carter-ruck is a british law firm founded by peter carter-ruck .

the firm specialises in libel , privacy , international law and commercial disputes .

the leading legal directories ( legal 500 and chambers and partners ) rank carter-ruck in the top tier of media , defamation and privacy lawyers in the uk .

the firm is described as being " a force to be reckoned with " and as " acclaimed for its depth of quality expertise " routinely acting in " ground-breaking cases for high-flyers in the fields of business and entertainment " .

carter-ruck 's public international law team is described as " excellent , very knowledgeable and [ as having ] a flourishing sanctions practice " and as being " renowned for its distinct expertise in sanctions against states and targeted asset freezing against individuals , and for its involvement in highly sensitive cases . "

the firm 's banking litigation practice is also ranked by both directories .

in december 2010 a new edition of the leading textbook " carter-ruck on libel and privacy " was published by butterworths lexis-nexis .

the firm offers some of their services including libel actions and high-value commercial claims on a " no win , no fee " basis .

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doley also denied that carter - ruck had orchestrated an attack on the pcc through mccann , saying his views about the pcc predated the relationship with carter - ruck .
libel firm carter - ruck was employed to represent him following articles querying his conduct .
– the carter ruck press release on proceedings against the bbc . ( thanks @ willjordan )
there were issues of civil society at stake which carter ruck defended as well as me .
carter - ruck argued an order stopping the media revealing this injunction also applied to parliamentary reports .
carter ruck are notorious in the uk for defending the indefensible at great cost as “reputation managers” .
there ' s no doubt peter carter - ruck was a very assiduous and conscientious lawyer .
gerry mccann , father of the missing child madeleine and a carter - ruck client , also criticised the pcc at the same hearing . mccann gave evidence flanked by adam tudor , a partner at carter - ruck .
carter - ruck is representing a consortium of leading hotel groups in judicial review proceedings against eastleigh borough council .
last month , the freelancer journalist purportedly received a cease and desist on onecoin’s behalf from carter - ruck .
sir christopher meyer claims firms such as carter - ruck regard watchdog as ' sworn enemy ' . by oliver luft
combines his specialist media / reputation management work with helping spearhead carter - ruck ' s expanding commercial litigation practice .
nigel tait of carter - ruck acted on a defendant cfa along with after the events insurance ( ate ) .
and after publishing a warning on twitter , he was threatened with personal libel by law firm carter - ruck .
' farter - f * ck ' : carter - ruck gains crude copycat website after it firm . . .
andrew stephenson , a senior partner at peter carter - ruck and partners , from which its founder retired in 1996 , said yesterday mr carter - ruck had a
kind of love - hate relationship
with private eye .
carter - ruck acts for ' nt1 ' and ' nt2 ' in their ground - breaking claims against google llc .
the partners of carter - ruck are delighted to welcome commercial litigation and international arbitration partner matthew wescott to the firm .
carter - ruck partner nigel tait has responded to english pen and index on censorship ' s libel reform report . by
a partner with considerable experience in commercial litigation and international arbitration has joined disputes boutique carter - ruck inâ . . .
derek jameson , as a tabloid editor , had been unwisely advised to sue the bbc over a satirical sketch . carter - ruck said jameson would get £25 , 000 - £50 , 000 . david eady qc advised carter - ruck in writing that jameson accept the £10 that the bbc had offered in settlement plus his costs . carter - ruck concealed this opinion from jameson . jameson lost the case and was sent a bill by carter ruck for £41 , 342 . 50 . when he learned by chance of the qc ' s pessimistic advice , carter - ruck told him a string of lies .
carter - ruck said :
the partner who dealt with tullett brown is no longer at carter - ruck . also , as you are aware , tullett brown is now in liquidation . we have no instructions to respond to your questions .
” others view firms like carter - ruck and schillings euphemistically as “reputation managers” for the privileged and wealthy . ” ? ? ?
peter carter - ruck , britain ' s best - known libel lawyer , has died only weeks after his wife of 52 years . mr carter - ruck , 89 , won renown through many libel case successes - not least against the magazine private eye .
london law firm carter ruck — which gave her legal guidance is sueing her management company cine entertainment for about £10 , 000 .
both carter - ruck , which specialises in libel law , and trafigura declined to comment on this story in time for publication .
in his article , penman reveals that one service carter - ruck provide is the attempted silencing of journalists who report on onecoin .
to any brit with interest in this area , carter ruck turning up usually means guilty as hell , but rich as hell .
a partner with considerable experience in commercial litigation and international arbitration has joined disputes boutique carter - ruck in london . carter - ruck has hired disputes partner matthew wescott from dac beachcroft , expanding the firm ' s commercial litigation and arbitration practices andãâ . . .
ofcom has dismissed complaints of antisemitism and impartiality against carter - ruck client al jazeera over its 2017 documentary series theâ . . .
randolph churchill , one of the first litigants to sue private eye in 1963 , was also represented by mr carter - ruck .
another impressed observer comments :
carter - ruck know what they are talking about and are relentless in pursuing their client’s interests .
in fact , at least three lawyers at carter - ruck have come from schillings , hanna basha , felicity robinson and michelle riondel .
i do hope this won’t prove embarrassing for my friends at law firm carter - ruck , which represents an investment “scheme” called onecoin .
claire gill , partner at carter - ruck , said : “neither the fca nor the city of london police have contacted our clients .
the only fact the guardian can report is that the case involves the london solicitors carter - ruck . photograph : john d mchugh / afp
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trained at peter carter - ruck & partners , qualified in 1983 . partner from 1986 . joined hamlins as a senior consultant in 2015 .
eminent media lawyer joins hamlins media team from carter - ruck eminent media lawyer andrew stephenson has joined hamlins llp as . . . read more
on 3 march 2010 , the financial times published a large feature on libel and privacy law , including numerous references to carter - ruck .
it emerged later that the total bill for carter - ruck ' s services included a further £2 , 820 for work conducted in june .
commercial litigation and international arbitration specialist matthew wescott has joined london firm carter - ruck as a partner , in a move theâ . . .
commercial litigation and international arbitration specialist matthew wescott has joined london firm carter - ruck as a partner , in a move theãâ . . .
peter carter - ruck should peter carter - ruck really be in a hall of fame ? detested by private eye , which loved to bait him by calling him carter - fuck and farter - cuck , his extraordinary aggression was best suited to an era before mediation . his departure from his eponymous firm was as colourful as his letters before action . and yet carter - ruck probably deserves a place in the hall of fame for epitomising everything fleet street loathes . for a while he was undeniably effective on behalf of his clients . and how many lawyers get not one , but two private eye nicknames ? carter - ruck died in 2003 .
carter - ruck , one the uk’s best - known law firms is best known for its experience in the field of litigation and dispute resolution .
alan rusbridger reported at 12 : 53pm london time that carter ruck have caved in and removed injunction against the guardian from reporting the parliamentary gag .
shilpa shetty , this year’s winner of celebrity big brother , has instructed carter - ruck to advise her on her dealings with the british media .
meanwhile , london law firm carter ruck , which gave her legal guidance , is suing her management company cine entertainment for about £10 , 000 .
the former head of the inquiry has instructed london media boutique carter - ruck following reports in the times over her handling of theâ . . .
carter - ruck has a pre - eminent reputation in the field of challenges to targeted sanctions and has represented clients before the unâ . . .
pingback : twitter trackbacks for in defence of carter - ruck ? « a clatter of the law [ clatterofthelaw . wordpress . com ] on urltoken
again , to fulfill our accreditation commitments , we should say : the law firm carter - ruck wrote that and they remain the sole rightholders .
cameron doley , managing partner with carter - ruck , denied that his firm had any involvement with mosley , who he said was not a client .
i left his firm in pure carter - ruck circumstances . heinemann , for whom we acted , was publishing a book about the ford family , by robert lacey . i was told by carter - ruck that there was no conflict in our advising . lacey sent part of the book to henry ford for comment . later i found carter - ruck advising ford that the book was full of libel . he proved unable to give a truthful explanation .
nick harvey , the mps ' representative on the house of commons commission , disclosed the bills for carter - ruck ' s services over the summer .
helpfully the site — which is still live — redirects presumably baffled carter - ruck clients to the firm ' s genuine website after a few seconds .
private eye should have hired peter carter - ruck to prevent the renowned libel lawyer acting against the magazine , its former editor richard ingrams has admitted .
mr carter - ruck was also a
courteous
character who would sometimes invite mr bindman for a drink at gentleman ' s club the garrick .
cases brought by tudor roberts , a solicitor , and the journalist derek jameson illustrate the carter - ruck techniques . in 1985 roberts was awarded £20 , 000 damages against private eye plus costs on the higher scale . i agreed before i left carter - ruck ' s firm that he would only pay the costs recoverable from private eye . carter - ruck , however , billed roberts £60 , 000 . the cost judge allowed only £18 , 567 . my assurance was ignored . carter ruck wanted the lot . it was two years before roberts was reimbursed his damages and the legal costs he had earlier paid .
yesterday , i understand , carter - ruck , quite astonishingly , warned of legal action if the guardian reported my question . in view of the seriousness of this , will you accept representations from me over this matter and consider whether carter - ruck ' s behaviour constitutes a potential contempt of parliament ?
one of the uk’s best - known law firms , carter - ruck has a longstanding reputation for its expertise in the field of litigation and dispute resolution .
as reports vanish from mainstream media websites , the buzz about trafigura and carter - ruck gets louder on the blogs and other online outlets . by mercedes bunz
the law firm of peter carter - ruck and partners has lost a case in which it could have won £1 . 5m in fees from the taxpayer .
shilpa shetty , this year ' s winner of celebrity big brother , has instructed carter - ruck to advise her on her dealings with the british media .
