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Commercial Litigation UK

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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. 

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • July 24, 2025

    Thaler Claims Inventorship Of AI Patent After DABUS Ruling

    Counsel for Stephen Thaler told a London court on Thursday that the computer scientist should be able to get divisional patent protections for the inventions he initially claimed were created by DABUS, his own artificial intelligence model.

Expert Analysis

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: UK Injunctions Across Borders

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    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.

  • Saxon Woods Ruling Tightens Rules On Director Good Faith

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    The recent Court of Appeal judgment in Saxon Woods v. Costa departs from the High Court's ruling, clarifying that a director's sincere belief they have acted in the company’s best interests is not sufficient to satisfy the statutory requirement to act in good faith, say lawyers at Covington.

  • ICSID Annulment Proceedings Carry High Stakes For System

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    The annulment proceedings brought by Freeport-McMoRan before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, seeking to redress a glaring and prejudicial oversight in its arbitral award against Peru, are significant for delimiting the boundaries of procedural fairness within the ICSID's annulment framework, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

  • Key Takeaways As EU And UK Impose New Russia Sanctions

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    The European Union and U.K.’s new sanctions on Russia, designating increasing numbers of non-Russian companies in the defense and shipping sectors, mean that organizations must examine from the outset whether a transaction has any nexus with the EU or the U.K., say lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell.

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Prestige's Jurisprudential Legacy

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    The U.K. Supreme Court's recent denial of appeal ended Spain's decades-long quest to enforce an €855 million arbitral judgment against a London insurer, throwing into stark relief the increasingly complex relationship between arbitral sovereignty, foreign state immunity and the shifting terrain of post-Brexit private international law, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

  • German Ruling Further Restrains Intra-EU Bilateral Arbitration

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    The German Federal Court of Justice recently issued a notable ruling that pushes the invalidation of intra-European Union bilateral investment treaty arbitration into the realm of stand-alone cost decisions, strengthening the EU's legal framework while increasing uncertainty for investors in the region, say attorneys at Linklaters.

  • High Court Ruling Shows Firm Stance On Procedural Integrity

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    The recent High Court decision in Qatar Investment v. Phoenix Ancient Art demonstrates its zero tolerance of procedural failure, serving as a reminder that the financial burden associated with document disclosure will not excuse a party’s failure to comply with court orders, say lawyers at Quillon Law.

  • A Shifting Landscape Of Greater Scrutiny After Data Breaches

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    Recent Information Commissioner's Office fines for personal data breaches and a Home Office consultation signal a shift in the U.K. regulatory landscape, and with an increase in mass actions and resulting exposure, organizations should prepare for potential third-party claims from those incurring consequential losses, say lawyers at Atheria.

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: An Update On ICSID Annulment

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    The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes' recent decision in Peteris Pildegovics and SIA North Star v. Kingdom of Norway offers a reasoned and principled contribution to annulment jurisprudence, effectively balancing the competing imperatives of fairness, finality and institutional coherence, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

  • UK Data Disputes Could Become Competition Class Actions

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    While mass data protection claims have chafed against the procedural restrictions that apply to class actions under U.K. law, it is possible these claims will be brought into the fold of the rapidly growing Competition Appeal Tribunal scene, says Aislinn Kelly-Lyth at Blackstone Chambers.

  • Opinion

    UK Court Of Appeal's FRAND Ruling Is Troubling

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    The U.K. Court of Appeal's recent decision in Optis v. Apple disregards a lower court's extensive factual findings and contradicts its own precedent regarding fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms for cellular patents, says Enrico Bonadio at the University of London.

  • What Santander Fraud Ruling Means For UK Banking Sector

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    A London court's recent judgment in Santander v. CCP Graduate School held that a bank does not owe any duty to third-party victims of authorized push payment fraud, reaffirming the steps banks are already taking to protect their own customers from sophisticated fraud mechanisms, say lawyers at Charles Russell.

  • Arbitral Ruling In EU Fisheries Clash Clarifies Post-Brexit Pact

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    The Permanent Court of Arbitration's recent ruling marks a pivotal moment in the evolving jurisprudence surrounding the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, concluded between the U.K. and the EU after Brexit, and sets an important precedent for interpretation and enforcement of trade and environment clauses in cross-border disputes, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

  • Apple Ruling Provides Clarity For UK Litigation Funders

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    The Court of Appeal's recent Gutmann v. Apple decision that litigation funders can take a fee before class action members are paid helps relieve the concerns of insufficient funding returns that followed news of a broad sector review and a key high court ruling, says Matthew Lo at Exton Advisors.

  • Expect Complex Ruling From UK Justices In Car Dealer Case

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    While recent arguments before the U.K. Supreme Court in a consumer test case on motor finance commissions reveal the court’s take on several points argued, application of the upcoming decision will be both nuanced and fact-sensitive, so market participants wishing to prepare do not have a simple task, says Tom Grodecki at Cadwalader.

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