Following last month’s liability judgment in respect of the Mariana Dam collapse, Pogust Goodhead is seeking an estimated £189m in legal costs stemming from stage one of the trial.

Gender critical campaign group For Women Scotland (FWS) has launched fresh legal proceedings against the Scottish Government after securing a landmark gender ruling in the Supreme Court earlier ...

The former CEO of Reading FC has filed a winding-up petition against the club. Nigel Howe, who had been CEO at the club for 20 years until 2017 and then later between 2018 and ...

In a key judgment for class actions in the UK, the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of leading banks in a case over foreign exchange rigging. The case, brought by Hausfeld and class ...

A Manchester law firm has launched a new legal service for OnlyFans models and agencies, following a surge in demand from adult content creators. Blackmont Legal said that the soaring popularity ...

Simmons & Simmons is hiring a structured finance and derivatives partner from Slaughter and May, nearly four months after it emerged he would be leaving the partnership. Oliver Wicker started as ...

Baker McKenzie is on the hunt for more innovation lawyers, The Lawyer can reveal, as it looks to further embed the use of artificial intelligence across the firm.

A commercial claim against City firm Edwin Coe has been filed by the lending arm of Fortress Investment. Edwin Coe is named as a defendant alongside various companies including Fuller Smith & ...

The former general counsel of the National Trust has joined The Charity Commission as its new director of legal. Jan Lasik’s new title at The Charity Commission will be as its director of legal ...

The Government has announced it will reverse the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision on litigation funding in PACCAR. The judgment, which formed part of the ongoing Trucks ...

The head of Greenberg Traurig, Richard Rosenbaum, has lashed out against the recent trend for international mergers, describing some rival firms as no more than “holding companies” and ...

Building new AI tools from scratch isn’t where law firms add value for clients, TLT’s innovation chief told The Lawyer.