Fieldfisher announces second 2018 lateral with Dentons IP head
Dentons global trademarks chair John Linneker has left the firm for Fieldfisher, making him the latter’s second City lateral in 2018.
Milbank boosts London to $125m in latest financials
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has posted a 9 per cent increase in revenue to $125m (£90m) in its latest financial results for 2017. These results have been released ahead of the firm’s international financials, which are expected in the coming weeks. The firm has already indicated that 2017 was its best year ever globally […]
Bakers apologises for its treatment of sexual misconduct complaint
Baker McKenzie has issued an apology over the way in which it handled a sexual misconduct complaint made by an associate over a year ago.
Addleshaws and DLA win top mandates in Carillion UK power business firesale
A host of firms have worked on the deal which saw the now-defunct public contractor Carillion sell its UK power framework business to J Murphy & Sons.
Futures trading chief’s approach to blockchain
Drafting employment contracts
By Martin Chitty, Siobhan Bishop In this podcast we discuss drafting employment contracts, focusing on some of the tricky issues at the start and end of the employment relationship. We cover how to avoid the pitfalls with references, contract variation, termination and bad leavers clauses. Click below to read more.
Electric vehicle charging points: Every home should have one
On 15th July 2019, almost unnoticed amid the sound and fury of the Conservative leadership contest, the Department for Transport issued a public consultation on proposals to require, via an amendment to the building regulations, all new homes to be fitted with electric vehicle charging points. The proposal forms part of the government’s Road to […]
Dazed and Confused: A closer look at the amended patented medicines regulations
By Alexander Camenzind, Cole Meagher While Friday’s announcement of amendments to the Patented Medicines Regulations (the “PMR”) may not have introduced any surprises, it did highlight the considerable uncertainty facing patentees selling medicines in Canada. A closer look at the regulatory language, along with the accompanying Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement (“RIAS”) and Cost-Benefit Analysis, highlights the significant […]
Restructuring tools to minimize the risk of successful constructive dismissal claims
By Mark Josselyn One of the biggest concerns for employers reorganizing in response to operational requirements is the potential for constructive dismissal claims by employees impacted by the changes. A recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision reminds us that a finding of constructive dismissal by a court, does not always result in an award of damages. […]
Do approved inspectors owe a duty under S.1(1) of the Defective Premises ACT 1972 in the exercise of their building control functions?
By Sue Ryan Continuing in our series on the implications following the Grenfell Tower disaster, we consider the Court of Appeal judgment in The Lessees and Management Company of Herons Court v NHBC Building Control Services Limited [2019] EWCA Civ 1423 (handed down on 14 August 2019) on whether Approved Inspectors owe a duty under s.1(1) of […]
Fieldfisher announces second 2018 lateral with Dentons IP head
Dentons global trademarks chair John Linneker has left the firm for Fieldfisher, making him the latter’s second City lateral in 2018.
Milbank boosts London to $125m in latest financials
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has posted a 9 per cent increase in revenue to $125m (£90m) in its latest financial results for 2017. These results have been released ahead of the firm’s international financials, which are expected in the coming weeks. The firm has already indicated that 2017 was its best year ever globally […]
Bakers apologises for its treatment of sexual misconduct complaint
Baker McKenzie has issued an apology over the way in which it handled a sexual misconduct complaint made by an associate over a year ago.
Addleshaws and DLA win top mandates in Carillion UK power business firesale
A host of firms have worked on the deal which saw the now-defunct public contractor Carillion sell its UK power framework business to J Murphy & Sons.
No5 barristers act for defence and prosecution in murder trial
Advocates from No5 Barristers’ Chambers are prosecuting and defending a murder trial at Birmingham Crown Court. John Butterfield QC is leading the prosecution of Haroon Rafiq, 23, who is accused of stabbing to death his neighbour Sajad Hussain over unpaid debts. Mr Butterfield told Birmingham Crown Court that on the night of August 6 last year […]
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Latham exits continue as energy partner joins Morgan Lewis
Latham & Watkins partner Ayesha Waheed has left the firm after over a decade to join Morgan Lewis & Bockius’ London office. Waheed joined Latham in 2008 from Clifford Chance, where she had spent three years as a foreign lawyer in the banking and finance department of its Frankfurt office. She focused on project finance, […]
Former Twenty Essex barrister rejoins set after offshore stint
Commercial set Twenty Essex has hired a barrister from Walkers to add to its civil fraud and asset tracing team. Sarah Tresman has spent three years as a litigation lawyer in the Cayman Islands. Previously she was a barrister at Twenty Essex for seven years, where she began her career. She returns to the chambers […]
Hogan Lovells lands role on British Steel’s rescue talks with Turkish bidder
Three months after British Steel was placed into compulsory liquidation, two firms are leading on the proposed purchase of the business.
A&O to lose fraud head to Milbank’s expanding City office
Milbank has made its second hire from Allen & Overy in 2019, recruiting the firm’s head of fraud to lead a new group in its City office. Mona Vaswani, who is also the head of firm’s UK banking, finance and regulatory litigation practice, will join Milbank after spending 26 years at the magic circle firm […]
LLP accounts: White & Case growth slows after years of expansion
White & Case’s UK and Africa staff numbers went down by 2 per cent over 2018, its accounts have revealed, after a six-year period of rapid growth across both jurisdictions. Over 2018, the firm’s employee headcount dropped from 633 to 619, with a fall in both fee-earner and non fee-earner numbers. The average number of […]
The speed read: Reynen Court arrives; Goodwin keeps hiring and Burford’s IPO dilemma
It’s been a week that litigation funder Burford Capital would rather forget, while legal tech providers have flocked to offer services on the new “one stop” solution for the industry. Here are the key takeaways. Reynen Court’s one-stop shop still has much to prove Reynen Court, the platform claiming to be a “one-stop” tech solution […]