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Commercial Litigation UK

  • September 12, 2025

    Glencore Ruling Affirms Disclosure Trumps Prosecution Fears

    A recent High Court decision that forced Glencore to hand over documents obtained from a Dutch investigation provides further evidence of the difficulties companies face when they try to resist disclosure in civil proceedings by pointing to the risk of prosecution overseas.

  • September 12, 2025

    Ankle Tag Co. Says Ex-CEO Forged Docs To Hide Wrongdoing

    A British ankle tag maker has accused its former chief executive of forging documents to cover up wrongdoing, adding to its £320 million ($434 million) claim that she hid her interests in the company's shareholders and diverted millions from the business.

  • September 12, 2025

    Businessman Can Sue Fund In UK To Stop Luxembourg Claim

    A London court ruled Friday that a businessman can sue a Luxembourg investment fund in England over allegations that he was partly responsible for the fund underselling a company by as much as £80 million ($108 million).

  • September 12, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen former Master Chef presenter Gregg Wallace sue the BBC, Elon Musk's xAI take legal action against a staff engineer, and fashion mogul Kevin-Gerald Stanford file a fresh claim against Lion Capital-owned Klotho and EY amid a long-running All Saints share acquisition dispute.

  • September 12, 2025

    Nursery Gets Statutory Fine For Forging Staffer's Signature

    A London tribunal has ordered a nursery owner to pay a £17,000 ($23,000) statutory penalty after it forged a former employee's signature on a loan agreement without her knowledge.

  • September 12, 2025

    Barrister Disbarred Over False Claims About Oxford Degree

    A London legal disciplinary tribunal disbarred a King's Counsel barrister on Friday for falsely claiming that he had studied medicine at the University of Oxford when he applied for tenancy at a chambers in 2013.

  • September 12, 2025

    Ex-AIG IT Pro's Claim Struck Out Over Courtroom Misconduct

    A former AIG software developer on Friday had his whistleblowing claims against the insurer struck out after accusing a judge of perverting the course of justice, eating a meal during a hearing and calling a London tribunal a "circus."

  • September 12, 2025

    Class Rep Says £650M Motorola Claim Should Be Opt-Out

    The representative of a £650 million ($881 million) collective action against Motorola urged a London tribunal on Friday to certify the unfair pricing case as an opt-out claim, arguing that this would prevent alleged victims from being denied justice.

  • September 12, 2025

    Travelers Sued For £5.8M Client Funds Lost In Axiom Collapse

    A property buyer has sued Travelers for a £5.8 million ($7.9 million) insurance payout under its policy with Axiom Ince, telling a London court that the company had misappropriated his payment for an apartment before collapsing into administration.

  • September 12, 2025

    Microsoft Settles UPC Dispute With Smart Mirror Biz

    The Unified Patent Court said Friday that a smart mirror company has withdrawn its patent infringement claim against Microsoft after the two parties reached a settlement.

  • September 12, 2025

    COVID Fueled Innocent Drinks' Plant Delay, Consultancy Says

    A project management consultancy has denied causing overspending and delay in the construction of a juice-processing plant for the companies behind the Innocent smoothie brand, blaming the COVID-19 pandemic for disrupting the development's supply chain.

  • September 12, 2025

    Mars Settles Claim Over Pesticide-Contaminated Ice Cream

    Mars Wrigley has settled its £1.1 million ($1.5 million) claim against a food supplier that the snacks giant alleged had provided ice cream contaminated with a hazardous pesticide.

  • September 11, 2025

    FIFA Lifts Lid On Sports Disputes With New Legal Database

    The worldwide governing body of soccer has launched a free, searchable digital database of soccer-related cases adjudicated by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the Swiss Federal Tribunal going back to 2002 in an effort to promote transparency in sports law.

  • September 11, 2025

    Burford Urges Del. Court Not To Reconsider Arbitration Ruling

    A Burford Capital affiliate is urging a Delaware federal court not to reconsider a decision ordering German entity Financialright Claims GmbH to arbitrate a dispute over an allegedly fraudulent arbitration pact, saying the court already carefully considered its arguments.

