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Eversheds LLP stands out for its ‘knowledge, breadth of experience, and standing among peers’. Glynne Stanfield, who heads the firm’s international education practice, advised UCL on its involvement in the £600m UK Centre for Medical Research, and Barnfield College on its restructuring.
Hewitsons LLP joins the top tier this year. Clare Colacicchi’s team has a vast client roster that includes Oxford’s Merton College, independent and maintained schools, further education institutions, and many Cambridge colleges. ‘All partners listen carefully, and they give holistic support on all fronts’.
Gary Attle’s team at Mills & Reeve LLP is ‘totally professional, first rate in every respect’, and ‘excellent, both technically and on issues that cross traditional boundaries of legal expertise’. Clients include the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, King’s College London, and the University of Westminster.
Taylor Vinters’ team is ‘quick, informative and reliable’. Christine Berry combines with employment, property, commercial and IP partners to advise clients such as the University of Cambridge and many of its colleges.
Erika Clarke and Sara Sayer at Birketts LLP are ‘very professional, and make a point of understanding the client’s business’, and Abigail Trencher is also recommended. The team, noted for its ‘first-rate communication and interpersonal skills’, advises universities, further education colleges, schools, and vocational training institutions.
Leathes Prior, under Martin Plowman, provides an ‘excellent, prompt and professional service’; ‘it is incredibly difficult to find any fault’. Katie Franklin is picked out for schools work. Langley School and Thorpe House School are clients.
Stone King LLP’s Roger Inman has ‘excellent knowledge and strong interpersonal skills, and is highly professional’. Now based firmly in Cambridge, he has helped with academy conversions in Essex, Suffolk and Hertfordshire, and advises the Ormiston academies in Norfolk and Peterborough.
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A justified retrospective
Clive Sheldon - QC debates the pros & cons of retrospective tax legislation- 11KBW -
Public Sector Equality Duty (“PSED”)
In R (Greenwich Community Law Centre) v Greenwich LBC [2012] EWCA Civ 496 the Court of Appeal held that the Council had had “due regard to the PSED when making changes to its funding of community legal advice services”. At para 30 Elias LJ said:- 11KBW -
Public Sector Equality Duty
Surrey County Council conducted a review of its Library Service. This culminated in a Report to the Council’s Cabinet. The Recommendations in the Report included that there should be consultation about a community-partnership approach at selected Libraries.- 11KBW -
Judicial Review
The Judgment of Lindblom J in The Manydown Co Ltd v Basingstoke and Deane BC [2012] EWHC 977 (Admin) repays attention. The Claimant sought to challenge by judicial review 2 decisions of the Council: (1) the Council’s refusal to reconsider its position on the development of a site that it owns (and is the subject matter of a Joint Development Partnership Agreement with the Claimant); and (2) a decision of the Council’s Cabinet approving a selection of sites for development which did not include this site.- 11KBW -
The Health and Social Care Act 2012: impact on adult social services
After its torrid passage through Parliament, the Health and Social Care Bill received Royal Assent on 27 March 2012. The Act deals principally with healthcare reform, but it also contains some amendments to the legislative framework for social care. It will come into force on a day yet to be appointed by the Secretary of State.- 11KBW -
Immigration update May 2012
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Premium service for tier 2 and 5 sponsors to be launched
A premium service for sponsors will be launched by the UKBA on 6 April 2012. The service is designed specifically for companies that sponsor international employees under tier 2 and 5 of the points based system and aims to provide them with enhanced support. -
A justified retrospective
Clive Sheldon QC debates the pros & cons of retrospective tax legislation- 11KBW -
Update on Tier 2 certificates of sponsorship allocations for 2012/13
The UKBA is experiencing large volumes of requests from sponsors who have applied to renew their 2012/13 allocation of certificates of sponsorship. -
Changes on the Sponsorship Management System (SMS) for tier 4 sponsors
Penningtons has received confirmation from the UKBA after we raised a query regarding reporting on students using the SMS.
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Law Firm Astrea significantly expands Brussels presence
As from 2 May 2012, leading Antwerp-based law firm Astrea has significantly expanded its Brussels office with the recruitment of new Partner Steven De Schrijver and team including Senior Associates Thomas Daenens, Jeroen Mues and Pieter Paepe.- ASTREA -
The Batang Kali Massacre trial - end of a Very British Cover-Up?
In 1948, Scots Guardsmen shot dead 24 unarmed Chinese labourers in the rubber tapping village of Batang Kali, part of what was then colonial Malaya. -
Bindmans LLP strengthens team with appointment of new Associate
Anna Mazzola has been appointed as an associate in the Public Law and Human Rights team of the leading human rights law firm Bindmans LLP. -
Boult Wade Tennant announces partnership appointment
Boult Wade Tennant, market leading patent and trade mark firm, is delighted to announce that Jo Pelly has been appointed partner, effective from 1st May 2012. -
Boult Wade Tennant Partner announced as the new ITMA president
The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA) has announced Boult Wade Tennant Partner, Catherine Wolfe, as the Institute’s new president. -
Asian Music Circuit ("AMC") - National music touring company promoting Pan-Asian music refused...
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Ex-Stringfellows worker wins employment rights challenge
In a decision that could have industry wide implications, Nadine Quashie, a former dancer with Stringfellow Restaurants Limited, has won her legal battle for employment rights. -
11KBW Annual Employment Conference London & Leeds 2012
11KBW Employment Law Conference takes place this year in London and Leeds. 15th May 2011 – London 29th May 2011 – Leeds- 11KBW -
Penningtons appoints three new partners as turnover rises by a third
Top 100 law firm Penningtons Solicitors LLP is pleased to announce the appointment of three new partners as well as a substantial increase in fee income for the 2011-2012 financial year. -
Press Conference: The Batang Kali massacre trial – the end of a very British cover up?
On 8 and 9 May 2012 the High Court will hear a judicial review test case brought by family members of the 24 unarmed men brutally massacred by British soldiers in 1948 at the village of Batang Kali, Malaya.