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4/07/2008
On the 26 June Daniel Berger and Beverley Cottrell, from the University of Hertfordshire, competed in the finals of the ESU – Essex Court Chambers National Mooting Competition. Here’s their account of what turned out to be a long, exhausting and nail-biting day.21/07/2008
Note to foreign clients of US law firms - this call may be monitored.With all the secrecy surrounding the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, it is no surprise that lawyers representing detainees are seeing shadows - or at least worrying about...28/07/2008
Recent age discrimination challenges highlight clearly that age discrimination remains a thorny topic for law firms. Although firms may have thought the finishing line was in sight when the Bloxham v Freshfields decision was published last year, it is apparent...31/07/2008
Just last year, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft was riding high. Double-digit growth in profits per partner over the last five years had catapulted the firm to economic heights previously scaled only by the Cravaths and Wachtells of the profession. In...