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Leveson publishes costs to date: £625k to barristers from £2m total

The Leveson Inquiry has spent more than half a million pounds of taxpayers' money on barristers since the public inquiry into press regulation launched six months ago. The bulk of the legal fees (£536,100) spent between July 2011 and 31 January 2012 have gone to the core counsel on the inquiry - 39 Essex Street's Robert Jay QC, Temple Garden Chambers' David Barr and Carine Patry Hoskins of Landmark Chambers.
3 minute read

International Edition

Secret courts condemned - a threat to liberty and justice?

Until this week, reaction to the Government's green paper on 'Justice and Security' has been muted. It has taken the form of detailed and reasoned submissions and has tended to come mainly from organisations and individuals with a legal background. Writing on the UK Human Rights Blog, barrister Adam Wagner, somewhat despairingly, referred to the "sound of tumbleweed greeting secret civil trials proposals".
4 minute read

International Edition

Two Bird & Bird London litigation partners exit to join US firm

King & Spalding has added two partners to its London disputes practice with the hire of a Bird & Bird litigation duo. Jane Player - the joint head of the UK firm's international dispute resolution practice - and fellow Bird & Bird partner Sarah Walker will join King & Spalding later this year, taking the number of partners in the US firm's London office to 15.
2 minute read

International Edition

Forty-two chambers sign up to new Bar social mobility scheme

The Inner Temple has launched a new scheme for university students from under-privileged backgrounds intended to encourage social mobility and diversity at the Bar. The so-called 'Pegasus Access Scheme', which launched today (12 March), includes a total of 42 participating chambers across the UK and is the largest coordinated scheme of its kind at the Bar.
3 minute read

International Edition

Bird & Bird advising group of RBS shareholders on £2.4bn legal action

Bird & Bird is advising a group Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) shareholders on a £2.4bn lawsuit brought against the bank and a group of former directors including former chief executive Fred Goodwin. The firm is representing the RBoS Shareholders Action Group, which said it is bringing the lawsuit as a "last resort" after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) had failed to help them recover losses incurred by a 2008 rights issue.
2 minute read

Legal Week

Ex-Stephenson Harwood CEO Gadhia exits to join Cleary's London base

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has made a notable hire for its London office with the addition of former Stephenson Harwood chief executive Sunil Gadhia. Gadhia, a commercial litigator, has spent his entire career at the UK firm, joining as a trainee in 1988 and making partner in 1997.
7 minute read

International Edition

Ex-Stephenson Harwood CEO Gadhia exits to join Cleary's London base

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has made a notable hire for its London office with the addition of former Stephenson Harwood chief executive Sunil Gadhia. Gadhia, a commercial litigator, has spent his entire career at the UK firm, joining as a trainee in 1988 and making partner in 1997.
3 minute read

International Edition

Commercial and Chancery Bar

Leading advocates on riding the wave of recent financial disputes and the complex legal fallout from imposing sanctions
1 minute read

International Edition

Reduced silk round sees criminal Bar face up to impact of legal aid cuts

"The low number of criminal QC appointments is a reflection of great uncertainty in public funding. It is particularly troubling that juniors from the top sets didn't even apply..."
5 minute read

International Edition

Banking boon - leading advocates on riding the wave of financial disputes

"The junior end of the Bar is developing its own relationships with larger firms like ours, something not always seen 10 years ago..." - Ben Rigby speaks to leading barristers about a busy time at the banking Bar
11 minute read

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