In a loss for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer client Tesco, the Supreme Court has today (12 September) favoured the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) in its appeal against the supermarket giant’s “fire and rehire“ practices. The Supreme Court hearing took place in April 2024 and saw Old Square Chambers’ Oliver Segal KC and […]
The Lawyer’s UK200 has relatively few truly specialist firms. There are a handful of big litigation, personal injury and insurance beasts, like Stewarts, Digby Brown and Keoghs. Sackers focuses on pensions; Stowe and Vardags on family, but the bottom end of the annual ranking of the UK’s largest firms is dominated by regional independents doing […]
Several former Axiom Ince employees have won their redundancy payment claims against the collapsed firm in the Employment Tribunal. The decisions were published today (8 July) but were decided on 17 June. Employment Judge KM Ross heard the three cases in Manchester on 30 May. Axiom Ince, now in administration, was ordered to pay £4,826.70 […]
For this week’s Spotlight, we’re highlighting Baker McKenzie’s employment law team to see how rising industrial action, new technologies and regulations are changing the field. The market Unfair dismissal claims and misconduct remain the bread and butter of defendant side employment lawyers. However, whistleblowing claims, involving regulatory angles are taking on a growing role in […]
Slaughter and May is to add another senior lawyer to its pensions team in the City, this time from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Charles Magoffin, a partner at Freshfields since 2010, is joining Slaughters as a senior counsel from September. Slaughters has still only ever made one lateral hire in the City, also into its pensions […]
Moderna takes on Pfizer in Covid-19 patent clash Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Moderna are due to go head to head in the Patents Court tomorrow (23 April) for a 16-day trial concerning the Covid-19 vaccines they developed during the pandemic. Freshfields is representing the claimant Moderna, while Pfizer is being represented by Taylor Wessing for […]
Forsters has hired a team from Winckworth Sherwood, including former senior partner and head of employment Jo Keddie. Joining on 2 April, Keddie will lead its employment and partnerships practice. She will move with colleagues Danielle Crawford and Daniel Parker, who will join the team as counsel and senior associate, respectively. Forsters said that the […]
The Supreme Court has put an end to a long-running dispute between The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) and Deliveroo. Ruling today, the Supreme Court justices said that Deliveroo riders were self-employed, and not employees of the food delivery giant. Its decision mirrors that of the Court of Appeal and High Court, which […]
Another partner from Shearman & Sterling’s London office has left the firm. Employment specialist Sam Whitaker is joining Debevoise & Plimpton as an international counsel. He joins the US firm’s corporate department, where he will advise on transaction-specific employment issues as well as stand-alone employment matters. Whitaker was Shearman’s sole employment law partner in London, […]
Listed law firm RBG Holdings (RBG), which incorporates Rosenblatt and Memery Crystal, has accused its former chief executive of “preferring her personal financial interests over her duties” to the firm. The allegation is alongside several more explosive claims, detailed in the firm’s defence and counterclaim to Nicola Foulston’s lawsuit against it for breach of contract following her […]
The High Court will hear applications today in the first stage of a group action brought by students over Covid-19 and strike-related disruptions. Over 105,000 students have signed up to seek compensation from British universities in a case run by Harcus Parker partner Ryan Dunleavy and Asserson partner Shimon Goldwater. The case today (Wednesday) is […]
A former employee at Hogan Lovells has been ordered to pay the City firm £4,000 in costs after he accused the firm of being “liars and scammers.” Hogan Lovells had sought £20,000 in costs from Mr Donskoi, the claimant and an ex-staffer at the firm after he made “numerous attacks on the professional integrity” of […]