news from 01.2010

17.01.2010

Corporate Liability: Work Related Deaths and Criminal Prosecutions,(2nd edition)
Sunday, January 17, 2010

General Editor: Gerard Forlin
Editor: Louise Smail, Ortalan

"Like its predecessor it contains valuable material and commentary presented in an accessible way. It will continue to be a valuable resource for practitioners." Mr Justice Burnett

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, has created a new offence of corporate manslaughter. This new edition of Corporate Liability: Work Related Deaths and Criminal Prosecutions is the only book to provide, in a single source, an expert guide to general procedure and practice surrounding this topic.

The 2nd edition covers crucial recent high profile cases and contains invaluable new commentary on international and European perspectives as well as new chapters covering Local Authorities, Scotland and Ireland.

Click here for further details

04.01.2010

BarMark award
Monday, January 04, 2010

Chambers is delighted that our commitment to providing the best possible quality of service to clients has been recognised with BarMark accreditation awarded by the Bar Council. The voluntary scheme is independently assessed by the British Standards Institution, with the final decision on awards taken by the Bar Council's BarMark panel.

01.01.2010

VAT Changes from 1 January 2010
Friday, January 01, 2010

Chambers would like to confirm that it will continue to charge VAT at the rate which prevailed at the date the work was one. This was the policy we adopted from 1 December 2008 when the rate decreased: we will do the same now that the rate will revert to 17.5%.

Click here for further information and Bar Council Guidance

Regards
Lynne Orsborn