The judiciary has named four new Court of Appeal (CoA) judges, including two with less than 10 years’ experience on the bench. Former 20 Essex Street QC Mr Justice Hamblen and Mr Justice Lindblom, previously a silk at Francis Taylor Building, are both elevated after only a short time on the High Court bench. Hamblen J […]
With moves between US firms rocketing in the first half of 2015, The Lawyer’s Top 30 International Firms in London report reveals the most coveted firms to join and those losing out in the war for talent in London. Last year, a welter of lateral moves, largely from UK firms to US rivals, characterised the top […]
The High Court has ordered the trustees of Boris Berezovsky’s estate to hand over more than £12m in unpaid legal fees to Addleshaw Goddard. Details of the case emerged today (28 July 2014) in a judgment that detailed how the estate’s trustees, Grant Thornton partners Nick Wood and Kevin Hellard, challenged how the firm structured […]
A long-awaited Supreme Court decision that CFAs are compatible with human rights legislation has major implications. In this case, Coventry and others (the claimants), the owners of a Suffolk house, brought an action for nuisance against Lawrence and another (the defendants) who operated a nearby motor sports stadium. They won and obtained damages of £20,750. […]
Mishcon de Reya co-head of funds and financial services group Eve Ellis is set to join O’Melveny & Myers in London. Ellis will join the investment funds practice at O’Melveny as a partner after a year at Mishcon, where she was appointed to co-head the practice alongside funds partner Tim Flood last year. The firm […]
Six teenagers have been cleared of the murder of Warren Free, who died of head injuries. A month-long trial at Lincoln Crown Court heard that Mr Free suffered the fatal head injuries after confronting a group of teenagers about noise they were making near his home in Spalding in the early hours of the morning. […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co’s life sciences experts have advised AstraZeneca on its definitive agreement with Genzyme to divest Caprelsa (vandetanib), a rare disease medicine. Caprelsa was granted Orphan Drug Designation by the US FDA in 2005 and is currently available in 28 countries for the treatment of aggressive and symptomatic medullary thyroid carcinoma, with global product […]
Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) has hired Winston & Strawn’s Asia litigation chair Adrian Yip as a partner, along with three associates. Yip, with nearly 25 years of experience in disputes practice in Greater China, will become a partner in MoFo’s commercial litigation group. His practice focuses on Hong Kong and China-related cross-border disputes and complex […]
This week, two of UK’s top 30 firms have re-asserted their commitment to better serving clients in the fast-growing Asia region. In today’s cover story, the managing partners of Wragges Lawrence Graham & Co and Gowlings, which are set to merge next January, revealed that East Asia is a major part of the merged firm’s […]
An application has been made to the High Court to have CMS Cameron McKenna removed as the lawyers for two KPMG administrators over allegations that the firm’s role represents a conflict of interest. The application, made by Hausfeld client property developer Julie Davey, has been stayed by Mr Justice Henderson pending the outcome of Davey’s […]
Competition specialist Mrs Justice Rose has been appointed to succeed Mr Justice Peter Smith on a £1bn British Airways (BA) dispute after the latter agreed to recuse himself. Peter Smith J had been appointed to oversee the mammoth damages case, which relates to a 2010 European Commission (EC) ruling that BA and a host of […]
With moves between US firms rocketing in the first half of 2015, The Lawyer’s Top 30 International Firms in London report reveals the most coveted firms to join and those losing out in the war for talent in London. Last year, a welter of lateral moves, largely from UK firms to US rivals, characterised the top […]