Adam joined The Lawyer in May 2021 as a reporter. He primarily covers litigation and the Bar. He tweets @thelawyer_adam
Freshfields is offering paralegals new roles to improve the interaction between its lawyers and support services in a client delivery revamp. Paralegals, whom the magic circle refer to as ‘legal solution specialists’, can now become relationship managers who are tasked with helping practice groups access and engage with Freshfields’ client delivery group more easily. The […]
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 […]
John Lewis faces IP challenge over Christmas advert Lewis Silkin is defending John Lewis and its advertising agency DDB (trading as Adam & Eve) against an intellectual property claim brought by Cheshire-based children’s author Fay Evans over its 2019 Christmas advert. The case is set to be heard in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court for […]
Welcome back to The Hearing, your weekly insider’s guide to the litigation market. This week’s edition will take you from the Supreme Court’s gift shop right up to Salford. But first, have you heard of the other pay war? Putting the baa in the Bar: In the legal industry, there are shepherds and there are […]
Allianz sues university after discovery of WWII bomb caused damage A case concerning insurance company Allianz, the University of Exeter and a WWII bomb discovery begins today at the Technology and Construction court. Allianz has called in DAC Beachcroft, while the university has instructed Fenchurch Law for its defence. A bomb from WWII was discovered […]
This week it is bad news for Leigh Day as the Friends of the Earth appeal is dismissed. Meanwhile, a criminal silk fails in his appeal over payment for two murder cases; and a Salisbury law firm fights off a litigation funder. Leigh Day fails to block UK Government’s £867m investment in Mozambique gas project […]
Welcome back to The Hearing, your weekly insider’s guide to the litigation market. This week, it’s all about The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases for 2023, which was unveiled on Monday. October is the cruellest month: Let’s talk headline numbers. This year’s Top 20 features 41 chambers, 45 law firms, 192 barristers (including 85 silks) and […]
A professional negligence case accusing RPC of prioritising the interests of a third-party litigation funder over its client will go to trial, The Lawyer understands. The London-headquartered law firm will defend allegations during an eight-day trial at the Leeds Circuit Commercial Court, scheduled to begin on Monday 20 March. The trial will be presided over […]
Insurers go head-to-head with Sky over £100m damage to flagship building A five-week trial concerning a case about a damaged roof at Sky’s flagship premises, Sky Central, commences today. The £220m building in West London was designed by AL_A and has won several awards since it was completed in 2016. However, it was discovered in […]
Next week, The Lawyer will reveal this year’s biggest courtroom battles selected from submissions from almost every major firm and chambers in England. Our flagship annual feature contains all you need to know about the hottest disputes, which should be on every litigator’s radar. See if you are named among the law firms and lawyers […]
Happy New Year and welcome back to The Hearing, the insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. Quinn’s latest London results are out and they have left us wondering what happened to all the double-digit growth? But first, if your New Year’s resolution is to cut out any Royal-related coverage from your life, then we’re […]
A new firm has been instructed in one of the first lawsuits concerning non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to hit English courts, The Lawyer understands. Osborne Clarke was previously instructed to defend online marketplace Nifty Gateway against a lawsuit brought by a Liverpool-based art collector who refuses to pay $650,000 for a blockchain-based NFT created by American […]