Katy is The Lawyer’s Horizon editor. Returning to The Lawyer after a three-year break in 2020, Katy initially covered litigation and the Bar and was the publication’s senior writer between 2014 and 2017.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is preparing to go into battle with the claimant lobby after the Court of Appeal (CoA) said damages should be raised by 10 per cent from April next year. The move will be perceived as an indirect challenge to the judiciary, which, critics say, hijacked a standard personal injury […]
Media firm Michael Simkins is to launch a reputation protection practice after hiring former Schillings partner Gideon Benaim. Benaim quit Schillings in June along with senior associate Matthew Himsworth, who left to set up his own practice focusing on sports law (8 June 2012). After spending three months on gardening leave he is set to […]
News International’s former legal chief Tom Crone is the latest tabloid executive to be arrested in connection with the phone-hacking scandal. Crone, who was arrested at 6.45am this morning, is being held at a south London police station on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications contrary to Section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977. […]
It was only a matter of time before Supreme Court Justice Lord Dyson was appointed second-in-command of the civil justice system as Master of the Rolls. The current Supreme Court president Lord Phillips kickstarted the judicial merry-go-round after he announced his exit back in April. He is heading east to be president of the Qatar […]
Fountain Court’s Michael Brindle QC is to have a second outing in the mammoth Berezovsky legal battle, having been instructed for the estate of Arkady ‘Badri’ Patarkatsishvili in chancery proceedings due to start in October. The case has already had a six-month outing in the commercial court. Brindle is instructed by Graham Huntley, a former […]
The Master of the Rolls (MR) Lord Neuberger is to be succeeded in the role by Supreme Court Justice Dyson when the former is elevated to Supreme Court president next month. The judicial shake-up comes two and half years after Dyson SCJ took up his position on the Supreme Court bench, overseeing some of the […]
The Department for Transport (DfT) seemed to know it would be on the receiving end of a legal challenge when it awarded the West Coast Main Line contract to First Group, a deal that gifted roles to Ashurst, Burges Salmon, Eversheds and Herbert Smith. Monckton Chambers’ Michael Bowsher QC was on standby last week awaiting […]
The civil bar saw revenues move upwards at the end of the last financial year, driven in part by growth in the number of direct access instructions from in-house counsel. Monckton Chambers reported growth of 22 per cent at the latest year-end, from £17.25m to £21m. According to senior clerk David Hockney the financial performance […]
Blackstone Chambers’ Michael Beloff QC and 11KBW’s Nigel Giffin QC have been instructed to lead Virgin Rail Group’s High Court action against the Department for Transport (DfT) after the contractor missed out on the bid to renew its control of the West Coast Main Line franchise. Herbert Smith partner Nusrat Zar is leading the team […]
The High Court has thrown out a judicial review bid by National Lottery operator Camelot in which it instructed Blackstone Chambers’ David Pannick QC to challenge the legality of a rival lottery scheme, the Health Lottery (THL). Today’s ruling is a victory for 11KBW’s James Goudie QC who was instructed for the defendant, the Gambling […]
Insurance firm Parabis is set for a £50m cash injection after being granted an ABS licence by the SRA, allowing it to take private equity investment from Duke Street. Parabis chief executive Tim Oliver” src=”/Pictures/web/w/d/g/Oliver_15_150.jpg” /> Tim Oliver It is the first private equity-backed deal to be approved by the legal watchdog. Parabis has long […]
Iceland faces a politically charged court showdown over compensation after the country’s banking crash, but it claims the EC should not be involved Next month (18 September) the Icelandic government’s battle with the European Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority (EFTASA) will come to a head in Luxembourg, with the first hearing in the dispute over […]