Why James Gardner-Hopkins Has Been The Fall Guy For Other Fallen Lawyers
Why is James Gardner-Hopkins the fall guy for a profession’s bad behaviour?
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Knights’ Results Show 39 Per Cent Revenue Growth With Continued Momentum
Continued momentum, building on the critical mass achieved Knights, the UK’s fastest growing legal and professional services business, today announces its full year results for the year ended 30 April 2021. Financial highlights Revenue increased by 39% to £103.2m (2020: £74.3m) H2 organic revenue growth of 10% (H2 2020: 10%), representing a significant recovery from
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Call For More Diversity In Federal Courts
“. . the judiciary remains disproportionately White and male . . ” says House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler. Read the press release – Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing on “The Importance
New Zealand Supreme Court reviews principles of contract interpretation
In a judgment released this week, the Supreme Court reviewed and restated the principles relating to contract interpretation and implied terms. In doing so, the Supreme Court rejected the Court of Appeal’s approach, which had sought to narrow those principles by limiting the use of evidence from outside the contract to determine the meaning of the contract. Principles
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FAQ: Why Do You Even Need To Hire A Divorce Attorney – Here Are 5 Key Things To Consider
Divorce is the last thing on the minds of those getting married, but when things turn sour it is the divorce lawyer called to pick up the pieces, rather than requiring the parties to sort out their own difficulties. As the old joke says, if those getting divorced could work things out for themselves, they
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Elon Musk’s Humor and Court Theatrics See Crossed Swords in Delaware Court
Elon Musk’s theatrical approach to business and some of his legal challenges have seen him cross swords in a staod Delaware Court befpre a judge, not a judge and jury, with a lawyers he said was “not a good human”, among other barbs exchanged during the case brought by a group of shareholders who allege
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$16 Million Loans to Paul Manafort Lead to Bank CEO Convicted of Corruptly Soliciting Presidential Position
Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that STEPHEN M. CALK was convicted of financial institution bribery and conspiracy to commit financial institution bribery, for corruptly using his position as the head of a federally-insured bank to issue millions of dollars in high-risk loans to Paul Manafort in exchange
Kirkland & Ellis Recruit Second M&A Star from Paul Weiss
Kirkland & Ellis has hired Rachael Coffey, a former New York M&A partner at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison – the second time the firm has taken a new partner from Paul Weiss. Kirkland & Ellis are the largest firm in revenue terms. The announcement of Coffey’s move Monday comes almost two years to
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“Solid & Stable” Revenue Growth For CMS
CMS UK disclosed a muted set of financial results this week with revenues inching up from £566m to £567m as global income increased 3% from €1.426bn to €1.475bn with a slowing growth on the previous year. CMS Press Release – CMS, the leading global law firm, today announces revenues for the financial year January-December
Palmerston North Prosecutor Joined By New Partners
Leading crown prosecutors Deb Davies and Guy Carter have joined Ben Vanderkolk as partners in BVA The Practice. Deb Davies has been with BVA since 2005 and has been a senior crown prosecutor for 16 years. She has led more than 200 trials in the High and District Courts and is highly respected by police
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