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July 28, 2025
UK Gov't Denies Breach In £32M Rail Contract Award
A government-owned rail service has responded to allegations from Trainline.com that it unlawfully entered into a secret £32 million ($43 million) contract with another ticketing platform, saying the contract that Trainline claims is unlawful does not exist.
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July 28, 2025
SocGen Settles €140M Clifford Chance Negligence Claim
Société Générale SA and Clifford Chance LLP have settled their €140 million ($163.3 million) dispute over the bank's allegations that the law firm gave negligent advice that caused its claim in a multimillion-dollar dispute over gold bullion to be struck out as an abuse of process.
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July 25, 2025
Switzerland Faces $5B Claim After Credit Suisse Collapse
Switzerland is facing another claim arising from the 2023 collapse of Credit Suisse and the write-down of some $17 billion worth of Additional Tier 1 bonds, as global law firm Holman Fenwick Willan LLP announced its intention to file a $5 billion investor-state claim against the country on behalf of a "substantial group" of bondholders.
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July 25, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen the owner of a £6 million ($8 million) mansion once rented by Adele sue real estate consultants Strutt & Parker, Romanian-Australian mining investor Vasile Frank Timis bring a claim against reputation and privacy firm Schillings, and a Chinese businessman bring a legal action against his former lawyer over an alleged £12.5 million mortgage fraud.
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July 25, 2025
Taylor Rose Denies Negligence Caused Property Co. Losses
Taylor Rose Ltd. has fought back against a negligence claim by a former client worth around £340,000 ($456,000), saying that the firm's failure to exchange contracts in a London real estate transaction did not cause it to suffer meaningful damage, according to newly-public filings.
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July 25, 2025
Research Co Scientist Loses Anonymity Bid In Data Theft Case
A data scientist at a finance research firm accused of stealing his employer's trade secrets before resigning to work for a competitor failed Friday to keep his identity secret until the start of the trial.
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July 25, 2025
How Fox's 'Twibel' Case Could Challenge Defamation Law
Activist Laurence Fox will ask the Court of Appeal on Monday to consider how defamation law treats libel claims arising from a series of social media posts and what 'serious harm' can be inflicted in a fast-paced online world.
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July 25, 2025
Car Makers Must Reveal Internal Docs In Dieselgate Trial
Motorists and campaigners won their bid Friday to force car manufacturers to disclose documents and pleadings in the upcoming Dieselgate trial, with the High Court ruling that the public interest in understanding the emissions case outweighs any commercial sensitivity.
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July 25, 2025
Pharma Co. Sues Generali In £2M Alzheimer's Coverage Claim
A pharmaceutical company has alleged that Italian insurance giant Generali Group wrongly refused to pay out as much as £1.96 million ($2.63 million) under an income protection policy after a senior employee became incapable of doing his job because of Alzheimer's disease.
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July 25, 2025
Bahraini Bank Worker Loses Whistleblowing Case Over Delay
A short-lived employee of a Bahraini bank has lost his bid to sue his former employer, as a London tribunal ruled he waited too long to bring his claim he was fired for whistleblowing.
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July 25, 2025
EasyGroup Settles Trademark Claim Against Postal Co.
EasyGroup has settled its claim against U.S. postal technology company EasyPost, which the budget conglomerate accused of infringing its "easy" family of trademarks.
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July 25, 2025
Odey's Libel Claim And Sex Assault Case To Have Joint Trial
Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey's £79 million ($106.2 million) libel claim against the Financial Times will be tried jointly with claims by five women accusing him of sexual abuse, a London judge ruled Friday.
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July 25, 2025
Ruling Puts Dexia's €400M Row With Torino In English Courts
A judge ruled Friday that England has exclusive jurisdiction to hear a €400 million ($469 million) dispute over the validity of transactions Dexia SA inked with Comune di Torino in Italy to restructure the municipal government's debts.
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July 25, 2025
AXA Wins £675M Missold PPI Payout Fight With Santander
AXA has won a £675 million ($907 million) battle with Santander to recover payouts for wrongly sold payment protection insurance as a London court ruled that the Spanish banking giant was liable for "systemic failings" in historical sales of the policy.
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July 25, 2025
Impossible Foods Loses Case For 'Impossible Bakers' TM
A Spanish bakery has beaten an attempt by plant-based meat maker Impossible Foods Inc. to nix its "Impossible Bakers" trademark as a European court found that shoppers would distinguish the signs even when they were stamped on identical pastry products.
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July 25, 2025
Trainline Loses Bid For Docs In £32M Rail Contract Dispute
Trainline.com Ltd. on Friday lost its attempt to force the government to hand over documents linked to what the rail operator alleges was an unlawful £32 million ($43 million) contract deal, with the judge saying the government will first have a chance to get the whole claim thrown out.
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July 24, 2025
SportPesa Chair Claims Stake Dilution Was Deliberate Fraud
The former chair of online betting company SportPesa was the victim of an unlawful scheme to dilute his valuable stake in the company, his lawyer said in closing submissions at a London trial on Thursday.
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July 24, 2025
Ukrainian State-Owned Bank Targets Russia In New Claim
State-owned Oschadbank said Thursday it has taken the first steps to initiate arbitration against Russia over the loss of its assets in the southern and eastern regions of Ukraine, citing the Kremlin's "gross violations" of international law.
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July 24, 2025
EasyGroup Gets TMs Revived In Pair Of UK Appeals
A Court of Appeal panel on Thursday granted easyGroup victories in two separate disputes over its family of brands, reviving several trademarks and upholding some of its infringement claims.
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July 24, 2025
Fintech Execs Deny Misleading Bank In £4M Fraud Claim
Defunct fintech startup BrickVest Ltd. and its co-founders have denied allegations brought by a German specialist property lender in a £4.2 million ($5.7 million) London claim that they hid additional investment in the business before its collapse.
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July 24, 2025
Amazon To Face £4B Dual Class Actions In UK
The U.K.'s competition court gave the green light on Thursday to two class actions against Amazon, totaling £4 billion ($5.4 billion), alleging that the e-commerce giant abused its dominant market position to the detriment of retailers and consumers.
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July 24, 2025
CMS Fights £10M Negligence Claim Over Investec Deal
CMS has denied allegations of negligence from a former client, saying the property developer gave the green light to repayment terms with Investec that the law firm negotiated and is now falsely claiming to have been caught off-guard by the deal.
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July 24, 2025
Munich Re Can't Nix Private Equity Firm's $491M IPO Claim
Munich Re Group failed Thursday to get a private equity firm's claim of approximately $491 million struck out, after a court found that it couldn't rule out the possibility that the German reinsurer had breached an agreement over the public listing of a U.S. company.
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July 24, 2025
Coca-Cola To Pay Sales Rep £9K For Unfair Data Error Firing
A former merchandiser for Coca-Cola has won more than £9,000 ($12,200) in compensation, with the Employment Tribunal finding that the drinks giant unfairly dismissed him over minor data errors and must pay him his lost wages.
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July 24, 2025
Investment Biz Denies Financier's $3.5M Unpaid Loan Claim
An investment company and its director have denied they breached a contract for a $2 million loan issued by a financier for an investment in a drinks business, telling a London court that the money is not yet repayable.
Expert Analysis
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Complying With Growing EU Supply Chain Mandates
A significant volume of recent European Union legislative developments demonstrate a focus on supply chain transparency, so organizations must remain vigilant about potential human rights and environmental abuses in their supply chain and make a plan to mitigate compliance risks, say lawyers at Weil.
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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Spain Faces Award Enforcement
Spain's loss in its Australian court case against Infrastructure Services Luxembourg underlines the resilience of international arbitration enforcement mechanisms, with implications extending far beyond this case, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.
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What EU Antitrust Guidelines Will Mean For Dominant Cos.
The European Commission’s recent draft antitrust guidelines will steer courts' enforcement powers, increasing the risk for dominant firms engaging in exclusive dealing without any apparent basis to shift the burden of proof to those companies, say lawyers at Latham.
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Reflecting On 12 Months Of The EU Foreign Subsidy Regime
New European Commission guidance, addressing procedural questions and finally providing clarity on “distortion” in merger control and public procurement, offers an opportunity to reflect on the year since foreign subsidy notification obligations were introduced, say lawyers at Fried Frank.
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Employer Lessons In Preventing Unlawful Positive Action
A recent Employment Tribunal decision that three white police officers had been subjected to unlawful race discrimination when a minority detective sergeant was promoted demonstrates that organizations should undertake a balancing approach when implementing positive action in the workplace, says Chris Hadrill at Redmans Solicitors.
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Review Of EU Cross-Border Merger Regs' Impact On Irish Cos.
Looking back on the year since the European Union Mobility Directive was transposed into Irish law, enabling Irish and European Economic Area limited liability companies to participate in cross-border deals, it is clear that restructuring options available to Irish companies with EU operations have significantly expanded, say lawyers at Matheson.
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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Spanish Assets At Risk Abroad
The recent seizure of a portion of London Luton Airport after an English High Court ruling is the latest installment in a long-running saga over Spain’s failure to honor arbitration awards, highlighting the complexities involved when state-owned enterprises become entangled in disputes stemming from their government's actions, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn Square Chambers.
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Comparing Apples To Oranges In EPO Claim Interpretation
A referral before the Enlarged Board of Appeal could fundamentally change the role that descriptions play in claims interpretation at the European Patent Office, altering best drafting practices for patent applications construed there, say lawyers at Finnegan.
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A Look At UK, EU And US Cartel Enforcement Trends
The European Union, U.K. and U.S. competition agencies' recently issued joint statement on competition risks in generative artificial intelligence demonstrates increased cross-border collaboration on cartel investigations, meaning companies facing investigations in one jurisdiction should anticipate related investigations in other jurisdictions, say lawyers at Latham & Watkins.
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Testing The Limits Of English Courts' Pro-Arbitration Stance
Although the Court of Appeal recently upheld a $64 million arbitration award in Eternity Sky v. Zhang, the judgment offers rare insight into when the English courts’ general inclination to enforce arbitral awards may be outweighed by competing policy interests such as consumer rights, say Declan Gallivan and Peter Morton at K&L Gates.
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What Green Claims Directive Proposal Means For Businesses
With the European Union’s recent adoption of a general approach to the proposed Green Claims Directive, which will regulate certain environmental claims and likely be finalized next year, companies keen to publicize their green credentials have even more reason to tread carefully, say Marcus Navin-Jones and Juge Gregg at Crowell & Moring.
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EU Merger Control Concerns Remain After ECJ Illumina Ruling
The recent European Court of Justice judgment in Illumina-Grail is a welcome check on the commission's power to review low-threshold transactions, but with uncertainty persisting under existing laws and discretion left to national regulators, many pitfalls in European Union merger control remain, says Matthew Hall at McGuireWoods.
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£43M Legal Bill Case Shows Courts' View On Exchange Rates
A recent Court of Appeal decision declined to change the currency used for payment of the Nigerian government's legal bill, aligning with British courts' consensus that they should not be concerned with how fluctuating exchange rates might benefit one party over another, says Francis Kendall at Kain Knight.
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Examining The State Of Paccar Fixes After General Election
Following the U.K. Supreme Court's Paccar decision last year, which made many litigation funding agreements for opt-out collective actions in the Competition Appeal Tribunal unenforceable, the judiciary will likely take charge in implementing any fixes — but the general election has created uncertainty, says Ben Knowles at Clyde & Co.
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EU Reports Signal Greenwashing Focus For Financial Sector
Reports from the European Supervisory Authorities on enforcement of sustainability information, plus related guidance issued by the European Securities and Markets Authority, represent a fundamental change in how businesses must operate to maintain integrity and public trust, say Amilcare Sada and Matteo Fanton at A&O Shearman.