  • September 11, 2025

    Metro Bank Settles £24M Claim Over Coin-Counting Software

    Metro Bank has settled a copyright infringement and licensing spat with software company Arkeyo, which had accused the bank of sharing source code for its coin-counting machines without permission.

  • September 11, 2025

    Salt Associations Can't Void 'Fleur De Sel' Protected Status

    A European Union court has rejected an attempt from several salt producers' associations to void a protected geographical indication for premium sea salt harvested in southern France.

  • September 11, 2025

    Ex-Ashurst Partner Barred By SDT Over Sexual Misconduct

    A London legal disciplinary tribunal has barred a former Ashurst Madrid partner from practicing at an English solicitors firm after finding that it had jurisdiction to make a ruling against him.

  • September 11, 2025

    Property Co. Can't Block 'Undervalued' Warehouse Sale

    An ailing property investment business lost its fight on Thursday to block receivers from selling a warehouse at a price that allegedly undervalued it by £2.3 million ($3.2 million), with a London appeals court rejecting the company's bid for control over the purchase.

  • September 11, 2025

    No New Judges As Employment Bill Nears Passage Into Law

    The Ministry of Justice has admitted that it has so far drawn a blank in its push to recruit new employment judges in 2025, despite concerns that the Employment Rights Bill could trigger a surge in claims.

  • September 11, 2025

    Berlin Subway Operator Beats Challenge To Jingle TM

    Berlin's main public transportation operator has convinced a European court that its jingle deserves trademark protection after a previous bid failed, because the two-second melody was a striking sequence that the public would remember and recognize.

  • September 11, 2025

    Barrister Crowdfunds To Sue Jolyon Maugham For Defamation

    Gender-critical barrister Sarah Phillimore of St John's Chambers has launched a crowdfunding campaign to pursue legal action against Jolyon Maugham KC, director of the Good Law Project, over social media posts that she claims are defamatory.

  • September 11, 2025

    Liquidators Can't Contractually Limit Liability To VC Funds

    A London court has ruled that the former liquidators of three venture capital funds cannot contractually limit their liability to the companies over claims that they enabled the managers of the funds to siphon off shareholders' assets.

  • September 11, 2025

    Prudential Must Pay VAT On Investment Firm's Success Fees

    Britain's highest court ruled Thursday that payments of £9.3 million ($12.5 million) made by Prudential to an investment firm are taxable under value-added tax regulations because the liability was incurred when they were not part of the same group for tax purposes.

  • September 10, 2025

    Chubb Says La. Casino Can't Stop English Arbitration Case

    A Chubb unit has asked a Louisiana federal judge to toss a lawsuit by the owners of a casino as they look to halt parallel litigation in England related to arbitration proceedings for a COVID-19 pandemic coverage case, saying a British court order bars the U.S. suit.

  • September 10, 2025

    Waste Co. Loses Bid To Inspect Search Warrant Details

    A waste management company has failed to gain access to material used to obtain a search warrant for a probe by the U.K.'s competition regulator after a London tribunal ruled that the public interest in regulators being able to effectively investigate outweighed the company's interests.

Expert Analysis

  • How EU's Anticoercion Tool May Counter New US Tariffs

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    The never-before-used anticoercion instrument could allow the European Union to respond to the imposition of U.S. tariffs, potentially effective March 12, and gives EU companies a voice in the process as it provides for consultation with economic operators at different steps throughout the procedure, say lawyers at Crowell & Moring.

