It is a year of firsts: the first competition class action to progress to a full trial is due to be heard later this month in Justin Le Patourel v BT; the Holy See (the Catholic Church’s universal government based out of the Vatican) will appear in the English courts for what is believed to […]
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Litigators will move centre stage this year with the courts set to hear a series of disputes that will shape the sector for a decade to come. As is revealed in The Lawyer Top 20 cases 2024, many of the novel causes of action that have for years been making litigators hot under the collar […]
Millions of claimants, billions of pounds, and a smorgasbord of international cases: 2024 promises to be another landmark year for the English courts.
Mark it in your diaries! Litigation Tracker subscribers will be given advanced access to the 2024 edition of The Lawyer‘s famous Top 20 cases on Monday. Regular subscribers to The Lawyer can access the list from Tuesday. One of The Lawyer‘s most read pieces of the year, the Top 20 cases is compiled annually from the […]
Mega fraud, collapsing companies, and turbulent fallouts. This year, The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases feature a number of long-running disputes that will finally get their day in the sun, several lawsuits involving high-profile individuals, and insolvencies that have caused a tumultuous fallout. At long last, the “tuna bonds” case is set to have its day in […]
Mega fraud, collapsing companies, and turbulent fallouts. This year, The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases feature a number of long-running disputes that will finally get their day in the sun, several lawsuits involving high-profile individuals, and insolvencies that have caused a tumultuous fallout. At long last, the “tuna bonds” case is set to have its day in […]
Next week, The Lawyer will reveal this year’s biggest courtroom battles selected from submissions from almost every major firm and chambers in England. Our flagship annual feature contains all you need to know about the hottest disputes, which should be on every litigator’s radar. See if you are named among the law firms and lawyers […]
TSB in £375m Northern Rock mortgage class action British bank TSB is set to appear before the Business List of the Chancery Division today (22 July) for a four-day hearing set to deal with the repercussions of its inheritance of Northern Rock mortgages in 2016. Hogan Lovells is to defend TSB against class representative Donna […]
Comedian sues Soho Theatre over alleged defamation Comedian Paul Currie has filed a part 7 – defamation claim against London’s Soho Theatre. The Belfast performer attracted headlines in February after a Jewish attendee to his show at the Theatre was allegedly told to “get out” and left after feeling “unsafe” and “threatened.” The theatre subsequently […]
The potential fees for class representative Mark McLaren’s car delivery charges class action has reached £24m ahead of its trial, which is scheduled for 10 weeks in January 2025 in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). The eye-watering figure was revealed in a judgment handed down last Friday (12 July) and includes costs for McLaren’s solicitors […]
CAT to consider new funding agreement for class action The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) will consider a revised funding agreement in the class action brought by the Road Haulage Association (RHA) against a group of truck manufacturers on Thursday (18 July) for one day. Originally, claims were brought by the RHA, represented by Addleshaw Goddard […]
The long-running dispute between business partner adversaries Vladimir Chernukhin, represented by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, and Oleg Deripaska, defended by Quillon Law, has finally ended, with Quinn failing to get Deripaska sent to prison for contempt of court. The Court of Appeal on Tuesday (9 July) refused to grant Chernukhin, the former Russian deputy […]
The legal fees for Mishcon de Reya and its team of barristers have hit £43m, after a landmark case involving their client The Federal Republic of Nigeria. The figures were revealed today in a judgment from the Court of Appeal in Process and Industrial Developments v The Federal Republic of Nigeria. The case, one of […]
Magic circle set Blackstone Chambers has started a dog-walking service to assist its members who have dogs. The scheme has been in place for over a year, and the dogs are walked twice a week for two hours in locations near London Bridge, as well as in Shoreditch and by King’s Cross. The barristers that […]
A turbulent election and the upcoming Paris Olympics: there’s plenty of eyes on France this summer. As its people gear up to celebrate la Fête Nationale Française, Bastille Day, this Sunday, we turn our attention to Bredin Prat and the French disputes market. The market: With a seat of the Unified Patents Court (UPC) and […]
Mishcon de Reya, Fox Williams and Blackstone Chambers are the latest to join the $13.8bn dispute filed by jailed Russian businessman Ziyavudin Magomedov against 22 defendants. Magomedov became a billionaire during Dmitry Medvedev’s four-year term as Russian president, which ended in 2012. In December 2022, Magomedov was sentenced to 19 years in jail for embezzlement […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, we break down a brutal costs decision, bring you another example of just how big competition litigation is now, and tell you which judgment of the year’s biggest cases is expected as soon as today. A costs […]
3 Paper Buildings (3PB) has elected its first female head of chambers, family law silk Liz McGrath KC. A new deputy head of chambers, commercial and construction silk David Parratt KC, was also selected and started his new role last week. McGrath succeeds David Berkley KC, who served a five-year term, while Parratt takes over […]
Several former Axiom Ince employees have won their redundancy payment claims against the collapsed firm in the Employment Tribunal. The decisions were published today (8 July) but were decided on 17 June. Employment Judge KM Ross heard the three cases in Manchester on 30 May. Axiom Ince, now in administration, was ordered to pay £4,826.70 […]
