M&A perspectives: Melissa Fogarty Iman Tribak Why did you decide to become an M&A lawyer, and has it lived up to expectations? M&A was the fourth…
Bankim Thanki KC on epic trials, great movies and clients doing a runner Alex Ryan I still don’t regard myself as a proper ‘lawyer’ as such. Despite 35 years in practice at the Bar, 21…
Disputes Yearbook 2024 – Editor’s Letter Ben Wheway Welcome to the latest edition of the Disputes Yearbook from the Legal 500 and Legal Business; a special edition marking…
Disputes perspectives: Sherina Petit Bethany Burns I am the third generation in my family to have taken up law, following in the footsteps of my grandfather…
Disputes perspectives: Adrian Chopin Bethany Burns When I was nine years old, an elderly relative told me I should consider being a lawyer because I was…
Disputes perspectives: Kate Davies KC Bethany Burns I didn’t really decide to be a lawyer, the law chose me. I went to a wedding and sat next…
Holding court – cases of the year Alex Ryan If any trend is set to define the London disputes market in 2024, it is the continued rise of group…
Gormsen v Meta Alex Ryan Following the refusal of the CAT to allow Dr Gormsen to commence collective proceedings in February 2023, a hearing at…
Justin LePatourel v BT Alex Ryan 2018 saw Ofcom decide that BT held significant market power in relation to stand-alone landline customers, finding that the company…
Train tickets cases Alex Ryan Gutmann v Govia Thameslink Railway, Govia Ltd, The Go-Ahead Group, Keolis Ltd, MTR South Western, Stagecoach South Western, London &…
Shepherd Construction v Kingspan & Ors Alex Ryan Building contractor Shepherd Construction is bringing a claim valued at almost £70m against 12 defendants, including building materials company Kingspan…
Serco Alex Ryan Serco hits the High Court at the start of June in the first s90A securities group action to go to…
Municipio de Mariana & Ors v BHP Group Alex Ryan Described by one London disputes head as ‘the biggest class action ever’, Municipio de Mariana & Ors v BHP Group…
Mastercard proceedings Alex Ryan Complex claims are being brought against Mastercard and Visa in an ongoing decade-long saga involving over 1,800 corporate claimants across…
Russian aircraft claims Alex Ryan In line with the trend towards mega-trials, the Commercial Court in October is due to hear the highly publicised Russian…
Access to justice: Spurious claims under the spotlight – best intentions or base motives? Bethany Burns With the marked increase in group litigation and rapid development of the litigation funding industry, the Competition Appeal Tribunal is…
Scaling up: a look back at the last ten years of disputes in London Bethany Burns When Legal Business first launched its Disputes Yearbook back in 2014 Brexit was barely on the radar, most people had…
Disputes Yearbook 2024 – online PDF Legal Business Please see below for a link to an online pdf of the Disputes Yearbook 2024.
Two themes in arbitration cases before the English courts: state parties and the nature and extent of the court’s pro-arbitration approach Guest Blog Stewarts on some recent developments in arbitration in the UK
