Scottish football league launches first-ever panel after in-house re-jig
Scotland’s top football league has appointed four new law firms to its panel, with the incumbent Harper Macleod missing out.
Ex-Macfarlanes lawyer becomes sixth Lord Chancellor in eight years
Ex-Macfarlanes lawyer David Gauke has been promoted to Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice in Theresa May’s Cabinet reshuffle. He replaces David Lidington, who has in turn been promoted to Cabinet Office minister and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Unlike his four immediate predecessors in the Justice Department, Gauke is a qualified […]
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High Court grants £1m costs extension in Lloyds/HBoS case
The High Court has granted Lloyds permission to increase its costs budget by more than £1m in its headline dispute with shareholders, owing to “significant developments in the case”.
Lloyds asked to increase its budget by £1.2m to account for the 12-day delay at the start of the trial, which was due to begin on 2 October but instead began on 19 October after Mr Justice Nugee and other members of counsel sustained significant injuries.
Schoenherr tops the M&A legal market in Austria for a decade
For ten consecutive years, Schoenherr has topped the Austrian Mergermarket M&A league tables and maintained its position as the leading M&A legal advisor in its home market. Based on the comprehensive Mergermarket deal data for 2017, Schoenherr is again No 1 in terms of the number of qualifying M&A transactions in Austria. Leading business intelligence […]
Reform of the Arbitration Act 1996: what to expect
National minimum wage and ‘sleep-in’ shifts
By Connie Cliff and Martin Chitty Treatment of “sleep-in” shifts for national minimum wage (NMW) purposes is an area that can often cause confusion. Where a worker is required to work a number of sleepin night shifts at the employer’s premises, and be available in case of an emergency, does the full night shift constitute ‘working’ […]
Unfair dismissal 2018 update
By Siobhan Bishop and James Hall In this podcast we are discuss some of latest developments in unfair dismissal from the initial stages of suspension, right through the investigation and ultimately to dismissal…
GDPR and recruitment
By Siobhan Bishop and Alice Loughney There are some tricky issues relating to recruitment arising out of the introduction of the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) rules, which came into force on 25 May 2018. This podcast looks at the impact of the GDPR on preemployment medicals, criminal convictions and equal opportunities monitoring…
From cap and trade to white pines: what lies ahead in Ontario’s energy sector
During the run-up to the recent Ontario election, Doug Ford’s Ontario PC Party released its policy platform “For the People: A Plan for Ontario.” The PC Party’s stated plans for Ontario’s energy sector contained several broadly worded promises of keen interest to Ontario’s electricity generation sector: they would repeal the Green Energy Act, cancel energy […]
Termination for breach of contract
By Emma Carr, Ashley Pigott and Teresa Edwards Terminating a contract because one party is in breach is not as straightforward as it sounds. Does the breach entitle you to terminate? Getting the answer right is crucial. Getting it wrong can be very costly. Here, we consider: Repudiatory / anticipatory repudiatory breach of contract What do I […]
Scottish football league launches first-ever panel after in-house re-jig
Scotland’s top football league has appointed four new law firms to its panel, with the incumbent Harper Macleod missing out.
Ex-Macfarlanes lawyer becomes sixth Lord Chancellor in eight years
Ex-Macfarlanes lawyer David Gauke has been promoted to Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice in Theresa May’s Cabinet reshuffle. He replaces David Lidington, who has in turn been promoted to Cabinet Office minister and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Unlike his four immediate predecessors in the Justice Department, Gauke is a qualified […]
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High Court grants £1m costs extension in Lloyds/HBoS case
The High Court has granted Lloyds permission to increase its costs budget by more than £1m in its headline dispute with shareholders, owing to “significant developments in the case”.
Lloyds asked to increase its budget by £1.2m to account for the 12-day delay at the start of the trial, which was due to begin on 2 October but instead began on 19 October after Mr Justice Nugee and other members of counsel sustained significant injuries.
Schoenherr tops the M&A legal market in Austria for a decade
For ten consecutive years, Schoenherr has topped the Austrian Mergermarket M&A league tables and maintained its position as the leading M&A legal advisor in its home market. Based on the comprehensive Mergermarket deal data for 2017, Schoenherr is again No 1 in terms of the number of qualifying M&A transactions in Austria. Leading business intelligence […]
Pension Protection Fund chops panel from 23 to six in latest review
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has cut its panel from 23 to just six in its latest review, The Lawyer can reveal. The firms that have won a place on the streamlined panel are Gowling WLG, DWF, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), Hogan Lovells, Mayer Brown and Osborne Clarke. The new panel consists of two lots: […]
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Ince cuts 32 roles in London in latest redundancy consultation
Ince & Co‘s redundancy consultation has resulted in the departure of 32 people and a search to sub-let 22 per cent of the firm’s floor space in its London headquarters. Of those 32, 25 business services staff have now left the firm along with a further seven fee-earners, including one junior salaried partner. There are […]
Mishcon posts 8% rise in turnover as firm breaks £160m
An 8 per cent increase in turnover at Mishcon de Reya last year saw the firm break through the £160m barrier for the first time in its history, posting £161.3m for the 2017/18 financial year. The increase in the firm’s top line means it has now added more than £30m in revenue growth in the […]
Gateley posts third consecutive year of double-digit growth since IPO
Gateley’s revenue has increased by 11 per cent from £77.6m to £86.1m in its third full year as a listed entity. The firm posted double-digit rises across the board for 2017/2018, with profit before tax increasing by nearly 12 per cent from £13.1m in 2016/2017 to £14.6m. Adjusted earnings before interest and tax (EBITDA) saw a […]
Pinsents slammed for “shameful” treatment of defendants in Aeroflot case
A High Court judge has slammed Pinsent Masons for its actions following the death of Russian oligarch Nikolay Glushkov, accusing the firm of having lost “sight of any basic standard of decent and compassionate behaviour” in a long-running case brought by Russian airline Aeroflot. The litigation centered around allegations made against, among others, the late Russian oligarch […]
Freshfields and Paul Hastings lead on €260m telecoms sale
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Paul Hastings have picked up lead roles on the latest bumper deal in the increasingly active telecoms sector. The magic circle firm has been advising South African company MTN Group on its sale of subsidiary company MTN Cyprus to Monaco Telecom for approximately €260m. Paul Hastings is representing the buyer Monaco […]
CMS slashes Reading office headcount after fee-earner review
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang is to nearly halve the size of its Reading office after a review affecting the firm’s real estate practice, just over a year into its tripartite merger. The Lawyer understands the firm held a consultation with seven fee-earners in the real estate asset management practice, with the majority of the group relocating to […]