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September 19, 2025
EU Finalizes Pact To Block Intra-EU Energy Charter Claims
Lawmakers in the European Union have adopted a decision agreeing that the Energy Charter Treaty's arbitration clause "cannot and never could serve as a legal basis for intra-EU arbitration proceedings."
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September 19, 2025
Deutsche Bank Vows To Fight Ex-Staff Over Milan Convictions
Deutsche Bank denied on Friday the incoming London claims of five former employees seeking hundreds of millions of pounds in damages over their now-overturned convictions for aiding false accounting and market manipulation.
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September 19, 2025
Gilead Fights Chinese Research Institute Over COVID Patent
American biopharmaceutical company Gilead is asking a London court to ax a Chinese military research institute's patent for a COVID-19 treatment, arguing that the drug was not a patentable invention.
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September 19, 2025
Ex-Havilland CEO Denies Involvement In Qatari Bond Plan
The former chief executive of Banque Havilland's U.K. branch said Friday at a London tribunal that he had not been involved in a plan to de-peg Qatar's currency from the dollar during a trade embargo, saying he had not instructed a junior employee to create a presentation outlining it.
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September 19, 2025
Ex-Simmons Partner Can't Speed Up Labour Candidacy Feud
A former Simmons & Simmons LLP partner cannot accelerate his claim against the Labour Party over its decision to block his bid for election to a local council, a London court said in an order made public Friday.
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September 19, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen brokerage firm ADS Securities file a fresh claim against German entrepreneur Lars Windhorst, AmTrust and Endurance Worldwide Insurance tackle an ongoing £50 million ($67 million) dispute over a failed litigation and insurance scheme, and Howard Kennedy LLP sue the son of a diamond tycoon over a £3.1 million legal bill.Â
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September 19, 2025
Actor Seeks Extra Time For Assault Claims Against Spacey
British actor Ruari Cannon has asked a London court to override time limits for sexual assault claims against Kevin Spacey, arguing he only felt able to bring his claim after others made allegations.Â
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September 19, 2025
AmTrust, Novitas Settle £56M Litigation Funding Dispute
A legal loans company has settled its £56 million ($76 million) claim against AmTrust over who should cover the costs of a failed litigation funding scheme, a lawyer for the insurance giant told a court Friday.
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September 19, 2025
PR Pro Called 'Disorganized' Wins Disability Bias Case
An employment tribunal has ruled that a PR company forced one of its staffers to quit, discriminated against her for having a disability and harassed her by telling her that others could perceive her as "disorganized or uncommitted."
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September 19, 2025
Entain Sues Matched Betting Biz Over TM Infringement
The owner of the Ladbrokes and Bwin gambling websites has sued a company that provides paying members with tools to maximize betting returns, accusing it of infringing its IP by displaying its trademarks and logos.Â
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September 19, 2025
US-Based MSD Must Pay £6M For Use Of 'Merck' In UK
A London court on Friday ordered the pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC to pay its German namesake, Merck KGaA, at least £5.7 million ($7.7 million) after it violated a long-standing agreement restricting its use of their shared "Merck" name in the U.K.
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September 19, 2025
Trowers Targets Avison Young For Lease-Renewal Failures
Trowers & Hamlins has hit back at a claim that it bungled the renewal of a skip company's commercial lease, arguing that it was not instructed to do so and that either the waste haulage business or Avison Young was to blame.
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September 19, 2025
TUI Rejects 64 Tourists' Claims Over Hotel Illness Outbreak
Package holiday company TUI UK Ltd. has denied responsibility for 64 holidaymakers falling ill at an all-inclusive family resort in Cape Verde, claiming that the standards at the hotel were "good and consistent" with its four-star rating.
