City litigation firm Lexlaw Solicitors and Advocates has issued a claim on behalf of two clients against listed law firm Knights. The suit, filed for two former clients of Knights, has been noted in the Business List. Any additional details about the claim are not yet known. This allegation comes after Knights was sued back […]
Quinn takes on Credit Suisse as further allegations mount against the bank Credit Suisse is back in the firing line, with two separate claims filed against it by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Seladore Legal. Quinn partner Yasseen Gailani represents investment holding company M1 Limited and M1 Capital International Investments in a contracts claim […]
RPC lodges claims for charities RPC has lodged a number of claims on behalf of charities such as Help for Heroes and the Royal Mencap Society over the last week. Having filed a lawsuit on Monday 19 June, the firm is set to represent the leading Armed Forces and veterans’ charity Help for Heroes in […]
Penningtons sues three former clients Penningtons Manches Cooper has filed a lawsuit against three former clients in the London Circuit Commercial Court. The clients in question are Faramarz Shayan Arani, David Griffiths and Farshid Zolghadr, whom the firm acted for in 2020 in a case regarding a share purchase agreement. In 2018, all three sold […]
Burges Salmon hits Pinsents with 14 pensions claims Pinsent Masons and McGrigors (a Scottish firm that merged with Pinsents in 2012) have been hit with legal action concerning pension schemes this week. There are 14 claimants in total, one of which is a Belfast-based company focused on transport and logistics called Ballyvesey Holdings. Several of […]
Wejo owes $60m upon filing for administration Manchester vehicle data start-up company Wejo filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator last week (30 May), for which it then brought in Leonard Curtis Recovery as its administrator. The company was part of the “SPAC Boom” in 2020/21, whereby many high-growth tech companies became publicly […]
HSF leads in Whittington Hospital spin-off dispute Whittington Facilities Limited (WFL), a collapsed private finance initiative (PFI) company, has called upon Herbert Smith Freehills in its technology claim against consultancy company Currie & Brown. The claim has come mere months after WFL filed a £56m lawsuit against Whittington Health NHS Trust after a battle over […]
Norwegian billionaire seeks to appeal costs in ongoing Deutsche fight In the latest development in the long-running dispute between a Norwegian billionaire and Deutsche Bank, Alexander Vik has filed an appeal to the Senior Cost Court. This dispute started back in 2009 when the banking giant sued Vik along with his company, Sebastian Holdings for […]
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. Glencore calls upon Reed Smith to target Dutch wholesaler Glencore Energy UK, a subsidiary of commodity trading and mining giant Glencore, has taken legal action against a Dutch […]
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.
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.
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.