The Republic of Mozambique has succeeded in keeping its litigation over the ‘tuna bonds’ scandal alive amid an attempt by Privinvest Shipbuilding to seek a partial stay of proceedings. The shipbuilding company was funded by a range of creditors, including Credit Suisse, to develop an exclusive economic zone around the Mozambique coast to develop tuna […]
Firms are starting to pour investment into legal tech, but the same cannot be said for their clients
Kingsley Napley’s former senior partner Stephen Parkinson has been announced as the new Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Attorney General Victoria Prentis KC has announced that Parkinson will succeed Max Hill KC in the role. Parkinson began his career as a prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the 1980s. He worked a number […]
English-domiciled readers may want to take a look at the escalating division north of the border. We refer not to the SNP’s repeated attempts to take a crowbar to the Union, but new regulations that have pitted the Scottish Government against independent legal practice. The revolt from international and domestic players is unparalleled. CMS, Pinsent […]
Firms in Scotland, including CMS and Pinsent Masons, have reacted strongly against proposed reforms to update the regulation of law firms in Scotland. International UK Top 50 firms CMS, Pinsent Masons and Clyde & Co are among a raft of firms in Scotland pressuring the SNP Government in Holyrood to abandon proposals that would make […]
The political calendar starts afresh next month, and it will be the last full year until Britain goes to the polls. With Brussels’ bureaucrats no longer a convenient punching bag, lawyers are being tried on for size as target practice. Since 2016, one truth has become unassailable: the disaffected are now the political kingmakers. Working […]
North West firm Napthens has been left without formal leadership after the shock exit of CEO Alexandra Hatchman, as well as their director of strategy and operations director. Hatchman has left after taking over as CEO 18 months ago. She joined from Fletchers in 2022, where she had also held the position of CEO. Director […]
The Government can be optimistic today about the future of High Speed 2 (HS2) after its case over the valuation of land in Birmingham, acquired via compulsory purchase orders (CPOs), won in the Supreme Court. The Secretary of State for Transport – instructed by DLA Piper – argued that a Court of Appeal judgment erred in […]
In the last week of judgments this side of summer, the Court of Appeal upheld nominal damages in a libel case after a claimant was found to have lied, a class action was allowed to proceed on an opt-out basis, and Ocado claimed victory in an out-of-court settlement, suspending patent litigation. Exaggerating defamation may see […]
In the penultimate week of Trinity term, Eversheds Sutherland lost in a high-value bid to settle a long-running oil dispute, UCL student tuition fee class action was stayed, and it’s a good day for Craig Wright as the Court of Appeal sides with him in his bitcoin IP case. Eversheds fails to overturn $2bn settlement […]
New employment regulations were thrown out in the High Court this week, while the Government had more success in defending its decision to exclude a pharmaceutical body from NHS-pricing negotiations. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court ruled on the “Quincecare” case against Barclays bank. Trade union wins against Conservative policy on striking workers A case brought against […]
Digitising the courts will have unintended consequences