Partners in Eversheds Sutherland’s International LLP saw profit per equity partner (PEP) soar by 26 per cent last year to a record level of £1.24m. Net profits at the firm grew by a similar level, rising 23 per cent to £150.3m from the previous year’s £122.2m. Turnover also rose 8 per cent to £678.4m from […]
After a virtual event last year, The Lawyer Awards returned last night for a long-awaited in-person event at JW Marriott Grosvenor House London. Hosted by comedian Jason Manford, 27 organisations and individuals won top prizes in their respective categories. Taking home the coveted Law firm of the year award was Eversheds Sutherland. And it was […]
There are many controversial things to have come out of the 1980s: shell suits, hair crimping, Cabbage Patch Kids. And, according to Mrs Justice Cockerill, the Quincecare duty. However, in her recent judgment in The Federal Republic of Nigeria v JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. [2022] EWHC 1447, Cockerill J confirmed that the duty plainly exists […]