The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has extended panel places to all firms on the Government’s legal services framework. The contract has been awarded until 30 November 2025. It was previously a three-year agreement, with the option to extend for a further 12 months at the discretion of the CCS. The framework agreement consists of a […]
Lawyers and business services staff from across the UK legal industry joined the masses yesterday in bringing their dogs to polling stations as they cast their vote in the general election. Martin Hamilton, managing partner at Capsticks, was among the crowd, attending his local polling station with his salt n pepper miniature schnauzer. In a […]
With the Post Office Horizon inquiry set to continue throughout the year, Burges Salmon has been awarded a new contract for advice provided to the company. The contract is valued at £16m and lasts until May 2025. This is understood to be in addition to an existing contract worth £22.5m that the firm picked up […]
Mrs Justice Joanna Smith has rebuked the Environment Agency (EA) and High Speed Two (HS2) for their taxpayer-funded litigation in judgment handed down today (21 June) at the Technology and Construction Court. In the conclusion to her judgment, she said: “By way of postscript, I observe that it is extremely unfortunate that these two bodies, […]
Sanctuary Housing Association has awarded panel places to the likes of Gowling WLG, Mills & Reeve and Bevan Brittan. The total value of the panel is £30m. Trowers & Hamlins, Weightmans and Brodies have also won spots at the Worcester-based housing provider, alongside Capsticks, Clarke Willmott and Burness Paul. A total of 15 firms have been […]
Luxury goods giant LVMH joins interchange fee dispute French luxury goods behemoth LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton has swung into the merchant interchange fees dispute with over 25 separate claims filed by its subsidiaries against Visa and Mastercard between 24 and 25 April. The Lawyer understands that the claims form an addition to the long-running […]
Dr Martens gives Temu the boot in new IP claim AirWair, the company behind Dr Martens, is taking on budget online marketplace Temu, registered as “Whaleco”, in a new part 7 “passing off and trade marks” claim filed in the High Court’s Intellectual Property List on 9 April. AirWair is represented by Lewis Silkin in […]
For Kelly Young, incumbent general counsel and company secretary at Marie Curie, the charity feels more like a corporation than any other entity. Marie Curie is the largest funder of palliative care in the country, and its business lines include 160 shops, 450 doctors, clinical services and licensing intellectual property from garden supplies to stationery. […]
Kingsley Napley has hired No. 10 Downing Street’s former general counsel, barrister Lord Harold Carter of Haslemere, to join its public law team as a consultant. Carter has been at the Government Legal Department for 34 years and was No. 10’s GC from 2016 to 2023, meaning he served under several British Prime Ministers, including […]
While other law firms saw profit flatline last year, Capsticks experienced strong double-digit growth, allowing it to invest in technology and key growth areas. Revenue grew 14 per cent from £56.1m to £63.7m in the 2022/23 financial year, while net profit jumped up 22 per cent from £10.6m to £12.9m. Capsticks senior partner Rachael Heenan […]
The Government Legal Department is expanding across the UK. With offices in London’s historic Whitehall, Leeds and Bristol, the service has recently launched in Manchester. It has taken up space in Three New Bailey in Salford, relocating 20 lawyers from other offices. The aim is to fill the premises with 120 qualified solicitors. It all […]
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has once again hired Peters & Peters and a team from Blackstone Chambers for tomorrow’s judicial review between the Cabinet Office and the chair of the Covid-19 inquiry, in which Johnson is an interested party. Lord Pannick KC, Jason Pobjoy and Peters & Peters’ head of business crime Nick Vamos […]