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Going from strength to strength, the Litigation Tracker now provides claims data as an extension to an existing subscription. You can search and download comprehensive, aggregated data from every claim from 6 top UK high courts, as well as receive daily morning email alerts and follow progress on specific claims.
Fountain Court scored the highest number of new silks in this year’s round of appointments, with Giles Wheeler, Edward Levey, Robin Barclay, Chloe Carpenter, Ben Lynch and Tamara Oppenheimer being awarded QC status in 2020. But what work are other barristers in the set doing? And who is instructing them? The average number of years’ […]
The QC appointments list published earlier this year did little to convince the market that the Bar has issues of gender diversity under control. But there were small gains in racial diversity, as a record number of barristers from black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds (BAME) made silk; 22 new QCs this year compared to […]
The Lawyer’s Litigation Tracker has data on the most active chambers and barristers so far in the new decade
During 2019 there were several groundbreaking competition and antitrust rulings issued by the courts, with wide-ranging implications for the recovery of cartel damages (the truck cartel litigation), and the Forex litigation. Both were collective (or class) actions and provide an interesting illustration for the rise in collective actions in antitrust and competition enforcement. Top 10 […]
Intellectual property (IP) has been in the spotlight in 2019, with the prevalence of emerging technologies resulting in a growing number of start-ups and established players alike facing up to new IP and data quandaries. Cases in the first half of 2019 included an action concerning Eminem’s first album ‘Infinite’ featuring two record companies and one distribution company. Ultimately, the court found that Let […]
While coronavirus has caused major disruptions across the world, for the courts, chambers and clerks it is business as usual as cases continue to be heard – with the slight caveat that they are now being conducted virtually, either via video conference or telephone. This week, Burford Capital and the London Stock Exchange go head […]
Leigh Day and 11KBW’s Sean Jones QC recently teamed up with The Good Law Project to pile pressure on JD Wetherspoon over its decision to withhold wages from furloughed workers. The pub retailer recently came under fire from MPs and Devereux Chambers’ Jolyon Maugham QC’s Good Law Project after it claimed it would not be […]
Litigation funder Vannin Capital has settled a £14m dispute it had brought against 8,000 Royal Bank of Scotland shareholders, just days before the trial was due to start. The row arose from Vannin’s provision to another party – the AGC – of funding for a claimant group, now known as the SG Group, in litigation […]
The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) is taking legal action against the UK Government over whether it has failed to protect the wages and jobs of millions of public sector workers during the coronavirus pandemic. The union has instructed Leigh Day and a four-barrister team from Old Square Chambers, as it brings the […]
Norton Rose Fulbright has drafted in a barrister from Twenty Essex as it acts on a case against Colombian farmers. The firm is acting for Amerisur, which is alleged to have polluted the waterways in Putumayo. Originally William Buck of Monckton was instructed on the case, however, he has come off in favour of Twenty […]
Introducing Claims data from Litigation Tracker The Litigation Tracker now provides claims data as an extension to an existing subscription. You can search and download comprehensive, aggregated data from every claim from 6 top UK high courts, as well as receive daily morning email alerts and follow progress on specific claims. The Claims function enables […]
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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 […]
