A leading UK specialist litigation law firm based in London and Leeds Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:00:48 GMT en-gb http://www.nexnet.co.uk/ will.swales@nexnet.co.uk (Will Swales) PHP 5.2.14 Specialist litigation firm Stewarts Law has been shortlisted as a finalist in this year’s prestigious Yorkshire Lawyer Awards. The firm, which has offices in Bond Court, Leeds, has been nominated in the Niche Law Firm category and will be represented at a glittering awards ceremony to be held on October 6 at The Queens Hotel in the city. Stewarts Law in Leeds specialises in high value, complex litigation with particular expertise in commercial litigation, competition litigation, divorce,... http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/521/specialist-law-firm-makes-awards-shortlist.html http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/521/specialist-law-firm-makes-awards-shortlist.html Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT An Oldham rugby league player who suffered horrific injuries after he was hit by a speeding motorbike has been awarded a multi-million pound settlement. Brian Agard, who played and coached at Waterhead Amateur Rugby League Club, was hit by the motorbike on a February evening in 2003 as he crossed Lees Road, near the Wellyhold Street junction at Leesbrook, Oldham.   Mr Agard, who at the time of the accident was a 36-year-old Publications Administrator for Great Universal Stores, later Sho... http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/507/oldham-rugby-league-player-gets-major-settlement.html http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/507/oldham-rugby-league-player-gets-major-settlement.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT A leading Yorkshire lawyer has warned public authorities they continue to risk paying inflated prices on building projects unless procurement procedures are tightened up. Speaking at the annual National Housing and Building Seminar hosted by the Association of Public Sector Excellence (APSE) on Friday (July 2), Jonathan Sinclair of Stewarts Law in Leeds told delegates that the illegal practice known as cover pricing continued to be a threat in construction tenders and was potentially costing th... http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/508/bid-rigging-still-a-burden-on-public-sector-finances-lawyer-warns.html http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/508/bid-rigging-still-a-burden-on-public-sector-finances-lawyer-warns.html Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Public sector organisations are being advised to tighten up procurement procedures on building projects following a bid-rigging scandal which could have cost tax payers millions of pounds. Last September, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) handed out £129.5 million in fines to 103 construction companies which were found to have breached competition rules by colluding on tender bids. Of the 199 infringements found, around three-quarters related to public sector building contracts.   C... http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/497/public-bodies-still-at-risk-from-bid-rigging-lawyer-warns.html http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/497/public-bodies-still-at-risk-from-bid-rigging-lawyer-warns.html Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT A grandfather who suffered horrific spinal injuries and was left tetraplegic after paramedics failed to immobilise him following a fall at home is suing North West Ambulance Service. Claudius Grimes, 74, stumbled in the bedroom of his Greater Manchester home. As he fell forward, his chin caught the top of his grandchildren’s travel cot, causing serious neck injuries.   North West Ambulance Service has admitted a breach in its duty of care after paramedics who were called to the hou... http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/493/ambulance-crew-failings-leave-man-in-wheelchair.html http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/493/ambulance-crew-failings-leave-man-in-wheelchair.html Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Stewarts Law has added a new member to its Leeds-based Commercial Litigation department. Alistair Kennedy, 28, joins the firm from Walker Morris, where he was a solicitor in the Commercial Litigation department having qualified at the firm in 2006.   Alistair, who lives near Leeds with his wife and new-born baby son, said: “This is a really exciting move for me and I am looking forward to the challenge ahead.   “Stewarts Law has a formidable reputation for acting in hi... http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/482/stewarts-law-expands-commercial-litigation-department.html http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/482/stewarts-law-expands-commercial-litigation-department.html Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT The trial of four senior British Airways executives due to start in London tomorrow (Wednesday April 14) marks an important test of the Office of Fair Trading’s war against price-fixing, according to a leading Yorkshire lawyer.   Jonathan Sinclair, head of Antitrust at commercial litigation specialists Stewarts Law in Leeds, said the trial marked a significant test of the OFT’s determination to classify price-fixing as fraud and to hold individuals criminally liable.   ... http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/466/sky-high-stakes-for-senior-management.html http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/466/sky-high-stakes-for-senior-management.html Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT The UK’s biggest corporations can expect more attention from regulators in the run up to the election as publicly funded bodies scrap to prove their worth ahead of a change of government, according to a leading expert in competition law.   