Group Action Litigation
Law firm Edwin Coe LLP, acting for a 500 strong consumer group bringing a multi-million pound class action lawsuit against timeshare excha...
Banking Litigation
Bell Yard advised the beneficial owners of two companies suing a Swiss bank at the High Court in London for breach of duty over the sale, at...
Hedge Fund Clients
Bell Yard has worked with a number of hedge fund managers involved in disputes, with a brief to minimize their resonance in the public arena...
Financial Remedies on Divorce
Divorces of the super-rich can be super-costly in reputation terms too. Telephone number payouts, an aggrieved spouse or cases that push the...
Bonus Dispute
Bell Yard supported a group of former Dresdner Kleinwort bankers during their high profile and protracted legal dispute with Commerzbank ove...
Carole Caplin
Bell Yard was instructed by the health and fitness coach, Carole Caplin, on the occasion of her settlement with the Daily Mail over a seriou...
IP Disputes
Bell Yard was hired by a European retailer to expose its copyright dispute with a UK online fashion retailer intent on expanding into the Eu...
Corby families
Bell Yard supported the Corby families and their lawyer, Des Collins, with the announcement of the conclusion of their long-running legal ba...
Fraudulent Misrepresentation Claim
Bell Yard represented independent trader Rajesh Gill in his successful fraudulent misrepresentation claim against his former broker, MF Glob...
Credit Crunch Litigation
When the London branch of a foreign bank found itself in dispute with a high-profile individual trader client counterclaiming negligence and...
Aluminium smelter litigation
Bell Yard advised Ansol, an international aluminium trading company, in its various high-octane disputes against TadAZ (now known as Talco)...
Nanotechnology patent litigation
Bell Yard advised the directors of Neuftec Energy Limited in their dispute with Oxonica Energy Limited over patents and substantial royalty...
Race Discrimination Tribunal
Bell Yard acted for Malcolm Perry, an Australian, in his Race Discrimination and Unfair Dismissal claim against Dresdner Kleinwort. Incidenc...
Court of Appeal – sex discrimination
Madarassy – v – Nomura International plc* This case has provided a useful and keenly sought interpretation of the burden of proo...
Cantor Fitzgerald Employment Litigation
Steven Horkulak, a former senior manager at the interdealer broker, Cantor Fitzgerald, successfully sued the firm in the High Court in a cas...
High Court Dispute against Lehman Brothers
Kerim Derhali, a star in the fixed income world, brought a breach of contract and constructive dismissal claim by one of the stars of the fi...
Living with Michael Jackson Documentary
Michael Jackson* & MJJ Productions* – v – Granada Media Group Limited. Instructed the morning after Martin Bashir’s...
Goodwin LLP (London)
Goodwin Names Samantha Lake Coghlan and Paul Lyons as London Office Co-chairs London, UK – March 17, 2017 – Goodwin, a leading Globa...
Guest, McKean and Reiner Join Shearer in “This is Spinal Tap” Fraud Suit Against Vivendi
MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release Issued by: Bell Yard Communications, London O: +44 (0)207 936 2021 M: +44 77755 91244 8 February 2017,...
“This Is Spinal Tap” Co-Creator and “Simpsons” Star Harry Shearer Files Fraud Suit Against Vivendi
18 October 2016, London – Harry Shearer, renowned worldwide for his voicing of 23 characters on the long-running animated television s...
Kingsley Napley LLP
MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release 2 May 2017 Kingsley Napley announces three new partners taking its female partnership ratio to over 5...
Bell Yard joins the PRCA to assist in upholding ethical and educational standards
The PRCA is pleased to announce that Bell Yard has joined the association to assist in upholding ethical and educational standards. Bell Yar...
Come Join Bell Yard – Team Assistant/Office Manager
Applications closing: 23 November 2017 Bell Yard Communications is a small, respected PR firm which focuses on litigation PR and PR for busi...
Top PR – A Man’s Game?
First Published by PR Week 9 October 2017 (http://www.prweek.com/article/1446826/top-pr-industry-mans-game) As an industry, PR is highly inc...
We’ve Hired: Consultant – Account Executive Level
Introduction: Bell Yard Communications is a niche, respected PR agency focusing on litigation PR and PR for businesses and individuals in th...
The future cost of litigation
Behind many a closed door lies a scandal. The Financial Times’ recent exposé of the Presidents Club’s dirty dinner evinced the venom an...
Paradise Papers: reputations unscathed?
With the media sensation surrounding Paradise Papers tempering, talk has turned to the legal and financial consequences of the leak –...
Data breaches: a crib sheet for the Channel Islands
Reports that Appleby’s office in the Isle of Man may have been hacked in the Paradise Papers scandal, in addition to the firm’s office i...
Lawyers’ clients outline bugbears, and words matter
Reading this research commissioned by the Legal Ombudsman, Bell Yard firmly concurs that an early, simple, but genuine “sorry” can do wo...