02 September 2010
insurance
Beachcroft has appointed partner Mark Sutton to the Specialist
& International Risks Group (SIR) in London (Eastcheap office),
and associate Louise Watson-Jones to the Commercial Health team ...
26 August 2010
financial services
The approach announced in the FSA's Policy Statement on the
assessment and redress of PPI complaints published last Tuesday
won't have come as much of a surprise to readers but it still
represen...
The thrust of the coalition Government's ideas for the future of
the planning system is rooted in localism with decisions to be
taken at grass roots level, which in most cases means the local
pl...
12 August 2010
manchester
no specialism
In completing its recent move to new offices, the Manchester
office of commercial law firm Beachcroft has recycled office
equipment and furniture by giving over 95% of it to charity.
Furniture, ...
11 August 2010
financial services
Yesterday the Financial Services Authority (FSA) published a
policy statement which laid out new rules for reforming PPI and
claims to ensure that customers are treated more fairly when
complain...
09 August 2010
bristol
no specialism
A daredevil solicitor from the Bristol office of national
commercial law firm Beachcroft has ridden a zipslide across the
Avon Gorge to raise funds for Cancer Research.
Solicitor Alex Penberthy ...
The aim of Rome II, in force on 11 January 2009, was to
harmonise and simplify how claims with a cross-border component
were dealt with. The law which would apply to the claim would
...
Our new Liberal-Conservative coalition government has certainly
"hit the ground running". Media attention may have focused mainly
upon the grievous state of the public finances - and the necessar...
The government today launched a consultation on scrapping the
default retirement age in the UK from October 2011.
Currently, an employer can force an employee to retire at the age
of 65.&n...
With the credit crunch reported to be "a breeding ground for
fraud", pressure is mounting to find ways to combat the
trend. The Law Commission's proposals for reforming the law
on fr...