LATEST CASES

The investigation stage of the Independent Review into UK Athletics’ handling of issues

Three members of Littleton namely David Reade QC, Niran De Silva and Georgina Leadbetter have been named in The Lawyer’s top appeals of 2020 https://www.thelawyer.com/revealed-the-top-appeals-of-2020/

Mo Sethi QC and Sophia Berry in first ever leapfrog appeal from EAT to Supreme Court

On 23 January, Mr Justice Bryan handed down judgment in National Bank Trust v Yurov & others [2020] EWHC 100 (Comm) following a nine-week trial in October/November 2018. The case had previously featured as one of The Lawyer magazine’s Top 20 Cases of the Year and was one of the most substantial Commercial Court trials to take place in 2018.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (Mr Justice Kerr sitting with members) today handed down judgment in the case of Walker v Wallem Shipmanagement Limited, an important case on territorial jurisdiction for discrimination claims by seafarers.