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Commercial Litigation UK

  • June 05, 2025

    TUI Denies Liability For Holidaymakers' Cape Verde Sickness

    Package holiday company TUI has denied responsibility for illnesses contracted by more than 100 vacationers at a hotel in Cape Verde, telling a London court that the travelers might have become ill from going outside the resort.

  • June 05, 2025

    UK Insurers Abusing Dishonesty Defense, Legal Body Warns

    Insurers are using allegations of fraud in a "scattergun" approach in defending against personal injury claims, a legal trade body warned Thursday.

  • June 05, 2025

    Oligarch Can't Appeal Tossed $14B Asset-Stripping Claim

    Imprisoned oligarch Ziyavudin Magomedov cannot challenge a decision to dismiss his $14 billion claim against Transneft, Rostatom, a private equity firm and other entities over an alleged Russian state-led conspiracy to strip his assets in two major port operators, a London appeals court has ordered.

  • June 05, 2025

    JPMorgan Blocks VTB's Russian Case Over Frozen $156M

    JPMorgan won its fight on Thursday to block VTB Bank from bringing a $156 million case in Russia over frozen funds, as a London court ruled that the Russian lender's claims were "vexatious and oppressive."

  • June 04, 2025

    Croatia Says $236M Intra-EU Award Can't Be Enforced

    Croatia has urged a D.C. federal court not to enforce a $236 million arbitral award issued to a Hungarian energy company, saying it is unenforceable despite a D.C. Circuit decision last year leaving the door open for federal courts to enforce intra-European Union awards.

  • June 04, 2025

    Spain Pays $27M Renewable Energy Incentive Scheme Award

    In what appears to be a first of its kind development, Spain has paid a €23.5 million ($26.8 million) arbitral award owed to Blasket Renewable Investments LLC after the country dialed back a series of economic incentives aimed at encouraging renewable energy projects.

  • June 04, 2025

    DWF Argues Privacy Claim A Litigation Ploy At Trial

    DWF Law LLP argued at trial Wednesday that a claim by three people that the law firm unlawfully shared their health data was only brought to "secure an advantage" for their lawyers in separate proceedings against insurers.

  • June 04, 2025

    VTB Bank Unit Beats 'Thinnest Possible' Corporate Raid Case

    A British unit of Russian state-owned VTB Bank has beaten claims in a London court that it was part of a Kremlin-approved corporate raid, with a judge ruling that a steel businessman's evidence against the lender was "the thinnest possible gruel."

  • June 04, 2025

    SFO Reveals £21M Spent On Lawyers In ENRC Court Battles

    The Serious Fraud Office has spent more than £21 million ($28 million) on lawyers fighting its legal battle against Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. over the prosecutor's alleged abuse of its authority during an ill-fated criminal probe of the mining giant.

  • June 04, 2025

    Billionaire Defends Asset Freeze Amid $415M Fraud Case

    Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego on Wednesday told a London appeals court Wednesday that a man who allegedly defrauded him out of more than $415 million was "grasping at straws" in an attempt to escape an asset-freezing order. 

  • June 04, 2025

    Ex-Law Firm Director Denies Misusing Loan Amid Insolvency

    A former director of defunct law firm One Legal Services Ltd. denied claims on Wednesday that he had unlawfully paid himself up to £101,000 ($88,300) in director's loans after the firm collapsed, saying he acted on the advice of an administrator.

  • June 04, 2025

    UK Mortgage 'Coercion' Ruling Raises Bank Liability Risk

    A decision by the U.K. Supreme Court on Wednesday could substantially increase the liability on mortgage lenders to undertake checks on their customers, raising implications for repossessions in a move that is likely to require new rules from the Financial Conduct Authority, according to lawyers.

  • June 04, 2025

    Consultancy Sues Ex-Director For £3.6M Over Client Poaching

    A consulting firm has accused its former director of causing it to lose out on £3.6 million ($4.8 million) in revenue, arguing in a London court that his synced email calendar revealed he had conspired to steal clients.

  • June 04, 2025

    Ex-Amazon Warehouse Worker Scrapes Win Over Health Bias

    Amazon's U.K. branch has dodged most of the disability discrimination allegations brought by a former warehouse worker, with a tribunal finding that his dismissal was justified even though the company committed a misstep in how it handled his extended medical absence.

