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Former Shearman & Sterling partner joins Londons Quadrant Chambers 30 April 2021 International arbitration specialist Alexander Uff quits private practice for the Bar Alexander Uff joins Londons Quadrant Chambers set Alexander Uff has left Shearman & Sterling in London to join Quadrant Chambers after more than a decade at the firm. Uff specialises in commercial and investor-state arbitrations – both as counsel and arbitrator – particularly in disputes involving emerging markets and infra...

The row between the EU and AstraZeneca showed no sign of subsiding on Friday, even as the European commission published the terms of the deal struck between the two for millions of doses of the firm’s Covid-19 vaccine. The commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, said it was “crystal clear” that the contract required AstraZeneca to deliver doses produced in the UK to the EU to make up for a shortfall in orders. But the firm has said this is...

Commercial sets back scheme to fund criminal law pupillages 15 December 2020 Sweeting: Bar Council to create post-Brexit common law forum Eight commercial chambers have signed up to a Bar Council scheme to fund criminal law pupillages that would otherwise not be available because of the Covid-19 pandemic. They are following the lead of Keating Chambers, which in September put up £20,000 to fund a pupillage that a criminal set has had to withdraw and incoming Bar Council chair Derek Sweeting QC...

Seven top sets of barristers’ chambers have agreed to fund pupillages that would have been otherwise cancelled due to Covid-19. They follow in the wake of Keating Chambers, which put forward £20,000 in the summer to help fund a criminal Bar pupillage in a bid to offset the financial impact of the pandemic on the criminal bar. The further sets that have now stepped forward are Atkin Chambers, Brick Court Chambers, Twenty Essex, Matrix Chambers, 3 Verulam Buildings, along with a group of membe...