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Leeds: Mills & Reeve is soon to double its footprint in Leeds with the relocation of its office. Beyond the Bubble, in association with LexisNexis: While the firm is staying put at 1 City Square, it is vacating its current premises on the fourth floor and has agreed to take a 10,200 sq ft office […]
3 Paper Buildings (3PB) has elected its first female head of chambers, family law silk Liz McGrath KC. A new deputy head of chambers, commercial and construction silk David Parratt KC, was also selected and started his new role last week. McGrath succeeds David Berkley KC, who served a five-year term, while Parratt takes over […]
O’Melveny & Myers files fresh claim for sheet music publisher Hal Leonard O’Melveny & Myers has brought a new breach of contract claim on behalf of sheet music publisher Hal Leonard Europe against classical music publisher Wise Music Group and its subsidiaries. The claim comes just two months after Wise Music Group, which The Lawyer […]
Several former Axiom Ince employees have won their redundancy payment claims against the collapsed firm in the Employment Tribunal. The decisions were published today (8 July) but were decided on 17 June. Employment Judge KM Ross heard the three cases in Manchester on 30 May. Axiom Ince, now in administration, was ordered to pay £4,826.70 […]
As counsel to the Post Office inquiry, Jason Beer KC is fast gaining celebrity-level status with thousands tuning in to see him grill key witnesses.
This week on Spotlight, we laser in on the mechanics of specialist energy and construction firm Fenwick Elliott. Origin: Robert Fenwick Elliott set up the firm in 1986, coming from legacy Masons. The firm began by doing only domestic contentious construction work but picked up two ICC arbitrations for the Pakistan government in the 1990s, […]
The £70m landmark construction and cladding dispute that featured in The Lawyer’s top 20 cases of 2024 is closing in on a full settlement, The Lawyer can reveal. It is understood that just two parties in the case, which had an extensive list of defendants, still have active claims against them ahead of October’s 11-week […]
This week on Spotlight, we’re looking at the inner workings and strategy of disputes boutique Pallas Partners, which won Litigation Boutique of the Year at The Lawyer Awards earlier this month. Origin: Pallas was launched in 2022 following a high-profile split-off from Boies Schiller Flexner’s London office when Natasha Harrison, ex-deputy chair of the US […]
London: Lincoln’s Inn firm Hunters Law has rebounded in the 2023/24 financial year, posting a 10.2 per cent revenue rise, from £12.7m to £14m. Beyond the Bubble, in association with LexisNexis: The firm had flatlined for several years, dancing between £12.1m at the lower end to £12.7m at the higher end for the previous five financial years. […]
Harbottle & Lewis has announced its firmwide revenue after switching its financial year-end due to new HMRC tax rules. The firm managed to surpass £50m for the first time over a 12-month period. HMRC’s rules, which took effect from the 2023/24 financial year starting 6 April, seek to simplify tax payments by taxing a business’ […]
Carter-Ruck has been instructed by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage following a Mail on Sunday story published yesterday (23 June). The story was headlined “Zelensky: Farage is infected with ‘virus of Putin’” and quoted the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, condemning him. A source in the Ukrainian presidential office is understood to have told the BBC […]
The Holy See appears in the English courts for the first time The Vatican, Harrods, a mafia-hunting judge, and an alleged multimillion-pound fraud feature in this case. This Commercial Court dispute, starting Wednesday (26 June) for 14 days, sees the Holy See (the Catholic Church’s universal government) square off against management companies Athena Capital, WRM […]