Kennedys’ Dubai arm is facing a £10m negligence claim in the London courts, as a former client alleges the firm did not represent it properly in a dispute in the UAE. The claim arises out of a construction project, which was undertaken by the claimant – Convrgnt Value Engineering – in 2017. The construction company […]
The ongoing battle between the Tate Modern and a group of aggrieved London residents will resume in the Court of Appeal today.
It is an extremely busy week in the courts as a number of big-ticket trials kick off in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang is on hand to defend IBM UK as an insurer sues the technology company for alleged unlawful termination following IBM’s decision to terminate […]
Dechert has been pulled into an Iraqi telecoms dispute after the firm was issued with a subpoena in the US, documents have revealed. The dispute dates to 2011, when one of Kurdistan’s most powerful businessmen Sirwan Barzani invested $800m in Korek, Iraq’s third-largest telecoms company. The US lawsuit alleges that Barzani and other locally-based investors […]
Two listed companies will lock horns after property developer Grainger filed a lawsuit against DWF. Mayer Brown is on call for DWF as it prepares to defend a £26.5m claim brought by Grainger in connection to advice DWF provided the company during the sale of Equity Release (Increments) Ltd to Clifden Holdings (CHL) in 2013/14. […]
The courts are back in full swing after the Christmas break, with one of the largest cases ever to be heard in the English courts kicking off this week. The most eye-catching dispute concerns an unprecedented case management conference (CMC) in the Commercial Court, with The Danish Customs and Tax Administration v Solo Capital Partners […]
A distinguished insurance broker is targeting Britain’s biggest wealth manager in a bid to recover losses exceeding over £550,000, with Holman Fenwick Willan grabbing the mandate in a dispute concerning lucrative pension plans. Mark Hardinge is the claimant in question, who alleges that St James’s Place Wealth Management Fund (SJP) failed to advise him “correctly […]
The Rolls Building is considering extraordinary measures to deal with one of the biggest hearings ever to take place in the English courts, as over 30 members of counsel and 20 law firms prepare to battle it out in a mammoth tax-related dispute. Preliminary steps are being taken ahead of the first case management conference […]
Herbert Smith Freehills, Slaughter and May and Travers Smith’s clients in the trucks cartel dispute have been ordered to pay costs in the latest hearing related to the mammoth follow-on damages claim. Six of the world’s largest trucks manufacturers are facing a collective action claim brought by the Road Haulage Association (RHA) and UK Trucks […]
Blackstone Chambers is embarking on one of the costliest expansions ever carried out by a City chambers, with the magic circle barristers in line to pay £6m to complete its ongoing renovation works, it has emerged. In company accounts seen by The Lawyer, Blackstone has signed a financial commitment of £6m to renovate its current […]
As the courts prepare to break for Christmas, there are still important hearings to be heard involving Mishcon de Reya and One Essex Court. Mishcon is acting for Ocado in a one-day application hearing to consider allegations that a Jones Day partner ordered the destruction of documents. Raymond McKeeve is defending allegations of contempt of […]
December may be here, but the courts are not slinking off for the end of term just yet, with this week’s listings including several significant cases for the likes of TLT, Norton Rose Fulbright and Kingsley Napley. A number of foreign-related matters will be heard in the English courts, including Ukraine facing Russia in the […]
Our digest this week is certainly one for the petrolheads, with the first case concerning the most expensive car ever bought, while the other affects Volkswagen-owners all across the country. There’s a whole host of firms acting in both hearings, including Rosenblatt Solicitors, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Leigh Day. Separately, Stephenson Harwood and Macfarlanes are […]
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is defending a Russian-Ukrainian oligarch in a High Court clash against Signature Litigation, with the latter acting for a BVI-based bank in a claim valued at £45m. The recipient of the claim lodged by Handcart Investments Limited is businessman Pavel Fuchs. In documents seen by The Lawyer, Handcart alleges it […]
Stewarts is leading the charge on yet another failed film finance-related tax scheme, with Pump Court Tax Chambers’ former head the latest barrister to be caught in the mix. Andrew Thornhill QC, called to the Bar in 1969, is facing a professional negligence claim in the region of £40m, with the silk calling on Mayer […]
The Court of Appeal has taken the unusual step to allow for an appeal from the losing party in the long-running dispute between Bank St Petersburg PJSC and Vitaly Arkhangelsky, with a trial set for March 2020 after the defendants appealed a High Court verdict claiming that Mr Justice Hildyard took too long to reach […]
Another busy week of court action awaits, with disputes ranging from pharmaceutical matters to the award of lucrative bonus payments for the likes of Macfarlanes, Clifford Chance, and Paul Hastings. As for counsel, Brick Court, Essex Court and Littleton Chambers will all be fielding barristers in the Court of Appeal, while One Essex and Wilberforce […]
