By: Maria Ward-Brennan

Senior Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan is a senior reporter focused on law and professional services. Contact her via email on maria.ward-brennan@cityam.com or X (Twitter) @MariaW_B

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Frasers Group: I Saw It First faces court battle with Turkish supplier after £1 deal

December 18, 2023

I Saw It First, the British fast-fashion company backed by Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group, is being dragged to court over a legal battle with a Turkish textile firm. Fabulous Textiles has instructed small UK law firm Blackstone Solicitors to file a claim against the online retailer which shot to stardom thanks to collaborations with Love [...]
Magic circle law firm reducing working week (and pay) in new flexibility scheme

December 18, 2023

A magic circle firm is incorporating a scheme to give lawyers the option to work shorter hours for less money. Slaughter and May confirmed confirmed its job design scheme which enables eligible associates to reduce to either a 0.9 or 0.8 full-time equivalent, with pay and holiday entitlement pro-rated accordingly. The magic circle firm was [...]
Exclusive data: 2024 sees rise of ESG, group actions and insolvency disputes

December 18, 2023

London litigation lawyers predict environmental-related cases, group actions and insolvency disputes to increase next year. In exclusive data shared with City A.M. from the London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA), the majority of litigants surveyed (65 per cent) envisaged an increase in environmental/environmental, social, and governance (ESG) claims. John McElroy, a committee member of the LSLA [...]
Prateek Gupta fails to overturn worldwide freezing order in Trafigura dispute

December 15, 2023

Entrepreneur Prateek Gupta's application to remove the worldwide freezing order failed after the High Court ruled evidence used did not provide "any real support" for the case.
Exclusive: Millwall FC hits shirt sponsor Huski Chocolate with lawsuit

December 15, 2023

Millwall FC has filed a lawsuit against its sponsor Huski Chocolate, whose logo appears on the team’s kit after it became the principal partner for the 2019/20 season. Millwall Football and Athletic Company (1985) instructed law firm Irwin Mitchell to file a claim against Swedish-owned Huski Chocolate (Choki AB) and Swedish property investor Kvalitena AB, [...]
Two more Labour-run councils at risk of bankruptcy could impact one million households

December 15, 2023

With two more local Labour authorities at risk of effective bankruptcy, council tax may rise by 15 per cent for these areas in order to pay off debts.
Exclusive: London law firm used by Wagner boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin has folded

December 15, 2023

London-based law firm Discreet Law - used by the Wagner boss - has ceased its practice after it was under investigation for allegedly breaching rules to protect free speech
UK criminal court backlog hits record levels

December 14, 2023

The UK Crown Court backlogs have grown to its highest level on record, as cases have more than doubled in under four years. According to criminal court statistics published today, there are currently 352,945 outstanding cases in the magistrates’ courts, up 3 per cent on the previous quarter. The backlog is spiralling upwards each quarter [...]
University of Exeter’s WWII bomb insurance claim dismissed

December 14, 2023

The Court of Appeal today dismissed University of Exeter appeal over damage caused to student halls after the discovery of a WWII bomb during construction work. In February 2021 contractors working across from the University’s campus discovered an unexploded WWII bomb, it was believed to have been dropped by German forces in 1942. It was [...]
Federal Reserve hold rates for third time but hints at future cuts

December 13, 2023

The US Federal Reserve has kept interest rates on hold for a third time in a row, as “inflation has eased over the past year but remains elevated”. The announcement from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) today sees the federal funds rate remain between 5.25 per cent and 5.50 per cent, its highest level [...]

School of Hard Knocks and Investec celebrate spring rugby tournament

School of Hard Knocks and Investec celebrate spring rugby tournament

Barbican Centre: the brutalist landmark weaving art into everyday London life.

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