Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, Monckton Chambers is loving life, but does the competition Bar need more breadth? But first, we bring you more detail on the senior departures from Brown Rudnick. End of the line: Brown Rudnick’s London managing partner Neil […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, we take a look at US firms’ ambitions for their litigation teams in the UK, private equity moves on chambers, and why the Covid-19 inquiry is not the only place where Whatsapp messages are causing headaches. The […]
Welcome to The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. In this week’s edition, we break down the initial disputes implications for the merger of the decade: A&O and Shearman & Sterling. Plus, just in case you want a break from the merger news, we explain why Quinn Emanuel’s London office is breathing […]
Update: ClientEarth announced on Friday that it had been granted an oral hearing to request the High Court reconsider its decision, something the Companies Act permits it to do Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing. It’s been a good week for Slaughter and May, a bad week for Dechert and an even worse […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your guide to the UK litigation market. In this week’s edition, we take a look at London’s new set of litigation rainmakers, while Lord Pannick KC joins London’s antitrust party. But first, one senior litigator asks….. How big of a deal is ESG litigation? “I’ve yet to hear […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, we dive into the PR battle that Quinn and Pallas Partners are doing in order to push the Credit Suisse work. We also have a closer look at the new co-managing partner of disputes at Herbert Smith […]
Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing. As most of the population looks forward to a month of long weekends and royal celebrations, we’re hearing that the UK’s litigators are busier than ever. So, why not give yourself a break and catch up with what is happening in the wider world of […]
The Easter court term is here, which means The Hearing is too. This week, in your insider’s guide to the UK disputes market, promotions season is well and truly upon us. We dive into the data available so far, revealing the mixed fortunes of the country’s aspiring disputes lawyers. The long road to partnership: Macfarlanes’ […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, we put our ear to the Supreme Court (SC). The country’s top judges are used to handling complex disputes, but some are fed up of colleagues keen on making waves. Plus, watch out, as we hear litigation […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week we look at how the floodgates may be about to open to mass claims from landowners against water companies, and how the working hours of financial crime and corporate compliance lawyers are in the hands of those […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, in the interests of balance, we look at why 7KBW is having a cracking month, and why the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is not. Need an insurance barrister? 7KBW is fully booked: The mountain of aviation suits […]
In this week’s edition, we look at Kingsley Napley’s daring move to enter the London IP disputes market. Plus, we discuss how your opposing counsel’s emotional opening salvo in their skeleton argument isn’t really written for you. But first, let’s look at the latest litigation updates on the London Metal Exchange’s (LME) dramatic suspension of […]