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 […]
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.
RBG Legal Services (RBL), trading as Rosenblatt, has issued a claim against a former client for over £600,000 in unpaid legal fees, plus £8,000 in interest, with the listed firm calling upon Mayer Brown to assist it. RBL has alleged that although its former client Bilal Khalifeh, a Lebanese citizen and UK resident, had paid […]
CMC for “umbrella proceedings” in interchange dispute Up first is the latest in the Merchant Interchange Fee “umbrella proceedings”. On Monday, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) will reunite parties for a two-day case management conference. The proceedings centre around the complex question of pass-on in the vast Mastercard and Visa interchange litigation: are losses suffered […]
War of the supermarket signs: Court of Appeal rules against Bird & Bird client Tesco has been granted permission to advance bad faith allegations against rival Lidl, in the latest round of the trademark tussle between the supermarket chains. The dispute centres around Tesco’s blue and yellow sign used in its Clubcard Prices advertising, which […]
There were moves, but also mergers at the Bar last month as 9 Gough Chambers and 1 Chancery Lane officially tied up to launch Deka Chambers. The set now comprises over 110 barristers and 14 silks. In other personnel news, 5RB’s Justin Rushbrooke KC stepped down as joint head of chambers, leaving the path open […]
Welcome to The Hearing, your weekly insider’s guide to the litigation market.
Since September, an influx of claims has been brought by councils across England against hotels and Home Office asylum seeker contractors, including Mears Group and Serco Group. Three of the lawsuits have been filed in the past two weeks; two of these claims were spotted by The Lawyer in last week’s Claim Spotter. The councils, all of […]
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.
KPMG prepares for trial over auditing claim made by Watchstone KPMG faces yet another claim over its auditing, as Watchstone’s £14m case against the Big Four giant kicks off November with a case management conference (CMC), which is scheduled for Tuesday. Insurance software company Watchstone, formally Quindell before its rebrand, filed the claim to the […]
This week it’s good news for Simmons as an application against the firm has been thrown out. But it’s bad news for Eversheds Sutherland as a client’s case is found to have no “realistic prospect of success”. Simmons & Simmons battles off all allegations of failing to protect confidential information about former client Back in […]