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Schillings Announces Stelios Win In Ryanair Libel Battle

Schillings law firm has announced that Sir Stelios Haji-loannou has won his libel battle against Michael O’Leary and Ryanair. Sir Stelios, the founder of easyJet and the easyGroup business empire, accepted a complete apology and retraction from O'Leary and Ryanair over a series of libelous adverts in January and February this ...

Access Legal Solicitor Moves From PA To Clinical Negligence Lawyer In Two Countries

Access Legal from Shoosmiths has revealed that one of its clinical negligence specialists has been admitted as a solicitor - for the second time. Kishma Small, already admitted as a solicitor in the UK, made it a double in her native British Virgin Islands (BVI) in the Caribbean. She is one ...

Russell Jones And Walker Welcome Broad Scope Of 7/7 Inquest

Russell Jones and Walker and the families of victims involved in the 7/7 inquest have welcomed the recent ruling made by Lady Justice Hallett that the activities and knowledge of MI5 and the Home Office in relation to the bombings will be included in the scope of her investigation. James Carlton, ...

Russell Jones & Walker Ensures Maclaren Compensates Injured Children

Russell Jones & Walker has managed to ensure that buggy manufacturer Maclaren will compensate over 40 UK children whose fingers were seriously injured in the hinges of its folding pushchairs. Although refusing to admit liability for the faulty product claims, the firm and its insurers have agreed to make full damages awards. ...

Access Legal Makes First Manchester Hire

Access Legal from Shoosmiths – national law firm Shoosmiths' consumer legal services brand – has made its first Manchester hire. Partner and personal injury specialist Debra Woolfson becomes the first non-Lender Services Group employee at the Spinningfields office. Her appointment comes two months after Shoosmiths announced it would go full service in ...

The Co-Operative Group Promotes Legal Services To Food Shoppers

The Co-operative Group today (15 April) launched a high profile campaign to promote the legal services offered by its own specialist division to shoppers in its food stores. The in-store campaign aims to raise awareness of the wide range of advice and expertise available through The Co-operative Legal Services. The campaign, which ...

How to Negotiate Effectively and Peacefully With the IRS

California Holistic Lawyer Duane Light counsels his clients to have compassion for any authority figure they speak with, and to approach them as a “friend in the making.” Here is an inspiring story from one of Duane's past clients: “I am a professional counselor.  In 2002, I had a beautiful and profound ...

Divorce Attorney Introduces A Novel Reduced Fee Program For His San Francisco Bay Area Clients Who Pay Their Bills Promptly

People facing a decision to end a marriage are often daunted at the prospect of paying the notoriously very high hourly fees charged by experienced Family Law attorneys. A complicated case can require hundreds of hours of attorney time, and therefore tens of thousands of dollars in expense. Even a ...

Chicago Birth-Injury Attorney Announces $6.5 Million Settlement

The Deratany Firm in Chicago announces the award of a 6.5 million dollar settlement between Jeff and Whitney G and Northwestern Memorial Hospital. On September 30 - October 1, 1996 Whitney G gave birth to RG. The family contended that during the birth of RG, negligence on the part of Northwestern ...

Access Legal From Shoosmiths Hooks Up With Biker Group

Access Legal from Shoosmiths is to help the 50,000-strong Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) become the UK's leading consumer organisation for bikers, as the consumer legal services provider announces it has teamed-up with MAG to offer free legal advice to its members. Comprising volunteers, MAG lobbies to protect motorcycling from legislation it ...

Another Frivolous Atrazine Class Action Lawsuit Only Harms U.S. Farmers

After plaintiffs’ attorneys filed a federal lawsuit Monday in the Southern District of Illinois, Kurtis B. Reeg, attorney for defendant Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., said another frivolous atrazine lawsuit only harms U.S. farmers. “In these tough economic times, one may wonder why anyone – other than class action lawyers – would ...

