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COP28 kicked off yesterday, so with minds on global climate change, this week’s Spotlight feature will examine a practice area a little more local to the UK: Leigh Day’s environment team, which is no stranger to disputes with public bodies as it fights for environmental standards in the UK. The market: Greenwashing is top on […]
Hogan Lovells has secured a victory for the London Metal Exchange (LME) after US-based hedge fund Elliott Associates and energy trading company Jane Street Management brought a novel judicial review that sought damages for cancelled nickel trades. On 8 March, an unprecedented spike in the price of nickel during the early hours of trading drove […]
On the Beach takes on Ryanair…again Heading to the Chancery Division for a one-day case management conference regarding costs and disclosure is the dispute between On the Beach and Ryanair. This case is separate from the suit brought by On the Beach, Sunshine.co.uk and Classic Package Holidays against Ryanair, of which judgment was handed down […]
This week on The Lawyer’s Litigation Tracker, we laser in on Forsters‘ property litigation group, one of the firm’s fastest-growing teams. Earlier this year, the group secured a win in the Supreme Court against Tate Modern for its clients, residents of nearby luxury apartments, in a high-profile dispute over Tate’s viewing platform. The market: Property litigation is an exciting area to […]
Firms including Herbert Smith Freehills, Seladore Legal and Quinn Emanuel are on call in one of the largest ever claims to be brought in the English High Court outside the collective redress regime. Valued at $13.8bn, the lawsuit was filed in July by jailed Russian businessman Ziyavudin Magomedov against 22 defendants, including a number of […]
Possible High Court opt-out group action heads to Court of Appeal Heading to the Court of Appeal on Tuesday (21 November) for two days is the group action case brought by the Commission Recovery Limited (CRL) against IP law firm Marks & Clerk and its affiliated partnership, Long Acre Renewals. In February 2023, the High […]
Suit filed against legacy Axiom Ince business The ex-wife of billionaire property tycoon Asif Aziz, the founder and chief executive of Criterion Capital, is suing the legacy business of Axiom Ince for alleged negligent tax advice, The Lawyer understands. According to the public filing system, Candey, on behalf of Asif’s ex-wife Tagilde Aziz, filed the professional […]
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a criminal investigation into Axiom Ince today, arresting seven individuals and conducting searches across nine sites. Administrators were appointed earlier this month to handle the fallout from the collapsed firm. Axiom Ince was formed this year after legacy Axiom DWFM bought Ince and Plexus out of administration. A few months […]
Norton Rose Fulbright has splashed half of its net cash on investing in its offices, IT, legal tech tools and training, according to the firm and its latest LLP accounts. For the year ending April 2022, the firm had £47.1m cash in the bank for its Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) operations. The firm’s cash […]
£150m water company case heads to the Chancery Division Starting on Wednesday (15 November) for six weeks is the case brought by 100 property search companies against most major water companies, including Northumbrian Water, Anglican Water, United Utilities and South West Water, to name a few. Over several years, the claimants bought environmental searches from […]
It has been 625 days since Vladimir Putin appeared in a televised broadcast and addressed Ukraine, Russia and the international community to say he would be conducting “a special military operation.” Putin has refused to call it anything but since then. What we did see on that day was, in fact, the largest military invasion […]
Norton Rose Fulbright is representing Shell in a lawsuit valued in the millions against Greenpeace, as the energy giant seeks damages following January’s protest when environmental activists occupied one of its oil and gas platforms at sea. Shell initially hired Vinson & Elkins to serve Greenpeace with several injunctions last February to stop more protestors from boarding […]