Welcome to The Hearing, your weekly insider’s guide to the UK’s litigation market. After London International Disputes Week concluded on Friday, normal service has resumed for the UK’s litigators – and what a busy week it is. Not only is the first section 90A FSMA case finally coming to trial in what could be a […]
Welcome to the Hilary term and welcome back to The Hearing, your weekly insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. As the market gears up for the busy dash to summer, three of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases are set to hit the courts this month: British American Tobacco’s $800m challenge to PwC over its […]
Claimants, defendants and funders will be expected to engage with a new review into how disputes are backed by third-parties, amid concerns over rising costs caused by delay tactics in litigation.
No sooner had Freshfields confirmed its salary rise, Quinn Emanuel swooped in and stole its thunder. It’s a bold move that will cost the firm millions more each year.
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, we look at why Freshfields’ NQ pay rise makes it the most desirable litigation firm for associates, and whether judge selection is still just an old boys’ club. First though, there is a sense of inevitability among […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your weekly insider’s guide to the UK’s litigation market. It is the May 1 and hundreds of lawyers are stepping into their first day as new partners. Litigation promotions were a mixed bag across US firms. Several major players, namely Quinn Emanuel and Hogan Lovells, did not […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. As the Lords and the Commons finally settled on the new Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill in the early hours of Tuesday morning, attention began to shift to how the Government planned, both practically and legally, to […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your weekly insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, the UK Government wants more people to say they’re sorry, while we consider Monckton Chambers’ strange collection of celebrity tenants. But first, Monday saw the opening day of another Russian oligarch mega-battle in London’s Commercial Court. […]
Welcome to The Hearing, your weekly insider’s guide to the UK litigation market, now brought to you on Wednesdays. Two days in to the Easter Term and there’s a definite green feel around London. Much of that has blown over from Strasbourg, which got the legal world all in a flutter yesterday. A big moment?: The […]
Welcome to your weekly edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. Yesterday marked the last day of the Hilary Court term, so in this final edition of The Hearing before we take next week off, we take a look at the Supreme Court decision that has come as a relief […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, disputes partner promos in the City are wobbly despite a flourishing market, the biggest ever employment tribunal award has been handed down, and the newest legal dynasty has arrived. Trend? What trend?: The last few months have […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, we bring you news of what might be the first arbitration centre in Europe to use artificial intelligence (AI). Before that, however, the Post Office scandal has seen an explosion in debate concerning litigation tactics and third-party […]