Telecom regulator Ofcom outlined proposals on Thursday which could force mobile phone operators to cut the amount they charge for calls. Ofcom is demanding 02, Vodafone, Orange/T-Mobile and 3G make cuts to termination rates, or charges levied for ... http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/462/big-business-a-target-for-regulators-in-run-up-to-election.html http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/462/big-business-a-target-for-regulators-in-run-up-to-election.html Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT A Walsall man left paralysed after a car crash has been awarded the highest personal injury settlement ever reported in the UK, with the help of the country’s leading spinal cord injury law firm. The settlement, which was finalised just hours before the case was due to go to trial at Birmingham District Registry today, will see Wasim Mohammed receive a settlement package estimated at £11.15 million.   Daniel Herman, catastrophic injury specialist at Stewarts Law, who represen... http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/460/11-million-record-payout-for-crash-victim.html http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/460/11-million-record-payout-for-crash-victim.html Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The number of legal disputes between banks and business continues to rise as fall-out from the credit crunch continues to cause tensions in the commercial lending market, according to one Yorkshire lawyer.   Jonathan Sinclair, head of commercial litigation at Stewarts Law in Leeds, says he has seen an increase in recent months in the number of clients seeking advice on loan agreements after having borrowing facilities cut or removed for technical breaches of contract.   "We ha... http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/454/disputes-with-banks-on-the-rise-claims-leeds-lawyer.html http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/454/disputes-with-banks-on-the-rise-claims-leeds-lawyer.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT A motorcyclist who suffered a devastating brain injury after being hit by an uninsured driver has won a multi-million pound settlement. Stuart Bridge, 53, was head green keeper at Withington Golf Club, one of the north-west’s top golf courses, before the accident. He suffered a severe head injury and fractures to his spine and pelvis in the collision which happened in Deansgate, Manchester, as he was riding to work at 6.45am on 13 October 2006. His injuries mean he will never work again ... http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/444/multi-million-pound-settlement-for-former-green-keeper-after-brain-injury.html http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/444/multi-million-pound-settlement-for-former-green-keeper-after-brain-injury.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT A campaign to change the law which leaves some soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan hundreds of thousands of pounds out of pocket has been launched with support from a leading Leeds law firm. The Lives on the Line campaign has been launched by former Commander of British forces in Afghanistan, Colonel Richard Kemp, in conjunction with international injury litigation specialists Stewarts Law, which has offices in Leeds.   The campaign aims to put pressure on the government to extend c... http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/443/campaign-demands-fair-compensation-for-forgotten-heroes.html http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/443/campaign-demands-fair-compensation-for-forgotten-heroes.html Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT A leading Yorkshire divorce lawyer has warned that a lack of legal protection for cohabiting couples is leaving an increasing number of people open to financial ruin in the event of a relationship breakdown.   Simon Preston, head of the Divorce Department at Stewarts Law in Leeds, said figures published this week which showed a fifth consecutive annual decrease in the number of divorces in the UK painted anything but a rosy picture of greater stability in relationships. Instead, he said t... http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/407/leading-yorkshire-lawyer-highlights-hidden-truth-behind-divorce-statistics.html http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/407/leading-yorkshire-lawyer-highlights-hidden-truth-behind-divorce-statistics.html Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT A coroner has recorded a narrative verdict at an inquest into the death of a Filey woman who was killed in a crash while holidaying in Germany. Gillian Slone, 41, was a pillion passenger on a motorcycle being driven by her husband Paul, near the town of Offenburg, in the west of the country near the French border, when they were involved in a head-on crash with an Astra Opel which was travelling on the wrong side of the road.   Mrs Slone died at the scene of the accident which happened o... http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/406/coroner-records-narrative-verdict-at-inquest-of-holidaymaker.html http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/406/coroner-records-narrative-verdict-at-inquest-of-holidaymaker.html Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT A third member of a top Leeds-based specialist divorce department has won further recognition from the UK’s leading family law group. Adrian Clossick, a divorce solicitor at Stewarts Law, has gained accredited specialist status from Resolution, an association with more than 5,700 members which sets codes of best practice for family lawyers in the UK.   He joins colleagues Simon Preston, head of divorce at Stewarts Law’s Leeds office, and Angela Green as an accredited speciali... http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/404/leeds-divorce-law-team-wins-further-recognition.html http://www.nexnet.co.uk/news/14/404/leeds-divorce-law-team-wins-further-recognition.html Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT