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.
This week on Spotlight, we laser in on ‘CMS Evidence’, the in-house litigation technology unit that the firm launched in 2018, a year into its tripartite merger with Nabarro and Olswang. The unit: CMS Evidence has seven members and the unit services many of CMS’s offices worldwide. It sells a product and expertise, which is […]
Kingsley Napley will give bonuses to staff three months early after a highly profitable year, which saw the firm’s net profit increase by 120 per cent. Managing partner Linda Woolley told The Lawyer that the results were a sign that the firm’s investments in the prior years had come through, following the firm’s challenging year […]
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 […]
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 […]
Leeds: Mills & Reeve is soon to double its footprint in Leeds with the relocation of its office. Beyond the Bubble, in association with LexisNexis: While the firm is staying put at 1 City Square, it is vacating its current premises on the fourth floor and has agreed to take a 10,200 sq ft office […]
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 […]
O’Melveny & Myers files fresh claim for sheet music publisher Hal Leonard O’Melveny & Myers has brought a new breach of contract claim on behalf of sheet music publisher Hal Leonard Europe against classical music publisher Wise Music Group and its subsidiaries. The claim comes just two months after Wise Music Group, which The Lawyer […]