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Commercial Litigation UK

  • September 04, 2025

    Lessor Demands African Airline Returns $10M Aircraft, Engines

    An aircraft lessor has alleged that the flag-carrier of Mozambique is refusing to return an aircraft and two engines worth more than $10.3 million after the airline fell behind in rent payments in 2023.

  • September 03, 2025

    Taylor Wimpey Sues Ardmore For £40M Over Fire Defects

    U.K. housing giant Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd. has sued construction group Ardmore for £40 million ($53.8 million), saying it failed to fix "numerous" fire safety problems in 72 London homes it built.

  • September 03, 2025

    Employment Bill Advances As Lords Pass Baton To Commons

    The U.K. government's flagship Employment Rights Bill moved one step closer to enactment on Wednesday as peers handed their amended version of the reforms back to MPs for consideration.

  • September 03, 2025

    Warner Bros. Beats German Production Co.'s 'W&B' TM

    Warner Bros. convinced a European Union court on Wednesday to nix a German production company's trademark application for "W&B TV," after proving that the public would mix up the sign with its shield logo.

  • September 03, 2025

    Waste Co. Challenges CMA Over Search Warrant Details

    A waste management company asked the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Wednesday to disclose information that led to the execution of search warrants in a regulatory investigation into the business over potential collusion with rivals.

  • September 03, 2025

    Balfour Beatty Accused Of Avoiding £18M Fire Safety Liability

    The U.K.'s largest student accommodation business has countered Balfour Beatty's bid to claw back almost £17.7 million ($24 million) it paid to remove combustible insulation, accusing the construction giant of trying to "escape the consequences" of its failings.

  • September 03, 2025

    Investors Lose Bid For Pension Orders In AI Bike Fraud Case

    Investors seeking to enforce a fraud judgment against the founders of an AI-driven exercise bike company suffered a setback Wednesday, when a London judge declined to finalize interim debt orders against the founders' pensions.

  • September 03, 2025

    Council Loses Bid To Recover £20M Pension Investment Loss

    An English council on Wednesday lost its bid to wind up a failed Luxembourg-based fund to recover a £20 million ($27 million) pension investment, with a London appeals court ruling the entity was not a company for the purposes of insolvency legislation.

  • September 10, 2025

    Pinsent Masons Expands M&A Team With 3 EY Partners

    Pinsent Masons said Wednesday that it has hired three new partners and five other lawyers from EY Law for its corporate team in Manchester as it prepares to move to a new office in the city.

  • September 02, 2025

    Hotel Liquidators Claim Debtor Hid Shares To Evade Creditors

    The liquidators of a hotel company are asking the High Court to find that property mogul Andrew Ruhan has concocted a "secret relationship" with a junior employee to put his assets out of reach of creditors.

  • September 02, 2025

    Goldman Seeks To Limit Ex-Manager's Sex Bias Award Payout

    Goldman Sachs sought on Tuesday to reduce a former compliance manager's payout after it unfairly dismissed him while he was on paternity leave, arguing at a London employment tribunal that it might have dismissed him in any event. 

  • September 02, 2025

    Mishcon Ex-Partner's Whistleblowing Claim Struck Out

    Mishcon de Reya is not on the hook for a former partner's whistleblowing claim because the Singapore-based lawyer cannot bring his claim under British employment law, a London tribunal ruled in a decision released on Tuesday.

  • September 02, 2025

    Textor Cites Missing Docs To Fight $93M Share Buyout Claim

    The owner of a portfolio of professional football clubs told a London court he wasn't obliged to pay $93.6 million for an investment vehicle's stake in his company, arguing that it failed to provide documents needed for the transaction.

  • September 09, 2025

    Keoghs Hires 4 New Partners From Clyde & Co.

    Insurance specialist Keoghs LLP said Tuesday that it has snapped up four new partners from Clyde & Co. LLP to boost its legal services to clients from its offices in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

  • September 02, 2025

    Cleaning Co. Must Pay £30K For Firing Worker Without Probe

    An employment tribunal has ordered a security and cleaning services business to pay £29,706 ($39,700) to a former security officer it had accused of falsifying his contract to take extra holidays, after it failed to interview a key witness.

