The Civil Justice Council (the “CJC”)’s Litigation Funding Working Group, co-chaired by Dr John Sorabji and Mr Justice Simon Picken, has published an interim report and opened a consultation on the current landscape of litigation funding. Harcus Parker Partner Jennifer Morrissey sits as a representative of the Law Society on the wider consultation group to […]
Jennifer is a long-standing member of the Law Society’s Dispute Resolution Committee and had been a key part of the annual conference organising committee.
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 barristers instructed are Sa’ad Hossain […]
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 operations of a branch” under […]
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 out more about our new […]
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 to trial for 17 weeks […]
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 disputes, as well as in-depth […]
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 has meant that lenders’ focus […]
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 against Watchstone Group plc (formerly […]
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 Law Society. Damon will be […]
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:
