Stephen Rosen, partner and head of the financial disputes group at Collyer Bristow, has commented on a recent Panorama programme called ‘Did the bank wreck my business?’, which highlighted the sale by Lloyds Bank of customers’ loans to the US private equity company Cerberus Capital Management without the customers’ agreement. He said: ‘This is an […]
Gateley’s Manchester office has welcomed a team of four lawyers to its private client team with the appointments of partner Philip Laidlow, solicitors Leanne Booth and Saadia Javed and a further solicitor to arrive in January on completion of maternity leave. Laidlow has had a number of articles and books published. He is author of […]
Tesco landed in hot water earlier this year after overstating its half-year profits by £250m and could now face claims from a raft of shareholders represented by Stewarts Law. The supermarket giant has already called in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to investigate the overstatement, determine whether any rules were broken by the chain and advise management […]
The Supreme Court has thrown out an appeal brought by a Saudi prince over a series of court sanctions in relation to his case against a former shareholder, handing a win to Teacher Stern just months after taking over the mandate from Howard Kennedy. HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Mishal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud brought the […]
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has named Foot Anstey and Mills & Reeve as its inaugural panel firms, beating shortlisted Freeths and Wright Hassall for the top spots (see full story here). The theatre company launched the panel process in March 2014, a year after Marina Zain’s appointment as RSC general counsel. These new appointments […]
Watson Farley & Williams has increased revenue by 8 per cent over the first half of the 2014/15 financial year, reaching £56.8m. The figure continues the growth reported at the end of the last financial year, when the firm increased revenue by 14.6 per cent, taking it from £102.1m to £117m (2 June 2014). The […]
The growing conflagration over the investigation by world football governing body FIFA into the awarding of hosting rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups increasingly looks like a textbook case of how not to conduct an ethics probe. The rift between former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Kirkland & Ellis […]
The Rolling Stones were in the press recently, after leaked court documents revealed confidential medical information on the band members. Following the death of Sir Mick Jagger’s girlfriend, L’Wren Scott, back in March 2014, the band had to cancel part of its Asian tour. The band made a claim against their insurance policy for loss […]
Weil Gotshal & Manges has added 12 new partners to its ranks in its most recent promotions round, up on nine the previous year, adding four partners in London. The firm has prioritised London in this year’s promotions round after making only two promotions in the capital last year, and has been building back its […]
In an order issued on 22 October 2014, the Supreme Court of Poland refused to accept for hearing a cassation appeal by the president of the Office of Electronic Communications against the judgment of the Warsaw Court of Appeal of 19 September 2013 in which the court set aside in its entirety the decision by […]
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has named Foot Anstey and Mills & Reeve as its inaugural panel firms, with Freeths and Wright Hassall understood to have been beaten to spots on the roster. The theatre company launched the panel process in March following new general counsel Marina Zain’s move to the RSC in 2013 and […]
Bird & Bird is representing Assos, the Swiss company responsible for the first ever lycra cycling shorts, in a Court of Appeal (CoA) case against online retailer ASOS. Assos lost a passing off and trademark infringement claim earlier this year to Dechert client ASOS, who succeeded in bringing a counterclaim against the Swiss company resulting […]