A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions. Barristers mostly specialize in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include arguing cases in courts and tribunals,drafting legal pleadings,researching the law and giving legal opinions.
A class action,also known as a class action lawsuit,class suit,or representative action,is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of people who are represented collectively by a member or members of that group. The class action originated in the United States and is still predominantly an American phenomenon,but Canada,as well as several European countries with civil law,have made changes in recent years to allow consumer organizations to bring claims on behalf of consumers.
Michael Jabez Foster is a British lawyer and Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hastings and Rye from 1997 to 2010,and served in government as a Minister for Equalities from 2009 to 2010.
In most Commonwealth countries,a conveyancer is a specialist lawyer who specialises in the legal aspects of buying and selling real property,or conveyancing. A conveyancer can also be a solicitor,licensed conveyancer,or a fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives.
Kerry Gerard Shine is an Australian Labor politician who was member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Toowoomba North from 2001 to 2012 and served as Attorney-General of Queensland from 2006 to 2009. He was elected as a member of Toowoomba Regional Council in March 2020.
Clayton Utz is an Australian law firm headquartered in Sydney. Established in 1833,it is a large-sized firm,known as one of the big six Australian law firms. The firm is recognised for its litigation practice,government clients,pro bono services and high-profile alumni. In 2024,the firm had an annual revenue of $594 million. As of 2021 it had 179 partners and 1,600 personnel in six offices.
Mishcon de Reya LLP is a British international law firm with offices in London,Cambridge,Oxford,Singapore,as well as an association with Karas So LLP in Hong Kong. Founded in 1937,it employs more than 1450 people with over 650 lawyers. It is regarded by some as forming part of the "Silver Circle" of leading UK law firms.
Collective redress is a legal term used within the European Union to define a legal instrument for group proceedings similar to the US concept of a class action. Collective redress is embodied in Directive (EU) 2020/1828,the Directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers.
The Arbitration Roundtable of Toronto is made up of several litigators,academics,arbitrators,and mediators from the Greater Toronto Area. The group promotes arbitration as an alternative method of conflict resolution over litigation,especially in commercial suits. Members include commercial litigators from Toronto law firms including some of the Seven Sisters of Bay Street. Each member has experience and interest in promoting commercial Arbitration. The group dedicates its time to encouraging this form of Dispute resolution through seminars,papers,and talks.
Gibson,Dunn &Crutcher LLP is an American multinational law firm headquartered in Los Angeles,California. Founded in 1890,the firm has more than 1,900 attorneys and 1,000 staff in 21 offices across the world,including North America,Europe,Asia,and the Middle East. It is one of the largest and most profitable law firms in the world. The firm is known for its litigation practice,particularly in appellate law.
Legal financing is the mechanism or process through which litigants can finance their litigation or other legal costs through a third party funding company.
Kemp Little LLP was a boutique technology-focused law firm based in London. It specialized in Technology,Media,Telecoms (TMT) sector,but also expanded into other practice areas such as corporate,litigation and employment. It was listed among the Financial Times Most Innovative Law Firms list for 2009.
Dentons Rodyk &Davidson LLP is one of Singapore's largest law firms,with around 200 lawyers who are qualified in various jurisdictions such as those of Singapore,Australia,England and Wales and India,and with offices in Singapore and Myanmar.
Blake Morgan LLP is a large full-service commercial law firm with offices in Cardiff,London,Oxford,Portsmouth,Reading and Southampton in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 2014 following a merger between the Cardiff-based Morgan Cole and the Portsmouth-based Blake Lapthorn. It employs approximately 415 lawyers and 145 other fee-earners. It has 130 partners. It is registered with the Law Society of England and Wales.
Rajah &Tann Singapore LLP is a Singaporean law firm with affiliate offices in Cambodia,China,Indonesia,Laos,Malaysia,Myanmar,Philippines,Thailand and Vietnam. Founded in 1976,the firm is regarded as one of the Big Four law firms in Singapore. It is a member firm of Rajah &Tann Asia,a network of law firms in Southeast Asia with over 970 fee earners.
Amanda Kim Banton is an Australian lawyer who specialises in corporate litigation,particularly matters involving complex financial instruments and insolvency based disputes. Until March 2020 she was a partner in the Sydney office of global business law firm Squire Patton Boggs. Banton is the currently the Managing Partner of Banton Group,a firm she established in 2020. Banton Group specializes in large commercial dispute resolution,class actions,restructuring and insolvency litigation and advisory matters.
Belinda Claire De Camborne Lucy is a British politician who has been Reform UK's Education and Families spokesperson since 2023. She was previously a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 2019 to 2020. In the European Parliament,she was a member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality,and part of the delegation to the EU–Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.
Peter Alexander Gibson is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington from the 2019 general election until losing his parliamentary seat in the 2024 general election. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
Camilla Vera Feslier Belich is a New Zealand lawyer,trade unionist and politician. She has been a Member of Parliament,representing the New Zealand Labour Party,since 2020.
Lucy Ann Scott-Moncrieff is a British lawyer and a former House of Lords commissioner for standards. She specialises in mental health and human rights law.
