Camerons' Bristol insurance team depleted by RPC raid
Four insurance and reinsurance partners are set to leave the Bristol office of CMS Cameron McKenna in a mass defection to Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC).
View ArticleRBS Insurance appoints RSA lawyer as general counsel
RBS Insurance has appointed RSA Insurance group legal director Humphrey Tomlinson to the role of general counsel and company secretary.
View ArticleDWF bolsters insurance practice with six new hires
North West firm DWF has made six new appointments to its London insurance and retail teams with hires from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), K&L Gates, Plexus Law, Vizyard Wyeth and Zurich - the...
View ArticleCollyer Bristow ‘risks collapse’ over £50m liability dispute
Firm in bitter litigation with insurance broker Lockton
View ArticleLockton accuses Collyer Bristow of crying wolf over ‘bankruptcy’ fears
Collyer Bristow is in dispute with its insurance broker Lockton Companies International over whether the intermediary has placed adequate liability insurance to cover a potential £50m loss in a...
View ArticleBlackstone silk loses Supreme Court asbestos case
The Supreme Court has ruled that people in Scotland who have been affected by the asbestos related condition pleural plaques have the right to compensation.
View ArticleBLG's pre-merger exits continue as insurance duo quit for Ince
Barlow Lyde & Gilbert insurance partners Simon Cooper and Kiran Soar have defected to Ince & Co ahead of the firm’s merger with Clyde & Co.
View ArticleQuadrant launches arbitration team as Steel J returns to bar
Quadrant Chambers is to launch an arbitration division with the appointment of retired High Court judge Sir David Steel.
View ArticleIrwin Mitchell moves 81 staff to BPO outfit
Irwin Mitchell is to transfer 81 support staff to business process outsourcing (BPO) company OCS as it looks to streamline its cost base in preparation for converting to an alternative business...
View ArticleChartis aims to bring down costs with European panel
Chartis, the property casualty insurance carrier of US insurance giant AIG, is to launch its first European panel in 2012 in an effort to streamline its legal spend.
View ArticleDAC Beachcroft growth strategy: pump up the volume
The merger between Beachcroft and Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC)?has been overshadowed by Barlow Lyde & Gilbert’s upcoming tie-up with Clyde & Co.
View ArticleWebster Dixon wins legal expense insurance case
Legal expense insurers cannot use cost as the sole basis for refusing to underwrite fees for policyholders who use non-panel solicitors, the High Court has ruled.
View ArticleHogan Lovells names successor to retiring insurance head Young
Hogan Lovells has appointed a new head of corporate and regulatory insurance to replace John Young, who retires in April 2012.
View ArticleSimmons makes sixth partner hire from BLP in a year
Simmons & Simmons has hired a corporate insurance partner from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) – its sixth hire from the firm this year.
View ArticleDevonshires partner defeats professional negligence claim
The High Court has rejected a professional negligence claim against City firm Devonshires clearing it of any wrongdoing to a former client.
View ArticleMills & Reeve adds Kennedys partner to insurance team
Mills & Reeve has made its fifth lateral hire this year with the appointment of insurance partner Paul Spibey.
View ArticleAdmiral moots ABS move in wake of referral fee ban
FTSE100 insurer Admiral is considering a move into the legal sector following the ban on personal injury referral fees by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) earlier this year.
View ArticleRSA hires Gallagher Heath GC for newly created litigation role
Global insurer RSA has appointed Will Bloomer to the newly created role of UK head of litigation.
View ArticleGleiss in government negligence case
Advice for a previous German federal state government comes back to haunt Gleiss
View ArticleKennedys senior partner wins fourth term in charge
Kennedys has endorsed the reelection of senior partner Nick Thomas to a fourth consecutive term at the helm after he stood unopposed.
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