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Harcus Parker received an award for Impact Case of the Year at the Managing IP EMEA Awards 2024 in London. The firm was recognised for its work on Wight & others v BTC Core and others.  This included an important judgment in the Court of Appeal in July last year which…

Jenny Morrissey and Edward Argles have written an article on the structuring of funding in representative securities claims for the April 2024 edition of Litigation Funding magazine. The article reviews developments in representative securities claims since the Supreme Court judgment in Lloyd v Google [2021] UKSC 50, which raised the possibility of…

Harbour Litigation Funding have published their 2024 White Paper examining the growth the challenges law firms are facing, and how they are working to overcome them.   As part of this, the authors of the paper spoke to 100 leaders at top 200 law firms. The role of AI is a…

The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers guide is intended to recognise claimant lawyers ‘for the significant role they play in cases of global import’.  Lawdragon note that the named lawyers ‘are standouts in antitrust and competition, investor and shareholder rights, mass torts and aviation accidents’.  Lawdragon select lawyers for…

The trial of several preliminary issues in the Whistletree Mortgage Prisoner Litigation against TSB Bank is due to commence in the High Court on 22 July 2024 and last for four days.  This is the first of the ‘mortgage prisoner’ cases to go to trial and could set a precedent…

The firm’s Jenny Morrissey is due to speak at the Law Society’s Dispute Resolution Section’s event on big trends to watch out for in commercial dispute resolution in 2024.   The other speakers and Jenny will discuss the trends and new challenges faced by commercial litigators in the English courts, including…

HHJ Keyser KC (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) has handed down judgment dismissing the Defendants’ appeal on the issue of security for costs in Lazarichev & Ors v Lyndou [2024] EWHC 8 (Ch).  In dismissing the appeal, the Judge referred to the “thorough and carefully reasoned judgment”…

We are pleased to report that Harcus Parker is involved in one of the cases featured in The Lawyer’s recently published Top 20 Cases of 2024.  Harcus Parker acts for the Claimants in Dr Wright & Ors v BTC Core & Ors in relation to various intellectual property claims and are therefore…

Harcus Parker has been ranked for Group Litigation in the 2024 edition of the Chambers UK guide.  The strengths identified by Chambers include “a host of very capable technical lawyers”.   The guide ranks the firm’s Damon Parker in the top tier for Group Litigation.  He is described as a “leader…

The firm is delighted to support the setting up of the Ukraine Britain Business Council (UBBC), and to announce that the firm’s Nataliya Yankovska has been appointed as a legal advisor to the organisation.  The UBBC is intended to help facilitate trade, investment, and the transfer of knowledge through high…

Partner Jennifer Morrissey and Associate Edward Argles were quoted in an article published today by Investment Week. Jennifer commented on the recent collapse of a number of Home REIT’s charity / CIC tenants and the rent cover payments they have been receiving from property aggregators who have sold property to…

The Court of Appeal (the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, and Carr LJ) today unanimously upheld Cockerill J’s decision to dismiss UBS’s challenge to the jurisdiction of the English courts over claims worth some US$495 million which have been brought against UBS in relation to financing it…

Spear’s has just released its 2023 rankings for the best reputation and privacy lawyers. The index includes details of practitioners who operate in jurisdictions all around the world.  The well-regarded publication recommended Harcus Parker Partner Ryan Dunleavy as a specialist lawyer in the above category, following peer nominations, telephone and face-to-face…

The firm is pleased to report that it has been recommended for Claimant Group Litigation in Chambers & Partners’ 2023 guide of UK law firms.

Acting on behalf of the proposed class representatives, Harcus Parker has made applications in the Competition Appeal Tribunal for collective proceedings orders against various Visa and Mastercard entities. The class action relates to the level of the Merchant Interchange Fee Visa and Mastercard have charged to merchants in respect of…

Harcus Parker has today issued a claim on behalf of hundreds of former and current “Whistletree” customers of TSB against TSB in relation to the level of interest charged on their mortgages. The Claimants originally took out their mortgages with Northern Rock. Their mortgages were sold to TSB in a…

We are pleased to announce that one of our cases has featured in the top 8 cases for international investors in 2022 as reported by Law News magazine: Kwok Ho Wan v UBS.  The Harcus Parker team headed by Jenny Morrisey act for the claimants in their claims against UBS.  The…

Cockerill J today handed down judgment in Kwok and others v UBS [EWHC245 (Comm)] on jurisdiction under the 2007 Lugano Convention. Her decision considered the location of “the place of the damage” in the context of pure economic loss claims under Article 5.3 and on tort claims “arising from the…

Spear’s has released its 2022 rankings for the best reputation and privacy lawyers for high-net-worth individuals. The index includes details of practitioners who operate in jurisdictions all around the world.   The well-regarded publication recommended Harcus Parker Partner Ryan Dunleavy as a specialist lawyer in the above category, following peer nominations,…

Harcus Parker has recruited two competition specialists to its fast growing Competition Law practice headed by Jeremy Robinson and Tom Ross.  The firm is joined by Pierre Welsh and Alvaro Almeida who have moved from large city practices to join Jeremy and Tom. We are delighted to welcome them both. Find…

Harcus Parker is delighted to announce the qualification of its second trainee, Edward Argles. Edward qualified in January 2022. Edward joins the ranks of Harcus Parker’s home grown associates closely following Olivier Altymer who qualified with the firm in September 2021. 

