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Commercial Litigation UK

  • August 26, 2025

    Lloyd's Insurer Beats Manager's Whistleblower Appeal

    A Lloyd's syndicate has beaten an underwriter's attempt to resurrect his whistleblowing claim over alleged fraud after a London appellate tribunal didn't see any legal errors in a lower tribunal's analysis of his case.

  • August 26, 2025

    Poundland Wins Green Light For £95M Restructuring Plan

    Poundland won approval for a £95.2 million ($128.4 million) restructuring plan to bring it back from the brink of administration on Tuesday, less than three months after the ailing budget retailer was sold for just £1.

  • August 26, 2025

    Ex-Irwin Mitchell Lawyer Barred For Inflating Billable Hours

    A former senior associate at Irwin Mitchell LLP has been barred from practicing for claiming she had spent more time on client work than she actually did as she said she was struggling to hit targets for billable hours.

  • August 22, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen football manager Bruno Lage sue the owner of Olympique Lyonnais and Botafogo football clubs, luxury fashion brand Christian Dior Couture target a jewelry business trading under the same name, and a Russian motorsports promoter take action against Formula One after it canceled its Russian Grand Prix in 2022.

  • August 22, 2025

    Juice Bar Claims Rival Misused 'Boost' TM For Years

    A juice bar company has alleged that a rival used its registered "Boost" trademark for almost four years to promote and sell drinks that were identical to its own.

  • August 22, 2025

    Police Officers Win Bid To Revive GDPR Breach Claims

    A group of police officers can revive their group action over their annual pension statements being posted to the wrong address, as an appeals court found on Friday that the error had breached their rights to privacy.

  • August 22, 2025

    Developer Ends £2.4M Claim Against Demolition Cartel

    Building developer Circadian has dropped a £2.4 million ($3.2 million) damages claim accusing three linked demolition companies of conspiring to drive up the prices of their services, documents published by the Competition Appeal Tribunal show.

  • August 22, 2025

    Sky Loses Fight To Avoid Telling Customers Of Contracts' End

    A London appeals court concluded on Friday that Sky UK Ltd. must tell customers when their minimum contract period is ending for its pay-TV services because it ensures that Ofcom can more effectively regulate the market for transmission services.

  • August 22, 2025

    Solicitor Cleared Of Misconduct Over Misleading Clients

    A solicitor accused of misleading clients for months about the outcome of a hearing he had lost was cleared of misconduct by a tribunal Friday.

  • August 22, 2025

    Guardian Beats Star's Libel Case Over 'Sexual Predator' Story

    The publisher of The Guardian newspaper defeated a libel claim brought by actor Noel Clarke as a London court found on Friday that there were strong grounds to believe that allegations in new articles featuring claims of sexual misconduct were substantially true. 

  • August 21, 2025

    Ineos Blames Tottenham's Audi Talks For Sponsorship Exit

    Ineos Automotive Ltd. has denied owing Tottenham Hotspur FC almost £11.2 million ($15 million) for dropping out of a sponsorship deal early, claiming it was entitled to do so after the football club started negotiating a similar agreement with Audi.

  • August 21, 2025

    Solicitor Denies Intentionally Misleading Clients About Case

    A solicitor accused of misleading clients for months about the outcome of a hearing he had lost told a tribunal on Thursday that he genuinely believed there had not been a final decision on the case.

  • August 21, 2025

    UK May Scale Back CPO Regime Amid Pressure From BigTech

    Britain's class action regime could be pared back as part of a government review amid pressure from BigTech companies facing multiple, costly claims and as economic growth slows, lawyers say.

  • August 21, 2025

    Injury Firm Seeks Guidance On Payouts For Trans Claimants

    A personal injury law firm called for sector-wide guidance on compensation calculations for transgender claimants on Thursday, in order to prevent inequalities in payouts following the U.K. Supreme Court's controversial ruling on the definition of sex.

