Sophie Houghton
Professional support lawyer
Sophie Houghton is a professional support lawyer in the dispute resolution team at LexisPSL (plus.lexis.com/uk/practical-guidance-dispute-resolution).
Professional support lawyer
Sophie Houghton is a professional support lawyer in the dispute resolution team at LexisPSL (plus.lexis.com/uk/practical-guidance-dispute-resolution).
If you’re exceeding guideline hourly rates, vague assertions won’t cut it, writes Sophie Houghton
Sophie Houghton on why it doesn’t pay to put forward overly ambitious figures in costs budgets
Sophie Houghton reviews Part 36 offers & their role in maximising costs recovery in fixed costs cases
Sophie Houghton rounds up some key points for practitioners to consider ahead of the extension of fixed recoverable costs
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MOVERS & SHAKERS
Walkers—Muriel Marseille
Ashurst's Chief Risk Officer joins Walkers
Excello Law—John Osborne
Northern family lawyer John Osborne joins Excello
mfg Solicitors—Rebecca Rogers, Kennedy Langley & Victoria Griffiths
Trio of promotions announced at Kidderminster law firm mfg Solicitors
NEWS
A sole director can conspire with their own company for the purposes of the tort of unlawful means conspiracy, the High Court has ruled in a judgment with potentially wide implications for business disputes
The Court of Appeal has reinforced that domicile depends on intention rather than residence alone, in a significant post-Brexit ruling on cross-border financial remedy claims
The Chancery Division's long history comes to an end this autumn as it is reborn as the Business and Property Division, prompting questions over whether the shake-up is really necessary
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) continues to show that failing to disclose regulatory issues can attract harsher consequences than the original misconduct itself
Rejecting a generous settlement can prove an expensive mistake, as two recent high-profile cases demonstrate
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