  • How 2025 Act Refines The UK's Arbitral Framework

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    The U.K.'s Arbitration Act 2025 marks the regime's first significant reform since 1996 and aligns the nation's approach more closely with international principles, which means practitioners should take note of key procedural and strategic adjustments, including the explicit power of summary disposal, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

  • Leaked Docs In Man City Case Raise Admissibility Questions

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    The Premier League’s claims that Manchester City Football Club fell foul of financial fair play regulations are partly based on documents unlawfully obtained by an activist, which means the independent commission deciding the case will need to weigh whether the evidence is permissible against the principle of open justice, says Stuart Southall at KANGS Solicitors.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    “No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

  • EU Paper Urges Data Protection And Competition Law Unity

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    A recent European Data Protection Board position paper calls for closer cooperation among data protection and competition authorities, and provides valuable insight for businesses seeking to ensure compliance across an increasingly complex regulatory landscape, say lawyers at Paul Weiss.

  • Key Points From Gov't Consultation On Copyright And AI

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    The U.K. government’s current consultation on mitigating artificial intelligence input and output risks to copyright holders seeks to facilitate copyright holders in bringing actions against AI developers that make unauthorized use of protected works and mandate consistent labeling of AI-generated content, say lawyers at Deloitte.

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Equal Rights Limit State Immunity

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    The Court of Appeal of England and Wales' recent determination that Spain’s London embassy could not dodge a former U.K.-based employee’s discrimination claims by invoking sovereign immunity reaffirms its position that employment and human rights should come before the privileges of foreign powers, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray’s Inn.

  • What To Expect As CAT Considers Mastercard Settlement

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    It is expected that the Competition Appeal Tribunal will closely scrutinize the proposed collective settlement in Merricks v. Mastercard, including the role of the case’s litigation funder, as the CAT's past approach to such cases shows it does not treat the process as a rubber stamp exercise, say lawyers at BCLP.

  • Managing Transatlantic Antitrust Investigations And Litigation

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    As transatlantic competition regulators cooperate more closely and European antitrust investigations increasingly spark follow-up civil suits in the U.S., companies must understand how to simultaneously juggle high-stakes multigovernment investigations and manage the risks of expensive new claims across jurisdictions, say lawyers at Paul Weiss.

  • What 2025 Holds For UK, EU Restructuring And Insolvency

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    European Union and U.K. restructuring developments in 2024, with a new era of director accountability, the use of cramdown tools and the emergence of aggressive liability management exercises, mean greater consideration of creditors' interests and earlier engagement in restructuring discussions can be expected this year, says Inga West at Ashurst.

  • How GCs Can Protect Cos. From Geopolitical Headwinds

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    Geopolitical uncertainty is perceived by corporate leaders as the biggest short-term threat to global business, but many of the potential crises are navigable if general counsel focus on what is being said about a company and what the company is doing, says Juliet Young at Schillings.

  • What BT Ruling Will Mean For UK Class Actions

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    The Competition Appeal Tribunal’s recent dismissal of a £1.3 billion mass consumer claim against BT, the first trial decision for a U.K. collective action, reminds claimants and funders of the high bar for establishing an abuse, and provides valuable insight into how pending mass consumer cases may be resolved, say lawyers at Ashurst.

  • Exam Board Ruling Expands Scope Of 'Newcomer Injunctions'

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    The High Court's recent decision granting AQA Education a digital "newcomer injunction" prevents anonymous internet users from distributing unlawfully obtained exam materials, and extends the scope of such injunctions from issues of trespass to the protection of confidential information, say lawyers at Fieldfisher.

  • UK Lawyers Can Access Broad US Discovery To Win Cases

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    Given its breadth, U.S. discovery can be a powerful tool in litigation in the U.K. and other jurisdictions outside the U.S., and a survey of recent cases indicates that discovery requests made in the U.S. are likely to be granted — with many applications even proceeding without contest, say lawyers at Miller & Chevalier.

  • Russian Bankruptcy Ruling Shows Importance Of Jurisdiction

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    The U.K. Supreme Court's recent decision not to assist a Russian receiver in Kireeva v. Bedzhamov will be of particular interest in cross-border insolvency proceedings, where attention must be paid to assets outside the jurisdiction, and to creditors, who must consider carefully where to apply for a bankruptcy order, say lawyers at McDermott.

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