  • June 04, 2025

    Pharma Biz Denies Infringing Rival's Blood Pressure Patent

    Roma Pharmaceuticals has fought back against claims that it infringed SyriMed's blood pressure treatment patent, claiming that its rival should not have received protections because the drug was not new.

  • June 04, 2025

    Chef Wins £13K After Hotel Missed Mental Health In Firing

    An employment tribunal has awarded a chef £13,000 ($18,000) after ruling that a spa hotel failed to accommodate her disabilities during a disciplinary probe over a foul-mouthed argument — but said the company was justified in firing her.

  • June 04, 2025

    Knight Frank Can't Chuck Home REIT Fund's Conspiracy Case

    Knight Frank LLP has failed to convince a London court to toss a Home REIT sister fund's allegedly "speculative" claims of procuring breach of contract, unlawful means conspiracy and negligence over the global real estate consultancy's property valuation services.

  • June 04, 2025

    UK Bank Failed To Spot Coercion In Mortgage Case

    Britain's highest court ruled on Wednesday that a bank had a duty to check whether a woman was under the undue influence of her partner when she took out a mortgage that would be used partly to pay off her partner's debts.

  • June 03, 2025

    Irish Court Says US Co.'s Irish Units Not Owed Treaty Benefits

    Three Irish subsidiaries cannot benefit from the U.S.-Ireland tax treaty's provision of equally favorable treatment between U.S. and Irish residents because their ultimate parent entity, a Delaware financial firm, is disregarded for U.S. tax purposes, Ireland's Court of Appeal said in a judgment.

  • June 03, 2025

    Insurer Seeks £34M From Cigna For Missold PPI Complaints

    PA (GI) Ltd. said it is entitled to recover from Cigna more than £34 million ($46 million) it has spent dealing with missold payment protection insurance claims, arguing at trial on Tuesday that it dealt with those complaints in the "fairest" and "most cost-effective" way.

  • June 03, 2025

    3 Key Takeaways From The UK's Litigation Funding Review

    A government-backed review has set out 58 recommendations to reform the litigation funding sector in England and Wales, in a move that could deliver a significant boost to third-party funders after two years of uncertainty.

  • June 03, 2025

    HS2 To Pay £319K Over Whistleblower's Exclusion

    The company behind high-speed rail project HS2 has agreed to pay a former analyst more than £319,000 ($431,500) after he accused the company of excluding him from two roles following his warning that cost forecasts were being manipulated to secure funding.

  • June 03, 2025

    SRA Accuses Solicitor Of 'Antisemitic' And 'Offensive' Tweets

    The solicitors' watchdog accused a lawyer on Tuesday of making comments on social media that were "offensive" and "antisemitic" and which undermined the public trust in the legal profession.

  • June 03, 2025

    Ex-Managing Partner Loses Appeal To Ax £210K Costs Bill

    The former managing partner of a Yorkshire law firm on Tuesday lost his appeal against a £210,000 ($284,000) costs bill stemming from an earlier ruling that he hid information while off work with cancer to inflate his income.

  • June 03, 2025

    Pogust Goodhead Fired Staffer Over Conduct, Tribunal Finds

    An employment tribunal has ruled that Pogust Goodhead fired a client services supervisor because of her "extraordinary and alarming" behavior during a meeting rather than as a result of her multiple sclerosis condition, rejecting her discrimination claim.

Expert Analysis

  • Unpacking The Building Safety Act's Industry Overhaul

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    Recent updates to the Building Safety Act introduce a new principal designer role and longer limitation periods for defects claims, ushering in new compliance challenges for construction industry stakeholders to navigate, as well as a need to affirm that their insurance arrangements provide adequate protection, say Zoe Eastell and Zack Gould-Wilson at RPC.

  • Prompt Engineering Skills Are Changing The Legal Profession

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    With a focus on higher-value work as repetitive tasks are delegated to artificial intelligence, legal roles are set to become more inspiring, and lawyers need not fear the rising demand for prompt engineers that is altering the technology-enabled legal environment, say Eric Crawley, Shah Karim and Paul O’Hagan at Epiq Legal.

  • Opinion

    UK Whistleblowers Flock To The US For Good Reason

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    The U.K. Serious Fraud Office director recently brought renewed attention to the differences between the U.K. and U.S. whistleblower regimes — differences that may make reporting to U.S. agencies a better and safer option for U.K. whistleblowers, and show why U.K. whistleblower laws need to be improved, say Benjamin Calitri and Kate Reeves at Kohn Kohn.

  • 4 Legal Privilege Lessons From Dechert Disclosure Ruling

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    The Court of Appeal's recent decision in Al Sadeq v. Dechert LLP, finding that evidence may have been incorrectly withheld, provides welcome clarification of the scope of legal professional privilege, including the application of the iniquity exception, says Tim Knight at Travers Smith.

  • BT Case May Shape UK Class Action Landscape

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    The first opt-out collective action trial commenced in Le Patourel v. BT in the U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal last month, regarding BT's abuse of dominance by overcharging millions of customers, will likely provide clarification on damages and funder returns in collective actions, which could significantly affect the class action regime, say lawyers at RPC.

  • Key Points From EC Economic Security Screening Initiatives

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    Lawyers at Herbert Smith analyze the European Commission's five recently announced initiatives aimed at de-risking the EU's trade and investment links with third countries, including the implementation of mandatory screening mechanisms and extending coverage to investments made by EU companies that are controlled subsidiaries of non-EU investors.

  • Following The Road Map Toward Quantum Security

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    With the Financial Conduct Authority’s recent publication of a white paper on a quantum-secure financial sector, firms should begin to consider the quantum transition early — before the process is driven by regulatory obligations — with the goal of developing a cybersecurity architecture that is agile while also allowing for quantum security, say lawyers at Cleary.

  • Why EU Ruling On Beneficial Ownership May Affect The UK

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    Following the EU judgment in Sovim v. Luxembourg that public access to beneficial ownership information conflicts with data protection rights, several British overseas territories and dependencies have recently reversed their commitment to introduce unrestricted access, and challenges to the U.K.’s liberal stance may be on the cards, says Rupert Cullen at Allectus Law.

  • Opinion

    Labour Should Reconsider Its Discrimination Law Plans

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    While the Labour Party's recent proposals allowing equal pay claims based on ethnicity and disability, and introducing dual discrimination, have laudable intentions and bring some advantages, they are not the right path forward as the changes complicate the discrimination claim process for employees, say Colin Leckey and Tarun Tawakley at Lewis Silkin.

  • AI Is Outpacing IP Law Frameworks

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    In Thaler v. Comptroller-General, the U.K. Supreme Court recently ruled that artificial intelligence can't be an inventor, but the discussion on the relationship between AI and intellectual property law is far from over, and it's clear that technology is developing faster than the legal framework, says Stephen Carter at The ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Works.

  • Tracing The History Of LGBTQ+ Rights In The Workplace

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    Pride History month is a timely reminder of how recent developments have shaped LGBTQ+ employees' rights in the workplace today, and what employers can do to ensure that employees are protected from discrimination, including creating safe workplace cultures and promoting allyship, say Caitlin Farrar and Jessica Bennett at Farrer.

  • Ruling In FCA Case Offers Tips On Flexible Work Requests

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    In Wilson v. Financial Conduct Authority, the Employment Tribunal recently found that the regulator's rejection of a remote work request was justified, highlighting for employers factors that affect flexible work request outcomes, while emphasizing that individual inquiries should be considered on the specific facts, say Frances Rollin, Ella Tunnell and Kerry Garcia at Stevens & Bolton.

  • Pension Scheme Ruling Elucidates Conversion Issues

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    In Newell Trustees v. Newell Rubbermaid UK Services, the High Court recently upheld a pension plan's conversion of final salary benefits to money purchase benefits, a welcome conclusion that considered several notable issues, such as how to construe pension deeds and when contracts made outside scheme rules can determine benefits, say Ian Gordon and Jamie Barnett at Gowling.

  • New Fraud Prevention Offense May Not Make Much Difference

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    By targeting only large organizations, the Economic Crime Act's new failure to prevent fraud offense is striking in that, despite its breadth, it will affect so few companies, and is therefore unlikely to help ordinary victims, says Andrew Smith at Corker Binning.

  • Aldi Design Infringement Case Highlights Assessment Issues

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    The forthcoming English Court of Appeal decision in Marks and Spencer v. Aldi, regarding the alleged infringement of design rights, could provide practitioners with new guidance, particularly in relation to the relevant date for assessment of infringement and the weight that should be attributed to certain design elements in making this assessment, say Rory Graham and Georgia Davis at RPC.

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