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Why we allow dissent – by our judges

Why do judges disagree and publish their disagreements when cases get decided? After all, the Cabinet does not do so (openly at least), and our FTSE 100 companies do not generally do so, when their executives propose a merger or launch a new product. Surely, judicial dissent is a recipe for diminishing the authority of the majority answer, and an invitation to self-indulgence on the part of the minority to re-fight lost and irrelevant battles.
9 minute read

International Edition

DLA takes on senior Addleshaws partner duo from firm's Leeds office

DLA Piper has made two senior hires from Addleshaw Goddard's Leeds office, including the firm's contentious construction head Mark Hilton. Hilton and fellow contentious construction partner Simon Palmer - both of whom are top ranked by Chambers for Yorkshire construction - join DLA after arriving at Addleshaws in 2005 as part of a five-partner construction team from Squire Sanders legacy firm Hammonds.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Appeals court throws out suit over AT&T cell phone fees

A lawsuit that Martha Self filed 14 years ago has finally come to an end.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

Spaceflight litigation: The liability atmosphere awaiting new rocketeers

Despite the fact that the hazardous endeavor of human spaceflight has been around for 51 yearsever since the Soviets launched Yuri Gagarin into orbit aboard Vostok Ithere has not been much need to ponder the liability regime surrounding injury- or death-producing accidents in space.
9 minute read

Inside Counsel

7 of the strangest lawsuits making headlines

A sexy Big Bird costume, an incredibly ugly baby and five more of the strangest lawsuits in the news
6 minute read

International Edition

Milbank continues City recruitment with hire of rated Norton Rose partner

Norton Rose is set to to see the departure of respected financial disputes partner Charles Evans to US firm Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy's London office. Evans - who is top-rated for contentious financial services by Chambers - joined Norton Rose's London practice in 1997 and made partner in 2000. He represents corporates, financial institutions and individuals under investigation and in enforcement proceedings.
2 minute read

International Edition

Herbert Smith Freehills to move partner duo to Korea after licence approval

Herbert Smith Freehills is set to relocate two partners to South Korea next year as the firm becomes the latest international law firm to receive approval to practise in Seoul. City dispute resolution and construction partner Tony Dymond and Singapore corporate partner Lewis McDonald will relocate to the country with four associates from across the firm's network when the new office opens in early 2013, with Dymond to lead the office.
2 minute read

International Edition

3VB barrister joins parliamentary probe into HBOS collapse

Three Verulam Buildings barrister David Quest has been appointed to join a public hearing into the 2008 collapse of HBOS, marking the first time the Parliamentary commission has sought legal counsel to question witnesses on the issue. Quest is today (30 October) sitting with the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards - which is led by former cabinet secretary Lord Turnbull - to question three former HBOS chief executives: former head of group regulatory risk Paul Moore, former international chief executive Colin Matthew and former group risk director Jo Dawson.
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

Obama and Romney line up post-election lawyers

There are a couple of lawyers that may be very busy come Nov. 7.
5 minute read

International Edition

CC and Cooke Young lead as Barclays faces fraud claims in Libor test case

City litigation boutique Cooke Young & Keidan has been given the go-ahead to proceed to trial for Guardian Care Homes over Libor-related allegations against Barclays. The case, one of the first of its kind to be heard since the Libor scandal broke earlier this year, has been widely viewed as a test case for the UK banking sector.
3 minute read

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