Activision Blizzard isn't accepting this decision without an expensive fight.
). Lord David Pannick KC of Blackstone Chambers is viewed as one of the great barristers of his time, with former clients including Queen Elizabeth II. Most recently he was in the news for advising the disgraced former Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the partygate scandal .
Hiring Lord Pannick is, in a UK legal context, the most serious statement of intent it could make. The guy is as high profile and successful as they come. Among many other things, Pannick represented Gina Miller in two Brexit-related victories against the UK government, one of which in 2019 saw the Supreme Court ruling that Johnson’s prorogation of parliament was unlawful.
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