Nigel Hewitson found his vocation in life by blending law with historical preservation when he became English Heritage’s legal director. Husnara Begum reports Nigel Hewitson, the legal director of English Heritage, joined the organisation in summer 2001 after spending almost 20 years at the London Borough of Harrow, where he trained as a solicitor and […]
Stephen Dolan looks at how much power the recent ECJ ruling on ‘open skies’ will give to the European Commission The European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its judgment on the landmark ‘open skies’ cases on 5 November. Brought by the European Commission against member states, the cases challenged member state authority to enter into […]
A raft of recommendations drawn up by a shipping partner at Shaw & Croft to limit damage caused by stricken ships has been placed before the UN If it had been implemented earlier, the changes could have significantly limited the damage caused by Prestige, the oil tanker that sunk off Spain last week. The report […]
Julia Salt and Ben Conway give the lowdown on methods of commercial aviation funding Aviation finance is the generic term used for activities relating to the business of providing funding for participants in the commercial aviation arena. This funding can be supplied through a variety of structures, all with the aim of providing financing solutions […]
JD Wetherspoon’s exponential growth keeps not just its six-strong legal team busy, but a whole bevy of law firms to boot. Caroline Davies talks to legal director Nick Cooper Most lawyers wait until Friday night to initiate a pub crawl. The JD Wetherspoon in-house team, though, is not so patient. Its members visit on average […]
The Lawn Tennis Association now has a turnover of £45m and many big-name sponsors. Fiona Callister talks to head of legal Bruce Mellstrom about providing the best service
Marriott Vacation Club’s senior counsel Jonathan Cole is trying to expand the company in Europe and the Middle East while staving off the economic downturn. Julia Cahill reports These are trying times for the hospitality industry and Marriott International is no exception. Last month chairman and chief executive Bill Marriott said that the company was […]
Thomas Cooper & Stibbard has opened an office in Vancouver to expand its shipping network. Shipping lawyer Mark Sachs will head the office and will be the only partner based there, although the 19-partner firm hopes to expand the office in the future.Sachs, admitted in both Canada and the UK, is the head of Thomas […]
Weightmans has been axed from two panels, lost its retail and leisure team and seen merger talks collapse, but senior partner Ian Evans is fighting on Manchester is uncharacteristically sunny and looking pretty damn fine when I meet Ian Evans, senior partner of Weightmans. Although based in Liverpool, Evans has travelled down the M62 to […]
Halliwell Landau’s senior partner Alec Craig is certainly not afraid to say what he thinks, which is that the regions, while important, are not enough Alec Craig is in the middle of telling me how Halliwell Landau is going from strength to strength, when he stops and, looking over my shoulder, whispers: “He’s broken the […]
Lawrence Graham has pulled off two parallel pub sale transactions for one of its biggest clients, Scottish & Newcastle.The firm advised on the disposal of 646 pubs, worth a total of £361m, to Enterprise Inns and a newly-formed special purpose vehicle managed by Noble House Leisure. Enterprise was advised by CMS Cameron McKenna and paid […]
Bond Pearce is forming an integrated transport unit following the hire of highly-rated shipping specialist Nick Horton from disbanded marine firm Grant & Horton. Horton joins Bond Pearce with assistant solicitor Tracey Martin. Grant & Horton ceased to practise with effect from 31 May. The firm’s other two partners chose to go their separate ways. […]