Access Legal Calls For More Help For Asbestos Disease Victims

Access Legal, consumer legal services provider from Shoosmiths, is calling for more to be done to help victims of mesothelioma, as it believes that not enough is being done to help sufferers of fatal asbestos-related diseases. Access Legal wants to see more done to help victims of mesothelioma, an asbestos-linked cancer ...

RJW Investigates Reports Of Failures At Staffordshire Hospitals

RJW is currently investigating cases of negligence after a report by Robert Francis QC revealed a catalogue of failures at Mid Staffordshire hospitals. An obsession with hitting targets led to the neglect and unnecessary death of patients. In response, the Prime Minister said that managers would be held to account ...

Russell Jones & Walker Wins Claim Against London’s Oldest Gay Pub

Russell Jones & Walker has won a claim (Case number: 609803.1) of adopting 'an anti-gay policy' against the new owners of London's oldest gay pub on behalf of Mr Charles Lisboa, 41, who joined the Coleherne Arms as Assistant Manager shortly before it re-opened as the Pembroke Arms in December 2008. The ...

Shoosmiths Has Launched A New Brand For Its Consumer Legal Services

Shoosmiths launches new brand, Access Legal, to bring together more than 100 legal services for consumers. Partner and head of consumer services at Shoosmiths, Judith Dorkins, said: "Consumers lack easy and reassuring access to legal services and advice. The consumer legal market is fragmented and without a leading legal brand, leaving it ...

New Jersey Resident Affected by the January 2010 Toyota Recall for Defects in Gas Pedals Files Suit

Class Action Status Requested To Benefit All Residents of New Jersey Who Own or Lease Toyota Vehicles Subject to the January Recall. Parker Waichman Alonso LLP, together with Douglas & London, P.C. and the Becnel Law Firm, LLC, announces that it filed suit on behalf of a New Jersey woman who ...

Parker Waichman Alonso LLP Files Suit Against Toyota Motor Corp. USA, Inc.

Class Action Status Requested To Benefit All Residents of New York State Who Own or Lease Toyota Vehicles Subject to the January Recall Parker Waichman Alonso LLP, together with the Becnel Law Firm, LLC and Douglas & London, P.C., announces that it filed suit on behalf of a New York man ...

Michael Simpson Elected Bristol Law Society Council Member

Michael Simpson, Head of Employment at Almondsbury based Co-operative Legal Services has been elected a council member of the Bristol Law Society. Michael who has been a member of the Society for 10 years was elected at the recent annual general meeting. Michael has worked for The Co-operative Legal Services since 2007, ...

Tough, Gritty Oregon Attorney Releases Controversial Book To Help Protect Men Everywhere

Willamette Publishing Group in conjunction with ProtectionForMen.com is pleased to announce the release of author RK Hendrick's controversial and exciting new book: How To Avoid "Getting Screwed" When Getting Laid. An informative 21st century survival guide for the modern male, How To Avoid "Getting Screwed" When Getting Laid is an inspirational tool for ...

Employee Dismissal Law In Netherlands

De Graauw Legal Services specializes in assisting employees who are confronted with summary dismissal and are subject to Dutch law which is also referred to as Ontslag op staande voet in dutch legal terms.The firm also helps individuals dealing with settlement terms and Termination Agreement also referred as vaststellingsovereenkomst and Beëindigingsovereenkomst. Most individuals focus ...

Quigal Announces Winner of its Amazon Kindle Sweepstakes

Quigal.com — an online lawyer search service, which only accepts listings from attorneys with exceptional credentials — has chosen the winner of its “Win a Kindle Sweepstakes,” a free contest that gave Quigal's users an opportunity to provide constructive feedback on the site. To enter the contest, users were asked to ...

Schillings Announces Stelios Win In Ryanair Libel Battle

Schillings law firm has announced that Sir Stelios Haji-loannou has won his libel battle against Michael O’Leary and Ryanair. Sir Stelios, the founder of easyJet and the easyGroup business empire, accepted a complete apology and retraction from O'Leary and Ryanair over a series of libelous adverts in January and February this ...

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