New players and funding prompt evolution of disputes but City leaders adapt well Georgina Stanley ‘We’ve disrupted the market – everybody knows about us now,’ says Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan London co-managing partner Ted…
A&O’s Mansell to appear before SDT in December as #MeToo fallout promises busy winter Marco Cillario Allen & Overy (A&O) employment partner Mark Mansell is to face his first Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) hearing on Wednesday…
Burford names new CFO and governance shake-up amid activist investor row Thomas Alan Litigation funder Burford Capital has appointed a new CFO and begun a search for two new independent directors to its…
Kingsley Napley, Clydes and Howard Kennedy instructed as Bakers and former London head Senior face SDT prosecution Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie and its former London head Gary Senior have instructed partners at law firms Kingsley Napley and RadcliffesLeBrasseur as…
The clean-up crew – The rise of the in-house litigator Anna Cole-Bailey It is a complex world. Globalisation, increasingly interconnected economies, decades of tougher regulation and, yes, frenetic levels of law making…
HFW ramps up litigation prospects with £25m funding deal and analytics partnership Muna Abdi HFW has scored a litigation ‘win-win’ after adding both a £25m litigation funding deal and a litigation analytics partnership to its…
Prohibitively expensive: Pinsent lands £25m litigation funding deal Muna Abdi Pinsent Masons has secured a £25m preferred-supplier deal with litigation funder August Ventures to offer ‘non-recourse’ funding at better terms than…
Government ushers in emergency pay boost for judges amid mounting staff shortages Nathalie Tidman The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has ushered in an emergency boost to senior judges’ remuneration as an unprecedented recruitment crisis…
Gender diversity debate: Quantum of equality Alex Novarese Alex Novarese, Legal Business: Tracey, shall we talk about the background of the All Rise project? Tracey Dovaston, Barclays: We…
Market Report: IP Disputes – Strong and stable Dominic Carman Despite Brexit uncertainty with the launch of Europe’s central patent court, Dominic Carman finds plenty for IP litigators to get…
Bar Council seeks further PC fee hike as new figures uncover the millionaire barristers Tom Baker In a move unlikely to inspire mirth from Middle Temple, the Bar Council is seeking to establish new top-tier pay…
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…
The one true law – in conversation with Lord Neuberger Legal Business Richard Lissack QC: David, why a career in the law? Lord Neuberger: It was after cancelling out other possibilities. I…
The New Normal is good news for litigators Alex Novarese Returning with our fourth annual Disputes Yearbook, by far the largest we have yet published, it is still a great…
Sponsored briefing: Redefining dispute resolution – challenging orthodoxy Guest Blog Herbert Smith Freehills reports on evidence that technology and collaboration should drive a new approach to dispute resolution Herbert Smith…
Boutiques: Highly evolved Tom Baker With the disputes market evolving and clients becoming more discerning, it has been a phenomenal ten years for boutique law…
Sponsored briefing: The inside view – Joseph Hage Aaronson LLP Guest Blog Disputes specialist Joseph Hage Aaronson has achieved extraordinary results in a market packed with high achievers. Here’s everything you need…
Sponsored briefing: Cyber space – fighting fraudsters in a brave new world Guest Blog As cyber crime continues to hit the headlines English courts are starting to adapt the traditional remedies used to tackle…
UK Litigation Outlook sponsored briefing: Get on board! Sea changes in civil litigation – Spring 2018 Guest Blog The courts are introducing innovative methods of dispute resolution to meet the growing demand from clients The civil courts in…
Appeal hope remains for property investor despite losing £20m Libor claim against RBS Tom Baker Bird & Bird client Property Alliance Group (PAG) has lost in the Court of Appeal over a circa £20m Libor…
