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July 23, 2025
ICJ Puts Reparations On The Table In Climate Change Case
The International Court of Justice on Wednesday delivered its long-awaited advisory opinion on governments' obligations with respect to climate change, issuing a rare, unanimous decision that opens the door for nations harmed by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions to seek reparations.
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July 23, 2025
Gibson Dunn Snags 3VB KC As New Int'l Arbitration Co-Chair
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has recruited Christopher Harris KC, a senior barrister with 3 Verulam Buildings, to co-chair its international arbitration and judgment and arbitral award enforcement practice groups.
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July 23, 2025
Astellas Beats Generics' Bid To Nix Cancer Drug Patent
Generic-drug makers on Wednesday failed to convince a London appellate judge to nix remaining protections for Astellas Pharma's blockbuster prostate cancer treatment Xtandi because the evidence provided was "tainted with hindsight."
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July 23, 2025
Yodel Gets £1.5M Security In Dispute With Ex-Director
A London judge has ordered two companies controlled by Yodel's former director to pay £1.5 million ($2 million) to the package delivery company as security in defending its claims of equity ownership, noting the stakes of the case were "very high."
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July 23, 2025
PE Firm Says Ex-All Saints Chair In Contempt Over Share Sale
An arm of private equity firm Lion Capital urged a London judge on Wednesday to find the former chairman of All Saints had breached a court order by challenging a deal to sell his shares in the high street fashion chain.
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July 23, 2025
Sony Film Co. Gets Quick Win In $49M Claim Over Share Deal
A London judge handed Sony Pictures an early win Tuesday in its $49 million failed share sale claim after he found that a Chinese conglomerate's arguments that purchase obligations were subject to regulatory approval has "no realistic prospect" of success.
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July 23, 2025
Ex-Consultancy Boss Denies £3.6M Client Poaching Allegation
A former consulting firm director has denied allegations that he diverted £3.6 million ($4.8 million) of work to his other company, telling a London court that any business opportunities he pursued could not have gone to the firm.
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July 23, 2025
Credit Suisse Gets Forex Cartel Fine Slashed To €28M
The European Union's General Court reduced on Wednesday a fine imposed on Credit Suisse for its part in a foreign-exchange trading cartel by approximately €54.3 million ($64 million).
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July 23, 2025
Mishcon Says Ex-Partner's Claim Falls Under Singapore Law
Mishcon de Reya LLP told a London employment tribunal on Wednesday that it didn't have jurisdiction to hear a former partner's whistleblowing claim because the dispute is governed by Singapore law.
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July 23, 2025
BVI Investor Sues Bahamian Lender Over $18.6M Loan Loss
A British Virgin Islands investment company has alleged that it lost about $18.6 million after a Bahamian lender refused to let the company repay a loan that would have entitled it to redeem shares in a gold miner.
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July 23, 2025
Developer Accuses Payment App Of 'Cynical' Data Theft Claim
A former consultant with a company that provides card payment services to taxi drivers has accused it of "opportunistically" launching a legal claim to stifle his legitimate business, denying he stole proprietary information to develop his system.
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July 23, 2025
Channel 5 Sued For Infringing Hurricane Footage Copyright
A weather film company led by a storm chaser has sued British broadcaster Channel 5 after it showed footage he had filmed of Hurricane Beryl in 2024 without paying for a license, a year after it filed similar claims against Reuters.
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July 23, 2025
ENRC Wins Appeal To Add $128M Damages In SFO Dispute
ENRC won its bid on Wednesday to add $128 million in damages to its claim against the Serious Fraud Office as the Court of Appeal ruled that the mining company is entitled to ask for compensation for money lost to higher borrowing costs arising from the agency's investigation.
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July 23, 2025
FOI Exemptions Can Be Aggregated, UK Top Court Rules
Britain's top court ruled Wednesday that the reasons public bodies can use to refuse to reveal data under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 can be assessed collectively when balanced against the public interest in disclosure.
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July 23, 2025
Liquidators Win Bid To Enforce £102M Award Over Hotel Fraud
A businessman will be bound by a £102 million ($138 million) damages bill after he helped a property investor swindle secret profits, Britain's highest court ruled on Wednesday, rejecting his argument that the scheme had not caused financial harm to the defrauded company.
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July 23, 2025
Simmons & Simmons Nixes Ex-Worker's Disability Bias Claim
Simmons & Simmons LLP has persuaded a London judge to throw out a former employee's disability discrimination claim, proving that she was not disabled under U.K. equality laws.
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July 22, 2025
Racecourses Lose Early Fight In £80M COVID Cover Battle
A racecourse business shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday lost its case that £2.5 million ($3.4 million) insurance limits applied to every canceled race, with a London court ruling that each event was not a separate point of loss.
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July 22, 2025
UKIPO Warns AI Patent Appeal Is A 'Recipe For Disaster'
Counsel for the U.K.'s intellectual property authority lambasted an AI company's bid to replace the country's established tests for determining whether an invention is patentable, as a high-profile AI patent trial before the U.K. Supreme Court draws to a close.
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July 22, 2025
Artist Can't Appeal Fake 'Fishrot' Apology Copyright Breach
A performance artist can't appeal a decision that he infringed the copyright of Iceland's largest fishing company by creating a spoof corruption apology about the company's involvement in bribing Namibian officials, a London court ruled Tuesday.
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July 22, 2025
VTB Sues Investment Biz In Sanctions Dispute Over Trades
VTB Capital PLC has sued an investment firm for $3.4 million over unsettled trades of Russian securities, arguing that the other company did not have the right to terminate the trades due to sanctions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine.
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July 22, 2025
Nigerian Domestic Worker Wins Case Over Exploitation
A Nigerian domestic worker has successfully brought a claim against her British employers for unpaid wages, denial of rest periods and constructive dismissal, after an employment tribunal found that she was systematically exploited and misled.
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July 22, 2025
Bristol Airport Takes Legal Action Over £205M Cardiff Subsidy
Bristol Airport is launching a legal challenge at the Competition Appeal Tribunal after the Welsh government granted a £205 million ($276 million) public funding package to Cardiff Airport, according to a claim form published Tuesday.
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July 22, 2025
Golf Adviser Reaped $2M In Secret Commissions, Court Rules
A former consultant to a U.K. golf retailer engaged in deceit, breach of trust and breach of fiduciary duty to reap over $2 million in secret commissions related to sales of golf equipment, a London court ruled Tuesday.
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July 22, 2025
Russian Magnate's Bankruptcy Trustee Can't Stop Share Move
The bankruptcy trustee of the founder of a Russian bank on Monday lost his bid to halt the release of shares to companies alleged to be owned by the businessman, with a London court ruling that they should not be withheld.
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July 22, 2025
DWF Beats Data Privacy Challenge In Injury Fraud Evidence
A London court tossed claims Tuesday that DWF Law LLP broke data protection laws when it analyzed and shared health information from three former personal injury claimants in a bid to expose alleged fraud patterns in road traffic accident cases.
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.