Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your cheat sheet to the litigation market, bringing you the week’s top litigation stories and analysis. This is what’s driving the week. Merger fever: Merger fever has again gripped London as the market reacts to the news that Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is merging with US firm […]
Welcome to The Hearing, your cheat sheet to the litigation market, bringing you the week’s top litigation stories and analysis. This is what’s driving the week. Budget priorities: Last week’s Budget promised a further £1.9bn in Justice spending. While the media is awash with stories on the dire state of prisons and the country’s Crown […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your cheat sheet to the litigation market, bringing you the week’s top litigation stories and analysis. In the bad books: The release of the Legal Services Board’s (LSB) report into the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) handling of Axiom Ince’s collapse caused a storm on Tuesday. The LSB, […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your cheat sheet to the litigation market, bringing you the week’s top litigation stories and analysis. Breadcrumbs: We may have received a clue as to the Solicitor Regulation Authority’s (SRA) next steps in the Post Office Horizon and Axiom Ince scandals. The organisation has been under intense […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing. The largest mass lawsuit in history: Anticipation is building among London’s litigators this week for what is billed as the largest mass claim in the country’s history. The Mariana Dam group action is quickly achieving blockbuster status, not least thanks to the claimants’ media campaigning. The group […]
The Hearing is back for the new court year and, as it’s a new year, we are bringing you a fresh new format. We’ll be bringing you the week’s top stories, with all the insider goss and analysis you’d expect from the Hearing. Think of it as your “cheat sheet” to what’s going on in […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. As the Court year wraps up today, The Lawyer’s weekly litigation content will pause until the Michaelmas term starts in October. Before that, however, we dive into the most high-profile and controversial judgment of the year: Mr Justice Robin […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, we bring you news about what disputes lawyers might expect to see at this year’s Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, and explain why London’s courts may soon sound more international. First though, we look at why commercial […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, why two barristers shifting chambers symbolises the struggles small sets are facing, and as the weather (finally) looks set to improve, you might find yourself inspired to take on cricket’s most exciting new role. South Square’s big […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, we break down a brutal costs decision, bring you another example of just how big competition litigation is now, and tell you which judgment of the year’s biggest cases is expected as soon as today. A costs […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your weekly insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, McDermott Will & Emery is making inroads into London’s litigation market, and arbitration numbers continue to rise. But first, are securities cases the new competition class actions? The wait goes on: Last week’s development that Serco […]
Welcome to The Hearing, your weekly insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. On Tuesday evening, around 1,000 people dressed in their finery descended on London’s Park Lane for the annual The Lawyer awards. The four awards dedicated to disputes lawyers celebrated litigation’s best performances over the past year, with Mishcon de Reya, Pallas Partners, […]