Collectors cars and motor sports
Goodman Derrick LLP partner Martin Emmison specialises in transactions and disputes in the historic car field and reports here on the new papers you need to race in Europe and here on the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile's Heritage Certificate.

Private Client Group
We are proud to announce the formation of our Private Client Group which unites the strengths of our Family, Wills & Probate, Charities and Residential Conveyancing teams.
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Hotel News
Goodman Derrick LLP recently acted as legal advisers to the country house hotels group, Von Essen, on the multi-million pound acquisition of Luxury Family Hotels plc.
The legal team was led by senior corporate partner John Roberts. Doodman Derrick's team included partner Tanya Shillingford, who handled the implications of the Takeover Code, and property partner Greg Hamlen.

World Cup
Our media team have recently assisted clients ITV in securing Ofcom consent for their forthcoming coverage of the Football World Cup. The World Cup Tournament is a listed event and accordingly under the Ofcom Listed Events Code, no terrestrial broadcaster is entitled to show exclusive coverage without Ofcom's consent.
Goodman Derrick LLP, represented by Media Partner Paul Herbert, advised ITV on the terms of its application to Ofcom for Listed Events Consent which was granted in early May."

Media Tour
Paul Herbert, Head of Media, is on a tour of ITV's regional newsrooms giving a seminar on "Compliance and Court Reporting".
The "tour" has already taken him to Macnhester and Plymouth and he will be making further appearances in Leeds and Belfast

Film
Tim Adler of Screen Finance joined Keith Northrop of Goodman Derrick LLP in holding a breakfast panel discussion on 11 May 2006 on the new UK Film Tax Credits.

Firm News Archive

Goodman Derrick LLP announce new Head of Family
Goodman Derrick LLP are delighted to announce the arrival of Ursula Danagher (former Head of Private Client/Family at South East regional firm ASB Law) as a Partner and Head of Family.

Ursula will be working initially with Tim Langton (Head of Litigation) to develop a high net worth financial and internationally based childrens family practice, at Goodman Derrick LLP. She will be joined in September, by two other soon to be former partners of ASB Law, Lindsey Alexander (Family) and Clare Jeffries (Private Client) who will also join Goodman Derrick LLP as partners.

Prior to joining Goodman Derrick LLP, Ursula has built up extensive experience in dealing with complex high value financial issues arising from the breakdown of relationships, whilst adopting a commercial and practical approach to dispute resolution generally. This includes advising on asset preservation and protection prior to and in anticipation of marriage or parties deciding to live together.

Managing Partner Richard Gerstein says "When the opportunity arose to recruit Ursula and a team of this quality, capable of not only offering first class legal advice in family law, but offering the opportunity to enhance our already firmly established Private Client team; we jumped at the chance. It has long been my belief that there is a huge demand for first rate legal services for busy individuals with often fairly complex legal needs, who have long since outgrown their old family solicitor, whose advice they might have sought in relation to their private legal affairs. We are naturally excited by the prospect of what this team can offer in terms of enhanced legal services and support for both our commercial clients and the new clients we are confident this team will acquire in its own right"

For further information please contact:

Richard Gerstein - email: rgerstein@gdlaw.co.uk

or

Louise Oakley– Marketing - email: loakley@gdlaw.co.uk

The partners of Goodman Derrick LLP and Berger Oliver are delighted to announce that the two businesses will be joining forces with effect from January 2005. At that time, three property partners from Berger Oliver, Simon Mapstone, Simon Catt and Guy Martin will become partners of Goodman Derrick LLP and Paul McAndrews, their litigation partner, will become a consultant.

John Roberts the senior partner at Goodman Derrick LLP, said “We are thrilled that Berger Oliver are joining. Their expertise and experience will add strength to our Property Department”.

On behalf of Berger Oliver partners, Simon Catt stated “Joining a company with the reputation and standing of Goodman Derrick LLP is excellent news for us. It also means our clients will, in future, have the benefit of a larger firm with greater depth and breadth of resources to call upon”.

Goodman Derrick LLP has recently acted for London Town plc the AIM listed property company in connection with its underwritten open offer to raise approximately 7.8 million pounds. Tanya Shillingford a partner in Goodman Derrick LLP's corporate department led the firm's legal team.

Goodman Derrick LLP partner Martin Emmison has had the honour of being quoted in the New York Times on 14 th June 2004 by Jim Motavalli in his article 'When the numbers don't add up'. Martin has a niche motor practice which deals with cross border sales and exchange of very expensive vehicles together with import, taxation and registration issues. The article is available on the newspaper's website.

Tanya Shillingford and Robert Macro ATT of Goodman Derrick LLP's corporate department together with Mark Kendrick of the firm's property department recently acted for The Financial Services Skills Council. The company has obtained the licence to operate as the skills council for the financial services sector from the Sector Skills Development Agency. This continues Goodman Derrick LLP's relationship with the sector's education and training body as the firm has acted for a number of years for The Financial Services Skills Council's predecessor The Financial Services National Training Organisation.