Annabel Tinson

Annabel joined The Lawyer in May 2022 as a reporter. She primarily covers litigation and the Bar. You can follow her on both LinkedIn and Twitter.

counting money

Lawyers rebuked over £1m costs schedule

A High Court judge has issued a retort to law firms and their costs, describing fees submitted on a case as “wasteful of the parties’ and the court’s resources.” In a case brought by Invest Bank against a Lebanese businessman and his family, Justice Andrew Baker noted that costs schedules filed by Stewarts Law, Fladgate, […]

Slug & Lettuce

In court this week: Airlines, SIM cards and Greggs

Kicking off this week’s list is an intellectual property wrangle over inflight entertainment systems. The Chancery Division is set to hear a copyright lawsuit brought by royalty collection group Performing Right Society (PRS) against Qatar Airways. The dispute sees Qatar’s national airline accused of infringing PRS’ Worldwide Performing Rights via its inflight entertainment systems, which […]