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September 19, 2025
SRA Eyes Stricter Rules On Litigation-Funding Practices
The Solicitors Regulation Authority called for responses from the legal profession on Friday to help it understand consumer risks in litigation-funding for high-volume claims, following the collapse of SSB Group in 2024.Â
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September 18, 2025
Think Tank Wants Funders To Bear Costs In Bid To Curb CPOs
A British think tank pushed for changes on Thursday that could reduce the number of U.K. class action claims that go forward, in anticipation of a major government review of the collective proceedings regime.
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September 18, 2025
HSBC Analyst Launches Libel Case Over Online Posts
An HSBC analyst has accused a company and its director of defaming him by making false allegations that the analyst was a "serial cheater" and liar who had refused to pay £50,000 ($68,000) debts.
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September 18, 2025
Ex-AllSaints Chair Spared Prison For Contempt Of Court
A court in London has handed the former chairman of AllSaints a suspended prison sentence for contempt of court by breaching a court order and claiming an interest in shares in the high street fashion chain after his fraud allegations were rejected.
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September 18, 2025
Ex-Havilland CEO To Testify In Qatar Dispute With FCA
Ex-Banque Havilland SA chief executive Edmund Rowland is due to testify in a dispute with the U.K.'s financial regulator over fines imposed for an alleged scheme to de-peg Qatar's currency from the dollar during a trade embargo, a London tribunal heard Thursday.
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September 18, 2025
Bird & Bird Opens Lisbon Office, Expanding Iberian Reach
Bird & Bird LLP said Thursday that it has hired a new team in Portugal to open an office in Lisbon, strengthening its position in the wider Iberian market after expanding its footprint in Japan and Saudi Arabia in recent years.
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September 18, 2025
Racecourse Assoc. Beats Pregnancy Bias Claim For 2nd Time
A tribunal has rejected an accountant's latest attempt to prove that a racecourse trade body discriminated against her when it dismissed her from the company during maternity leave.
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September 18, 2025
Former JP Morgan Employee Revives Unfair Firing Claim
A former member of staff at J.P. Morgan has revived his unfair dismissal claims against the bank, even though he withdrew them in "unequivocal terms," after an employment tribunal ruled that it was only fair because he was not represented and had made an error.Â
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September 18, 2025
Carter-Ruck Hired By CryptoQueen 'In Furtherance Of Fraud'
Fugitive cryptocurrency scammer Ruja Ignatova instructed Carter-Ruck "in furtherance of fraud," and therefore legal filings linked to the prosecution by the Solicitors Regulation Authority of a partner at the law firm must be made public, a tribunal has ruled.
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September 18, 2025
Allied World Denies Liability In £3M 'Ponzi Scheme' Dispute
An insurer has argued that it does not have to indemnify the liquidators of the business behind an investment plan for more than £3 million ($4 million), arguing there is no evidence that the investment was a Ponzi scheme.
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September 17, 2025
Investors Want Third Round Of Sanctions Against Romania
Swedish investors involved in a long-running arbitration row with the Romanian government are asking a D.C. federal judge for a third round of sanctions against the country, saying it still has not answered discovery orders intended to illuminate its assets and help enforce a $356 million award for the brothers.
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September 17, 2025
Generali Denies £2M Claim Over Astellas Worker's Alzheimer's
Generali Group has denied unreasonably refusing to pay out almost £2 million ($2.7 million) to Astellas on an income protection policy for a staffer with Alzheimer's disease, arguing that the employee did not become unable to work before the policy ended.
Expert Analysis
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What UK's New Prosecution Guidance Means For Compliance
Recent guidance from the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office and Crown Prosecution Service, aligning their approach with the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, offers a timely prompt for corporate boards and legal teams to update their risk management frameworks, say lawyers at Signature Litigation.
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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: ICSID Enforcement In Australia
The Federal Court of Australia recently ruled for award creditors in Blasket Renewable Investments v. Spain in a judgment that explains how Australia's statute book operationalizes the promise of depoliticized enforcement under the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes Convention while accommodating, without yielding to, the centrifugal forces of European Union law, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.
