Osborne Clarke acted for the management on its £65m buy out of Fairey Hydraulics from Fairley Arlon BV, advised by Ashurst Morris Crisp. Equity was provided by Candover, advised by Travers Smith Braithwaite, and debt finance was provided by the Bank of Scotland, represented by Lovell White Durrant. Dibb Lupton Alsop acted for the management […]
Legal Aid Act 1988 s.18 Keller v Keller and Legal Aid Board (1994) (CA 20.10.94.) (Neill LJ, Wilson J) Summary: Costs to a successful and deserving non-assisted party will not be awarded against the legal aid fund unless such an order would be made if neither party was assisted by legal aid. Wife’s appeal against […]
A High Court challenge is due to be heard soon in which three Germans are fighting to establish that they are entitled to income support under UK law. The three claim the Government was wrong to refuse them money from public funds. The case is viewed by their solicitor, Jay Sharma, as raising for the […]
Sacked Welsh Rugby Union general secretary, Dennis Evans, is to challenge his dismissal on two fronts. Evans has an industrial tribunal claim pending over his dismissal. He has also mounted High Court action to show he should never have been dismissed.