A tribunal judge has been reprimanded by the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office after a 17-month delay to deliver a judgment. Judge Lynn Griffin has been issued with formal advice for misconduct following a “substantial delay” in delivering her judgement on the Mermaids v LGB Alliance case. Formal advice is issued when the Lord Chancellor and […]
Billed as “the largest class action in history” and with legal costs in excess of £300m, a landmark trial begins today between 600,000 individuals and mining giant BHP. Over the next few weeks, One Essex Court’s Alain Choo-Choy KC will take on Blackstone’s Shaheed Fatima KC and One Essex Court’s Dan Toledano KC in the […]
Last summer, The Lawyer reported that Paul Hastings was on the hunt for growth in its Paris office and this year, the firm made its move in one of the French capital’s hottest markets. With white collar boutique Antonin Lévy & Associés joining Paul Hastings last month, we look at how the team sets itself […]
A group of investors, who previously held shares in Argentine oil giant YPF, have filed a claim against the South American nation to get hold of the $16bn they won in compensation last year. The case, heard in the Southern District of New York Court over a year ago, revolves around the privatisation of YPF […]
The Premier League is considering challenging a tribunal decision that threw out its disciplinary case against Leicester City FC this year, The Lawyer can reveal. The League, represented by Blackstone Chambers’ co-head of chambers Jane Mulcahy KC and Linklaters’ partner Ben Carroll, had brought disciplinary proceedings against the 2016 champions for breaches of its profit […]
One Essex Court’s Sonia Tolaney KC and Neil Kitchener KC are in action this week, instructed in a claim brought over the alleged ownership of FTX affiliated crypto-currency Genesis Digital Assets (GDA). In September 2023, Kazakh investor Yermek Alimov brought a claim against three individuals collectively known as ‘MMK’ and crypto company GDA. The three […]
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has been ordered by the Commercial Court to reveal the source of the ‘Glavstroy Report’, which played a controversial role in the long-running litigation between Russian oligarchs Vladimir Chernukhin and Oleg Deripaska. Deripaska and his company Filatona Trading, represented by Quillon partner Abigail Healey, filed an application in September 2021 […]
Covington & Burling is defending Amazon from a class action brought by two separate proposed class representatives, who will be battling it out for carriage of the claim in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). On 6 June, Willkie Farr & Gallagher announced it would be bringing a £1bn claim against Amazon regarding its “Buy Box” […]
When MI5 director-general Ken McCallum warned of Russian spies on a “mission to generate mayhem on British streets” this week, it was a timely reminder of Russia’s pariah status here in the UK. After the Ukraine invasion in February 2022, UK law firms withdrew from Russia in haste, mandates were cancelled and clients put under […]
A long-running case between luxury hotel company Macdonald Hotels (MHL), represented by Enyo, versus Bank of Scotland (BOS), defended by Herbert Smith Freehills, hit the courts yesterday (9 October) for a six-week showdown. The claimants, represented in the Commercial Court by Brick Court’s Tim Lord KC, argue the case is “strikingly different from a run-of-the-mill […]
Covington & Burling has replaced PCB Byrne in the high-profile dispute between the widow and daughters of Russian oligarch Oleg Bourlakov versus his estate, his sister and brother-in-law. Globally, Loudmila Bourlakova and Veronica Bourlakova, the deceased billionaire’s widow and daughter represented by Mishcon de Reya, are battling for a share of his £3bn fortune. Most […]
The Premier League and Manchester City are both claiming victory after judgment was handed down this week over the legality of the Associated Party Transaction (APT) rules. But with all the spin and finger-pointing, who actually won?