last year , libel lawyers carter - ruck told freelance journalist tony levene he
personally
would be sued if he continued to warn about tullett brown .
the terms trafigura , carter - ruck and guardian were all pushed into the
trending topics
list of most used terms on the site this morning .
other uk disputes hires this month include matthew wescott , whojoined carter - ruck as a partner from dac beachcroft , expanding the firm ' sâ . . .
i pointed out the other day that someone had sidewikied the carter ruck homepage . but the original carter ruck sidewiki has now vanished . go to the homepage and it ' s not there . try and read it directly and you get an error page . ( note to google - work on your 404s ) .
within the past hour trafigura ' s legal firm , carter - ruck , has withdrawn its opposition to the guardian reporting proceedings in parliament that revealed its existence .
carter - ruck’s team handles a wide variety of complex litigation and arbitration spanning heavyweight commercial disputes , banking litigation , ip claims and high - value employment claims .
the sunday times ' s john witherow and law firm carter - ruck ' s andrew stephenson appointed to government panel on libel . by jason deans and stephen brook
carter - ruck initially approached ecg facilities service in 2009 . they were seeking a service provider to cover m & e service requirements to their london holborn office .
carter - ruck’s clients include celebrities , politicians , corporations and leading political figures . the firm also acts for a number of heads of state and overseas governments .
solicitor - advocate for the claimant , adam tudor , carter - ruck my lord , in this action i appear for the claimants , gerry and kate mccann .
kari wahlroos in full flow at rally i do hope this won’t prove embarrassing for my friends at law firm carter - ruck , which represents a . . .
“my friends have told me that carter - ruck is probably the most expensive law firm for defamation work , with charge rates of around â£600 perâ . . .
in a statement issued by law firm carter ruck , ahmed said : “i am very pleased that the telegraph has apologised for what it accepts areâ . . .
the article purportedly alleges that hadi had received bribes from prime minister datuk seri najib razak to the tune of rm90 million . hadi was represented by lawyers from the legal firm of carter - ruck and barrister jacob dean . carter - ruck , assisted by a legal opinion from a law expert in malaysia hadâ . . .
london : british law firm
carter - ruck
has filed a formal complaint with the british broadcasting regulator ( ofcom ) against al arabiya newsâ . . .
celebrity threesome couple ' pjs ' and ' yma ' have dropped their lawyers carter ruck in favour of schillings , just months after the firm helpedâ . . .
carter - ruck can charge a little more than the minimum wage because its many wealthy clients know that its lawyers will push as hard as theyâ . . .
carter - ruck had one row after another with his partners . in 1977 they tried to boot him out and after four years ' litigation were successful when he decamped to another part of the same building to form peter carter - ruck & partners . within four years all his founding partners had left , including his daughter .
through its uk lawyers , the firm carter - ruck , the church deny spying on us and reject mike rinder ' s version of events dating back to 2007 .
carter - ruck had tried to stop the media revealing that a labour mp had tabled a question relating to oil - trading firm trafigura and ivory coast toxic waste .
however , carter - ruck relented , allowing media to reveal that there is an injunction in place blocking the publication of the report , which was commissioned by trafigura .
the scope of services carter - ruck provide to onecoin is unclear . on their website the firm lists media law , international law and commerical disputes as practice areas .
wade began his legal life at carter - ruck , before moving on to be the head of legal for richard desmond , now the owner of the express group .
alex story , an olympic rower who competed in the 1996 games in atlanta , has hired the libel specialists carter - ruck to claim he should haveâ . . .
the mail has failed to shake off its jan moir sidewikis by moving url . but it seems that the power of carter ruck may prevail where the mail cannot .
the labour mp paul farrelly told the speaker , john bercow , attempts by lawyers carter - ruck to gag the media could be a
potential contempt of parliament
.
shortly before the case was due to come to court , carter - ruck announced that its clients would no longer oppose reporting of what was said in parliament about them .
carter - ruck’s practice is truly global in nature and its lawyers have considerable experience and expertise in cases having either a multi - jurisdictional or a political / diplomatic angle .
carter - ruck on libel and privacy ( part of the butterworths common law series ) is an essential purchase for every practitioner involved with the law of defamation and privacy .
given this news , and that trafigura and carter - ruck are trending topics on twitter this morning , it seems timely to publish this commentary on events from last month .
nigel is the managing partner of carter - ruck as well as head of the firm’s defamation and media law department . nigel’s principal areas of expertise are three - fold .
carter ruck , which is defending thomsen on a no - win - no - fee basis , says the case should be dismissed because the material is clearly not defamatory .
commodities firm trafigura and solicitors carter - ruck have given up attempts to conceal a report on the company’s activities in the ivory coast . you can read the minton report here
she told the times that she had instructed carter - ruck , the law firm , with a view to taking legal action for defamation “to stamp out thoseâ . . .
tony was forced to back down and we can only guess how many more people were ripped off as a result of carter - ruck ' s threats . the firm now says :
the partner who dealt with tullett brown is no longer at carter - ruck ,
adding :
we have no instructions to respond to your questions .
large numbers of messages were posted on twitter , to the extent that
trafigura
and
carter - ruck
became the most viewed keywords in london throughout the morning .
the provisions that protect us here do state that we must acknowledge the original copyright holders , which we do freely and happily : the law firm carter - ruck wrote this .
later , whilst complaining to the observer newspaper that it was pursuing a vendetta against him over the jameson case , carter - ruck also inquired about the possibility of getting some work .
demanding and uncompromising , carter - ruck was not the easiest of colleagues , and he fell out with his partners several times over the years . in the late 1970s , a struggle began for control of oswald hickson , and in 1981 carter - ruck walked out , along with his daughter and several other employees , taking 1 , 500 client files with him .
the only fact the guardian was able report was that the case involves the london solicitors carter - ruck , who specialise in suing the media for clients including individuals and global corporations .
[ … ] urltoken » trafigura and carter ruck : how social media can guard against misuse of libel as a public interest service , i am including links below to any articles and resources i come across relating to the press gag injunction made by carter ruck in the interests of their client , trafigura . ( tags : guardian legal libel trafigura ) [ … ]
carter - ruck - notable clients and cases - trafigura . . . identified , involve proceedings , which cannot be mentioned , on behalf of a client who must remain secret . . . fact the guardian can report is that the case involves the london solicitors carter - ruck .
the paper further claimed that this case appears
to call into . . .
solicitor - advocate for the claimant , adam tudor , carter - ruck my lord , in all the circumstances , mr and mrs mccann’s object in bringing these proceedings has been achieved .
in 2012 , after tullett brown went into liquidation , levene asked lennons and carter - ruck about the checks they carried out before accepting tullett brown as a client . lennons replied ,
yet another example of a law firm trying to stifle news stories about scammers came to light this week . this time it involved private eye ' s favourite lawyers carter - ruck : - urltoken last year , libel lawyers carter - ruck told freelance journalist tony levene he
personally
would be sued if he continued to warn about tullett brown on twitter and via the net . tony was forced to back down and we can only guess how many more people were ripped off as a result of carter - ruck ' s threats . the firm now says :
the partner who dealt with tullett brown is no longer at carter - ruck ,
adding :
we have no instructions to respond to your questions .
the law firm carter - ruck has made a fresh move that could stop an mps ' debate next week by claiming a controversial injunction it has obtained is
sub judice
.
have an argument with len mccluskey and you find that the leader of unite is prepared to spend his money , or more likely his members ' hard - earned dues , on hiring the libel lawyers of carter - ruck at ãâ£550 an hour ( plus expenses , of course ) . carter - ruck can charge a little more than the minimum wageãâ . . .
in a statement provided by indigo ' s lawyers , carter - ruck , the company said :
indigo has fully complied with all nex listing rules and has alwaysâ . . .
the only fact the guardian can report is that the case involves the london solicitors carter - ruck , who specialise in suing the media for clients , who include individuals or global corporations .
in the mid - 1930s , carter - ruck spent several months in germany , where he attended meetings addressed by hitler and other nazi leaders , and witnessed brownshirt violence against german communists .
his practice had rightwing connections . with carter - ruck at the helm , the firm of oswald hickson collier acted for the conservative party and the likes of norman tebbit and cecil parkinson .
churchill told mr carter - ruck that he had always thought the wheels of justice ground incredibly slowly - but
you have broken all the records
with a speedy service for clients .
( ii ) trafigura and carter ruck solicitors on 11 september 2009 on the publication of the minton report on the alleged dumping of toxic waste in the ivory coast , commissioned by trafigura .
geoffrey bindman , a media solicitor and
regular opponent
of mr carter - ruck , agreed there was
a lot of criticism of the high level of costs
he demanded .
it was an unusual invitation . when carter - ruck partners nigel tait and guy martin arrived at the free word centre in farringdon on 10 november , they were hardly surrounded by fans .
r . i . p carter - ruck in loving memory of the people that gagged the guardian reporting on the british parliament . was brought down by twitter on the 13th october 2009 .
as with many driven men , there were rumours of affairs . one certainly occurred with his secretary of some years ago , may richards . carter - ruck ultimately fell out with richards over his handling of a case on behalf of derek jameson , former editor of the daily express . jameson was highly critical of carter - ruck ' s failure to show him an opinion from counsel , which suggested that commencing proceedings for libel against the bbc was extremely risky . richards was on the verge of reporting carter - ruck to the law society , but one of his senior partners negotiated the withdrawal of her complaint . carter - ruck himself was by this time - the mid - eighties - a former law society council member and probably the most eminent libel lawyer in britain .
