‘Skin in the game’ disputes and the rise of boutiques may have unwelcome results, says Norton Rose’s Paul Morris
Those practising as commercial litigation lawyers will be familiar with the reported decisions spawned by the great legal brawls of the 1980s and 1990s: Lonrho v Fayed (No 5), Derby v Weldon (No 10) and many more. Arguably, the most interesting aspect of these decisions was the numeral. Every interlocutory consideration was the subject of vehement disagreement and ferocious challenge. The parties trooped in and out of the Queen’s Bench Division with frightening regularity, setting up camp in the Royal Courts of Justice like medieval besiegers.