We are delighted that one of our cases has featured in the top 20 cases for 2022 in the Lawyer magazine: Suppipat v Narongdej and 16 others. The Harcus Parker team, headed by Adam Zoubir, act for the principal defendant and the 17th defendant. The case is due to come…

The latest Legal 500 has listed Harcus Parker as a “firm to watch” in relation to reputation management claims. This follows the launch of our technology, media and communications department in February 2021, which has recently received instructions from clients ranging from a high profile member of one of the…

On 18 May 2021, Mr Justice Foxton handed down his judgment in The Serious Fraud Office & Ors vs Litigation Capital Limited & Ors [2021] EWHC 1272 (Comm). This case represents a significant win for Harbour, after a long running and immensely complex litigation. The case involves claims by several…

Olivia Selley, an Associate at the firm, and Edward Argles, a Trainee, spoke today at The Transparency Task Force’s seminar entitled ‘The Mortgage Prisoners Scandal; and why it really matters’, alongside other speakers including Kevin Hollinrake MP and Seema Malhotra MP. Olivia and Edward discussed the Mortgage Prisoner Litigation and…

Following the defeat of proposed amendments to the financial services bill which sought to alleviate financial pressures on mortgage prisoners, Olivia Selley, an Associate at the firm, and Tara Panicker, a Paralegal, have written in The Financial Times about what can be done now to help people trapped paying high interest rates…

Spear’s released its 2021 rankings for the best reputation and privacy lawyers today. The publication included Harcus Parker in its index, following the firm’s hire of partner Ryan Dunleavy earlier this month. Ryan leads Harcus Parker’s technology, media and communications litigation practice. He has a particular focus on privacy and data…

The Property Buying Company have written about the ways in which mortgage prisoners may be able to improve their situation. Among the options mentioned for those trapped and unable to remortgage is the legal action being brought by Harcus Parker: “a law firm that’s handled legal proceedings on behalf of…

We are delighted to announce that Tom Ross and Jeremy Robinson, formerly partners at a leading international firm, have joined the firm as partners.  They will be joint heads of a new competition litigation practice.  Tom is a heavyweight commercial litigation partner with particular experience in handling disputes in the banking…

Harcus Parker is pleased to announce that Ryan Dunleavy has joined the firm as a partner. He will lead the firm’s technology, media and communications litigation practice. His hire is part of Harcus Parker’s ongoing expansion as a specialist litigation firm that deals with complex, high value matters, particularly multi-party…

Click here to listen, or visit the Which? website On 3 September 2020 Damon Parker was invited by Which? to discuss the Mortgage Prisoners litigation. Harcus Parker is acting on behalf of several thousand mortgage prisoners in claims against their lenders to recover overcharged interest rates in circumstances where they…

Medact, a public health campaigning organisation and home of the Doctors Against Diesel Campaign will be providing resources on the health impact of air pollution and expert medical advice in the litigation being brought by Harcus Parker which aims to hold car manufacturers to account for unlawful breaches of emissions…

The FCA introduced new rules in October 2019 to make it easier for mortgage prisoners to take out a more affordable mortgage with a new lender. However, there has been limited take up of the new rules by lenders (which are optional for them). The problem has been exacerbated by Covid-19, which…

After Damon Parker’s interview on the Victoria Derbyshire show in December last year to discuss the launch of the Mortgage Prisoner Litigation, Rachel Neale appeared on the show on 13 July to talk about the pressure of being a mortgage prisoner on key workers and to ask for the introduction…

The Times wrote today about the widening of the ongoing emissions scandal with the claims launched by Harcus Parker against Renault and Nissan.  The claims include allegations that there is evidence showing a form of emissions test ‘defeat device’ was fitted by Nissan to petrol models of the Qashqai.  This is the first…

Damon Parker was quoted today in The Sun on the legal battle for compensation for Mercedes owners whose vehicles may have contained defeat devices to avoid emissions laws.  As a result of the alleged defeat devices Harcus Parker argues that customers overpaid for their vehicles and are entitled to compensation….