carter - ruck is currently instructed in numerous financial mis - selling cases . the claims total many millions of pounds and include claims of mis - selling to british nationals in other eu countries .
peter carter - ruck , the libel lawyer who died on friday aged 89 , had an unrivalled client list and a uniquely fearsome reputation in the offices of newspaper and magazine editors and rival solicitors .
bloggers were active this morning in speculating about what lay behind the ban on the guardian reporting parliamentary questions . proposals being circulated online included plans for a protest outside the offices of carter - ruck .
october 2007 : it emerges that mr martin spent more than £20 , 000 of taxpayers’ money on the services of the libel firm carter - ruck following a spate of media articles criticising his performance .
today , carter - ruck solicitors released a statement on behalf of trafigura which complicates the episode somewhat and it may be that the legal technicalities behind this story are not simple enough to fit in a soundbite ( or tweet , for that matter ) . carter - ruck has been accused of chilling freedom of speech . should that criticism not be leveled at the firm’s clients rather than the firm itself ?
from losing clients , there were occasional complaints that carter - ruck had filled them with false hope . in 1980 , when derek jameson lost his action against the bbc over a radio 4 weekending programme which described him as an
east end boy made bad
, he was faced with costs of £75 , 000 . in his memoirs , touched by angels , jameson complained that carter - ruck had failed to inform him of counsel ' s opinion that the case was
high risk
( carter - ruck ' s justification being that it would have undermined jameson ' s morale in court ) .
of course the firm is better known for acting tenaciously for libel claimants and for famously having the first letter of ruck being replaced by f in private eye . some writers , including an author i know , see getting a threatening letter from carter - ruck perversely as some kind of badge of honour . “i’m going to frame it in my office” , he tells me – whilst sipping a caramel latte . others view firms like carter - ruck and schillings euphemistically as “reputation managers” for the privileged and wealthy .
it was a classic carter - ruck operation ,
meyer told mps , adding that the session in which mccann give evidence to the committee had seen
a tendentious onslaught on the pcc
.
carter - ruck has unrivalled expertise in reputation management . we help individuals and organisations who face adverse media interest , with fast and reliable advice on defamation , privacy , protection of confidential information and harassment .
as a public interest service , i am including links below to any articles and resources i come across relating to the press gag injunction made by carter ruck in the interests of their client , trafigura .
“even as we celebrated our election victory , carter - ruck were locked in a battle with rupert murdoch and news international which could easily have escalated into a bloody – and bloody ruinous – war . ”
at the time of his death he was still actively involved in his city law firm , peter carter - ruck and partners , although he had not taken part personally in legal proceedings for 10 years .
as reported by the guardian’s editor - in - chief alan rusbridger ( via twitter ) , lawyers carter - ruck will no longer try to prevent his publication reporting mp paul farrelly’s parliamentary question about trafigura .
meyer , the outgoing chairman of the pcc , suggested to mps on the commons culture , media and sport committee that carter - ruck had used a hearing before them earlier this month to attack his organisation .
the guardian was due to appear at the high court at 2pm to challenge carter - ruck ' s behaviour , but the firm has dropped its claim that to report parliament would be in contempt of court .
it can now be reported that legal firm carter - ruck tried to prevent the guardian from reporting mp paul farrelly’s question about uk oil trader trafigura in parliament , but it will no longer pursue its attempt .
after requests under those same laws , it has now emerged that the speaker , nicknamed gorbals mick , has spent nearly £3 , 000 of taxpayers ' funds on
legal advice
from carter - ruck .
and by the way , fucking great news about carter - ruck , which bit the big one this time . they ' re very used to winning for the cult . nice to see the trend shifting .
carter - ruck partner adam tudor today sent a letter to the speaker , john bercow , and also circulated it to every single mp and peer , saying they believed the case was
sub judice
.
the conservative mp peter bottomley went on to tell gordon brown at prime minister ' s questions that he would report carter - ruck to the law society for obtaining an injunction that purported to ban parliamentary reporting .
trafigura , advised by carter - ruck , has won a £25 , 000 compensation payout and an apology from the bbc over its reporting of the oil company’s legal battle with claimants based in the ivory coast .
of course the firm is better known for acting tenaciously for libel claimants and for famously having the first letter of ruck being replaced by f in private eye . some writers , including an author i know , see getting a threatening letter from carter - ruck perversely as some kind of badge of honour .
i’m going to frame it in my office
, he tells me – whilst sipping a caramel latte . others view firms like carter - ruck and schillings euphemistically as
reputation managers
for the privileged and wealthy .
carter - ruck remained at oswald hickson until 1981 , when his partners told him that it was time he retired . instead , he moved on and set up peter carter - ruck and partners , the firm that still today bears his name , but not without falling out with his former colleagues and engaging in protracted litigation . his daughter , the solicitor julie scott - bayfield , had also worked for him and became embroiled in a dispute with her father . for years father and daughter did not speak , a state of affairs that must have deeply affected carter - ruck , whose son , brian , had died in a transport accident .
carter ruck has a great roster of clients ! scientology , trafigura . footballers . classy . if chloe from x factor wanted a law firm she would fit right in - as long as she had the cash .
“the partner who dealt with tullett brown is no longer at carter - ruck . also , as you are aware , tullett brown is now in liquidation . we have no instructions to respond to your questions . ”
the guardian this afternoon said that the law firm carter - ruck had ended its bid to ban the newspaper from publishing a parliamentary question about its client , one of the largest oil trading companies in the world .
in 1967 carter - ruck himself was also sued , by the caterers at his daughter ' s wedding after he had refused to pay part of the bill because , he claimed , too much champagne had been poured .
when my government turned its back on me and no one else took any interest in the abuse of british citizens in a uk aid fuelled country and not one british paper covered my trial , carter ruck were there .
law firm carter - ruck ' s super - injunction to attempt to stop the reporting of a question on the trafigura affair in parliament has galvanised mps and other bodies to take up the fight for freedom of expression .
carter - ruck can charge a little more than the minimum wage because its many wealthy clients know that its lawyers will push as hard as they possibly can to defend clients’ interests , as our spat with mccluskey showed .
on the down side , carter - ruck was a bit one dimensional and , in those cases where the guardian was pitched against him , not always quite as sharp as his reputation either ,
preston added .
farage relates : “i did something which i have never done before , something which was against my nature . i called the famous libel solicitors carter - ruck and appealed for the protection of the law against allegations without substance .
carter - ruck -
increasingly known for its work in representing davids in their battles against goliaths in the financial sector
- features in the times ' discussion of the debate over access to justice in the commercial sector .
but in this case it appears the very expensive carter - ruck has effectively been used to issue press releases and that those instructing them have been content to sign blank cheques irrespective of the cost to the taxpayer .
michael martin , a working - class glaswegian who earns £136 , 677 a year for presiding over parliamentary debates , recruited the services of libel lawyers carter - ruck after a series of negative stories about him in the press .
it was on 11 september that carter - ruck , the libel specialists employed by the london - based trading company , first went to court to get an emergency super - injunction preventing the guardian from publishing the minton report .
although a frightening adversary , carter - ruck did lay claim to sympathy for the underdog and a commitment to social justice : he always felt strongly , for example , that legal aid should be available for libel and slander cases .
not to worry , when all this finally does come out in the open , maybe you can instruct a solicitor to send the mccans and carter - ruck . ; ) the truth will out as my mother says . . .
farrelly said :
carter - ruck ' s manoeuvres this week , were it not so serious , would be tantamount to high farce . it is important mps should not be prevented from going ahead with debates next week .
it may also have helped that the school has repeatedly deployed libel lawyers carter ruck against critics of the school’s management , and is currently suing lambeth council over three emails in which its chief auditor raised concerns about its financial affairs .
charlotte watson joins schillings having previously been a partner at carter - ruck . she brings extensive media law experience to the firm having spent the last eight years working in a freelance capacity for some of the uk’s leading print publications .
strengths one interviewee says :
the carter - ruck team provides a truly first - class service . they are responsive and are problem solvers who continually think in new and innovative ways to get the best result for their clients .
index on censorship and english pen today welcomed mps’ robust response to law firm carter - ruck ' s challenge to reporting of parliament , and called for a ban on the use of so - called ‘super injunctions’ except in extreme circumstances .
that is why i was somewhat grateful to scientology ' s uk lawyers at carter - ruck when they sent the bbc photographs of me hugging amy scobee at the end of a long and at times harrowing series of interviews about her experiences .
there’s also the silent protest being staged on thursday at 1pm in chancery lane outside the offices of carter ruck . anyone who is available and interested in making a statement about misuse of libel is invited to attend . full details at : urltoken
[ … ] then we saw the trafigura / carter - ruck gagging order farce , and the way the twitterverse and blogosphere reacted . ( joanne jacobs has pulled together lots of different reports and responses to trafigura here . ) [ … ]
thomsen , who was in london last week meeting his lawyers at the firm carter ruck , has no doubt about the driving force behind his case .
i believe that the lawsuit is an attempt to silence me ,
he said .
carter - ruck agreed to act on a no - win , no - fee basis , a system threatened by proposed changes to the law . the £55 , 000 is to be donated to two charities for missing people and sick children .
