Annabel joined The Lawyer in May 2022 as a reporter. She primarily covers litigation and the Bar. You can follow her on both LinkedIn and Twitter.
Thai businessmen fraud case begins Kicking off on Monday for a whopping 17 weeks is the high-profile case that alleges fraud against a leading renewable energy company in Thailand. The $2bn case alleged that former manager of Wind Energy Holding, Nop Narongdej, along with several other individuals and entities including the Siam Commercial Bank, have […]
This week: Good news for Quinn as CAT refuses to throw out FX dispute, and a victory for RPC on a Russian bank retrial decision.
Check in with The Lawyer each week as we spot the most important new claims hitting the courts and assess what they say about the litigation landscape.
Scottish indyref2 case hits the Supreme Court Starting on Tuesday for two days, the Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC will put her case forward to the UK Supreme Court regarding the Sottish independence referendum. The case has had a political push from First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, who asked Bain KC to bring the […]
NEW: As the first judgments of the new court term begin to trickle through, The Lawyer has selected the need-to-know decisions from the past week. With a rundown of the latest information, along with legal line-ups, we’re here to make sure you don’t miss a thing.
A group of high-profile individuals, including singer Elton John, Prince Harry and campaigner Doreen Lawrence have launched legal action against the publishers of The Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday and Mail Online. They are bringing the action against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), claiming they have been victims of criminal activity by journalists who hold […]
Former Jones Day partner Raymond McKeeve has been slapped with a £25,000 fine and a costs order exceeding £600,000, having been found in contempt of court earlier this year. Mr Justice Adam Johnson today found that although “this is plainly a serious crime”, it did not warrant a custodial sentence. In August 2022, McKeeve was […]
NEW: Check in with The Lawyer each week as we spot the most important new claims and assess what they say about the litigation market.
There has been a swathe of claims filed over the last week against News Group Newspapers (NGN), as the fallout of the phone hacking scandal continues. Since Monday 26 September, 140 claims have been filed against the mega media giant, which forms part of News Corporation and is the owner of titles including The Times, […]
The emotional shift from QC to KC in September shone a light on the Bar last month, with the Bar community slowly becoming accustomed to the change in title. September saw some big moves, with several at 39 Essex Chambers, 3PB further bolstering its family practice, and a silk moving to Hogarth Chambers from Three […]
In court this week is back, and The Lawyer is bringing you three of the most anticipated cases that will be hitting the commercial courts this week.
The fallout from the war in Ukraine continues to pile lawsuits upon litigation lawyers, with a particularly fast-paced arena being disputes arising from Russian sanctions. One area on the rise is litigation in the aviation sector, which has seen a vast amount of claims filed in contract disputes arising from EU sanctions that ordered aircraft […]