Articles by ‘John North’

The Economic Research Office of The City of London Corporation has just released the latest report by Oxford Ecomomics. The report is available here but here are the highlights from our perspective:

Members of the Interleges Executive Committee came into the London offices of Royds today (30th September) for one of its quarterly meetings. We were delighted to welcome:

Claus Andersen, a Danish corporate and commercial partner, this week joins City firm Royds. There are now three partners in the team. His focus will be on helping Scandinavian firms enter and operate within…

Corporate and banking lawyers from City of London firm Royds LLP supported the in-house legal team at Holding Slovenske elektrarne (HSE) in loan arrangements to HSE’s subsidiary from the European Bank for Reconstruction and…

As there have been numerous press reports about private and public sector organisations being fined for problems with Data Protection, we were recently asked by a client to present a short, practical workshop for its senior managers on the Data Protection Act. Our talk covered the following:

Information Commissioner gets tough with fines for Data Protection Breaches by John North and Emma Boulter.

Interleges competition for law undergraduates globally launched Topic – Environment and carbon tax

The City of London Corporation has an excellent research team which produces regular information about the economic conditions in the City of London and the impact of the Financial Services industry.

At the end of October I had a whirlwind couple of days in New York to attend the Interleges Executive Committee meeting. It’s 10 years since I was last in the Big Apple and I was struck by the fact that it seemed even busier than ever with so many people and an incredible amount of traffic.

A recent High Court decision warns franchisors to ensure that when they provide advice to prospective franchisees, they do so with due skill and care. The Court held that the franchisor owed a duty of care to its franchisee and had breached that duty by giving negligent advice to the franchisee. The franchisor was also in breach of contract by failing to provide the level and quality of marketing advice and support agreed by the parties.

I recently attended the Interleges AGM in Kiev, Ukraine – which happily coincided with the Kiev Day Festival (Day of Kyiv) so that many of the city centre’s roads were closed, there were bike races, street performances by artists and musicians and other family events which created a relaxed, party feel.

The latest report by Oxford Economics on the economic outlook for London shows: