Cloisters chambers has hired three more barristers, bringing the number of recruits to six since its criminal section split off. `Commercial, public law and employment specialist Adam Solomon joins from Cardinal Chambers. Cloisters’ former senior clerk Michael Martin left Cloisters and set up Cardinal in June 1999.`Others joining are personal injury (PI) and employment expert […]
The employment practice of leading Italian law firm Negri-Clementi Toffoletto Montironi & Soci (NCTM) has demerged from the rest of the firm as pursues its role in European employment law alliance Ius Laboris. `NCTM was formed just 18 months ago when Negri-Clementi Montironi e Soci merged with Toffoletto. At that time, the employment expertise which […]
The German Constitutional Court has suspended a decision by the German Supreme Court, which ruled that when lawyers switch firms, the new firm must drop instructions in which the lawyer’s previous firm has represented the other side. The decision, which was made on 6 November 1999, but only published last month, would mean that any […]
South East firm Argles Stoneham Burstows has lost its head of employment to the London office of Manches. Jonathan Maude led a team of 11 employment lawyers at Argles Stoneham Burstows and was responsible for building a team at Stonehams prior to its merger with Argles & Court in 1999. Maude is not planning to […]
Simmons head of employment Janet Gaymer is tipped to be the firm’s next senior partner. But does she have enough energy to take on the role? Janet Gaymer – the head of employment at Simmons & Simmons who is widely tipped to take over from senior partner Bill Knight when he retires – is exhausting. […]
CMS Cameron McKenna’s Polish office is wrangling with Lovells over the notice period of three partners who have defected to the firm. The three former Camerons partners, corporate and insurance partner Beata Balas-Noszczyk, tax partner Andrzej Debiec and property and dispute resolution partner Jolanta Nowakowska-Zimoch, joined Lovells at the start of this month (The Lawyer, […]
Gouldens has propelled itself into the realms of the US firms by increasing its trainees’ entry-level salaries to £30,000. The boost means 36-partner Gouldens pays significantly above global giant Clifford Chance for both trainees and newly qualifieds. Gouldens has always had a reputation for paying trainees and assistants more than many of its rivals. It […]
Top 10 Australian firm Deacons has been rocked by the departure of its national head of workplace relations, along with his team and a number of clients. Ross Levin is quitting to join Pricewaterhouse Coopers Legal as a partner in the employment law group. The four-strong team will be based in the Melbourne office. Levin, […]
After spending a year out discovering her dislike for cooking and rediscovering her love for law, Nicola Walker has returned to work at Hogan & Hartson. Fiona Callister investigates If Nicola Walker can be held as an example, all lawyers should take a year away from their desks. Recently taken on to spearhead the move […]
McGrigor Donald has been appointed sole mainland UK employment provider to banking giant National Australia Bank (NAB). The appointment comes after the bank, which owns a range of operations including Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank, decided earlier this year to reduce its employment panel from several firms to just two. Irish practice McCann Fitzgerald has […]
Warner Cranston has recently appointed Geoffrey Mead as its head of employment. Anne Mizzi chats to the man who is not daunted by the depleted team he now has to oversee When Geoffrey Mead underwent the interview to become Warner Cranston’s new head of employment, he had the dubious pleasure of completing a psychometric test. […]
One of the gurus of employment law in the City, Fraser Younson is setting up his own department at McDermotts. Sean Farrell examines the details.