yet he was perhaps best known for is regular run - ins with private eye .
i ' d feel neglected if a few weeks went by without a letter from carter - ruck ,
the magazine ' s editor ian hislop once said . private eye would retaliate to his writs by misspelling his last name .
it is a very , very amusing magazine ,
carter - ruck admitted .
but they lack any sort of sensitivity and can sometimes be very hurtful .
but the outbreak of the second world war interrupted his legal career . carter - ruck served with distinction as an artilleryman , joining as a gunner and obtaining his commission in 1940 . by the time he left in 1944 , he had become a gunnery captain and , during four days ' leave in 1940 , had married ann maxwell . the couple appeared nigh - on inseparable , ann at his side for every social occasion . carter - ruck was shattered by her death earlier this year .
his clients had included laurence olivier , winston churchill and michael heseltine . another client , the late prime minister harold wilson , once said that mr carter - ruck had won everything he had asked for in a libel action against the daily mail .
earlier this week , the labour mp paul farrelly said carter - ruck might be in contempt of parliament for seeking to stop the guardian reporting questions he had put down on the order paper revealing the existence of the
super - injunction
.
mr carter - ruck represented nora beloff , an observer journalist who sued for libel after auberon waugh jested in his private eye column that she was frequently found in bed with harold wilson and other members of the cabinet but nothing improper had occurred .
house of commons speaker michael martin paid £21 , 516 over the course of three months this year to the law firm carter - ruck in order to deal with newspaper stories that questioned his impartiality and conduct . the problem is that it came from the public purse rather than martin ' s £136 , 677 salary . but i won ' t say anything rude about that - in case he spends even more by asking carter - ruck to send me a warning letter . ( via press gazette )
house of commons speaker michael martin paid £21 , 516 over the course of three months this year to the law firm carter - ruck in order to deal with newspaper stories that questioned his impartiality and conduct . the problem is that it came from the public purse rather than martin ' s £136 , 677 salary . but i won ' t say anything rude about that - in case he spends even more by asking carter - ruck to send me a warning letter . ( via press gazette )
without all of these “invisible” costs being met , there would simply be no lucrative court case for libel firms like carter ruck and schillings to cash in on . so what’s actually happening here is that the uk taxpayer is indirectly subsidising the libel industry .
mention the name carter - ruck and media law springs to mind . the firm that has launched a thousand libel writs has long held an enviable — among other claimant firms , at least — reputation as the bête noire of publishers and editors . carter - ruck has also drawn criticism as being too ready to use the no - win , no - fee regime — introduced in defamation claims by lord woolf in 2000 — to act for people who could otherwise easily afford their slice of access to justice .
principal areas of work media law : carter - ruck has unrivalled expertise in advising individuals , companies and other organisations who find themselves subject to , or threatened with adverse or intrusive media coverage . the firm’s lawyers have secured many of the highest ever damages awards in this field , as well as unprecedented front page apologies in national newspapers . the firm’s claimant practice is the largest in the country , but the firm also represents defendants , including some of the uk’s best - known publishers . international law : carter - ruck’s international law team has extensive experience in litigation , dispute resolution and regulatory matters involving an international or diplomatic context . while much of carter - ruck’s work is conducted before the uk courts and by way of arbitration , the firm also has cases proceeding in the european court of justice , before the united nations and in the courts of a host of overseas jurisdictions . commercial dispute resolution & litigation : carter - ruck has considerable experience in a very wide range of high value , complex commercial disputes . the firm has represented clients in the high court , court of appeal , supreme court , privy council and european court of justice . carter - ruck’s international expertise means it is well placed to advise on multi - jurisdictional disputes and to conduct international arbitration and litigation in courts overseas . in certain high - value cases carter - ruck is willing to act on the basis of conditional fee agreements and to secure after - the - event insurance . financial mis - selling & professional negligence : carter - ruck’s commercial litigation team has a formidable track - record of acting in high value financial mis - selling claims for compensation against institutions including banks , pensions providers and financial and tax advisers . the firm is also highly experienced in bringing negligence claims against solicitors , accountants , surveyors and other professionals .
in all three cases carter - ruck acted on a no win , no fee basis ( conditional fee arrangement ) . and in the sikh holy man case at least , they were left significantly out of pocket after failing to recover any fees from the claimant .
ingrams , who presided over private eye during several high - profile libel actions in which mr carter - ruck acted against the satirical fortnightly , said that when he met the magazine ' s arch - foe he turned out to be
deferential and polite
.
peter preston , who received several libel writs from mr carter - ruck while he was editor of the guardian , described the lawyers as
a canny , clever man who saw libel could be big business and , for a time , made it so
.
carter - ruck earned enough to pay for a series of ocean yachts - each one called fair judgment - drive a le mans rolls - royce and buy homes in hertfordshire , argyll and marbella . he lunched well at the garrick and spent evenings at covent garden .
peter carter - ruck married , in 1940 , ann maxwell , daughter of group captain reginald stuart maxwell , mc , dfc , afc ; she died earlier this year . they had a son , who died in a sailing accident in 1973 , and a daughter .
the question was printed on the order paper yesterday and relates to the activities of trafigura , an international oil trader at the centre of a controversy regarding toxic waste - dumping in the ivory coast , and to the role of its solicitors , carter - ruck .
carter - ruck , the law firm representing trafigura , was accused of infringing the supremacy of parliament after it insisted that an injunction obtained against the guardian prevented the paper from reporting a question tabled on monday by the labour mp paul farrelly . [ my emphasis . ]
but thanks to the credit crunch , carter - ruck’s image is getting a makeover . the city practice handles as much libel as ever — most of it still for claimants — but the firm is turning its expertise to the world of finance . this time the same…
for more than 25 years , carter - ruck reigned supreme as britain ' s leading libel solicitor , first as senior partner of oswald hickson collier & co and later , from the age of 67 , with his own firm of peter carter - ruck & partners . fit , with a trim figure and capable sailor ' s hands , he worked a more than full week until well into his eighties , by which time , as one interviewer noted , his voice had become
hushed and dry , like the rustling of documents
.
in 1989 carter - ruck publicly attacked the £600 , 000 damages awarded to sonia sutcliffe against the magazine and was invited to an eye lunch , an occasion he attended with some trepidation . not long afterwards , he asked if , in the new spirit of friendship , they would now stop printing the first letter of ruck as an f . their response , not unpredictably , was to print the first letter of carter as an f as well .
i think my relationship with private eve is now definitely hate ,
he said later .
peter frederick carter - ruck , lawyer : born 26 february 1914 ; senior partner , oswald hickson , collier & co 1945 - 81 ; founder and senior partner , peter carter - ruck and partners 1981 - 98 , consultant 1998 - 2000 ; chairman , law society law reform committee 1980 - 83 ; fellow , society for advanced legal studies 1998 - 2003 ; consultant , pellys solicitors 2000 - 03 ; married 1940 ann maxwell ( died 2003 ; one daughter , and one son deceased ) ; died great hallingbury , essex 19 december 2003 .
mps reacted with anger to the suggestion a law firm had tried to gag a newspaper from reporting parliament and demanded an emergency debate , to be held next wednesday . peter bottomley , tory mp for worthing west , threatened to report carter - ruck to the law society .
carter - ruck responded yesterdayon thursday by writing to the speaker of the commons , john bercow , warning him it viewed the matter as sub - judice , which would prevent mps from debating the report , or the law firm ' s behaviour . then , after newspapers had gone to press tonight , trafigura and carter - ruck threw in the towel , announcing the guardian should
treat these orders as discharged
. it was a recognition that the attempts at secrecy had been defeated by a newspaper , the collaboration of the web , and parliament .
( nb : if anyone from radio 4 or itv wants to use fussbudget the lawyer in any of their satire shows , they are entirely welcome to him . they too will have to credit law firm carter - ruck if they choose to use this particular sketch though . )
his job with lee bolton secure , carter - ruck opted to go to germany for three months rather than start university , a decision he later regarded as a mistake . in germany he witnessed , in 1932 , growing signs of nazism , and attended a rally in freiburg at which hitler spoke . he wrote that he was
deeply affected by the increasing fanaticism and violence on the streets
. returning from germany , carter - ruck qualified as a solicitor with lee bolton before joining oswald hickson , where he was soon to become head of its litigation department .
at the same time , tony bennett , having received appropriate legal advice , has already replied , earlier today , to the legal letter received by carter - ruck on behalf of brian and patrick kennedy . accompanying this statement is tony’s on - the - record reply to that letter .
this comes six years after other lawyers got involved over ms brown’s self - published book casting doubt on the mccanns’ account of how their daughter disappeared . after amazon heard from libel law firm carter - ruck , acting for the mccanns , the book was withdrawn from the online bookseller .
ofcom has dismissed complaints of antisemitism and impartiality against carter - ruck client al jazeera over its 2017 documentary series the lobby . activists luke akehurst , russell langer and ella rose accused al - jazeera of breaches of privacy and unfair editing in relation to the documentary , whichãâ . . .
in his memoirs he praised the rightwing financier sir james goldsmith for alleviating the injustice of the lack of legal aid with money from a foundation . he said it let solicitors assess cases in the same way as the legal aid board would . however , the assessor was none other than carter - ruck , and his firm was paid , win or lose . the beneficiaries tended not to be widows and orphans but rightwing politicos such as neil hamilton , who trousered £20 , 000 from the bbc for a panorama programme - carter - ruck ' s bill was £240 , 000 .