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How AI May Have Made A Difference In Monzo Bank Breaches
Artificial intelligence tools have the capabilities needed to keep pace with increasingly sophisticated threats, and such tools might have helped prevent the anti-money laundering failures that led to the recent £21.1 million fine against Monzo Bank, says Alexander Vilardo at Howard Kennedy.
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Charting A Course For The UK's Transition From Paper Shares
The recent report from the U.K.'s Digitisation Taskforce, recommending modernization of how shares in U.K.-listed companies are held, makes it clear that while moving from paper shares to an intermediated system is a positive step, the transition will not be without complications, say lawyers at HSF Kramer.
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Irish Ruling Presents Road Map For Evaluating Jurisdiction
With its recent decision in Petersen Energia Inversora v. The Argentine Republic, the Dublin Commercial High Court has delivered a judgment of conspicuous clarity on the frontiers of Ireland's service-out jurisdiction for the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray’s Inn.
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UK's 1st ICSID Claim Shows Bilateral Investment Treaty Reach
For the first time, the U.K. is facing a claim under the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes Convention, underscoring the broader reality that treaty protections are no longer confined to investors in emerging markets, says Philipp Kurek at Signature Litigation.
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Opinion
Further Anti-SLAPP Reform Is Needed To Protect Free Speech
New provisions aimed at combating strategic lawsuits against public participation recently came into effect in the U.K., but in applying only to economic crime-related information, the definition of a SLAPP is too narrow to prevent instigators bringing claims to silence public criticism, says Sadie Whittam at Lancaster University.
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Exploring Key Features Of New Frankfurt Commercial Court
The recently established Frankfurt Commercial Court and Commercial Chambers, which offer proceedings in English and experienced commercial judges, are designed to handle complex, high-value and cross-border disputes, marking a significant step forward in the modernization of Germany's civil justice system, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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Petrofac Ruling Shifts Focus To Fairness In Restructurings
The recent Court of Appeal overturning of Petrofac's restructuring plans demonstrates a change of direction that will allow previously ignored out-of-the-money creditors a share in the benefits, and means companies must review the fair treatment of different creditor classes, say lawyers at King & Spalding.
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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: A Battle For Arbitral Voice
The English Commercial Court's recent decision in Republic of India v. CC/Devas, although procedural in form, reflects a significant chapter in the ongoing struggle between arbitral autonomy and sovereign intervention, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn Square Chambers.
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How Top Court Ruling Limits Scope Of Motor Finance Claims
The U.K. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in a landmark case concerning car finance commissions clarifies when and how a dealership’s fiduciary duties arise, considerably narrowing that path for mass consumer litigation and highlighting how an upcoming Financial Conduct Authority redress scheme will seek to balance consumer, lender and market interests, say lawyers at Cadwalader.
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Why Leveson Review Is Significant For UK Court System
Brian Leveson’s recent review into the U.K. criminal justice system calls for judge-only trials in serious and complex fraud cases, a controversial recommendation that is sparking debate over the future of jury trials, says Louise Hodges at Kingsley Napley.
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High Court Elects Substance Over Form In Arbitration Dispute
The High Court recently found that an arbitral tribunal has jurisdiction over the dispute in Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority v. India, underscoring the importance of aligning treaty interpretation with the goal of fostering investment, while rejecting interpretations that unduly limit investor protections, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.
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French Plans For Call-In Powers Signal More Merger Scrutiny
The French Competition Authority’s intention to draft a call-in mechanism for below-threshold transactions demonstrates a growing appetite to expand national investigation tools that will require a balance of effective control and legal certainty to reduce the burden on merging companies, say lawyers at Linklaters.
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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: UK Injunctions Across Borders
A recent High Court of Justice decision allowing JPMorgan Chase Bank to block VTB Bank from bringing suit in a Russian court provides a seminal reflection on the power of English courts to issue antisuit injunctions when global banking disputes increasingly straddle multiple jurisdictions, says Josep Galvez of 4-5 Gray's Inn.