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 addressed the requirement of fixation […]

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 a ‘bifurcated’ approach to bringing […]

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 key theme in the report.  […]

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 inclusion through a process which […]

The Judgment of the Supreme Court in R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and others[1](“PACCAR”) provoked litigation funders and class action claimants (amongst others) to reconsider whether their funding arrangements were enforceable. The recent judgment of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”) in Commercial and Interregional Card Claims I & II v Mastercard and Visa on the enforceability of funding arrangements, sheds more light on the CAT’s approach in determining whether a litigation funding arrangement is enforceable for the purposes of collective proceedings post PACCAR.

Harcus Parker represents Commercial and Interregional Card Claims I & II at the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

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 for all mortgage prisoners to […]

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 Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), the […]

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” of Master Pester at first […]

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 involved in the Joint Trial […]

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 in the field”, and a […]

The Legal 500 rankings for 2024 have been released and Harcus Parker has been ranked in Group Litigation and Civil Fraud. It was also named as a firm to watch in Civil Litigation.

Damon was interviewed by Nigel Farage about the launch of the firm’s PPI GLO.

Harcus Parker has launched its PPI GLO at Birmingham County Court. The PPI GLO has been covered extensively in the national press including This is Money and the Sun.

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.

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 level partnerships and business in […]

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 […]

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, telephone and face-to-face interviews, data […]

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 […]

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 world’s prominent royal families to […]

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 parties to assets worth tens […]

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 what our investigations are telling […]

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 on their mortgages.  Olivia and […]

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 […]

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 and finance arena, as well […]

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 and group litigation claims.  Ryan […]