tnt n.v. was an international express , mail delivery and logistics services company with headquarters in hoofddorp , netherlands .

tnt operated the dutch national postal service under the name tnt post .

the group also offered postal services in eight other european countries , including the uk , germany , italy and belgium .

tnt 's mail division recorded sales of about € 4.2 billion in 2009 .

tnt 's networks were concentrated in europe and asia , but the group also had operations in the middle east and south america , and several road freight companies in china , india and brazil .

on 2 august 2010 , tnt n.v. announced its intention to split up into two independent companies , an express and a mail company .

the demerger became effective in may 2011 : tnt express was listed on the amsterdam stock exchange , and tnt n.v. subsequently renamed itself postnl .

tnt n.v. was officially quoted on the euronext amsterdam stock exchange until may 2011 .

tnt employed 155,000 people .

over 2009 , tnt reported € 10.4 billion in revenues and an operating income of € 648 million .

its major competitors included fedex , dhl , and national post carriers such as us postal service and royal mail .

tnt 's last chief executive officer was peter bakker .

other members of the board of management included bernard bot ( chief financial officer ) , marie-christine lombard ( group managing director , express ) and harry koorstra ( group managing director , mail ) .

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the shares of postnl n . v . are listed on euronext amsterdam ( ticker : pnl ) and included in the amx - index .
on december 13 , 2005 , it purchased 677 , 000 tnt n . v . ordinary shares at an average price of euro 25 . 7696 per share .
postnl n . v . provides stock basis information pursuant to section 6045b of the 1986 us internal revenue code . us basis reporting statement ( restatement )
the split - up of tnt n . v . which was announced in december 2010 , materialised in may 2011 when tnt express and tnt post ( now : postnl ) were separately listed on the amsterdam stock exchange .
publish date : 24 may 2006 at 08 : 45 cet - amsterdam , further to the share purchase announcement of 3 may 2006 , tnt n . v . announces that :
tnt n . v . is a global provider of mail , express and logistics services . the group employs over 161 , 000 people in 63 countries and serves over 200 countries . for 2004 the company reported sales of € 12 . 6 billion . tnt n . v . is publicly listed on the stock exchanges of amsterdam , new york , london and frankfurt .
tnt n . v . , through its two divisions , express and mail , is part of the global transportation and distribution industry , and dedicated to providing delivery solutions to its customers .
during the period from may 3 , 2006 until and including may 23 , 2006 , it purchased 2 , 700 , 000 tnt n . v . ordinary shares at an average price of euro 29 . 3437 per share ,
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tnt n . v . , more commonly known as tnt ( euronext : tnte : na ) , is an international express and mail delivery services company with headquarters in hoofddorp , netherlands . in the netherlands , tnt operates the national postal service under the name tnt post . the group also offers postal services in eight other european countries , including the uk , germany , italy and belgium . tnt ' s mail division recorded sales of about €4 . 2 billion in 2009 .
3 . tnt n . v . provides businesses and consumers worldwide with an extensive range of services for their mail and express delivery needs . headquartered in the netherlands , tnt offers efficient network infrastructures in europe and asia and is expanding operations worldwide to maximize its network performance . tnt serves more than 200 countries and employs over 128 , 000 people ( over 163 , 500 people including the division logistics which is intended to be divested ) . for 2005 the company reported € 10 . 1 billion in revenues ( € 13 . 6 billion including logistics ) . tnt n . v . is publicly listed on the stock exchanges of amsterdam and new york . tnt recognises its social responsibility , and has formed partnerships with the united nations world food programme and the united nations environmental programme to fight hunger and pollution in the world .
the netherlands ptt , which included both the dutch postal service and the state - run telephone monopoly , gained its independence from government control in 1989 although it remained state owned . netherlands ptt became a private company called ptt nederland n . v . , with ptt post and ptt telecom subsidiaries . ptt post
tnt n . v . provides businesses and consumers worldwide with an extensive range of services for their mail and express delivery needs . headquartered in the netherlands , tnt offers efficient network infrastructures in europe and asia and is expanding operations worldwide to maximize its network performance . tnt serves more than 200 countries and employs over 128 , 000 people ( over 163 , 500 people including the division logistics which is intended to be divested ) . for 2005 the company reported € 10 . 1 billion in revenues ( € 13 . 6 billion including logistics ) . tnt n . v . is publicly listed on the stock exchanges of amsterdam , new york , and frankfurt . tnt recognizes its social responsibility , and has formed partnerships with the united nations world food programme and the united nations environmental programme to fight hunger and pollution in the world .
1996 – kpn makes a friendly takeover of tnt . tnt is delisted from the asx .
ptt post ( including letters , parcel service , international & consumer , media service , document handling , and post offices [ 50 % ] ) ; tnt ( including international mail , tnt international express , tnt south europe [ italy / france / spain ] , tnt benelux , tnt united kingdom , tnt germany , tnt north america , and tnt australia / asia ) .
postnl n . v . shares trade in the united states in the over the counter market ( otc market ) via adrs . the otc code is pnlyy . the adr programme of postnl offers us investors the opportunity to buy postnl shares and hold share certificates . on 22 november 2017 postnl nv ( otc : pnlyy ) notified j . p . morgan chase bank , n . a . ( the depositary ) to terminate the sponsored american depositary receipt ( adr ) programme , effective 22 december 2017 .
when tnt express and tnt post ( now : postnl ) were separately listed on the amsterdam stock exchange .
tnt post group is essentially a combination of the dutch post office and australia - based tnt limited . prior to the 1980s european post offices were typically included within state - owned post and telephone companies , known as ptts . in the 1980s these companies began to be privatized , with the netherlands ptt gaining its independence in 1989 and then emerging as a public company , koninklijke ptt nederland n . v . ( kpn ) , in 1994 . two years later kpn acquired tnt . in june 1998 tnt post group was demerged from kpn , creating a new entity focused on mail , express , and logistics and leaving kpn purely a telecommunications firm .
the discs were sent by junior staff at hm revenue and customs ( hmrc ) based at waterview park in washington , tyne and wear , to the national audit office ( nao ) , as unrecorded internal mail via tnt n . v . on october 18 . on october 24 the nao complained to the hmrc that they had not received the data . on november 8 , senior officials in hmrc were informed of the loss , with chancellor of the exchequer , alistair darling being informed on november 10 . on november 20 , darling announced :
tnt employs 155 , 000 people . over 2009 , tnt reported €10 . 4 billion in revenues and an operating income of €648 million .
during its annual analysts ' meeting in december , tnt announces a separation proposal that will see the company being split - up in two independent entities : tnt express and tnt post ( which would be renamed postnl ) .
on may 26 , tnt express was listed on the euronext nyse stock exchange . the listing was part of the de - merger from tnt nv , which received shareholder approval at tnt nv’s extraordinary general meeting of shareholders ( egm ) .
on 19 march , united parcel service announced its intention to acquire tnt express .
on june 1 , tex gunning started as chief executive officer of tnt express .
supply chain - wide optinization at tnt express interfaces vol 43 no 1 . pdf
in february , tnt signs conditional sale agreement with asl aviation group for airline operations . tnt express has signed an agreement to sell its airline operartions tnt airways and pan air lineas aéreas to asl aviation group , conditional on the completion of fedex ' s intended acquisition of tnt , which happened on 25 may the same year . ( press release )
, the company became known as thomas nationwide transport or tnt for short and , by 1961 , tnt had become so successful that it was listed on the australian stock exchange .
august 2007 – tnt announces a program to cut carbon emissions called
planet me
.
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in 1992 , tnt’s international time - sensitive freight operations in europe , together with tnt skypak and tnt mailfast , combined with the international time - sensitive mail services businesses of the dutch telecoms and postal company kpn , plus the postal companies of canada , france , germany and sweden , to form gd express worldwide ( gdew ) . tnt owned 50 % of gdew . a close commercial relationship began to grow between tnt and ptt post , kpn’s postal division .
to acquire 50 percent of gd express worldwide ( gdew ) . the other half - interest in gdew remained with tnt limited , which had created it . operating under the trade name tnt express worldwide , gdew combined the express mail and parcel activities of tnt and the five postal services . this marked the beginning of the increasingly close relationship between ptt post and tnt .
its major competitors include fedex , dhl , and national post carriers such as us postal service and royal mail . tnt aircraft operate under the icao code of tay ( tnt airways ) .
. . . urltoken by [ 130 . 115 . 196 . 232 ] accurate estimates of origin - destination freight volumes to determine shipment routes over the integrated air and truck network . by using this software , menlo worldwide forwarding was able to increase its utilization by 30 percent , reduce its operating costs by 21 percent , and respond quickly to business disruptions . fleuren et al . ( 2013 ) discuss several or - driven projects undertaken at tnt express n . v . , a businessto - business express delivery company that operates the largest express road and air network in europe and also has networks in china , south america , asia - pacific , and the middle east . the authors discuss the development of decision support tools for routing fre . . .
s vision of an integrated global transport operation . in 1973 tnt went into partnership with two west german companies to form an international ship brokering company , montan tnt pty ltd . it also formed kwikasair ltd . , an express delivery service between the united kingdom and continental europe . tnt
1998 – tnt opens its european express centre in liège airport ( liege , belgium ) . the postal division ( including tnt ) are demerged from kpn and listed separately on the amsterdam stock exchange as tpg ( tnt post group ) . an international road hub was opened in duiven , netherlands . tpg acquires jet services of france and is integrated into tnt ' s european operations .
on 14 january 2005 , the name tpg is discarded , in favour of tnt . the tnt brand is now used globally to increase worldwide recognition and to allow for more efficient brand communication .
