City Football Group’s general counsel has written directly to the 19 other Premier League clubs, alleging that the League has misled them following a judgment handed down yesterday. Simon Cliff’s letter, first reported by The Times, details the club’s objections to the Premier League’s statement following yesterday’s Associated Party Transactions (APT) judgment. In it, he […]
Rosenblatt prepares Amazon group claim in High Court Rosenblatt has said it will soon file a High Court claim on behalf of hundreds of Amazon sellers, who allege they have had funds of up to £300,000 wrongfully and unlawfully frozen by the online retail giant. Dean Nicholls, the Rosenblatt partner representing the affected sellers, said […]
3 Verulam Buildings (3VB) has lost its third junior barrister in a year to a magic circle set, as the war for talent among chambers heats up. The latest leaver is Tariq Baloch, a senior junior of 2001 call, who joined Essex Court Chambers yesterday (7 October) and practises in international arbitration, public international law […]
Opening arguments for Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation’s (ENRC) claim against the Serious Fraud Office were deferred this morning as it emerged the parties were in discussions over a settlement agreement. In the hearing today, ENRC’s counsel from One Essex Court, Anna Boase KC, said the parties were in discussions to settle and had already agreed on […]
Hogan Lovells and the London Metal Exchange (LME) have secured a victory for the second time in the nickel trades dispute brought by Akin Gump-repped Elliott Associates. On 8 March 2023, an unprecedented spike in the price of nickel during the early hours of trading drove the LME to conclude that the market had become […]
Covington & Burling’s EMEA co-head of white-collar defence and commercial litigation has moved to disputes boutique Quillon Law. Ian Hargreaves will be the sixth partner at Quillon, which was launched in October 2021 by former Addleshaw Goddard duo Mark Hastings and Michael Barnett. The boutique’s recent cases have seen it represent Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska […]
The highly anticipated Russian aircraft trial has got underway, as aircraft lessors and their insurers battle over who should pay for planes stranded in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. Brick Court’s Mark Howard KC began the proceedings yesterday (2 October) with an opening statement focused on the “clear and simple language” of the “operator […]
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has been accused of “vigorously” resisting an application to provide information in the long-running saga between Russian oligarchs Vladimir Chernukhin and Oleg Deripaska. Deripaska and his company Filatona Trading, represented by Quillon, filed an application in September 2021 against Quinn, seeking information relating to another High Court case brought by […]
With real estate in high demand across the Inns, firms and chambers are seeking out new floor space after last week’s collapse of 9 Stone Buildings. The departure of 9 Stone’s 17 remaining barristers for Selborne Chambers and Tanfield Chambers last Monday forced the set to dissolve. A skip could be seen outside 9 Stone Buildings […]
Media and reputation firm Schillings has opened its first European office outside of the UK by launching in Dublin. The office will offer advice in crisis management, risk mitigation and “opportunity harnessing” with further service lines in “intelligence, law, communications, diplomacy and security to handle high stakes situations”. Schillings CEO David Imison said of the […]
2024 has already been a memorable year for the English courts. With the Michaelmas term set to begin tomorrow, The Lawyer takes a look at the cases to watch out for this month.
Litigation boutique Candey has today been cleared by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) of anti-money laundering (AML) failures regarding a £24m deal for a Northumberland country estate in 2015. Managing partner Ashkhan Candey said in a statement that it was “regrettable” that the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) “did not engage with us on the substantive […]