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What we say about the firm's legal practice in South West
Crime, fraud and licensing
Within Licensing, Horsey Lightly Fynn is a second tier firm,
Horsey Lightly Fynn has centralised its licensing practice in its Bournemouth office. Name partner Lionel Fynn leads an ‘ astute and keen’ team, which advises a national network of clients. Work for 2007 included advising Coral Racing on betting office licences.
Private client
Within Family, Horsey Lightly Fynn is a third tier firm,
Also recommended are: Ashfords, noted for ‘ looking after the client extremely well and very professionally’; team head Martin Davis at Battens Solicitors Limited; Horsey Lightly Fynn; Simon Thomas’ team at Michelmores LLP; Tricia Gower at Parker Bullen; head of department John Brownrigg at Stone King LLP; Melinda Newbery at The Stokes Partnership; practice head Oliver Early at Veale Wasbrough Lawyers; and James Grigg, who heads the two-partner department at Willans LLP.
Real Estate
Within Commercial property - Dorset and South Wiltshire, Horsey Lightly Fynn is a third tier firm,
Also recommended are Rupert Vaughn at Battens Solicitors Limited; Horsey Lightly Fynn; Jonathan Ogden at Laceys; and Judith Beddow at Wilsons.
Within Environment, tier 4
Also recommended are: Beachcroft LLP, which in 2007 welcomed Anne Harrison, a former environment manager with the Environment Agency; Jon Payne at Horsey Lightly Fynn, who is an expert in nuisance, contaminated land and pollution; Lester Aldridge LLP, which has seen an increase in work relating to the regeneration of contaminated land; new head of the environment team at Michelmores LLP, Mark Howard; Habitats Regulations expert Ian Lamond at Stephens Scown; Thring Townsend Lee & Pembertons, noted for its ‘ ability to understand the fairly specialist issues’; and Veale Wasbrough Lawyers, which is developing its non-contentious waste practice.
Within Planning, tier 4
Also recommended are - Battens Solicitors Limited, which is noted as ‘ providing consistently good results’; Foot Anstey, where new department head Gareth Pinwell took over in March 2008; Lionel Fynn at Horsey Lightly Fynn; Robert Humphreys at Humphreys & Co.; the team at Stephens Scown, led by Ian Lamond; and Peter Cusick at Thring Townsend Lee & Pembertons.
South West Overview
What we say worldwide
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Offices in Bournemouth
Legal Developments worldwide
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Harmonising Anti-Circumvention Protection with Copyright Law
Technological measures are increasingly used by rightholders in order to protect their intellectual property rights in digital content. The effect of such measures is to restrict the access to and the use of digital content, by associating pre-defined and self-executing usage rules with it. Within an increasing number of legislations, technological measures enjoy legal protection against circumvention. However, these new rules have been subject to rather severe criticism, especially from a copyright law point of view, the general claim being that anti-circumvention protection threatens to ruin the delicate balance of interests cast in the provisions of copyright law. -
How to stop fraud before it happens
Stopping fraud before it happens is the ultimate goal of a successful fraud prevention and awareness programme. Whilst it is important that fraud prevention controls are robust and are methodically implemented, too often companies fail to recognize that it is the perception of the likelihood of detection and sanction which discourages a person from perpetrating fraud, rather than the actual effectiveness of the internal controls and anti-fraud measures. -
Consumer Protection Act and leases
The Consumer Protection Act 2008 (“ the Act ”) was assented to on 24 April 2009 and is to come into operation incrementally with the majority of the provisions coming into effect 18 months after the date on which the Act was signed by the President. Accordingly the majority of the provisions of the Act will come into operation on 24 October 2010. -
The impact of competition law changes/developments on M&A activity
The Impact of Competition Law changes/developments (including the practices and policies of the Commission/Tribunal) on M&A activity - with a specific focus on 2008 and also forward looking taking into account expected legislative changes. If possible mention actual company names/cases wherever possible to make it have real life application -
Contributed tax capital: simplicity at last!
By now, many will have heard something about c ontributed tax capital (CTC). A year or so hence, the concept will form part of the South African tax terrain – to the relief of tax practitioners who have had to trawl through the Income Tax Act’s (“the Act”) three-to-four page long definition of a dividend . I certainly heaved a sigh of relief when I read the Revenue Laws Amendment Bill of 2008 (“Bill”). -
The Consumer Protection Bill – Changing the Face of Litigation and Dispute Resolution
The Consumer Protection Bill is the Department of Trade and Industry’s omnibus consumer protection legislation which has been passed by Parliament and is currently awaiting the President’s signature. -
Deliberate manipulation of securities prices will invariably and inevitably be harshly penalised
Deliberate manipulation of securities prices will be harshly penalised. That’s the clear message to emerge from the 17 February 2009 Financial Services Appeal Board case of Michael Berman vs the Financial Services Board . -
Unconstitutionality of the Competition Amendment Bill By Andrew Smith and Emmylou Wewege
It is hoped that the President will refer the Competition Amendment Bill to the Constitutional Court rather than sign it into to law so as to resolve its unconstitutionality and avoid unnecessary litigation. Failure to do so will spark constitutional challenges which will prevent it from being implemented while that litigation unfolds. -
New Laws in the Pipe Line to Decisively Respond to the Challenge of Climate Change
New laws may be in the pipeline in South Africa to address climate change after the South African Finance Minister’s (“the Minister”) Budget speech o n 11 February 2009. In the 2009 Budget speech, the Minister announced specific additional measures which South Africa will implement in responding to climate change. -
Big business beware – the class and derivative actions are coming! by Carl Stein
The trend over the past decade in the USA , and more recently in the UK after the enactment of its new Companies Act in 2006, towards more aggressive shareholder activism seems likely to be followed in South Africa once our new Companies Act becomes operative. This new Act is only awaiting the State President’s signature in order to become law, although it will only come into operation at least one year after the State President does so.