TressCox, having
LAWFUEL – NZ Legal Jobs & News – “While Police are disappointed that consent has not been given for charges to be laid under the Terrorism Suppression Act we note the Solicitor-General’s endorsement that Police had a sufficient and proper basis for investigating the activities in question,” the Commissioner of Police, Howard Broad, said this
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LAWFUEL – Legal Jobs NZ, Legal News – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today announced it would take legal action for the benefit of investors in the Westpoint Group seeking compensation for their failed investments. This announcement follows ASIC’s statement to the Federal Court yesterday that the Commission had resolved to take over
