Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. In this week’s edition, we examine why the UK Government’s new Russian sanctions have barristers pulling their hair out. But first, the new SFO chief Nick Ephgrave may have claim to the worst job in the law, but spare […]
Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, pressure is building as dispute resolution bodies look to overturn laws on compulsory mediation, and we discuss why Newcastle might be your best bet for a fast Technology and Construction Court case. But first, it’s […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. On Tuesday, more than a thousand people gathered at the Grosvenor House Hotel to celebrate the best in the business at The Lawyer Awards. This year, four different awards linked to litigation were handed out by host Dara Ó […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, and what a busy week it has been. The Privatbank litigation finally kicked off (delayed last year following the war in Ukraine), Credit Suisse is straddling two court rooms and the crisis-stricken Swiss bank began a strike out application against the Republic of Mozambique in the tuna […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, Monckton Chambers is loving life, but does the competition Bar need more breadth? But first, we bring you more detail on the senior departures from Brown Rudnick. End of the line: Brown Rudnick’s London managing partner Neil […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, we take a look at US firms’ ambitions for their litigation teams in the UK, private equity moves on chambers, and why the Covid-19 inquiry is not the only place where Whatsapp messages are causing headaches. The […]
Welcome to The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. In this week’s edition, we break down the initial disputes implications for the merger of the decade: A&O and Shearman & Sterling. Plus, just in case you want a break from the merger news, we explain why Quinn Emanuel’s London office is breathing […]
Update: ClientEarth announced on Friday that it had been granted an oral hearing to request the High Court reconsider its decision, something the Companies Act permits it to do Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing. It’s been a good week for Slaughter and May, a bad week for Dechert and an even worse […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your guide to the UK litigation market. In this week’s edition, we take a look at London’s new set of litigation rainmakers, while Lord Pannick KC joins London’s antitrust party. But first, one senior litigator asks….. How big of a deal is ESG litigation? “I’ve yet to hear […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, we dive into the PR battle that Quinn and Pallas Partners are doing in order to push the Credit Suisse work. We also have a closer look at the new co-managing partner of disputes at Herbert Smith […]
Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing. As most of the population looks forward to a month of long weekends and royal celebrations, we’re hearing that the UK’s litigators are busier than ever. So, why not give yourself a break and catch up with what is happening in the wider world of […]
The Easter court term is here, which means The Hearing is too. This week, in your insider’s guide to the UK disputes market, promotions season is well and truly upon us. We dive into the data available so far, revealing the mixed fortunes of the country’s aspiring disputes lawyers. The long road to partnership: Macfarlanes’ […]