s public post office partners , so that gdew became a de facto joint venture with tnt .
1992 – tnt was acquired by the canadian post office and a consortium of european post offices .
december 2006 and may 2007 – tnt takes delivery of its first two boeing 747 - 400erf .
tnt allowed its gay , lesbian , bisexual and transgender employees in 2005 to join together in an employee network called tnt glbn — representing all glbt / lgbt employees . so far tnt glbn has sub chapters in the united kingdom , germany and the netherlands with over 500 registered members worldwide .
. . . in 2012 , the edelman prize was awarded to tnt express for the entry
supply chainwide optimization at tnt express
[ 23 ] . tnt ' s global optimization ( go ) program initiative led to the development of optimization solutions to assist the operating units of tnt express and improve their package delivery in road and air networks , based mostly on mipdriven software . . . .
on 18 february , tnt announced a turnaround and transformation strategy , called outlook . it targets substantial improvements in performance to meet the needs of tnt ' s stakeholders ( customers , employees and shareholders ) .
, it acquired the tnt group , heralding a new era for the global post and express industry .
tnt express announces initial investment of 36 million euros to expand liege air hub . ( press release )
tnt limited began in 1946 when ken w . thomas started operating a one - man trucking business in
on 2 october 1996 , kpn publicly bid for tnt . the friendly take - over was completed in december 1996 . important steps were taken to integrate business activities of tnt and kpn’s postal division , ptt post . tnt ' s activities outside the core businesses of mail , express and logistics were sold off .
on 28 april 2009 , tnt announces its acquisition of expresso araçatuba transportes e logística s . a . , a key delivery partner of tnt mercúrio in brazil ' s central west and north regions since 2001 .
in may 2004 , tpg announced major expansion of the tnt express european air hub in liège , belgium .
on 25 may , fedex acquires tnt . bringing fedex and tnt together allows us to build upon the strengths of both companies , leading to a brighter future that connects even more people and possibilities around the world .
, kpn determined that the collaboration of their postal division with tnt would go it alone and divested tnt post group ( tpg ) to list independently on the stock exchange of amsterdam , new york , london and frankfurt .
. tnt gained an instant foothold in new markets by buying transporation companies in europe , north america and brazil .
parcel express business , xp , and linked its air freight business in europe with its road operations , creating a formidable new network , tnt express europe . by mid - 1989 the european operations accounted for 35 percent of tnt
s airline jat in 1990 . as other countries in the region became liberalized , tnt moved toward similar operations throughout
s stock raised us $ 280 . 3 million and left tnt with a 25 percent stake . also in march 1992 tnt completed the acquisition of chronoservice , a leading french express carrier , which filled a gap in the company
s four largest time - sensitive distribution and logistics groups ( along with united parcel service , fedex , and dhl ) . tnt activities related to mail , express , and logistics were integrated into ptt post . other tnt assets
2005 – tpg renames itself to tnt and announces its plan to sell off the majority of its logistics division .
tnt express – operates the largest express network by air and road in europe , as well as tnt airways , an international cargo airline . tnt express employs more than 78 , 000 people , flies 48 aircraft , runs about 26 , 000 road vehicles , and has a worldwide network of more than 2 , 400 depots and hubs .
on monday 29 june 1998 , tnt post group ( formed by tnt and ptt post ) separated from kpn . from that date , tpg stock was listed independently on the stock exchanges of amsterdam , new york , london and frankfurt .
, fedex completed the acquisition of tnt express . the combination builds upon competitive positioning in global transportation and logistics industry .
s the news corporation limited . just as the latter emerged as the likely victor , it suddenly became clear that tnt
from late 1989 , however , tnt encountered a series of serious problems . the problems began in august 1989 when australia
the netherlands ' tnt post group n . v . ( tpg ) is helping to redefine postal services . the first publicly traded postal service in the world , tpg offers mail , express mail , and logistics services on a worldwide basis . the combination of the former dutch postal service and the express mail and logistics activities of tnt worldwide has created the world ' s fourth largest mail services provider , behind federal express , ups , and dhl , worth more than nlg 16 billion ( nearly us $ 9 billion ) in annual revenues . tpg ' s business activities include domestic mail services and direct mail services in the netherlands ; international mail and international express mail services , principally in europe and asia ; and worldwide logistics operations with a focus on supply chain management . formed from the breakup of the former dutch postal and telecommunications monopoly , the ptt nederland , tpg ' s shares joins sister company royal kpn ' s shares on the amsterdam , frankfurt , london , and new york stock exchanges . the company is led by chairman and ceo a . j . scheepbouwer .
on 29 september , tnt launched a new brand identity , as part of the outlook strategy . the new brand highlights tnt ' s dedicated employees and unique european road network , and will help reposition the company as a challenger in the marketplace .
revenue . at the height of the dispute , ansett was estimated to be losing a $ 10 million a week . tnt
on 2 august 2010 tnt announced its intention to split up into two independent companies , an express and a mail company .
november 2006 – tnt sells its logistics division to appolo management ( the unit has been renamed ceva logistics since then ) .
during the tpg and tnt years , the company acquired one company after another . after jet services in france , it acquired in quick succession tg + in spain , hoau in china , speedage in india , mercurio and araçatuba in brazil and lit cargo in chile . tnt also opened up intercontinental routes between asia and europe with daily dedicated tnt - owned and leased boeing 747 flights linking china and southeast asia to dubai and europe . the acquisitions and new intercontinental routes allowed tnt to facilitate its global
in june 1994 the netherlands state sold to the public 30 percent of its shares in ptt nederland , which was renamed koninklijke ptt nederland n . v . ( kpn ) . the nlg 6 . 8 billion ( us $ 3 . 9 billion ) raised marked the largest initial public offering in dutch history . kpn obtained a listing on the amsterdam stock exchange . the flotation was unusual in that most european ptts were split into separate postal and telecom companies before being taken public . the decision not to do so indicated the strong position that ptt post held , strong enough to stand alongside ptt telecom in a publicly traded company . in late 1995 the netherlands sold another 25 percent of kpn through a secondary offering , leaving the state without a controlling interest in the company . shares began trading on the new york stock exchange for the first time , and then in 1996 listings were added in frankfurt and london . it was also in 1996 that kpn acquired full control of both tnt and gdew .
on 16 february 2009 , tnt announces the acquisition of 100 % of lit cargo , a leading express delivery company in chile . the acquisition gives tnt a strong nationwide road network in chile and strengthens its position in the country’s domestic express delivery market – both instrumental in tnt’s ambition to develop a south american road network ( sarn ) , linking chile to brazil and argentina .
tnt express , a fedex company , is one of the world’s largest express delivery companies . on a daily b . . .
. it targets substantial improvements in performance to meet the needs of tnt ' s stakeholders ( customers , employees and shareholders ) .
report that stated that a new tnt private parcel delivery service , homefast , would pose a serious threat to the royal mail parcels network . tnt took a significant step toward building a european freight network in 1983 when it bought skypak , ipec holdings ltd .
on 25 may , fedex completed the acquisition of tnt express . the combination builds upon competitive positioning in global transportation and logistics industry .
2 . tnt express employs over 48 , 000 staff worldwide and is the first ever organisation to achieve global recognition as an investor in people . the company reported revenue in 2005 of €5 . 3 billion . profits of €124 million earned by tnt express during q1 2006 were higher by 30 . 5 % than the same period in 2005 ( €95 million ) . the tnt express website is : urltoken
the company ' s express delivery services unit , known as tnt express , has fully owned operations in 65 countries and delivers documents , parcels and pieces of freight to over 200 countries . tnt ' s express division recorded sales of about €6 . 0 billion in 2009 .
tnt is strongly committed to responsible corporate citizenship and implements various international standards in order to retain its licence to operate in the broadest sense .
on 31 october 2005 , tnt announces the lease of two b747 - 400erf freighters to begin a new direct service between europe and asia .
with its ansett stake and its growing international business , tnt itself became a prime candidate for takeover in the early 1980s . one of australia
in the late 1980s tnt emerged from a period that could have damaged a company with a different approach . faced with a recession and exposed in a number of geographical areas , tnt under abeles spent heavily on expansion and outlasted the problems . the company was particularly well positioned in the
tnt continued to grow throughout the 1960s , and following the company’s success in australia and new zealand , international expansion was the next natural step .
in the partnership gd express worldwide ( gdew ) . tnt , which , since its founding in 1946 had expanded to become one of the world
in 1967 , tnt merged with alltrans , one of the major privately - owned groups in the australian freight transportation industry , founded in 1950 by ( sir ) peter abeles . the merger moved tnt into its first overseas business activity - in new zealand , where alltrans had a substantial presence .
global express and mail service provider tnt announced yesterday it has completed the acquisition of hoau group , china ' s private freight and parcels delivery firm .
the global transportation and distribution business is a vast industry which is estimated to be worth over us $ 3 , 500 billion . tnt serves more than
on 29 september 2006 , tnt signs the equity transfer agreement with shanghai - based hoau group , to acquire its nationwide road transport and freight business .
on 10 january , 2007 , tnt announces the completion of its acquisition of 100 % of the shares of expresso mercúrio s . a . ( mercúrio ) , brazil’s market leader in domestic express . the acquisition provides tnt with an ideal platform to further develop an integrated south american road express network .
on 14 january , ups announced that they would not continue with the proposed acquisition of tnt express , seeing the objections pronounced by the european commission .