  • August 21, 2025

    British Airways Sued By Passengers Over 2018 Cyberattack

    A group of British Airways customers has sued the U.K. airline over its alleged failure to protect their personal data, including home addresses and bank card details, which was accessed during a cyberattack in 2018 that remained undetected for three months.

  • August 21, 2025

    Oxford Uni Sues Aviva Over COVID Interruption Insurance

    A group of colleges and halls of residence of the University of Oxford have sued Aviva over the insurance giant's alleged failure to pay out for losses sustained during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • August 20, 2025

    Pogust Gives Gramercy Claim To Assets On $617M Funding

    Pogust Goodhead has signed a security agreement that gives U.S. hedge fund Gramercy the right to sell the firm's assets if it defaults, following a fresh injection of capital from the American company.

  • August 20, 2025

    Ex-Meta Worker Can't Keep Job During Whistleblowing Claim

    A former product manager at Meta who says he was sacked for blowing the whistle on the technology giant allegedly inflating its advertising metrics failed to convince a tribunal on Wednesday to reinstate him pending his claim being determined.

  • August 20, 2025

    Ex-Chelsea Soccer Player Ordered To Pay £466K To HMRC

    A former soccer player turned ESPN pundit must pay back nearly £466,000 ($628,300) in taxes on film company investments to HM Revenue & Customs, a London tribunal ruled.

  • August 20, 2025

    Manager Harassed For LinkedIn Post On Islamophobia

    A Muslim divisional manager has proved that the recruitment agency for which he works harassed him by forcing him to remove a LinkedIn post in which he replied to a message about Islamic grooming gangs or "face consequences."

  • August 20, 2025

    E-Commerce Platform Accuses Nuvei Of Withholding $1.6M

    An e-commerce platform has alleged that a Canadian financial technology company is wrongly withholding €1.3 million ($1.5 million) and 20.9 million Japanese Yen ($140,000) it is owed from customer purchases.

  • August 20, 2025

    Architecture Firm Denies Defective Designs In £12M Roof Row

    An architectural firm has denied that it owes a construction company more than £12.4 million ($16.7 million) after a swimming pool roof it designed for a university's sports facility collected unwanted water, saying the problem had nothing to do with its work.

  • August 20, 2025

    Merck Sharp Takes Aim At Halozyme's UK Drug Delivery IP

    Merck Sharp & Dohme has asked a London court to revoke an under-the-skin drug delivery patent belonging to Halozyme, arguing that the blueprint isn't inventive because it solves no technical problem.

  • August 20, 2025

    Abbott Sues Chinese Rival Over Glucose Monitor UK Patent

    Abbott has accused a Chinese rival of infringing two patents protecting tech that continuously monitors glucose levels in diabetes patients — the second attempt by the American company to block Sinocare from selling its products in the U.K.

  • August 20, 2025

    Waldorf Production Can't Get Court Approval For Rescue Plan

    Scottish oil and gas company Waldorf Production UK PLC has failed to secure court approval of a restructuring plan for its $225 million of debt, as a judge ruled the plan failed to consider the fair allocation to all creditors.

Expert Analysis

  • UK Supreme Court Confirms Limits To Arbitration Act Appeals

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    Every year, disappointed parties come out of U.K.-seated arbitrations and try to seek redress in the English courts, but the U.K. Supreme Court's recent decision in Sharp v. Viterra serves as a reminder of the strict restrictions on appeals brought under the Arbitration Act, says Mark Handley at Duane Morris.

  • Examining The EU Sanctions Directive Approach To Breaches

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    In criminalizing sanctions violations and harmonizing the rules on breaches, a new European Union directive will bring significant change and likely increase enforcement risks across the EU, say lawyers at Hogan Lovells.

  • Trends, Tips From 7 Years Of EPO Antibody Patent Appeals

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    Recent years of European Patent Office decisions reveal some surprising differences between appeals involving therapeutic antibody patents and those for other technologies, offering useful insight into this developing area of European case law for future antibody patent applicants, say Alex Epstein and Jane Evenson at CMS.

