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Russian aircraft claims head to trial after jurisdiction case fails

The mammoth Russian aircraft claims are set to continue in England and Wales after today’s High Court judgment dismissed defendants’ applications to have the dispute heard in Russia. The Russian aviation claims are one of The Lawyer’s top 20 cases of 2024, seeing aircraft lessors take on their insurers for vessels trapped in Russia since […]

Travers Smith under fire for role in Farage account scandal

Travers Smith has been hit by a data subject access request (DSAR) from former UKIP leader Nigel Farage following the firm’s review into the controversial closure of the politician’s bank accounts at Coutts. In July last year, NatWest brought Travers in to investigate Coutts’ accounts closure policies after Farage’s accounts with the bank’s wealth management arm […]

The Lawyer Podcast: The SQE: Students deserve better than this

The new episode of The Lawyer Podcast is out now! Grabbing the attention of aspiring solicitors and spectators alike, criticism of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination has torn through the media over the weeks following the most recent set of results. From City firms dropping training contracts from offer holders after failing on their first attempt, […]

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The Hearing: Red Bull’s mystery barrister

Welcome to your weekly edition of The Hearing,  your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. Yesterday marked the last day of the Hilary Court term, so in this final edition of The Hearing before we take next week off, we take a look at the Supreme Court decision that has come as a relief […]

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F1 Red Bull saga: Lewis Silkin replaced by Goodwin

Lewis Silkin has been replaced by Goodwin Procter in the saga involving Red Bull, its boss Christian Horner and a female Red Bull employee. The Goodwin partners now representing the female individual are employment partner Alex Fisher and commercial litigator Sarah McAtominey. The pair joined the firm in February 2023 from Travers Smith and BCLP, […]

Analysis

2024’s newest silks: Why we chose a career in law

A solicitor-turned-barrister and the Bar’s newest doctor KC; The Lawyer speaks to six of the Bar’s newest silks. The group was announced as KCs-in-waiting earlier this year, with 95 barristers in total getting the nod. Among the 95 were Crucible Law’s Clea Topolski – who having been called in 2014 – is the most junior of the set. […]

Latest Lateral Hires

PE partner returns to private practice after seven-year break

The former head of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson’s London office – Graham White – has taken on a new role in the City after retiring in 2017. White joins McDermott Will & Emery in London as a senior partner. He had formerly run Fried Frank’s London office between 2014 and 2017. McDermott’s London […]

Latest Opinion

What Mr Bates and the Post Office can teach us about climate change

“You might think you’re thinking your own thoughts. You’re not. You’re thinking your culture’s thoughts.” Jiddu Krishnamurti We need to talk about our culture’s thoughts. These have been called different things: the dominant world view; our metanarrative; the hegemonic paradigm. Whatever the terminology, it comes down to the prevailing way of thinking, the story we […]

In-house

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PPL’s top lawyer on the challenges of music licensing

“Everyone is a music lover at PPL,” says Camilla Waite, general counsel of the music licensing company. Waite keeps her interests broad: her pre-lawyer days were spent running middle distance for the junior GB team. She details the galvanising process of training for Team GB, likening the bonds created to that of a training contract. Now, […]

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FIFA seeks new recruits ahead of Miami office move

Four senior in-housers have quit football organisation FIFA over the last couple of months for new general counsel positions. The governance body is now recruiting for the four in-house legal positions, including a new head of commercial partnerships, a head of digital and technology, a senior counsel for esports and digital, and a senior counsel […]

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Howden mourns loss of top lawyer

Will Bloomer, Howden’s chief corporate and legal affairs officer, has passed away, with the insurer today paying tribute to its late legal head. Howden said in an announcement that Bloomer died suddenly and unexpectedly last week, and his survived by his wife Nikki and children. In a statement, Howden CEO David Howden said: “Bloomer’s impact […]

Latest Litigation Tracker News

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Claim spotter: Severn Trent in fresh dispute with Balfour Beatty

Greece’s largest bank in fresh dispute with Lloyd’s insurers Greece’s largest bank, Piraeus Bank, has filed a new claim in the Commercial Court alongside credit management body Intrum Hellas, against a number of insurers from Lloyd’s of London. The part 7 “insurance and/or reinsurance” claim is brought by shipping and trade law specialists BDM Law, […]

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F1 Red Bull saga: the law firms on call

As the saga continues to engulf Red Bull, its boss Christian Horner and a female Red Bull employee, The Lawyer takes a look at the law firms on call. It is understood that Harbottle & Lewis is providing advice on media law to Horner, the CEO of Red Bull who was accused of inappropriate behaviour […]

Talent

Linklaters associates get innovative

What does it take to be an innovation lawyer at Linklaters? With technology evolving at rapid pace, Linklaters has been appointing associates as dedicated team contacts to connect each of its three key divisions to the innovation group.