Global disputes hubs jostle for position – Where in the world? Dominic Carman For large companies and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, disputes are an inevitable feature of doing business. According to the Litigation Trends Annual…
Market Report: Tax Litigation – Out of the shadows Dominic Carman Political pressure to crack down on evasion and Bribery Act-style powers are pushing tax disputes onto boardroom agendas, writes Dominic…
Sponsored briefing: Hayne, ASIC, banks, penalties and the price of shifting risk Guest Blog Richard Harris on the impact of the preoccupation with banking mistakes History abounds with examples of problems to which a…
Sponsored firm profile: Independent Mediators Guest Blog Independent Mediators (IM) manage the practices of nine of Europe’s leading full-time civil and commercial mediators. The mediators joined forces…
Sponsored briefing: Enforcement reimagined Guest Blog Chris Brennan follows on from his panel discussion at the Financial Services Regulation and Disputes Summit to explore the options…
Sponsored briefing: The taxman cometh – What GCs need to know Guest Blog Nick Skerrett examines the trend of tax dispute management falling to GCs and tax litigators, as HMRC takes a tougher…
European Court of Justice makes landmark Brexit ruling as Fieldfisher prevails in $1.9bn Ukrainian banking dispute Tom Baker As a crunch parliamentary vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal looks to be postponed, the European Court of Justice (ECJ)…
Disputes round-up: Simmons wins Petrofac mandate as White & Case makes key regulatory hire Tom Baker Simmons & Simmons has landed a major Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation mandate at the expense of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Simmons’…
Disputes round-up: Supreme Court loss for Pfizer as Mishcon’s Levitt QC returns to the Bar Tom Baker Allen & Overy (A&O) client Pfizer has lost a landmark Supreme Court battle against a host of manufacturers, leaving it vulnerable…
Disputes Eye: ‘Draconian’ measures as SFO tackles privilege via the back door Tom Baker Despite the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) opting in October not to pursue its much-publicised privilege appeal against ENRC any further,…
Offshore disputes: Centre of the cyclone Dominic Carman The inferno of disputes arising from the financial crisis is finally being reduced to embers. Although this may have caused…
Disputes tech: A rich market for e-discovery but predictive tools face data hurdle Tom Baker It is hard to overstate the rise in disputes-focused technology in recent years – a trend underwritten by the…
Offshore disputes: Big fish, small pond Dominic Carman Carlyle, Tchenguiz and Crociani are cases repeatedly cited by the leading players in Jersey and Guernsey as shorthand for big…
‘Don’t start a war you can’t win’: High Court throws out SRA’s Leigh Day misconduct appeal Tom Baker The High Court has dismissed an appeal by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) which challenged the decision to exonerate Leigh…
Rosenblatt battles Brexit uncertainty in post-IPO financials as it launches litigation funder Tom Baker In its first financial results since the £43m IPO in May, Rosenblatt has recorded a slight uptick in revenue and…
The no-plan plan – MoJ sets out disputes contingency guidance for a no-deal Brexit Tom Baker As the UK careens towards the March 2019 deadline, the Government has released a contingency plan outlining rules for cross-border…
Ireland: A case to make Thomas Alan Centuries of imperiousness towards the Irish could be one of England’s greatest historical mistakes, and when Legal Business set about…
Disputes Eye: Hunting krakens – As finance and Russian work slows veteran litigators look to key trends and opportunities Tom Baker As the torrent of post-financial crisis litigation continues to slow, litigators are increasingly wondering: ‘What next?’ Certainly, 2018 has so far…
A victory for legal privilege as ENRC triumphs in landmark SFO case Tom Baker City litigators uttered a collective sigh of relief as legal professional privilege (LPP) was upheld in the judgment of the…
Disputes round-up: White & Case continues hiring drive with RBS litigation head as HSF partner appointed deputy High Court judge Tom Baker White & Case is continuing its bid to add firepower to its London disputes bench with the hire of The…