during the tpg and tnt years , the company acquired one company after another . after jet services in france , it acquired in quick succession tg + in spain , hoau in china , speedage in india , mercúrio and araçatuba in brazil and lit cargo in chile . tnt also opened up intercontinental routes between asia and europe with daily dedicated tnt - owned and leased boeing 747 flights linking china and southeast asia to dubai and europe . the acquisitions and new intercontinental routes allowed tnt to facilitate its global focus on network ’s strategy . meanwhile , in line with this strategy , the logistics division was sold off .
in august 2007 , tnt’s ( then ) ceo peter bakker launched tnt’s strategy to improve transparency on the company’s carbon footprint , to drastically reduce co 2 emissions from the company’s operations and to stimulate all 159 , 000 employees to do the same in their private lives . the initiative is called planet me .
founded in australia after the second world war , tnt went dutch in 1992 following rapid international expansion . in 2016 , the company was acquired by fedex .
s two major domestic airlines . protected from free competition by a government - endorsed airline duopoly , ansett was a highly profitable company that would have secured tnt
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the business went global in the 1970s and 1980s . tnt gained an instant foothold in new markets by buying transportation companies in europe , north america and brazil .
s associates , mcllwraith mceachern limited , were called upon to pay more than a $ 60 million for a strategic stake in tnt to protect it from predators .
s trucks rolled through the gates and the picket lines . for tnt the effort paid off , as the company was awarded the contract to distribute all of murdoch
s profits plunged by half in 1982 to 1983 . a recession in australia had severely cut freight volumes , while in other markets competition had forced tnt to reduce its rates and thus its profit margin . tnt continued to pour money into expansion , however , opening a steady stream of operations and services in the united kingdom , where it was a pioneer in the area of overnight delivery service , as it had been in australia , and constantly looking out for new acquisition or expansion opportunities in europe . in view of its international emphasis , the company changed its name in 1985 from thomas nationwide transport limited to simply tnt limited ( tnt ) .
from its wider base , tnt began a new series of developments aimed at furthering its reach in its existing markets , particularly in europe . in 1987 the company sold its last shares in the u . s . shipping company trans freight lines , which had been unsuccessful in its attempt to penetrate the tight north atlantic shipping business and had lost a net a $ 80 million since 1976 . tnt also unloaded another big loss - making u . s . operation , the trucking business tnt pilot , which had lost more than a $ 60 million since 1980 . in 1987 tnt made one of its biggest investments when it negotiated a right of first refusal of five years
business boomed in the 1950s as ken’s company began offering road and rail freight services across australia including , for the first time , new overnight services . in 1958 , the company became known as thomas nationwide transport or tnt for short and , by 1961 , tnt had become so successful that it was listed on the australian stock exchange .
, tnt launched planet me , a programme to reduce the company ' s co2 emissions in a wide variety of ways . tnt consistently ranked first in our industry on the dow jones sustainability index - a list that tracks sustainability leaders among the largest companies in the world - and achieved the highest score of any company on the djsi .
on 6 december 2005 , tnt announces a change in strategy : the company is to focus on delivery services via mail , express and freight transport networks . tnt also announces it is to exit the logistics business . this division is acquired by apollo management in august 2006 which initiates a € 1 billion share repurchase to begin on 6 december .
on 1 september 2006 , tnt announces the acquisition of arc india limited , one of india’s leading road express companies which operates under the trade name speedage express cargo services .
, its first european presence . these swift moves were not without problems , however . the u . s . trucking industry was a difficult market for a newcomer . tnt
s fleet and extension of its routes across australia , led to its incorporation as a public company in 1962 , under the name thomas nationwide transport limited ( tnt ) , and listing on the sydney stock exchange the following year . access to public funds allowed the company to continue expanding until , as the end of the decade approached , the limits of the australian trucking market became apparent and tnt began to look for opportunities to extend its business beyond australia . the chance came in 1967 , a key year in tnt
at this time , tnt also developed a keen social policy , understanding early on its truly positive impact on business , employees , customers , investors , communities and the planet . in 2002 , tnt announced its partnership with the un world food programme , under which it would deploy its people , resources and skills to help wfp in the fight against world hunger . in 2007 , tnt launched planet me , a programme to reduce the company’s co 2 emissions in a wide variety of ways . tnt consistently ranked first in our industry on the dow jones sustainability index - a list that tracks sustainability leaders among the largest companies in the world - and achieved the highest score of any company on the djsi .
s logistics sector specializes in specific industry segments , most notably medical supplies and automotive parts . tnt post group has branches in 55 countries and operates in more than 200 countries .
, just in time for the collapse of the eastern bloc in 1989 and 1990 . the company formed a joint venture with the hungarian airline malev in 1988 , created tnt aeroflot
tnt sold its logistics unit in 2006 to focus on network activities , mail and express delivery services . tnt ' s networks are concentrated in europe and asia , but the group is expanding its operations worldwide , including in the middle east and south america . in the recent years , it acquired several road freight companies in china , india and brazil .
at this time , tnt also developed a keen social policy , understanding early on its truely positive impact on business , employees , customers , investors , communities and the planet . in
, tnt announced its partnership with the un world food programme , under which it would deploy its people , resources and skills to help wfp in the fight against world hunger . in
tnt also pushed toward the goal of running a new freight airline in europe . in 1988 it merged its european express freight division with that of its biggest competitor , scandinavian airline system
s mail division also offers domestic services such as direct marketing , direct mail , and unaddressed advertising , and the company provides international bulk mailing services . under the tnt brand , the company
s european turnover grew by an average of almost 50 percent a year from when the u . k . office was opened in 1972 to 1987 . by 1987 tnt had become the world
, the tnt group had 70 , 000 employees . but its bid to become a worldwide player in transportation had led it to diversify very quickly - and it needed to find new investment .
s contract business with major manufacturers for the delivery of goods in certain sectors , such as automotive parts . assets not fitting into these core areas became candidates for divestment . one of the first such selloffs came in march 1992 when tnt spun off its u . s . regional motor carriers into tnt freightways ( renamed usfreightways in february 1996 ) . the initial public offering of 75 percent of the new company
it has , however , been reported that tnt may not have received the discs , and that they may have been sent with the royal mail or dx services , with whom hmrc also holds accounts .
the application of operations research ( or ) at tnt express during the past seven years has significantly improved decision - making quality and resulted in cost savings of 207 million euros . the global optimization ( go ) program initiative has led to the development of a suite of optimization solutions to assist the operating units of tnt express to improve their package delivery in road and air . . . [ show full abstract ]
by the 1990s , the tnt group had 70 , 000 employees . but its bid to become a worldwide player in transportation had led it to diversify very quickly – and it needed to find new investment .
one such partnership was established in 1992 , when ptt post joined its time - sensitive mail and freight services with those of australia ' s private tnt and the government - owned post offices of canada , france , germany , and sweden in the partnership gd express worldwide ( gdew ) . tnt , which , since its founding in 1946 had expanded to become one of the world ' s top four express mail and freight delivery businesses , took on a 50 percent ownership of gdew . before long , ptt post bought out gdew ' s public post office partners , so that gdew became a de facto joint venture with tnt .
the application of operations research ( or ) at tnt express during the past seven years has significantly improved decision - making quality and resulted in cost savings of 207 million euros . the global optimization ( go ) program initiative has led to the development of a suite of optimization solutions to assist the operating units of tnt express to improve their package delivery in road and air networks . to create and deploy these solutions , we established communities of practice ( cops ) , at which internal and external subject matter experts meet three times annually at an internal conference . we also created a unique two - year learning environment , the go academy , where employees of tnt express are taught the principles , use , and deployment of optimization techniques . as a result of these combined initiatives , or is now an effective part of the core values at tnt express .
s activities within australia , however , that suddenly brought the company to international attention in 1972 . tnt had continued to grow steadily since the 1967 merger , and it was well on its way to becoming the country
at a premium of a $ 1 . 00 to ease its liquidity problems . the hardest blow came when tnt revealed that it had lost nearly a $ 197 million for the fiscal year ending in june 1991 .
1 . tnt express is the world ' s leading business to business express delivery company . the company delivers 3 . 5 million parcels , documents and pieces of freight a week to over 200 countries using its network of nearly 900 depots , hubs and sortation centres . tnt express operates over 19 , 000 road vehicles and 43 aircraft and has the biggest door - to - door air and road express delivery infrastructure in europe .
s efforts to move into this market were accompanied by a series of wildcat strikes , mysterious bombings , and arson attacks . the damage caused by this interference was the first in a number of problems that would affect tnt
and the start of the tnt - ptt post relationship . an era also came to an end in 1992 when the colorful and autocratic abeles stepped aside as managing director , replaced by the lower - key david mortimer .
s history , when the company merged with another growing australian transport enterprise , the alltrans group . like tnt , alltrans was another company that began in a small way in the optimistic environment of postwar australia . one of alltrans