  • 4 Takeaways From Biotech Patent Invalidity Ruling

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    The recent Patents Court decision in litigation between Advanced Cell Diagnostics and Molecular Instruments offers noteworthy commentary on issues related to experiments done in the ordinary course of business, joint importation, common general knowledge and mindset, and mosaicking for anticipation, say Nessa Khandaker and Darren Jiron at Finnegan.

  • Why Reperforming Loan Securitization In UK And EU May Rise

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    The recently published new U.K. securitization rules will largely bring the U.K.’s nonperforming loan regime in line with the European Union, and together with the success of EU and U.K. banks in reducing loan ratios, reperforming securitizations may feature more prominently in relevant markets going forward, say lawyers at Morgan Lewis.

  • What French Watchdog Ruling Means For M&A Landscape

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    Although ultimately dismissed due to lack of evidence, the French competition authority’s recent post-closing review of several nonreportable mergers is a landmark case that highlights the increased complexity of such transactions, and is further testament to the European competition authorities’ willingness to expand their toolkit to address below-threshold M&As, say lawyers at Cleary.

  • How Life Science Companies Are Approaching UPC Opt-Outs

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    A look at recent data shows that one year after its launch, the European Union's Unified Patent Court is still seeing a high rate of opt-outs, including from large U.S.-based life science companies wary of this unpredictable court — and there are reasons this strategy should largely remain the same, say Sanjay Murthy and Christopher Tuinenga at McAndrews Held.

  • New Directors' Code Of Conduct May Serve As Useful Guide

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    Although the Institute of Directors’ current proposal for a voluntary code of conduct is strongly supported by its members, it must be balanced against the statutory requirement for directors to promote their company’s success, and the risk of claims by shareholders if their decisions are influenced by wider social considerations, says Matthew Watson at RPC.

  • Lego Ruling Builds Understanding Of Design Exam Process

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    In Lego v. Guangdong Loongon, the European Union ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Office recently invalidated a registered design for a toy figure, offering an illustrative guide to assessing the individual character of a design in relation to a preexisting design, says Christoph Moeller at Mewburn Ellis.

  • Contractual Drafting Takeaways From Force Majeure Ruling

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    Lawyers at Cleary discuss the U.K. Supreme Court's recent judgment RTI v. MUR Shipping and its important implications, including how the court approached the apparent tension between certainty and commercial pragmatism, and considerations for the drafting of force majeure clauses going forward.

  • Behind The Stagecoach Boundary Fare Dispute Settlement

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    The Competition Appeal Tribunal's recent rail network boundary fare settlement offers group action practitioners some much-needed guidance as it reduces the number of remaining parties' five-year dispute from two to one, says Mohsin Patel at Factor Risk Management.

  • The Unified Patent Court: What We Learned In Year 1

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    ​​​​​​​The Unified Patent Court celebrated its first anniversary this month, and while questions remain as we wait for the first decisions on the merits, a multitude of decisions and orders regarding provisional measures and procedural aspects have provided valuable insights already, says Antje Brambrink at Finnegan.

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Spanish Judicial Oversight

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    The recent conviction of arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa underscores the critical importance of judicial authority in the realm of international arbitration in Spain, and emphasizes that arbitrators must respect the procedural frameworks established by Spanish national courts, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray’s Inn.

  • F1 Driver AI Case Sheds Light On Winning Tactics In IP Suits

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    A German court recently awarded damages to former F1 driver Michael Schumacher's family in an artificial intelligence dispute over the unlicensed use of his image, illustrating how athletes are using the law to protect their brands, and setting a precedent in other AI-generated image rights cases, William Bowyer at Lawrence Stephens.

  • High Court Ruling Sheds Light On Targets For Judicial Review

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    The High Court's recent dismissal of iDealing.com's judicial review application for service complaint decisions by the Financial Ombudsman Service highlights the difficulty of distinguishing what decisions are amenable to judicial review, demonstrating that those made by statutory bodies may not always be genuine targets, say Alexander Fawke, Tara Janus and Bam Thomas at Linklaters.

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