After a tumultuous week in British politics that saw Theresa May lose one, win one and gain not very much in the process, we cast our minds ahead to the upcoming cases shaping the nation. At 10.30 this morning, former figure skater and investment banker Mary-Caroline Tillman continues her intense battle with former employer recruitment […]
Starting today, The Lawyer will be previewing the biggest, most critical cases coming through the English courts on a weekly basis. Today (Monday 14 January) marks the new term in the English courts and this week sees major cases involving Brexit, betting and anti-bodies. But before all of that, the High Court welcomes a new judge to […]
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has turned to Addleshaw Goddard and Fountain Court to defend it against a claim which could rise to as much as £100m from a property developer who alleges he was targeted by the bank’s restructuring arm. Developer Oliver Morley alleges that RBS’ Global Restructuring Group (GRG) placed him under […]
The case against Tesco’s former financial director has been dropped, meaning all three individuals accused by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) of alleged profit misreporting have been acquitted by the courts. Norton Rose Fulbright‘s client Carl Rogberg was acquitted today. Rogberg – alongside former Tesco UK managing director Christopher Bush and UK food commercial director John Scouler […]
We preview the most significant cases to be heard in court over the next seven days.
After a tumultuous week in British politics that saw Theresa May lose one, win one and gain not very much in the process, we cast our minds ahead to the upcoming cases shaping the nation. At 10.30 this morning, former figure skater and investment banker Mary-Caroline Tillman continues her intense battle with former employer recruitment […]
Starting today, The Lawyer will be previewing the biggest, most critical cases coming through the English courts on a weekly basis. Today (Monday 14 January) marks the new term in the English courts and this week sees major cases involving Brexit, betting and anti-bodies. But before all of that, the High Court welcomes a new judge to […]
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has turned to Addleshaw Goddard and Fountain Court to defend it against a claim which could rise to as much as £100m from a property developer who alleges he was targeted by the bank’s restructuring arm. Developer Oliver Morley alleges that RBS’ Global Restructuring Group (GRG) placed him under […]
The case against Tesco’s former financial director has been dropped, meaning all three individuals accused by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) of alleged profit misreporting have been acquitted by the courts. Norton Rose Fulbright‘s client Carl Rogberg was acquitted today. Rogberg – alongside former Tesco UK managing director Christopher Bush and UK food commercial director John Scouler […]
Fried Frank has announced its partner promotions round, making up ten partners worldwide, with one sitting in London. This is the second partner the firm has promoted in London in the last two years, with corporate lawyer David Christmas making the cut last year. Christmas’s promotion came after three fallow years where Fried Frank did […]
Barclays’ legal team was once among the most influential in the UK. That power has diminished over the last decade, yet the banking giant still packs a punch when it comes to talent management. Some 40 lawyers are understood to have left Barclays in the UK last year. There are cost-cutting measures at play here, […]
Keystone Law, the poster child for the platform firm, is likely to break the psychologically important £100m revenue barrier in 2025. The success of this firm has spawned a new market, which is challenging traditional firms on the talent front. More than 3,500 lawyers now work across a variety of fee-sharing outfits, research from Atlas […]
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 […]
Slaughter and May is to add another senior lawyer to its pensions team in the City, this time from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Charles Magoffin, a partner at Freshfields since 2010, is joining Slaughters as a senior counsel from September. Slaughters has still only ever made one lateral hire in the City, also into its pensions […]
Litigation funders will be keeping a close eye on an upcoming review into third-party funding regulation, proposed caps on returns, as well as litigation costs. The Civil Justice Council is looking to produce a full report by the summer of 2025. The review follows an increased focus on litigation funders and their role in disputes, […]
In its largest promotions round ever, Ashurst has elevated eight London lawyers to partner out of 30 worldwide. The firm has made up eight lawyers in London, as well as seven in Sydney. In total, 17 promotions were made in Ashurst’s Australian offices, meaning just five were made outside of either London or Australia. Loans […]
Frustrated Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) candidates are calling on the SRA to increase accessibility to the appeals process after a results error saw 175 candidates mistakenly told they had failed their exams. On Monday last week, the SRA announced that 175 candidates who sat SQE1 in January and were told they had failed on 14 […]
The administrators of collapsed firm Axiom Ince have filed a creditors’ bankruptcy petition against its former boss. Filed at the end of last week, the petition will seek to force Pragnesh Modhwadia’s bankruptcy, The Lawyer understands, applying to the court for his assets to be taken and sold to pay debts to the administrators. Pinsent Masons […]
