Back in January, The Lawyer revealed its top 20 cases of 2023, which featured several high-profile disputes that will be playing out in court this year. But for those who are not willing to throw in the towel just yet, there will be plenty of lawsuits heading to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court […]
The collapse of merger talks with Womble Bond Dickinson leaves the South East firm’s future direction uncertain
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Today, The Lawyer unveils its Hot 100 2023, celebrating the successes of those working within the industry over the past 12 months. Featuring the crème de la crème of the legal world, The Lawyer Hot 100 highlights this year’s dealmakers, the litigators who are riding high after trial glory and the most sought-after names in the world of competition, […]
Following the launch of the Hot 100 last week, The Lawyer’s editor Catrin Griffiths sits down with new Hot 100 member Banke Odunaike from CBRE to discuss her career, the nuances of being a role model and what her son made of her inclusion. The Six Nations rugby kicks off this weekend as a storm of […]
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has hired a partner from Dickson Minto ahead of the latter’s merger with Milbank. The Lawyer has learnt that London-based leveraged finance specialist Chris Barron, who acts for private equity sponsors, borrowers and lenders, is making the move to Fried Frank. Barron has spent nearly nine years at the […]
Firms including Addleshaw Goddard and Buckles Law have been involved in the latest restructuring deal in the UK retail sector. Scottish clothing brand M&Co appointed Teneo as its administrator last December. This week, it was revealed that AK Retail Holdings will purchase the M&Co brand, but not its stores. AK Retail Holdings owns Yours Clothing […]
Libel case between Leave.EU co-founder and Observer journalist heads to Court of Appeal Heading to the Court of Appeal for a one-day hearing tomorrow (7 February) is the dispute between British businessman and co-founder of the Leave.EU campaign Arron Banks against Observer journalist Carole Cadwalladr. The original case saw Banks sue Cadwalladr for a statement […]
A Blackstone Chambers silk, now president of Oxford’s Magdalen College, Dinah Rose KC, has filed a libel suit against The Times over an article that was published in November last year. Rose had previously acted for the Cayman Islands, arguing the government’s case that the islands’ constitution did not permit same-sex marriage. Rose stated that […]
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This week has seen Russian oligarchs receive bad news on the validity of old debts, while a Mishcon de Reya client accused of perpetrating sex trafficking and prostitution was refused an application at the High Court to bring defamation proceedings against the BBC. Sanctioned Russian oligarchs still liable for litigation brought pre-invasion Mrs Justice Cockerill […]
Good morning, welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing. You got through January, congratulations. But are you about to be laid off? In this week’s edition, we look at what’s going on in the world of employment law as recession clouds swirl. Plus, there’s a little Easter Egg from the past 10 years of […]
British businessman and co-founder of the Leave.EU campaign, Arron Banks, has changed his counsel ahead of his appeal hearing against Observer journalist, Carole Cadwalladr. The Lawyer understands that Banks and Kingsley Napley parted ways in November 2022, and now all legal counsel has changed. Originally, Kingsley Napley’s Susan Thackeray was the leading partner on the case, […]
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