Christian is the Litigation Editor at The Lawyer, where he covers domestic and global disputes, as well as writing The Hearing and Disputes Signal. He also co-hosts and produces The Lawyer Podcast. Prior to joining The Lawyer, he worked at Times Radio. Christian was a commercial and sports disputes solicitor for several years in London and New Zealand before becoming a journalist.
In the latest episode of the fortnightly The Lawyer Podcast, editor Catrin Griffiths and litigation editor Christian Smith are back with the stories driving the UK legal market. Football’s World Cup could be the most controversial in recent history and has shone a spotlight on the role of sport and business in Qatari nation-building. So […]
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This week it’s bad news for Mishcon and Lord Wolfson as its client’s trial was delayed thanks to sanctions on VTB. However, it’s good news for the FCA with its market abuse claim against former directors of Globo allowed to continue, despite some of its evidence being criticised as an abuse of process by the […]
Welcome to The Hearing, your weekly insider’s guide to the litigation market. The World Cup’s only got two weeks to run – the Rugby League World Cup that is. Footy, politely, starts the following day, so we thought we’d get in the spirit of things for this week’s edition. Let the games begin: While football […]
The first episode of The Lawyer Podcast is out now! In the first episode of the new fortnightly The Lawyer Podcast, hosts Catrin Griffiths and Christian Smith dive into the top stories shaking the UK legal market. They discuss why Slaughter and May’s new work-life balance code has got people talking, plus what it says […]
Welcome to The Hearing, your weekly insider’s guide to the litigation market. Did you enjoy your ride on the Truss-coaster? As Rishi Sunak stood outside Downing Street on Tuesday morning, a light sprinkling of stability seemed to fall on the country. Everything’s relative though. Just take Dominic Raab’s return to the MoJ, which marks the […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, The Lawyer’s indispensable weekly insight into the litigation market. This week’s edition has a distinctly “career coach” feel. The disputes recruitment market, already heating up as firms prepare for more counter-cyclical work, is now also facing competition from the outside due to increasingly popular paths that solicitors are […]
Welcome to your second edition of The Hearing, The Lawyer’s indispensable weekly insight into the litigation market. You can’t leave your house these days without someone running past you screaming “recession!” (still, better than that time when we actually couldn’t leave the house), and now you’ll be bombarded by The Lawyer too, as this week’s instalment […]
Welcome to the first edition of The Hearing: your weekly insider’s guide to what’s happening in the world of litigation. Each week, The Lawyer’s Adam Mawardi and Christian Smith will bring you (during the court term) a mixture of what we’re hearing about the UK disputes market and beyond, from moves and trends to news […]
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The Conservative Party refused to respond to Tortoise’s pre-action letter for judicial review by the news outlet’s 5pm deadline on Wednesday. But is this just another case of political activism via judicial review?
Lawyers will be looking to make the most of the burgeoning market for women’s football, prompted by England’s victory over the weekend in the women’s UEFA Euro tournament. The lawyer for England’s Lionesses has said that the aftermath of their Euros victory is a “golden opportunity” to bring women’s football onto a level playing field […]