David O'Brien
Partner
David O’Brien is is a partner in the commercial dispute resolution team at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP in London (www.penningtonslaw.com).
Partner
David O’Brien is is a partner in the commercial dispute resolution team at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP in London (www.penningtonslaw.com).
A brave new world? In the final update in this series by Penningtons Manches Cooper, Tom Stables & David O’Brien mull the future of group actions
Jenna Coad & David O’Brien reflect on lessons from Giambrone & the award of non-party costs orders in a discretionary jurisdiction
Verbose but unambiguous. David O’Brien discusses S 14A & the parameters of limitation
David Niven & David O’Brien review the lessons from Giambrone
David Niven & David O’Brien consider the obstacles ahead for PII claimants
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MOVERS & SHAKERS
Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC
Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice
Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark
Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant
Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf
Partner and associate join employment practice
NEWS
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
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