tnt expends its long haul network with a five day per week air cargo service linking moscow ( press release ) and its main european hub liege as well as with a direct flight between chongqing and liège ( press release ) .
for a $ 475 million . three months later koninklijke ptt neder - land ( kpn ) completed a friendly a $ 2 billion ( us $ 1 . 58 billion ) takeover of tnt , in one of the largest mergers in dutch history . kpn also gained full control of gdew as the other postal service partners in the venture sold out . the combination of ptt post and tnt created the most extensive express mail network in europe and one of the world
the cash flow provided by its share of ansett gave tnt renewed strength to pursue its international expansion plans . the company changed its international focus to concentrate on the united kingdom and europe as its most important growth area . this focus became clear in october 1980 when , sponsored by the british merchant bank hambros , tnt was listed on the london stock exchange , after removing itself from the toronto and vancouver exchanges earlier in the year . tnt was now well placed to expand into europe , although it continued to look for openings in the united states , buying another trucking and warehousing company , pilot freight carriers , while trans freight lines doubled its size by buying another container line , seatrain international .
to a new plant in wapping , in the face of fierce resistance from the printing unions , he also anticipated problems from the unions at british rail , which distributed all of his publications nationwide . murdoch , therefore , worked closely with tnt , whose u . k . manager , alan jones , built up a fleet of trucks in the weeks leading up to the transfer to wapping . the weekend before the move , jones hired 550 drivers , and when wapping began operating , tnt
the significant expansion of the ' mobile worker ' communications system follows the recent launch of tnt express ' enhanced tracking service , which allows customers to track and filter multiple shipments at every stage of the delivery process with one click of a mouse .
in the 1990s , the dutch national post - and - telecoms company was looking to expand its business overseas . it had had a monopoly in the netherlands for almost 200 years , but , with the arrival of modern communication technology , it needed to move with the times to protect its traditional mail business . in 1989 , it had become a private company , called kpn , giving it more flexibility and freedom to diversify . kpn took its first steps on the international express market in 1992 and , in 1996 , it acquired the tnt group , heralding a new era for the global post and express industry . by 1998 , kpn determined that the collaboration of their postal division with tnt would go it alone and divested tnt post group ( tpg ) to list independently on the stock exchanges of amsterdam , new york , london and frankfurt . to consolidate the brand and improve worldwide recognition , the name ' tpg ' was to be dropped in favour of ' tnt ' in 2005 .
on 6 december 2005 , tnt announces the acquisition of tg + , a leading spanish domestic distribution company , to expand and strengthen its domestic express business and to fuel its international express business in spain , a strategic market in europe with high growth potential .
in april 1998 , tnt opened its state - of - the - art european express centre ( eec ) in liège , belgium , to process all freight consignments within europe . it became the tnt air hub link with the rest of the world , being designed to handle 1 , 000 tonnes of freight per night via dedicated sorting systems and units specifically for documents , parcels and aircraft containers . later that year , in october 1998 , a new international road hub and national depot opened in duiven , the netherlands .
today , tnt express is a global company , operating in 200 countries around the world . but the company actually started from very humble beginnings , in australia back in the 1940s , when ken thomas set up his own transport business with just a single truck .
, which had begun in 1964 . the size of the new group gave it the base required to begin expanding internationally . tnt began an ambitious international acquisition program , starting with its entry into the tough u . s . trucking industry through the purchase of a
tnt ' s chief executive officer is peter bakker . other members of the board of management include bernard bot ( chief financial officer ) * , marie - christine lombard ( group managing director , express ) and harry koorstra ( group managing director , mail ) .
tnt express announces its intention to invest in operations and safety at liege euro hub . the liege extra fit programme ( lef ) will increase the hub ' s sorting capacity by 50 % and improve health and safety for the 1 , 500 employees . ( press release )
s network of domestic express businesses in europe . tnt reached an agreement with rival federal express whereby it would subcontract the delivery of inbound fedex packages to ten european countries , a deal consummated that same month . later in 1992 came the establishment of gd express worldwide ( gdew )
s troubled balance sheet . debt had been reduced to a $ 1 . 12 billion , but tnt posted losses of a $ 195 . 4 million for fiscal 1992 and a $ 256 . 7 million ( us $ 171 . 1 million ) for fiscal 1993 . with a $ 400 million in debt due for repayment in both fiscal 1994 and 1995 , the company was forced to step up its divestment program . in 1994 tnt sold the bulk of its shipping and development division for about a $ 125 million ( us $ 89 million ) . also divested was a car auctioning service in australia . for fiscal 1994 tnt posted a profit of a $ 105 . 1 million ( us $ 78 million ) , in large part because of a turnaround in ansett airlines and reduced losses at gdew , which had been suffering the effects of aggressive competition .
s next international step when he launched an attack on international shipping conferences and the effect these cartels had on the global transport industry and trade prospects . the following year tnt directly challenged one of the most powerful of these cartels , the north atlantic freight conference , comprising some of the world
the us $ 135 million deal is expected to give tnt a competitive road transport capability in china , the dutch company said . hoau ' s network includes 1 , 100 depots , 3 , 000 vehicles and 56 hubs in china covering all major and second - tier cities , it said .
, the company ' s focus , in terms of growth , was very much on europe . tnt acquired major companies in the overnight and express delivery industry . it was also the first transport company to buy its own aircraft , creating a pan - european overnight service using a dedicated fleet .
publish date : 25 july 2006 at 10 : 00 cet - amsterdam , tnt express - the leading global business to business express delivery company - today announced plans to install 14 , 000 extra ' mobile worker ' communication units in delivery vehicles across its global network over the next two years .
by the 1980s , the company’s focus , in terms of growth , was very much on europe . tnt acquired major companies in the overnight and express delivery industry . it was also the first transport company to buy its own aircraft , creating the first pan - european overnight service using a dedicated fleet .
s merchant express inc . , in 1969 . in 1970 tnt bought gill interprovincial lines in canada and acquired one - third of a shipping company , bulkships . over the next two years , the expansion continued with the purchase of another canadian operator , scott transport , one - sixth of the union steamship co . of
s annual revenue had increased tenfold from a $ 46 million in 1967 to a $ 462 . 7 million by 1977 , while its after - tax profits had risen over the same period from a $ 956 , 000 to a $ 15 . 3 million . such a swift expansion , however , had left the group exposed to a wide range of fluctuating markets and economies . tnt had bought heavily , was a relative newcomer in many of its markets , and was losing money from some of its operations in the difficult u . s . market . in 1977 to 1978 , for the first time since its public incorporation in 1961 , tnt
s existing courier networks , this gave the group bases in 49 countries and provided access to middle and far east markets . four months after the skypak acquisition , tnt bought ipec europe , the leader in the european international express freight market , complete with more than 60 purpose - built terminals and 600 radio - equipped vehicles .
the decision to introduce 14 , 000 extra ' mobile worker ' units in vehicles across our global network was made following successful trials in finland , uk , italy and singapore and will significantly improve the speed and efficiency of our global delivery operations ,
said shwan moubarak , director of information and communication services , tnt express .
two password - protected discs containing a full copy of hmrc ' s entire data in relation to the payment of child benefit was sent to the nao by hmrc ' s internal post system operated by the courier tnt . the package was not recorded or registered . it appears the data has failed to reach the addressee in the nao .
introduced as part of a global strategy for an integrated communication system across the world - wide delivery network , the in - cab ' mobile worker ' units communicate directly with tnt ' s main server in the uk . this enables hi - speed wireless communication of large quantities of data between depots and drivers , which improves driver efficiency and productivity .
among the first activities of the newly independent tpg was to reorganize its operations into two distinct units , ptt post and tnt worldwide , while shedding the noncore activities inherited from the tnt acquisition . the company also concentrated on the expansion of its mail handling facilities , including the opening of a state - of - the - art sorting facility in liege , belgium , an international road hub and depot in duiven , the netherlands , and the opening of six new netherlands - based sorting facilities replacing the 12 facilities that had been in existence since the early 1980s . while expanding its infrastructure , tpg also continued consolidating its international presence , acquiring jet services , an express service based in france and operating throughout most of europe , and in 1999 acquiring italy
, and , like thomas , set about building up his business . abeles would spend weeks driving his car through the australian bush , drumming up contracts for the fledgling business . although the merger with tnt involved discarding the alltrans name and thomas remaining head of the merged group , abeles soon emerged as the driving force in the company , its key strategist , and its public face .
the following year , ptt post stepped out of the shadows of its larger sister company when it reached an agreement to acquire the struggling tnt for some nlg 2 . 7 billion . the purchase , which placed ptt post roughly on the same revenue footing as ptt telecom , set the stage for the next evolution of the former state - run monopoly . in 1998 , ptt nederland announced that it was splitting into two entirely independent , publicly listed companies : royal kpn , which contained the company ' s telecommunications activities , and tnt post group ( tpg ) , which took over the company ' s postal , logistics , and express mail services wing , including both companies ' shares of the gdew partnership . both kpn and tpg retained listings on the amsterdam , new york , london , and frankfurt stock exchanges .