Rosemary Auchmuty

Oct 26, 2023 | lawgazette.co.uk | Eduardo Reyes |Rosemary Auchmuty |Monidipa Fouzder |Bianca Castro

Solicitor Benedict Birnberg, 'one of the greatest lawyers of his generation', has died aged 93 after a short illness, his family has announced. Benedict Birnberg: 'one of the greatest lawyers of his generation'Source: Alamy As the founder and principal of BM Birnberg & Co, established in 1962, he led a firm that used the law to champion civil liberties, help clients assert their rights on housing and welfare, and protect victims of domestic violence.

Oct 26, 2023 | lawgazette.co.uk | Eduardo Reyes |Rosemary Auchmuty |Monidipa Fouzder |Bianca Castro

Solicitor Benedict Birnberg, 'one of the greatest lawyers of his generation', has died aged 92 after a short illness, his family has announced. Benedict Birnberg: 'one of the greatest lawyers of his generation'Source: Alamy As the founder and principal of BM Birnberg & Co, established in 1962, he led a firm that used the law to champion civil liberties, help clients assert their rights on housing and welfare, and protect victims of domestic violence.

Oct 20, 2023 | lawgazette.co.uk | Rosemary Auchmuty |Eduardo Reyes |Monidipa Fouzder |Catherine Baksi

Elizabeth Buchan Cruickshank was born in 1944 in very different circumstances to those she enjoyed in later life. Her grandfather had made his living in the Baltic herring trade, and she was born in a small terraced house in the fishing village of Broadsea, Fraserburgh, in which her father had been born. He had taken correspondence courses to become a toolmaker, eventually rising to the position of factory foreman.

Oct 20, 2023 | lawgazette.co.uk | Eduardo Reyes |Rosemary Auchmuty |Catherine Baksi |Katharine Freeland

Our biggest banks have been battered by mis-selling claims and governance failures for over a decade. As PPI and interest rates swaps payouts tail off, Eduardo Reyes asks, are they finally managing to reduce their exposure? Banking blunders generate long, expensive clean-ups, during which financial institutions that suffered systemic failings face costly litigation and regulatory enforcement.

Oct 19, 2023 | lawgazette.co.uk | Alicia Virtue |Rosemary Auchmuty |Catherine Baksi |Eduardo Reyes

Over the last month, universities across the country have welcomed thousands of new students beginning law degrees that they hope will be the start of a journey towards a fulfilling career in the legal profession. Many will be the first in their family to go to university and will come from backgrounds generally not well represented in law firms that still remain dominated by those from more privileged backgrounds.