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Commercial Litigation UK

  • May 23, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen Nestlé hit with an intellectual property claim by a pet insurance company, VTB Capital bring a breach of contract lawsuit against J.P. Morgan Securities, and Société Générale's former chief executive face litigation from an Italian entrepreneur.

  • May 23, 2025

    Chubb Denies £1.2M Claim Over NYT Journalist's Crash

    Chubb has denied having to pay £1.2 million ($1.6 million) in a reinsurance chain following a settlement of claims brought by a woman who was injured in a car crash while being driven by a New York Times journalist in Scotland.

  • May 23, 2025

    Investment Manager Accused Of Hiding 'Disastrous' Losses

    A London-based investment manager has been sued for more than €8.1 million ($9.2 million) over its allegedly reckless and high-risk handling of a trust's money and fraudulent covering-up of the resulting "disastrous" losses.

  • May 23, 2025

    Latham, HSF Pros Tapped For LCIA Court

    The London Court of International Arbitration has made a series of new appointments to its court of arbitration, including a solicitor-advocate in Latham & Watkins LLP's London office and Herbert Smith Freehills LLP's managing partner in Singapore.

  • May 23, 2025

    Belgian Tax Break Denials Don't Break EU Rules, ECJ Advised

    Belgium isn't breaking with European Union law by denying companies tax deductions under controlled foreign corporation rules, an adviser to the EU's top court said in an opinion.

  • May 23, 2025

    Ex-VP Sues FuturU For £2.5M For Job Contract Breaches

    A former chief product officer has sued two technology companies for £2.5 million ($3.4 million), accusing them of breaching her contract when she was fired shortly after she began her job and alleging that it had caused "significant disruption" to her career.

  • May 23, 2025

    Tortoise Media Loses Bid For Details On Tory Leadership Vote

    Tortoise Media Ltd. lost its bid on Friday to force the Conservative Party to reveal information about how it elects its leaders, as an appeals court ruled that the party's internal elections are not public actions open to judicial scrutiny.

  • May 23, 2025

    Accounting Firm Says Business Partner Embezzled £850K

    An accounting firm has accused a business partner of embezzling at least £850,000 ($1.1 million), telling a London court that there was a conspiracy to harm the business.

  • May 23, 2025

    Tech Firm Settles £18.4M Acquisition Claim

    A consumer technology business has settled its £18.4 million ($25 million) claim over its purchase of an online retailer, in which it alleged that the owners of the digital platform had fraudulently represented its finances as healthier than they were.

  • May 23, 2025

    BVI Firm Settles £8.5M Fraud Case Over Property Transfer

    A company registered in the British Virgin Islands has settled its £8.5 million ($11.5 million) fraud case against a debtor, ending its fight for a court declaration that the transfer of a property was done to hinder its chances of clawing back money it was owed.

  • May 22, 2025

    Hungarian Co. Fights Croatia Delay Bid In $236M Award Case

    A Hungarian energy company has urged a D.C. federal court to nix Croatia's bid to stay a lawsuit aimed at enforcing a $236 million arbitral award against the country a month after it lost a motion to dismiss the suit.

  • May 22, 2025

    Tory Donor Battles BBC Over Corruption Libel Defense

    Telecoms magnate and Conservative Party donor Mohamed Amersi urged a London judge Thursday to throw out part of the BBC's defense over what he asserts are the corporation's "baseless factual assertions," in the latest stage of his high-profile libel claim.

  • May 22, 2025

    Next Challenges Workers' £30M Equal Pay Win

    High street fashion chain Next argued Thursday that a decision siding with thousands of female shop workers in an equal pay dispute ignored the company's legitimate need to offer more to recruit and retain its predominantly male warehouse workforce.

  • May 22, 2025

    Pogust Goodhead Sued In Brazil Over 'Abusive' Retainers

    Brazilian prosecutors have accused Pogust Goodhead of inserting "abusive" clauses into the retainers of the clients it is representing in a £36 billion ($48 billion) claim over the collapse of the Fundão Dam in Brazil.

  • May 22, 2025

    Campaigners Fight £200M Wimbledon Tennis Expansion Plan

    A campaign group has hit back against the bid by the owner of the venue that hosts the Wimbledon tennis championships to forge ahead with a 38-court expansion project, arguing that the land on which it intends to build should remain open to the public.

  • May 22, 2025

    Lawyer Denies Aiding Undercover Reporter's Fake Asylum Bid

    A former law firm manager told a London tribunal Thursday that he denied trying to help an undercover journalist to make a bogus asylum application by suggesting they fabricate claims of persecution.

  • May 22, 2025

    UK Gov't Denies Exploiting BA Flight For 1990 Kuwait Intel Op

    The government has denied intentionally exploiting a commercial British Airways flight to insert military intelligence operatives into Kuwait just before the Iraq invaded its neighbor in 1990, but admitted it cannot be ruled out that unidentified officers were on board by coincidence.

  • May 22, 2025

    Sandoz Ordered To Recall Diabetes Drug In AstraZeneca Fight

    A London judge has ordered Sandoz to recall a specific diabetes medicine, as AstraZeneca fights to stop generic-drug makers from imminently releasing variants of its billion-dollar treatment.

  • May 22, 2025

    EY Says NMC Health Obstructed Detection Of £2B Fraud

    NMC Health "frustrated and obstructed" EY's ability to detect widespread fraud at the healthcare chain, lawyers for the Big Four firm said in its defense against a £2 billion ($2.7 billion) High Court claim Thursday.

  • May 22, 2025

    Marsh Settles $143M Claim Over Losses In Greensill Collapse

    Marsh has reached settlement in a claim of almost $143 million with investment firm White Oak, which had alleged that the insurance broker misled it when selling cover for investments in Greensill Capital, a financing firm that collapsed in 2021.

  • May 21, 2025

    Petrofac Wins Approval For $355M Plan To Dodge Liquidation

    British energy services company Petrofact Ltd. has won approval of a $355 million restructuring deal to save it from liquidation, with a London court rejecting arguments from a group of creditors that the deal was unfair.

  • May 21, 2025

    Phone Operators Deny Collusion In Phones 4u Appeal

    Major mobile phone operators urged an appeals court on Wednesday to uphold a finding clearing them of engaging in anticompetitive conduct in order to drive retailer Phones 4u out of business.

  • May 21, 2025

    Ty Can't Nix Distributor's 'Glubschi' TM Over Bad Faith

    A European court on Wednesday rejected Beanie Baby maker Ty's bid to block a former business partner from selling stuffed toys using the trademark "Glubschi," concluding that the distributor had actually filed the applications for Ty's benefit. 

  • May 21, 2025

    Finance Worker Who Stole Secret Docs Can't Claim Notice Pay

    A clearing bank was within its rights to sack a finance manager without notice pay after he breached his contract by sending confidential information to his personal email address, a tribunal has ruled.

  • May 21, 2025

    TUI Denies Causing Guests' Food Poisoning At 5-Star Hotel

    TUI has denied a £200,000 ($269,000) claim that it caused 300 travelers to suffer gastric illnesses on its package holidays, saying that the five-star Cape Verde hotel which allegedly served contaminated food had good hygiene standards.

Expert Analysis

  • Incontinence Drug Ruling Offers Key Patent Drafting Lessons

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    In a long-awaited decision in Astellas v. Teva and Sandoz, an English court found that the patent for a drug used to treat overactive bladder syndrome had not been infringed, highlighting the interaction between patent drafting and litigation strategy, and why claim infringement is as important a consideration as validity, says George McCubbin at Herbert Smith.

  • RSA Insurance Ruling Clarifies Definition Of 'Insured Loss'

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    A London appeals court's recent ruling in Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance v. Tughans, that the insurer must provide coverage for a liability that included the law firm's fees, shows that a claim for the recovery of fees paid to a firm can constitute an insured loss, say James Roberts and Sophia Hanif at Clyde & Co.

  • Putin Ruling May Have Unintended Sanctions Consequences

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    By widening the scope of control, the Court of Appeal's recent judgment in Mints v. PJSC opens the possibility that everything in Russia could be deemed to be controlled by President Vladimir Putin, which would significantly expand the U.K.'s sanctions regime in unintended ways, say attorneys at Greenberg Traurig.

