A host of barristers from top sets and major international law firms are advising as British Airways (BA) and a number of other international airlines seek to defend a £1bn claim that they were part of a cartel raising the price of air cargo services. In two separate judgments handed down this week (28 October […]
BLM, Keoghs and Simpson Marwick have been appointed to insurance broker Hastings Direct’s new slimline claims defendant panel. The appointments follow a tender process that was launched in April. BLM has been appointed to advise on both volume and large loss litigation across England, Wales and Scotland. Keoghs has been awarded a place on the […]
Paul Hastings’ London office has hired White & Case’s former IP and technology London head and global data privacy and cyber security chair Ashley Winton. Winton will join Paul Hastings as a corporate partner, but will focus his practice on the technology sector. He was previously a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and worked […]
Norton Rose Fulbright has re-elected Peter Martyr as its global chief executive for his fifth three-year term, as of 1 January 2015. Martyr, who was first elected as CEO of legacy Norton Rose in 2002, currently holds the dual posts of Norton Rose Fulbright’s global CEO and Norton Rose LLP’s managing partner (22 April 2002). […]
Audrey Williams, head of discrimination law at Eversheds, has commented on the findings of research carried out by Bupa that reveal mental-health prejudice in UK organisations. She said: ‘As the Bupa survey shows, there is a very real reticence on the part of employees and managers themselves to discuss mental-health issues. Indeed, managers may have […]
The UK Treasury has published further details of its proposed legislation aimed at enabling certain public bodies to recover redundancy and other exit payments from highly paid employees who return to work in the same part of the public sector within a short period of leaving. On this, Shirley Wright, employment law partner at Eversheds, […]
Eversheds has advised the management team of Paroc Group on its acquisition by CVC Capital Partners for an enterprise value of approximately €700m (£550m). Headquartered in Helsinki, Paroc produces stone wool insulation in the Nordic and Baltic regions for the residential and commercial construction markets, as well as various industrial applications. In a successful five-year […]
Walker Morris has advised on the sale of Hull-based poultry processor Benson Park to food producer Cranswick. East Yorkshire-based Cranswick has acquired the entire issued share capital of Benson Park. The strategic acquisition moves Cranswick into a new protein sector. John Hamer and Jon Healey from the Walker Morris corporate group advised Alistair Benson and […]
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has, for the second timethis year, gone cap-in-hand to the Government askingfor more cash. The request for an extra £26.5m in “blockbuster funding”follows an appeal for £19m extra earlier this year. The calls are prompted by araft of mammoth, expensive cases and the fact that the SFO’s budget has beenslashed […]
Catriona Smith and Aileen McCallum from HBJ Gateley’s energy, shipping and infrastructure team were recently invited to attend Point and Sandwick Development Trust’s annual general meeting (AGM). The AGM followed the trust’s completion of a funding package for its development company Point and Sandwick Power in late September to fund what will be the largest […]
The High Court has ruled that nine former Halliwells partners cannot be pursued by the firm’s liquidators for overpaid drawings and overpaid tax. In a test case brought by Steven Fennell against Halliwells LLP, Judge Hodge QC ruled that the terms of the retirement deed signed by the partners in March 2010 were clear and […]
DLA Piper and Gallastegui Lozano have reached an agreement to combine in Mexico City. Locally, the combined firm will adopt the name DLA Piper Gallastegui y Lozano. The combination brings DLA Piper’s global platform and breadth of practice areas, together with the reputation of GyL, within the Mexican legal arena. The combined Mexican firm, with […]