Linklaters, Eversheds Sutherland and Slaughter and May are among the ten firms to have secured contracts for DWR Cymru Cyfyngedig, or Welsh Water. A total of 24 contracts have been awarded – with six going to Eversheds. The firm has been awarded contracts in corporate, employment, competition, data protection, construction and health and safety. Both […]
Six of the UK’s top 100 firms have succeeded in a lucrative council procurement process in the North East of England, sharing in a four-year contract worth £60m. DWF, Bevan Brittan, DAC Beachcroft, Pinsent Masons, Ward Hadaway and Womble Bond Dickinson will be tasked with providing general legal advice to a total of 12 different […]
A Monckton Chambers silk has taken to Twitter to explain an important disclosure point which will affect the legal challenge against the government’s suspension of Parliament. The Lawyer revealed yesterday that Mishcon de Reya had lodged a legal injunction on behalf of businesswomen and anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller, to prevent the UK Government from shutting down […]
Seven City law firms raked in over £3.5m in fees from the ill-fated Garden Bridge project, including Bircham Dyson Bell and Macfarlanes. According to the full breakdown in fees, the Garden Bridge project cost a total of £53.5m with legal accounting for 6 per cent of the total money spent by authorities including Transport for […]
Scottish independent firm Balfour + Mason has secured a positive decision from the European Court of Justice’s Advocate General over whether the United Kingdom can call off Brexit without the consent of other EU member states. In the latest development of a year-long legal battle, 21-partner Scottish firm Balfour + Mason has advanced one step […]
Five years ago, Eversheds Sutherland’s litigation team came up with an idea that could help clients deal with high-value and long-running disputes. But the journey to get there was not easy, involving bold investment and the persuading of the broader partnership.
Within the space of five days from Monday 16 March, working from home (WFH) became the new normal for the vast majority of the population. Lives and habits changed instantly. You’ve probably already enjoyed at least one Zoom cocktail party, reacquainted yourself with your children and perhaps joined an online choir? From a legal market […]
The entire process of becoming a lawyer is time sensitive. Students progress through university and law school, taking exams in their due turn. Law firms hunt for new talent and offer jobs two years in advance. Trainees wheel through the rotation of seats and eventually apply for newly-qualified jobs. As the seasons turn so does […]
As companies continue to look to the government for survival in the coming weeks, restructuring practices across the City, which had been kept arguably lean until now, are sure to need extra hands in the coming months. Across law firms, corporate associates are poised to be drafted onto restructurings and workouts. The mass redeployment of […]
No 5 Chambers has retained its lead at the top of The Lawyer’s Bar Top 30, an annual ranking charting the headcount growth of the profession’s largest sets.
Last summer, one of The Lawyer’s cover stories focused on the UK mid-tier. It put forward the proposition that many of the firms outside the UK top 50 were ‘boiling frogs’ – surfing comfortably on the surprisingly small amount of growth needed to maintain market position without necessarily adapting to the slowly changing conditions that […]
In this episode The Lawyer editor Catrin Griffiths and deputy editor Matt Byrne discuss the impact of coronavirus, the latest US financials season, and whether law firms are actually listening to their clients on one of the biggest issues in the world today.
As 114 new silks celebrated their success in the 2020 Queen’s Counsel appointments, they were also marking the end of an arduous selection procedure – all for the honour, pride and privilege of securing those two prestigious letters that can reshape a legal career. Finally gaining the QC kitemark gives some barristers a sense of […]
After a blow to its tech credentials in Cambridge last year, Taylor Wessing has re-evaluated and is looking to the future with a new strategy.
Counsel from No5 Barristers’ Chambers have successfully represented a Custody Sergeant and a Police Constable who were alleged to have mistreated a vulnerable woman during her detention in a custody suite on the 15th of December 2017. “EF” had been arrested for assault occasioning ABH on another and a subsequent assault on a police officer. […]
Counsel from No5 Barristers’ Chambers have successfully represented two officers who were alleged to have discriminated against a member of a public by reason of his race. The incident dated back to June 2014 but, due to a two separate appeals to the IOPC by the complainant, the hearing did not take place until November […]
By Ramby de Mello Counsel from No5 Barristers’ Chambers represented parents who have been fighting for the right to protest against LGBT equality teaching in a Birmingham primary school. Ramby de Mello represented Shakeel Afsar, his sister Rosina Afsar and Amir Ahmed who contested the need for an injunction to restrict street protests around Anderton […]
By James Dixon James Dixon, instructed by Oliver Carter of Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, represented the family of Mr Shaun Dewey at an Inquest before Senior Coroner for Avon, Maria Voisin, sitting with a jury, between 28 October and 18 November 2019 Shaun was on remand in respect of a charge of murder which he denied. […]
By Dr Chelvan, Jake Rylatt In a determination of the Upper Tribunal promulgated on 13 November 2019, Upper Tribunal Judge Perkins has allowed an appeal on asylum grounds concerning a victim of domestic violence from Albania. Dr S. Chelvan was instructed by Rodney Oliver of AT Legal Solicitors from the initial hearing before the First-tier […]
Severn Trent Water head of legal Shazadi Stinton is reducing reliance on external help by building up a strong in-house team
James Dixon of No5 Barristers’ Chambers was instructed by Irwin Mitchell Solicitors in the case of an immigration detainee who died on the day he was set for release from a privately-run jail in Liverpool. At the conclusion of the inquest, in which the jury recorded a narrative verdict of suicide, Senior Coroner Andre Rebello […]
By Lee Perry National law firm Shoosmiths has been appointed to two full service lots in England, Wales and Scotland on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Wider Public Sector Legal Services Panel (RM3788). This panel helps a variety of public sector organisations in England, Wales and Scotland to access Shoosmiths’ public sector legal expertise through a […]
Jonas Hankin QC, instructed on behalf of West Midlands CPS, opened the case against Michael Stirling when the case was listed for sentence before the Honourable Mrs Justice Carr DBE. Michael Stirling was convicted by his guilty plea of the murder of Samantha Eastwood on 27th July 2018. Shortly before 8am that day Samantha had left […]
Counsel at No5 Barristers’ Chambers invoked a rarely used piece of legislation during a drug dealing trial in which jury tampering became evident. Martin Liddiard led the prosecution in the trial of Leslie Allen Jnr, a well-known boxing promoter, for wholesale Class A and Class B drug dealing. On the second day of the jury […]
On 29 November 2018, Swiss Life Holding AG has announced to repurchase own registered shares up to a maximum repurchase value of CHF 1 billion for the purpose of a subsequent capital reduction. The share buyback program starts on 3 December 2018 and will last until 31 December 2019 the latest. The repurchases will be […]
Counsel from a Birmingham barristers’ chambers has represented a West Midlands council in a contempt of court case against a woman who fraudulently claimed for damages. Gareth Compton, of No5 Barristers’ Chambers, represented Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the case. Karen Britton, 45, of 44 Harwood Street, West Bromwich, pleaded guilty to contempt of court […]