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It’s not just Freshfields with a growth manifesto
Firms love targets and lovely round numbers often form part of a new leader’s strategy for growth. This year alone, Ward Hadaway has set out plans to hit £100m by 2034, while Scottish firm Blackadders wants to hit £25m in 2025/26. But which firms are on course to hit new and exciting numbers when they […]
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OC partner makes first SDT appearance in fight over Zahawi letters
An Osborne Clarke partner appeared before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) today to challenge allegations brought by the legal regulator and apply for a preliminary hearing on his case, which was refused. Represented by 4 New Square’s Ben Hubble KC, Osborne Clarke’s head of client strategy Ashley Hurst argued that the SDT should approve his […]
Spotlight: Construction boutique preps for international growth
This week on Spotlight, we laser in on the mechanics of specialist energy and construction firm Fenwick Elliott. Origin: Robert Fenwick Elliott set up the firm in 1986, coming from legacy Masons. The firm began by doing only domestic contentious construction work but picked up two ICC arbitrations for the Pakistan government in the 1990s, […]
Dogs (and their lawyers) at polling stations: In pictures
Lawyers and business services staff from across the UK legal industry joined the masses yesterday in bringing their dogs to polling stations as they cast their vote in the general election. Martin Hamilton, managing partner at Capsticks, was among the crowd, attending his local polling station with his salt n pepper miniature schnauzer. In a […]
The Lawyer Podcast: Election special
Labour won. Now what? As Keir Starmer walks into Downing Street, The Lawyer Podcast boils up a vat of coffee and brings you an election results show for lawyers. With special guests including former Clifford Chance partner and tax celebrity Dan Neidle, we discuss which lawyers are in and out of Parliament after a night […]
DLA Piper piles on regional pressure with 9 per cent NQ pay rise
DLA Piper has once again raised pay for its newly-qualified lawyers (NQs), setting a new standard in the regions with a £6,500 increase. The firm’s regional NQ salary will go up to £75,000 from September, up 9 percent from the previous £68,500 implemented in 2023. In early 2022, DLA Piper was among the first to […]
Judge slams “absurd” costs applications in Dieselgate dispute
Mr Justice Constable handed down a judgment today in the dieselgate litigation, slamming “absurd” costs applications brought by both claimants and defendants. Both sides had brought cumulative costs of over £200m before the High Court, which were slashed to fractions of their original value. The lead claimants, represented Pogust Goodhead, Leigh Day, Keller Postman, Milberg […]
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And then there were two: Mammoth cladding case closes in on settlement
The £70m landmark construction and cladding dispute that featured in The Lawyer’s top 20 cases of 2024 is closing in on a full settlement, The Lawyer can reveal. It is understood that just two parties in the case, which had an extensive list of defendants, still have active claims against them ahead of October’s 11-week […]
Claim Spotter: Stewarts acts in dispute over TV station collapse
Qatari ex-PM hit with new claim According to the public filing system, ex-Prime Minister and Qatari royal Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al Thani has been hit with a new claim filed on Friday (28 June) in the Commercial Court, brought by a company owned by Northern Irish businessman Paddy McKillen. McKillen’s company, Hume […]
In court this week: Orange juice cartels and Ukrainian fraud
Orange juice cartel squeezes into Court of Appeal Pogust Goodhead is representing 1,600 orange growers, 22 companies and the Brazillian Association of Citrus Growers in a one-day hearing at the Court of Appeal on Tuesday (2 July) in a suit against the estate of Brazil’s “Orange King”, José Luis Cutrale, who died in 2022. The […]
Freshfields defends Rio Tinto in Madagascan pollution row
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is set to defend mining giant Rio Tinto in a new dispute regarding pollution in Madagascar, The Lawyer can reveal. Leigh Day sent a letter of claim to Rio Tinto on 2 April on behalf of 64 residents in villages near a mine in southeast Madagascar, announcing the dispute publicly the following […]
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