Sports Direct takes on Newcastle United in kit rights clash The Magpies are heading to the Competition Appeal Tribunal tomorrow (9 April) for one day in a claim brought by Sports Direct, as the high street sports equipment retailer challenges Newcastle United over its third-party kit sales policy. Sports Direct, represented by Travers Smith, alleges […]
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan client Phones 4u (P4u) has been granted permission to appeal its £1bn competition suit against some of the biggest mobile network providers, following a defeat in the High Court last year. The firm has succeeded in having eight grounds approved to take to appeal, including the allegation that an exchange […]
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has come under fire for its candidate confidentiality policy for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), as the backlash surrounding the latest set of results rumbles on. A lack of transparency around the content is said to be having a negative impact on preparation course delivery and candidates’ ability to make […]
Dentons’ client Stagecoach South Western Trains has agreed to settle part of consumer champion Justin Gutmann’s boundary fares class action, which concerns train passengers paying higher fees when travelling between zones. Gutmann, represented by Charles Lyndon and Hausfeld, filed a joint application for a collective settlement approval in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) with Stagecoach […]
Macfarlanes is set to defend the Performing Right Society (PRS) in a class action brought by Blur’s drummer in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). The opt-out claim is brought by Dave Rowntree, who is also a prospective Labour MP, on behalf of 160,000 UK songwriter members of the PRS. Rowntree alleges that PRS, which collects […]
More than 600 former judges, KCs, partners, legal academics and other lawyers have demanded that the UK Government stop arms sales to Israel and consider placing sanctions on the country. In a letter to the Prime Minister yesterday, signatories including former Supreme Court justices Baroness Hale, Lord Sumption and Lord Wilson, and nearly 70 KCs, […]
Dentons is preparing its more junior staff for senior leaderships roles with the formation of a shadow executive team. The group comprises senior associates, junior partners and senior legal and business services employees across the UK with a select number from the Middle East. The team will make recommendations on strategic and operational initiatives to […]
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison’s rapid growth in London is now translating to the Continent, as the firm has hired a Simpson Thacher & Bartlett partner to launch an office in Brussels. Simpson Thacher partner Ross Ferguson will join the growing European partner base at Paul Weiss. Jason Glover, London office head at Simpson […]
Welcome to The Passport, your regular round-up of the most important stories to come from the European legal market. In this edition, we have a Kinstellar sandwich on Parisien bread. We look at how August Debouzy’s latest phase of international development is taking shape; a glimpse at arguably Europe’s most expansionist firm’s foray into Southeast […]
Listed firm Knights has become the latest firm to make lawyers redundant across the country, The Lawyer can reveal. It is understood that both partner and associate roles have been cut across the firm’s restructuring and insolvency, corporate, and real estate teams. The redundancies have taken place across the firm’s offices in the UK, with […]
An ex-Bird & Bird partner will face the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for allegations of “inappropriate conduct” including “sexualised messages”. The allegations concern Takeshige Sugimoto, who was a partner based in Belgium at the time of the matter. While in a position of seniority over two individuals, Sugimoto is alleged to have made inappropriate comments and […]
Kinstellar has agreed a deal to acquire four offices of German firm Noerr, strengthening in all the sites that the firm began with following its split from Linklaters in 2008. Noerr’s practices will be transferred to Kinstellar in Bratislava, Budapest, Bucharest and Prague. The details of the integration will be made clearer in the coming […]