  • EPO Decision Significantly Relaxes Patent Priority Approach

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    In a welcome development for patent applicants, a recent European Patent Office decision redefines the way that entitlement to priority is assessed, significantly relaxing the previous approach and making challenges to the right to priority in post-grant opposition proceedings far more difficult, say lawyers at Finnegan.

  • Landmark EU Climate Case May Shape Future Disputes

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    The European Court of Human Rights' recent hearing in its first-ever climate change case Agostinho v. Portugal, concerning human rights violation claims due to countries' failure to curb emissions, may develop the law on admissibility and guide future climate disputes before domestic courts, say Stefanie Spancken-Monz and Leane Meyer at Freshfields.

  • Bias Claim Highlights Need For Menopause Support Policies

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    The recent U.K. Employment Tribunal case Rooney v. Leicester City Council, concerning a menopause discrimination claim, illustrates the importance of support policies that should feed into an organization's wider diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging strategies, say Ellie Gelder, Kelly Thomson and Victoria Othen at RPC.

  • UK Case Offers Lessons On Hiring Accommodations

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    The U.K. Employment Appeal Tribunal recently ruled in Aecom v. Mallon that an employer had failed to make reasonable adjustments to an online application for an applicant with a disability, highlighting that this obligation starts from the earliest point of the recruitment process, say Nishma Chudasama and Emily Morrison at SA Law.

  • Shifting From Technical To Clear Insurance Contract Wordings

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    Recent developments on insurance policies, including the Financial Conduct Authority's new consumer duty, represent a major shift for insurers and highlight the importance of drafting policies that actively improve understanding, rather than shift the onus onto the end user, say Tamsin Hyland and Jonathan Charwat at RPC.

  • A Case For The Green Investment Regime Under The ECT

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    The EU and U.K.'s potential plans to exit the Energy Charter Treaty, which has been criticized as protecting fossil fuel investments to the detriment of energy transition, ignore the significant strides taken to modernize the treaty and its ability to promote investment in cleaner energy forms, say Amy Frey and Simon Maynard at King & Spalding.

  • How Employers Can Support Neurodiversity In The Workplace

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    A recent run of cases emphasize employers' duties to make reasonable adjustments for neurodiverse employees under the Equalities Act, illustrating the importance of investing in staff education and listening to neurodivergent workers to improve recruitment, retention and productivity in the workplace, say Anna Henderson and Tim Leaver at Herbert Smith.

  • What's In The Plan To Boost Germany's Commercial Litigation

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    Lawyers at Cleary discuss Germany's recent draft bill, which establishes commercial courts and introduces English as a court language in civil proceedings, and analyze whether it accomplishes the country's goal of becoming a more attractive venue for commercial litigation.

  • What To Consider When Making Brand Sustainability Claims

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    A recent KMPG report shows that while consumers are actively seeking out sustainable products, most will also avoid brands caught misleading customers about their sustainable credentials, meaning companies must walk a fine line between promoting and exaggerating sustainability claims, says Iona Silverman at Freeths.

  • Retained EU Law Act Puts Employment Rights Into Question

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    The recent announcement that the equal pay for equal work provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU would not be repealed by the U.K. Retained EU Law Act has created uncertainty as to whether key employment rights will be vulnerable to challenge, say Nick Marshall and Louise Mason at Linklaters.

  • In Balancing Commerce And Privacy Interests, Consent Is Key

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    Although the European Commission's recent adoption of the EU-U.S. data privacy framework will make the use of tracking services with pixels easier, it highlights the significance of website visitor consent and the need for enterprises to provide users with complete and transparent information while adhering to all data protection regulations, say Áron Hegyi and Máté Dura at Schönherr.

  • UK Mozambique Ruling Will Have Int'l Ramifications

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    The recent U.K. Supreme Court judgment in Mozambique v. Privinvest considered for the first time stay proceedings under the Arbitration Act, offering guidance on whether claims are a "matter" within the scope of an arbitration clause, which could become a point of reference for foreign courts in the future, say lawyers at Herbert Smith.

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