Author: Steven Bird
Evans Amoah-Nyamekye appointed to the Football Association Judicial Panel
We are delighted to announce that the Judicial Services Department of the Football Association (FA) has selected Evans Amoah-Nyamekye as a member of the FA Judicial Panel as a Specialist Panel Member with immediate effect. As such, Evans will be eligible to chair Regulatory Commissions…
Birds Solicitors 20th Anniversary
On 2nd October 2000, Birds Solicitors opened its doors for the first time with a staff of 8 people and coinciding with the coming into force of the Human Rights Act 1998. On our twentieth anniversary, the firm is 27 strong with 21 lawyers. Over…
Philippa Southwell shortlisted in the LAPG Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards
The firm is very pleased to announce that Philippa Southwell has been recognised for her outstanding work with victims of human trafficking by being shortlisted for the Legal Aid Lawyer of the…
Acquittals in the Guralp Systems Ltd corruption case
On 18 December 2019, Mr Bell, the former financial director and acting CEO of Guralp Systems Ltd (‘GSL’) was unanimously acquitted by a jury of a single charge of conspiracy to make corrupt payments. His fellow co-defendants were also subsequently acquitted on 20 December 2019.…
Court of Appeal quashes convictions of the Oval Four
Forty seven years after they were convicted of ‘mugging’ on the London Underground, the Court of Appeal has quashed the convictions of Sterling Christie, Winston Trew, and George Griffiths following a referral from the Criminal Cases Review Commission (‘CCRC’). These men, together with Constantine Boucher, whom…
Birds Solicitors Diversity Data
We are obliged by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to publish our diversity data and we have chosen to do so on our website. You can access the data by clicking on the below link. Birds Solicitors Limited – SRA Legal Diversity 2019 – Survey…