LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Times reports that one of the London legal world’s most eagerly awaited spectacles for years is to start at an employment tribunal today when a senior City lawyer accuses his former partners of age discrimination. Peter Bloxham, the 54-year-old former head of restructuring for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, will […]

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Guardian reports that Jack Straw will face his first court challenge as lord chancellor next week when the Law Society, the Commission for Racial Equality and ethnic minority lawyers go to the high court to try to halt the government’s controversial shake-up of legal aid. They argue that

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – LawFuel’s lead story, from the Chicago Tribune, reports that while the Conrad Black trial jury finish their sixth day of deliberations without reaching a verdict, the question over what assets Black would get to retain, such as his Palm Beach mansion, is also yet to be decided. Bookmark LawFuel.com

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Australia’s Attorney General has announced that the five doctors questioned by federal police have been released on the basis that they will be available for further questioning. Philip Ruddock said that Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef was still being detained by authorities because he had attempted to leave the country

5 July 2007 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Linklaters is pleased to announce its results for the financial year ended 30 April 2007: Revenue increased by 20 per cent to £1.12bn (US$2.2bn)* Profit increased by 29 per cent to £490m (US$970m) Average profit per equity partner rose 22 per cent to £1.294m (US$2.56m) Tony

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) obtained orders in the Supreme Court of Queensland yesterday to wind-up a company which despite being registered and in the process of being divested of assets, had no registered office, directors, secretary or anyone in real or apparent control. The Court ordered

5 July 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has made two new appointments in its financial institutions group in London recently, promoting Jonathan Baird to the partnership and Mac Mackenzie to Counsel. Commenting on the appointments, Will Lawes, co-head of the firm’s global financial institutions group said:

Lovells has acted for BBVA on the purchase of Parque Empresarial Foresta, a Madrid business park developed by Spanish company GMP. The bank plans to develop its new headquarters in the business park. Detail: BBVA, one of the leading Spanish financial institutions, closed the deal to acquire Parque Empresarial Foresta on 19 June. This business

LAWFUEL – Latest posting from LawJobsPipeline.com – the Law Jobs blog – The role of in-house counsel has been previously under-estimated by many outside lawyers who believe their sinecure with their captive law firm clients is well secure. No longer. A survey recently conducted by BTI Consulting Group showed that law firms, in the US