With global warming dominating the political agenda and bringing challenges for businesses, litigators have been kept busy, with Herbert Smith Freehills in front this quarter with two cases over two case days
It’s a widely accepted fact that oligarchs are a large source of income for both law firms and barristers in the City. Cases involving oligarchs can usually be divided into two larger camps: on the one hand, the ‘traditional’ old-school oligarchs who made their wealth in the final days of the former USSR. Their disputes […]
The Lawyer’s Litigation Tracker reveals the busiest firms in the IT sector by number of cases and days in court
Every year, The Lawyer publishes its Top 20 cases of the coming 12 months based on a variety of metrics. The headline QCs and partners regularly take the headlines, but the juniors can go unheralded. In this series, we’re looking back at the juniors whose cases three years ago paved the way for their careers to flourish. […]
With a flux of landmark cases, legislative changes and the HMRC’s aggressive pursuit of avoidance and evasion, tax has been pushed into the public eye and up the agenda for litigation teams. A large reason for an increase in cases, which has created a litigation backlog, includes the controversial accelerated payment notices (APN), which forces […]
A number of high-profile matters that were due to be heard this week have now been settled, but there are still appearances over the next five days from the likes of Slaughter and May and Brick Court Chambers. Slaughters has been handed the mandate by Credit Suisse, as the bank disputes the repayment of the […]
Pharmaceutical giant Servier will face two additional silks in a pair of Court of Appeal hearings scheduled for this month in one of The Lawyer‘s top 20 cases of 2019. 4 Stone Buildings’ Jonathan Crow QC and Monckton Chambers’ Robert Palmer QC have been drafted in for the hearings by Peters & Peters partners Jonathan […]
This week, White & Case is acting for the Micula brothers in a dispute with Romania, dating back to 2013. In 2013, an ICSID Tribunal awarded the Swedish brothers damages against Romania in respect of its withdrawal of an investment incentive programme. The withdrawal occurred in the context of Romania’s accession to the EU and […]
Osborne Clarke is being advised by Norton Rose Fulbright as the firm defends a professional negligence claim brought against it by two property developers. The claim has been filed by Persimmon Homes and Taylor Wimpey, which are being represented by Walker Morris in the proceedings. Osborne Clarke provided legal services to the developers in connection […]
Clifford Chance, Fieldfisher and CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang are just some of the high-profile names appearing in court this week, as another Top 20 case hits the High Court. CMS partner Bernard O’Sullivan will be battling a claim against defendants represented by Fieldfisher partners Colin Gibson and Dan Hayward, Clifford Chance partner Julian Acratopulo […]
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Our sector taxonomy explained Our sector taxonomy was constructed following three key principles: Using a recognised standardised classification system Enabling detailed classification of companies and non-corporate organisations Aligning with the key features of litigations in the UK We based our sector taxonomy on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS), a recognised and widely accepted classification […]
The league tables and analysis in the Litigation Tracker frequently refer to the number of cases and the number of case days. Importantly, this only refers to cases for which a judgment has been handed down. This does not have to be the substantive judgment but incorporates any judgment relating to a case including interlocutory […]
Case Case name Primary litigation type Secondary litigation type (if applicable) Case status Class action dichotomy Judgment Outcome Court Citation Case number Procedural type (if applicable) Judges Judgment date Hearing date Hearing days Summary Link Parties Claimant/Appellant/Applicant Type (individual or organisation) Name Sector Nationality Barristers representing Chambers representing Law firms representing Solicitors representing Defendant/Respondent Type […]
