This week it’s bad news for Mishcon and Lord Wolfson as its client’s trial was delayed thanks to sanctions on VTB. However, it’s good news for the FCA with its market abuse claim against former directors of Globo allowed to continue, despite some of its evidence being criticised as an abuse of process by the […]
Welcome to The Hearing, your weekly insider’s guide to the litigation market. The World Cup’s only got two weeks to run – the Rugby League World Cup that is. Footy, politely, starts the following day, so we thought we’d get in the spirit of things for this week’s edition. Let the games begin: While football […]
Check in with The Lawyer each week as we spot the most important new claims hitting the courts and assess what they say about the litigation landscape.
RBG Legal Services (RBL), trading as Rosenblatt, has issued a claim against a former client for over £600,000 in unpaid legal fees, plus £8,000 in interest, with the listed firm calling upon Mayer Brown to assist it. RBL has alleged that although its former client Bilal Khalifeh, a Lebanese citizen and UK resident, had paid […]
This week it’s bad news for Mishcon and Lord Wolfson as its client’s trial was delayed thanks to sanctions on VTB. However, it’s good news for the FCA with its market abuse claim against former directors of Globo allowed to continue, despite some of its evidence being criticised as an abuse of process by the […]
Welcome to The Hearing, your weekly insider’s guide to the litigation market. The World Cup’s only got two weeks to run – the Rugby League World Cup that is. Footy, politely, starts the following day, so we thought we’d get in the spirit of things for this week’s edition. Let the games begin: While football […]
Check in with The Lawyer each week as we spot the most important new claims hitting the courts and assess what they say about the litigation landscape.
RBG Legal Services (RBL), trading as Rosenblatt, has issued a claim against a former client for over £600,000 in unpaid legal fees, plus £8,000 in interest, with the listed firm calling upon Mayer Brown to assist it. RBL has alleged that although its former client Bilal Khalifeh, a Lebanese citizen and UK resident, had paid […]
CMC for “umbrella proceedings” in interchange dispute Up first is the latest in the Merchant Interchange Fee “umbrella proceedings”. On Monday, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) will reunite parties for a two-day case management conference. The proceedings centre around the complex question of pass-on in the vast Mastercard and Visa interchange litigation: are losses suffered […]
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Gowling WLG and Norton Rose Fulbright’s London offices will all be under water in a few decades. This trio shares idyllic views overlooking the Thames, but they will all be submerged in the river by the year 2100 as climate change-induced sea level rises occur. And this is based on the […]
Talent churn is accelerating among the junior ranks with today’s associates more mobile than the generations before them. The concept of long-term professional loyalty is fading as Gen Z rises. These lawyers ask not what they can do for you, but what your firm can do for them. This generational shift in working attitudes is […]
Hooray, big-ticket M&A is having a mini-revival and so are the firms that make so much of their money out of it. Already in 2024, major European M&A deals to have been announced include International Paper’s £5.8bn planned acquisition of London-listed packaging company DS Smith, which trumped another offer from rival Mondi. Other significant matters […]
On Tuesday last week (9 April), the SRA sought to quell a rising tide of discontent around the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). In its most recent SQE annual report, SRA chief executive Paul Philip said the public and profession could have “confidence” in this “rigorous assessment”. That confidence was short-lived. Yesterday (15 April), Philip was […]
For one firm, the pan-Nordic dream is dead. For another, it’s just begun. Hannes Snellman’s announcement that its Stockholm and Helsinki offices will be going their separate ways later this year represented the end of a strategic gamble that started 16 years ago. Back then, its leadership bet that opening in Stockholm (2008) and Copenhagen […]
Competition boutique Geradin Partners opens its doors in Paris today as the firm seeks to become a serious player in the French capital’s vibrant competition and litigation scenes. Opening on the same block as Freshfields in the heart of Paris’ 8e Arrondissement, Geradin has brought in competition litigator Marc Barennes from Bureau Brandeis with his […]
Car lease schemes for partners are rapidly dwindling in the wake of the electric vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice revolution, but Hill Dickinson is not one of them. Once a more common method for partners to enjoy part of their profit share, traditional car lease schemes have lost their lustre. The tax incentives that once made […]
The residents of the Barbican Centre’s Cromwell Tower organised a demonstration outside magic circle firm Linklaters on Tuesday to protest against its diesel generator, which was installed in late March.
BT has further shrunk its panel for the third review in a row having appointed a total of 11 firms to its roster. The panel will run for three years and includes 10 firms that have been reappointed from 2020. Those continuing their relationship with BT after the latest review are the likes of Allen […]
Dentons has promoted 12 lawyers to partner in the UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) this year, including nine partners in London. Of the remaining three promotions, two were made in Glasgow and one was made in Abu Dhabi. Most of the promotions have been made in the projects team, with Claudia Thomas and Graham […]
