Junior Programme: Litigation
Join us for Junior Programme: Litigation webinar presented by Jonathan Edwards and Daniel Thorpe on Tuesday, 12 October 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. The webinar overview will be released shortly. Junior Programme events are aimed at recently qualified lawyers and consist of an hour long webinar covering topical issues such as recent case law. The webinars […]
‘Interim Applications and ‘Preparing for witness evidence at trial’ – Junior Programme: Litigation
Join us for Junior Programme: Litigation webinar presented by Jonathan Edwards and Daniel Thorpe on Wednesday, 13 October 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Join us for ‘Interim Applications and ‘Preparing for witness evidence at trial’ – Junior Programme: Litigation webinar presented by Jonathan Edwards and Daniel Thorpe on Wednesday, 13 October 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. […]
Junior Programme: Commercial
Join us for Junior Programme: Commercial webinar presented by Katie Longstaff and James Fagan on Thursday, 30 September 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. The webinar overview will be released shortly. Junior Programme events are aimed at recently qualified lawyers and consist of an hour long webinar covering topical issues such as recent case law. The […]
‘Establishing economic duress’ and ‘Contract Caselaw Update’ – Junior Programme: Commercial
Join us for ‘Establishing economic duress’ and ‘Contract Caselaw Update’ – Junior Programme: Commercial webinar presented by Jonathan Edwards and James Fagan on Thursday, 30 September 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM. In this webinar Jonathan will consider the economic duress doctrine and how the Supreme Court limited the scope of lawful act duress in the […]
Video: LIDW21 Member Hosted Event on Sanctions and Disputes
Earlier this month, Shantanu Majumdar KC chaired the ‘LIDW[21] member-hosted event: Sanctions and Disputes’ with Ben Wells of CANDEY, Artem Zhavoronkov of Borenius and Susan Leddy of Swiss Re. The presentation and discussion focused on the current issues in the world of economic sanctions with particular emphasis on the effect of sanctions on legal rights and proceedings to enforce them, including: Sanctions […]
Out of time amendments – Article by Dov Ohrenstein
Dov Ohrenstein has written an article on the court’s approach to applications to amend claims outside of the relevant limitation period. You can read the article here. This article was first published in the April 2021 edition of Butterworth’s Journal of International Banking and Financial Law.
Competition disqualification: the court’s approach – Article by Christopher Buckley
Christopher Buckley was invited by the Journal of European Competition Law and Practice to discuss the High Court’s approach to competition disqualification proceedings following Re Property Group (2010) Ltd. This was the court’s first competition disqualification order and a case that Christopher was involved in, acting for the defendant. The article considers the judgment in Re Property Group, […]
Video: ‘Parent company liability’ and ‘Misrepresentation: recent developments in banking litigation’ – Junior Programme: Commercial
During this Junior Programme: Commercial webinar, hosted by Poppy Rimington-Pounder and James Fagan, Poppy considers when a parent company may be found liable for the acts of its subsidiary, and considering the recent Supreme Court case of Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDS) and another [2021] UKSC 3. James discusses developments in […]
Daniel Thorpe
Daniel has worked for a commercial litigation boutique and has also spent time on secondment at a leading offshore law firm. As a result, he readily appreciates the needs of his clients and prides himself on his user-friendly attitude and ability to work collaboratively with his solicitors and other barristers, as required. His multidisciplinary approach […]
Piers Digby
Piers has previously taken secondments at both the Financial Conduct Authority and a leading UK bank, and has a thorough understanding of regulatory issues relating to banking and consumer credit more widely. He knows how to work with solicitors and clients under challenging conditions, combining legal ability beyond his call with an approachable manner. Prior […]