  • September 01, 2025

    Top Commercial Dispute Rulings Of 2025: Midyear Report

    England's courts have dealt in the first half of 2025 with a multibillion-dollar legal dispute with insurers over planes stuck in Russia, slashed the exposure faced by banks over motor finance claims and set out how the proceeds from a landmark class action against Mastercard should be distributed.

  • September 01, 2025

    Thaler Loses Fight To Claim Invention He'd Credited To His AI

    An English court on Monday dismissed a bid by computer scientist Stephen Thaler to register divisional patent protections for an invention that he had previously claimed were created by his artificial intelligence system, DABUS.

  • September 01, 2025

    Dental Nurse Wins £25K In Colleague 'Bullying' Claim

    A Scottish dental practice must pay a nurse £25,300 ($34,200) after it forced her to resign by removing her role and failing to deal with "bullying" by her colleagues, a tribunal has ruled.

  • September 01, 2025

    Millwall FC Faulted For Firing Coach Without Written Notice

    A second-tier English football club breached the contract of a part-time coach by firing him by phone over his "dysfunctional relationship" with the head trainer, an employment tribunal has ruled. 

  • September 01, 2025

    AA Patrol Workers Lose Fight Over Compulsory Overtime

    A group of patrol workers from the AA, the motoring association, has stumbled in its battle over end-of-shift overtime as a judge ruled that an English tribunal did not have the power to resolve the contractual dispute.

  • September 01, 2025

    Utah Bank Sues Insurer For $10M Over Aircraft Engine 'Loss'

    Bank of Utah has sued Russian insurance company AlfaStrakhovanie for up to $10 million over a jet engine allegedly stuck in Russia since the country's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

  • September 01, 2025

    Bayer Can Keep Xarelto Profits Earned During Sales Ban

    A London court ruled Monday that Bayer can keep the profits it banked from selling blood-thinning treatment Xarelto during an interim sales ban that stopped generic-drugmakers infringing the now-revoked patent.

  • September 01, 2025

    UK Basketball League Says Monopoly Claims Are 'Absurd'

    A British professional basketball league has disputed allegations that it breached competition law by refusing to compete for an exclusive license for the country's men's league as "absurd," claiming that it couldn't be involved because the process was unlawful.

  • September 05, 2025

    Singapore Chambers Duxton Hill Expands To London Bar

    Duxton Hill Chambers has unveiled the opening of a new operation in London, making it the first Singaporean chambers to establish a presence at the English bar, with the help of a former Allen & Overy LLP arbitration chief.

  • August 29, 2025

    Baker Botts Gets Early $1M Win In $7M Tycoon Fee Fight

    Baker Botts LLP scored a partial early victory in its fight to recover $7 million in fees from an Egyptian energy mogul, with a London court ordering the businessman's company on Friday to pay $1 million ahead of a trial.

Expert Analysis

  • 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.

  • Considering The Status Of The US Doctrine Of Patent Misuse

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    A recent Ninth Circuit decision and a U.K. Court of Appeal decision demonstrate the impact that the U.S. Supreme Court's 2015 decision in Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment has had on the principle that post-patent-expiration royalty payments amount to patent misuse, not only in the U.S. but in English courts as well, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: UK Awards Versus EU Judgments

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    The Court of Appeal of England and Wales' recent refusal to enforce a €855 million Spanish judgment inconsistent with earlier binding arbitral awards in England provides crucial guidance for practitioners navigating the complexities of cross-border disputes involving arbitration agreements and sovereign states, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

  • Sky Trademark Ruling Suggests Strategy Tips For Brands

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    Following the U.K. Supreme Court's SkyKick v. Sky trademark ruling, brand owners should strike a balance between a specification broad enough to meet business requirements but not so broad as to invite unnecessary counterattacks for bad faith, says Josh Charalambous at RPC.

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