Dorsey & Whitney has brought a negligence claim on behalf of Watchstone against Big 4 auditor PwC. This latest dispute relates to the long-running battle between Slater & Gordon and Watchstone, which settled in October 2019. Watchstone was hit with a £637m damages suit by Slater & Gordon in 2017. This claim related to the […]
A seven-year feud is finally coming to an end for the Sabbagh family after a settlement was struck between the clients of Latham & Watkins and CMS, The Lawyer can reveal. This comes prior to a nine-week trial that was set to proceed in the High Court this autumn, one that contained a handful of […]
There were a number of moves between private practice and chambers last month, as former court justices also found new homes at the Bar. In terms of private practice exits, it was revealed that Wendy Miles QC would be joining Debevoise & Plimpton for Twenty Essex, while movements between chambers themselves also took place. Keating […]
Netflix has instructed Foot Anstey as the US streaming giant files a claim against a studio in north London. Neasden Studies has been hit with a £200,000 claim, over allegations that the production of Bridgerton had to be moved because of fears over asbestos containing materials (ACMs) on set. Netflix had signed a £2m a […]
With barristers packing up for summer vacation, there are fewer cases being heard in court this week. However, preliminary hearings are taking place in some huge cases with a cross-border element. The first stems from a Zimbabwe. This claim arises out of overlapping arbitral awards from the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), […]
Mishcon de Reya has filed a claim on behalf of an Italian engineering company against NatWest Bank. Maire Tecnimont Group is bringing legal action against NatWest – which has instructed Dentons – arguing that the bank failed to stop it falling victim to payment fraud. In 2018, Maire Tecnimont’s subsidiary in Saudi Arabia sent $5m […]
One of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases is heading to court this week, with Manchester playing host to an eight-day hybrid trial in the dispute between Municipio de Mariana & Ors v BHP Group. In what is one of the largest ever class actions brought before the English courts, the case concerns the collapse of […]
The High Court has granted Dechert an extension to file its defence in a dispute brought by a former Jordanian lawyer against the US firm and three partners. Enyo Law’s Edward Allen is on call for Dechert in a case brought by Jordanian lawyer Karam Al Sadeq, against Dechert’s Neil Gerrard and Caroline Black and […]
Pinsent Masons is facing an increasingly uphill battle in the mammoth Skat litigation concerning 21 separate legal teams, 76 defendants and an alleged £1.5bn fraud. In a recent hearing involving the Danish Customs and Tax Administration (otherwise known as Skatteforvaltningen) and defendants Solo Capital Partners and Goal Taxback Limited, Mr Justice Baker took a “wrecking ball” […]
Dechert has agreed to disclose further documents to the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), just days before the parties were due to deliberate the release of these documents in a court hearing. A hearing was due to begin last week in the Commercial Court to rule on further disclosure, but this has been abandoned after […]
As the courts slowly reopen their doors, it’s not just Hollywood that is taking the limelight – with several mammoth cases kicking off this week. The most eye-catching dispute concerns Apache North Sea. Addleshaw Goddard and Clyde & Co face off this week, with Clydes client – Apache North Sea – bringing a dispute against […]
Social media giant Facebook is taking on a US-based walkie-talkie app in the High Court, pitting Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer up against Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. The dispute, which was triggered in the UK by Facebook Ireland, is a separate part of a broader international dispute that is being played out between the same parties […]
With the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) back up and running, there is a remote case management conference taking place on Monday in the scrap between JD Sports Fashion and the Competition and Markets Authority, with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters both involved. The dispute concerns JD Sports’ application for review against a recent decision made […]
Newly-appointed silk Aileen McColgan has gone from a career in academia to becoming one of the top public law and employment barristers at 11KBW.
A complex cross-border battle between the Estate of Prince Rogers Nelson and the Italian arm of Warner Chappell Music is to reach the High Court in London. The dispute is part of enforcement proceedings related to an ongoing scrap heard in the Italian courts over whether Prince had plagiarised his 1994 hit song The Most […]
A member of the Qatari royal family is suing one of the world’s leading art experts for nearly $5m over allegations that the ancient artworks he purchased were modern fakes. Pinsent Masons is acting on behalf of Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah Al Thani and his company Qatar Investment and Projects Development Holding (QIPCO) for the […]
Two groups of investors will have to wait another five months for their case against Tesco to be heard in the High Court, with the mammoth 11-week trial pushed back until early October due to the coronavirus pandemic. There have already been years of legal sparring between the parties and several attempts to throw out […]