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RPC is set to defend Google in another class action launched against it in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) over alleged anti-competitive practices regarding its UK Google Play Store. Geradin Partners has launched the £1.04bn claim on behalf of class representative and competition law expert Professor Barry Rodger, who represents UK Android app developers. Rodger […]
BCLP is set to defend International Distribution Services (IDS), Royal Mail’s parent group, from an £878.5m class action in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). The claim, backed by litigation funder Asertis, was officially filed on 29 May by Lewis Silkin on behalf of 290,477 retail customers, marking Lewis Silkin’s first foray into the opt-out class […]
The president of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), Mr Justice Marcus Smith, has been reprimanded for serious misconduct after he wrote a love letter to a junior colleague. The decision was handed down yesterday (8 August) by the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO), and is the most severe sanction short of removal from office. The […]
This week in Beyond the Bubble, in association with LexisNexis… London: Fee-earner time spent on innovation at Harbottle & Lewis will be recorded and rewarded as the firm launched its new “Innovation Fund” in June, which will be used to invest in new technology to make processes more efficient for the business. The move is […]
A collection of magic circle, US, Norwegian and Scottish firms are lining up to defend salmon producers in the retail action brought by Stephenson Harwood on behalf of Asda, Iceland, Marks & Spencer, Ocado, International Seafoods, Morrisons, Aldi and Co-op. The £675m case was first filed last February in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) against […]
Profit per equity partner (PEP) and net profit at Eversheds Sutherland International LLP ground almost to a halt last year, with the firm’s revenue growth rate also dipping for a second successive year. PEP growth slowed, rising nominally from £1.29m to £1.3m. Net profit, meanwhile, remained flat with the firm having recorded £175.1m, a slight […]
Kingsley Napley has saved £149,500 in a year, after implementing an initiative that saw it shut half of its six floors on Fridays when most staff work from home. The scheme, first reported in The Lawyer last summer, is called “The Building that Shrinks and Grows”, and sees the firm turn off the lighting, heating, […]
Former clients of Rosling King have prevailed in the latest round of a long-running dispute that has seen the firm accused of “aimlessness” in how it conducted litigation which cost its former client more than £5.7m in legal fees. In a judgment handed down yesterday (31 July) between property investment company Tonstate Group (in liquidation) […]
Harbottle & Lewis is representing parenting website Mumsnet in a pre-action dispute with artificial intelligence giant OpenAI. Mumsnet claims that the developer has scraped billions of words of its content against the site’s terms of use. It is claiming copyright infringement, breach of terms of use and database right infringement, and has written to openAI […]
The long-awaited tuna bonds judgment has been handed down today, with Mr Justice Knowles finding largely in favour of Peters & Peters-repped Republic of Mozambique. One of The Lawyer’s top 20 cases of 2023, which featured more than 10 firms and over 40 barristers, Mozambique brought the lawsuit against shipbuilding company Privinvest, banks including Credit […]
Net profit at Mishcon de Reya fell by 3.4 per cent last year, while revenue hit £300m for the first time. Mishcon’s net profit dropped from £93m to £90m following several investments, including launching an office in Saudi Arabia, acquiring a majority stake in group action business Somos, and completing the integration of the Taylor […]
Stewarts’ revenue hit £95.2m in 2023/24, up 12 per cent from the previous year’s £85.1m, as the firm eyes sector and headcount growth. Net profit rose by 19 per cent from £25.6m to £30.4m, while profit per equity partner increased by 16.3 per cent to £1.42m. The disputes-only firm agreed on a new lease for […]