Sophie Clarke was published today in The Grocer, a magazine leading coverage of the supermarket and consumables sector. Sophie writes that many leading supermarkets have promised to pay their in-store workers more to reflect the additional responsibilities they have assumed and risks they are taking to serve customers amidst the…

On Saturday 11 April 2020, The Times wrote about the difficulties mortgage prisoners are experiencing in accessing the kind of relief which many lenders are currently making available to homeowners during the outbreak of Covid-19.  Damon comments in the article that many of our clients in the Mortgage Prisoner Litigation are being refused…

Employment associate Dipo Osikoya was interviewed by BBC Newsbeat about how the law can help people at work who are concerned about their exposure to Covid-19. You can read about Dipo’s interview on the BBC News website. If you have concerns about your or others’ potential exposure to Covid-19 at…

Olivier Altmeyer and Edward Argles have started their training contracts with the firm as our first trainees.  They are due to qualify in September 2021. Olivier and Edward were both paralegals in the litigation team at Harcus Sinclair LLP and moved to Harcus Parker when it was founded in 2019. …

Jenny took part in a panel discussion today about financial services group actions alongside Philip Marshall QC and Simon Hatton, both of Serle Court, and Leeor Cohen from Burford Capital. She talked about the advantages and disadvantages of group litigation orders from the claimant’s perspective, and the role of third-party…

Harcus Parker is pleased to announce that Adam Zoubir has joined the firm as a partner. Adam has a broad commercial litigation practice, with a particular emphasis on high value commercial fraud, complex contractual disputes, insolvency and banking and finance matters.  Adam has been selected by Who’s Who Legal: Litigation…

On Thursday 23 January 2020, The Independent wrote about the experience and problems faced by homeowners who have been trapped paying high rates of interest on their mortgage for more than a decade, and who are now fighting back against the lenders by joining the Mortgage Prisoner Litigation with Harcus…

Over December the Harcus Parker team took part in several festive fundraising initiatives. Some members of the team took part in a running challenge in support of Mind charity.  Run Up To Christmas aims to get people active in December and encourage them to talk about mental health, reminding people…

On Wednesday 18th December Damon Parker appeared on the Victoria Derbyshire show on BBC 2 to speak about the mortgage prisoner issue. You can read more about the Victoria Derbyshire show and watch Damon’s interview on the BBC website. Find out more about the Mortgage Prisoner case at www.mortgageprisoners.com or call…

On Monday 16th December Harcus Parker launched its campaign on behalf of mortgage prisoners. Find out more here.

Last week, Harcus Parker issued a letter before action in the proposed claim against Watchstone Group plc (formerly Quindell plc). Several news outlets circulated stories about the letter including The Times, the Daily Mail and The Law Society Gazette. The letter before action is the first step in the potential action…

Damon Parker and Jenny Morrissey are speaking at the Law Society’s Civil Litigations Autumn Conference on October 9th.  Damon will be one of the main speakers at the event and Jenny will be co- chairing the conference in her capacity as a member of the Civil Litigation Committee of the…

Last week the Mirror featured an article about the Tesco claim which included details of the ‘Tesco Equal Pay Map of the UK’ developed by Harcus Sinclair UK Limited. The story was also picked up by the Metro and The Scotsman. We act for Tesco workers through Harcus Sinclair UK…

Edward is speaking at the Banking and Litigation Forum 2019 in London on 13 June. This Legal Week conference is the annual forum for the world’s leading banking litigators. He will be debating the pros and cons of contingency fee agreements Further information about the conference can be found here:

Damon Parker, formerly the head of the litigation practice at Harcus Sinclair LLP, and one of its founding partners, has today, the 29 April 2019, announced the launch of a new litigation firm: Harcus Parker. Harcus Parker will be a commercial litigation practice which can provide a variety of funding…

In 2015, Quindell plc shocked the market by announcing that its £107m profit in 2013 had, in fact been, a £64m loss, and that it had lost £375m in the first half of 2014. Harcus Parker has launched a claim against Quindell (since renamed the Watchstone Group) for institutional investors…

Jenny Morrissey is speaking on the ‘Future of Global Securities Class and Collective Actions’ at the DRRT investor conference in Frankfurt on 4 April 2019. More information about the conference can be found: here.

This March, Jenny Morrissey and Emily Fernando from the Harcus Parker team took part in an important project to create a historical record of women in the law. The First 100 Years project was created to record the progress of women in the law since 1919, when the Sex Disqualification…

Jenny is speaking at the 18th Annual Securities Regulation in Europe Conference.

 She will be joining a panel discussing developments in Securities Litigation for Corporate Lawyers. Further information about the conference can be found here.

Damon is speaking at the Trusts and Estates Litigation Forum 2019 in Girona Spain. This Legal Week conference is the annual forum for the world’s leading trust and estate litigators. He will be discussing litigation funding and debating the pros and cons of obtaining litigation funding for trust disputes. Further…

In January 2019, the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment in the Asda Equal Pay case on the issue of ‘comparators’ (Asda Stores Ltd v Brierley [2019] EWCA Civ 44). Jennifer Cassidy and Emily Fernando discuss the implications of this case on other equal pay cases which are proceeding…