Annabel joined The Lawyer in May 2022 as a reporter. She primarily covers litigation and the Bar. You can follow her on both LinkedIn and Twitter.
Norton Rose Fulbright and Stephenson Harwood have been called in to defend FitzWalter Capital and Natixis in a frosty dispute against an aviation company. The dispute involves a loan taken out by LS-Aviation from Natixis in 2018 to buy an aircraft. FitzWalter Capital subsequently bought this loan, while Natixis became the trustee, holding LS-Aviation’s collateral […]
Hausfeld has taken over from RPC in representing a billionaire property tycoon in a dispute against Lloyds Bank. The former owner of London’s Centre Point, claimant Ardeshir Naghshineh, also founder of property investment company Targetfollow, has now hired Hausfeld to represent him after a brief stint of representing himself after ending RPC’s employment. Before RPC, […]
A High Court judge has issued a retort to law firms and their costs, describing fees submitted on a case as “wasteful of the parties’ and the court’s resources.” In a case brought by Invest Bank against a Lebanese businessman and his family, Justice Andrew Baker noted that costs schedules filed by Stewarts Law, Fladgate, […]
Kicking off this week’s list is an intellectual property wrangle over inflight entertainment systems. The Chancery Division is set to hear a copyright lawsuit brought by royalty collection group Performing Right Society (PRS) against Qatar Airways. The dispute sees Qatar’s national airline accused of infringing PRS’ Worldwide Performing Rights via its inflight entertainment systems, which […]