While The Lawyer’s annual Top 20 cases heralds star QCs at the top at their game, it also unearths the next generation of the Bar. Here’s how 4 New Square’s juniors have fared since appearing in the list.
As One Brick Court prepares to close its doors this summer, a number of its media and defamation stars have found new homes, including Andrew Caldecott QC who was recently instructed by Linklaters in its injunction hearing. Caldecott QC is one of several heavy hitters who will move to rival media chambers 5RB in Gray’s […]
HFW has promoted a record nine new partners across the firm, including six in London. The promotions are effective at the start of the fiscal year on 1 April. They are spread across six offices, spanning Europe, Asia, and America and six of the firm’s industry groups, including shipping, commodities, construction, energy and insurance. Six […]
Clifford Chance has failed to defend a claim brought against its client by Lehman Brothers Finance (LBF), over the determination of losses linked to the collapse of the failed bank. This is the second time in a week that a magic circle firm has been on the losing side of a Lehman-related battle. Last week, […]
The Post Office, represented by Womble Bond Dickinson, has lost a landmark ruling in the first of four cases related to alleged electronic failures at the company that resulted in postmaster job losses and convictions for false accounting. In the first significant judgment concerning the contractual relationship between the Post Office and its agents, Justice […]
Clyde & Co client Grant Thornton has been granted an extension to pay nearly £22m in damages to fire and emergency services provider AssestCo, which brought a negligence claim against its former auditor. The AIM-listed company was awarded the sum against Grant Thornton, which put in an application to stay. This application was rejected by […]
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal brought by the administrators of Lehman Brothers’ European trading arm, represented by Linklaters, meaning they must pay a tax bill to HMRC on £5bn worth of statutory interest. The panel of five Supreme Court judges agreed with an earlier decision in the Court of Appeal, which ruled that […]
Litigation funder Burford Capital has reported a 24 per cent surge in its net profit for 2018, as well as a rise in overall income to $420m. Net profits reached $328m last year, according to the UK listed company. However, the increase was not as dramatic as in 2017 when it posted an 109 per […]
Fieldfisher has lost a High Court lawsuit for its client KeyMed, which brought a £15m claim against former director Michael Woodford for an unlawful means conspiracy, negligence and breach of duty. KeyMed, a UK subsidiary of Olympus, alleged that Woodford and an ex-colleague Paul Hillman had breached their duties as directors and conspired to maximise […]
K&L Gates has lost its London antitrust and regulation group head Neil Baylis to Mishcon de Reya, as the latter ramps up its lateral recruitment in the City for 2019. Baylis joined K&L Gates in 2002 after starting off his legal career at Clifford Chance. He then moved to Ashurst as an associate in […]