‘Wagatha’ returns: Vardy files appeal bid against Rooney costs ruling
Rebekah Vardy has applied for permission to appeal a costs decision made last month in her ongoing spat against Coleen Rooney. Vardy is represented by Kingsley Napley as she seeks permission to appeal in the Senior Courts Cost Office. The pair continue to lock horns after their infamous 2022 libel case over a social media post published by Rooney. Judgment went in favour of Rooney, who succeeded in proving that her post accusing Vardy’s account of leaking private information to […]
There’s a gap opening in Manchester
Manchester’s legal market has been saturated for many years. Nearly 50 firms (46) in the UK200 have offices in the city with only two more specialised firms managing to successfully edge their way into the confines of the inner ring road – Lewis Silkin and Foot Anstey being the more recent newcomers to set up by Victoria railway station and on Oxford Road, respectively. With so many firms squeezed in, it’s difficult to see where the gaps in the market […]
Brabners surpasses £50m revenue milestone
Revenue at Brabners reached £55.6m in the 2023/24 financial year, subject to audit, after the firm increased its top-line by 18 per cent from the previous year’s £47.1m. The firm’s newly re-elected managing partner Nik White told The Lawyer that it was a “standout year”, with just one department out of 13 across the firm’s four practice groups not growing year-on-year. New clients of Brabners now include DFS, Mamas & Papas, and Dr Martens, while the firm advised on more […]
Beyond the Bubble: Keystone posts double-digit growth, and how Leeds’ new arrivals are settling in
Leeds: Leeds’ legal industry has been going through a resurgence. The city, once known for being the largest legal hub outside of London a couple decades ago, had fallen behind the bustling centres of Manchester and Bristol in the years that followed. But with seven UK100 firms having opened in Leeds since the Covid-19 pandemic alone, and 11 UK100 firms having opened in total in the last 10 years, Leeds’s legal scene is making a comeback. Indeed, Freeths, Bevan Brittan, […]
Beyond the Bubble: Inside Brabners’ new strategy
North West: As revealed in The Lawyer on Tuesday, Brabners has kicked off a new three-year strategy. The last one certainly paid dividends, and newly-reelected managing partner Nik White was in ebullient spirits when he talked to Beyond the Bubble earlier this week. “It’s the power of 24,” he says cryptically, before explaining that “it took us four years to grow top line by 24 per cent, then only two years to grow it by another 24 per cent. In […]
Brabners mulls London launch as new strategy gets underway
Partners at Brabners have appointed Nik White as managing partner to a third term, as the firm kicks off its next three-year strategy and explores whether or not to open in London. White will start his new term on 1 May for a period of three years. The reappointment coincides with the start of the next three-year strategy for Brabners. Speaking to The Lawyer, White said that the strategy will be characterised by “continued evolution” rather than a revolutionary departure […]