Bar Council hikes PC fee as figures show elite barristers raking in £600m-plus a year Legal Business Fortunes at the Bar remain sharply split between haves and have-nots, with new research projecting just over 2,000 barristers now…
‘Major implications for solicitors’: Law Society backs Mishcon in Dreamvar property fraud case Legal Business The Law Society is considering intervening in a negligence case between Mishcon de Reya and its former client, Dreamvar, after…
Guest post: Rolls Royce Service – risk, compliance, and ethics – where were the lawyers? Legal Business Readers of Lawyer Watch will be familiar with my posts on the tensions inherent in a lawyers’ duties to their…
Mishcon’s claimants succeed as Supreme Court rules an Act of Parliament is required to trigger Brexit Legal Business The Supreme Court has ruled that the UK cannot leave the EU without parliamentary approval, in a decision which means…
Health department prepares to battle Big Pharma with launch of litigation panel Legal Business The Department of Health has launched a tender for a panel of law firms to pursue litigation against companies in…
Freshfields, HSF and Skadden heavyweights among 113 new QCs in latest record round Legal Business Senior disputes partners from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), King & Spalding and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &…
Back from the bench: Tomlinson to rejoin 7KBW as an arbitrator following CoA retirement Tom Baker Sir Stephen Tomlinson will retire from the Court of Appeal and re-join 7 King’s Bench Walk (7KBW) as a full-time…
Linklaters continues litigation push with Goldman Sachs hire Legal Business Linklaters has hired Goldman Sachs managing director Susana Cao Miranda as a partner to strengthen its London litigation offering.
Watching the watchmen – at the sharp end with the lawyers on public inquiries Matthew Field Public inquiries have the power to seek truth in tragedy and scandal, but could a rigid process and weak leadership…
KWM head of litigation and major biller Pollack in talks to join Covington Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons‘ head of litigation Craig Pollack is in talks to move to US firm Covington & Burling.
Government proposes 15% pay raise for judges to battle recruitment crisis Legal Business With members of the judiciary the target of spiteful press coverage just weeks ago following the Brexit High Court ruling,…
City lawyers express concern as Lord Jackson is appointed to new review of court costs Legal Business City lawyers are emphasising the importance of access to justice following the government’s announcement Lord Justice Jackson is to head…
Q&A: Jolyon Maugham QC on the first victory for Brexit’s legal challenge Legal Business Devereaux Chambers Jolyon Maugham QC – who organised a crowdfunded movement to challenge the government’s triggering of article 50 without…
Mishcon succeeds as claimants win Brexit challenge against government Legal Business A group of claimants has landed its first blow in an article 50 case against the government, after the High…
‘The outcome of the Supreme Court is not foreseeable’: City lawyers react to Brexit challenge Legal Business City lawyers across private practice and the Bar have reacted as the High Court has today (3 November) decided that…
‘Challenges ahead’: Ashurst litigation veteran Ed Sparrow takes on top CLLS job Madeleine Farman Ashurst litigation veteran Ed Sparrow has taken on the chairman post at the City of London of Law Society (CLLS),…
CMS returns to Hong Kong to enhance Asia disputes practice Legal Business CMS opened in Hong Kong in September through its German branch CMS Hasche Sigle, re-entering the city as part of…
Leader: A choppy disputes market and unease on the bench Alex Novarese Assessing the legal market for our third annual Disputes Yearbook there are many reasons for litigators to be bullish… and…
Preparing for the worst: legal costs spike as FTSE 100 sets aside £31bn Legal Business With corporate counsel consistently burdened by onerous cost constraints levied by their executive, the pressure to deliver efficiencies in-house may…
‘A serious point of principle’: Jackson reignites debate over increasing court fees Legal Business The debate amongst the profession over ever-increasing court fees continues to prove contentious, with Lord Justice Jackson being the latest…
