Serjeants’ Inn Chambers employment team is led by Neil Davy. Our silks and juniors practice across all aspects of employment law and the team acts for a wide variety of clients, advising on both contentious and not contentious matters. We appear for claimants and respondents, in the Employment Tribunal, the EAT, the County Court, the High Court […]
For over 20 years barristers from Serjeants’ Inn Chambers have been at the forefront of the law relating to decision making for those lacking capacity. The team’s work encompasses all areas of human rights and civil liberties in health, social care and financial decision making with members advising and representing statutory bodies, incapable people and their […]
Clinical negligence and healthcare law are the heart of Serjeants’ Inn Chambers and our barristers have led the way in developing the law in these areas (in cases such as Sidaway and Chester v Afshar ). We are particularly noted for our work in high value claims involving cerebral palsy and other catastrophic injuries. Members are regularly […]
Individual members of chambers have considerable experience in criminal work, often in fields that overlap with other areas of work undertaken at Serjeants’ Inn Chambers. We specialise in cases involving professional people and organisations, and where the charges range from murder, manslaughter (including corporate manslaughter), health and safety offences, misconduct in public office, perjury, […]
CMS has appointed 39 partners across Europe and the Middle East as part of its promotions round, 18 (49 per cent) of which are women. Seven out of the 10 lawyers promoted in London are women in this year’s promotions round. Across the firm, the largest intake was in corporate, with eight lawyers made up, […]
PayPal has appointed Nokia chief legal officer Louise Pentland as its general counsel following the online payments company’s split from eBay this month. PayPal will become an independent publicly traded company when the split is finalised later this year. US-qualified Pentland will be based in the company’s San Jose office when she starts on 27 […]
As you are surely aware, next month we’ll all know the results of a rather important ballot in the UK. Yes, it’s the annual International Top 30 Firms in London report – here’s last year’s – and this year we’re polling partners on this pivotal question: what is the toughest thing about succeeding as an […]
Paul Hastings, Norton Rose Fulbright and Ropes & Gray are among five firms providing advice on the acquisition of entertainment production company Cirque Du Soleil by a conglomerate of investors. Paul Hastings M&A partners David Hernand, Jia Yan and David Wang provided advice to Chinese investment group Fosun International, alongside IP licencing partner Tiffany Lee. Fosun […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co has strengthened its offering in Dubai with the arrival of Jonathan Brufal, an energy and infrastructure projects partner. Brufal has moved to the Dubai office to work alongside partners Tim Casben, James Foster and Shane Wilson. He will be focused on servicing the needs of clients in the Gulf Cooperation Council and Africa. Having […]
Minter Ellison has announced the appointment of Kevin Stewart, who joins the firm in Perth as a partner and head of the dispute resolution practice in Western Australia. Stewart is regarded as one of Western Australia’s leading commercial litigators, with a track record of notable casework over more than 30 years, particularly in large mining, resources […]
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has continued to bolster its Hong Kong operation with the addition of a disputes team from Fried Frank’s soon-to-close local office. Partner Alfred Wu, senior consultant Philip Nunn and associates Kevin Hong, Anita Fong and Muriel Cheng all join NRF’s disputes practice, which in Hong Kong is led by partner Camille […]
Baker & McKenzie China, Vietnam and Korea office managing partner Milton Cheng believes the change in law has sparked interest in PRC law from other international firms. Baker & McKenzie was granted the first Chinese joint operation licence with local firm FenXun Partners last week, opening the doors for its international clients to access PRC […]