King & Spalding and One Essex Court join “arms race” against RBS
Lawyers from King & Spalding and One Essex Court have joined the lineup in the £700m trial between Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and property magnate Stuart Wall.
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Lawyers from King & Spalding and One Essex Court have joined the lineup in the £700m trial between Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and property magnate Stuart Wall.
The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) will today decide whether the claimants represented by consumer rights activist Walter Merricks CBE in his £14bn dispute against Mastercard over anti-competitive interchange fees can proceed as a class action on behalf of 65 million British citizens.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer competition partner Jon Lawrence is to pursue a pupillage at Brick Court Chambers.
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Lawyers from King & Spalding and One Essex Court have joined the lineup in the £700m trial between Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and property magnate Stuart Wall.
The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) will today decide whether the claimants represented by consumer rights activist Walter Merricks CBE in his £14bn dispute against Mastercard over anti-competitive interchange fees can proceed as a class action on behalf of 65 million British citizens.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer competition partner Jon Lawrence is to pursue a pupillage at Brick Court Chambers.
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