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Commercial Litigation UK

  • 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.

  • September 10, 2025

    Ex-Ukrainian President Loses Fight To Lift EU Sanctions

    Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych lost his fight to shake European Union sanctions Wednesday, with a court finding that he "clearly contributed to the destabilization" of the country by calling for Russian military intervention and plotting to oust Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

  • September 17, 2025

    Twenty Essex Adds 4 New Barristers After Pupillages

    Twenty Essex has revealed that four new barristers have joined its chambers after completing their pupillages, adding experience from New York through to Australia.

  • September 10, 2025

    Tribunal Warns Fee Disputes Could Undermine CPO Regime

    The chair of a U.K. competition tribunal raised concerns Wednesday about the effect "another" fee dispute between funders and lawyers could have on the collective actions regime during a hearing on unclaimed damages from a claim over train fares.

  • September 10, 2025

    Microsoft Defends Software Resale Tactics Amid £270M Claim

    Microsoft urged a tribunal on Wednesday to reject a software reseller's claim that the technology giant owes £270 million ($365 million) for restricting the rights of software companies to resell software they have licensed from Microsoft.

  • September 10, 2025

    AIG Sued By Ex-Teacher Over PI Negligence Claim

    A retired teacher has sued the U.K. arm of AIG for £176,000 ($238,000) to cover the alleged professional negligence of his solicitors, which represented him in a dispute linked to an earlier row over clinical negligence and is now insolvent.

  • September 10, 2025

    Actors' Union To Appeal Over Casting Directory's Listing Fees

    Performers' union Equity said Wednesday that it will appeal against a decision by a London court to throw out its case against a casting directory over the listing fees it charges actors.

  • September 10, 2025

    Football Club Chair Sues Newspaper Over Wage Allegations

    An English regional newspaper publisher is facing a libel claim from a Welsh telecommunications businessman over an article that said that one of his companies had underpaid its staff, according to court filings.

  • September 10, 2025

    Abramovich Loses Appeal To EU Sanctions Over Evraz Ties

    Roman Abramovich failed to lift European Union sanctions against him on Wednesday as judges ruled they are justified because the oligarch is a main shareholder in the steel company Evraz, one of the largest taxpayers in Russia.

  • September 10, 2025

    Meta, TikTok Win Legal Challenge Over EU Supervisory Fees

    Meta and TikTok won a legal challenge on Wednesday over the way the European Commission calculates the fees it charges to cover the cost of supervising large technology companies, as a court ruled that the executive body had got the process wrong. 

  • September 09, 2025

    Microsoft Cannot Restrict Software Aftermarket, Reseller Says

    Counsel for an English software reseller argued at the competition tribunal in London on Tuesday that Microsoft is stifling the legal resale of its software licenses, kicking off the company's antitrust and intellectual property claim.

Expert Analysis

  • Complying With Growing EU Supply Chain Mandates

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    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.

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Spain Faces Award Enforcement

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    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.

  • What EU Antitrust Guidelines Will Mean For Dominant Cos.

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    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.

  • Reflecting On 12 Months Of The EU Foreign Subsidy Regime

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    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.

  • Employer Lessons In Preventing Unlawful Positive Action

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    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.

  • Review Of EU Cross-Border Merger Regs' Impact On Irish Cos.

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    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.

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Spanish Assets At Risk Abroad

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    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.

  • Comparing Apples To Oranges In EPO Claim Interpretation

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    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.

  • A Look At UK, EU And US Cartel Enforcement Trends

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    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.

  • Testing The Limits Of English Courts' Pro-Arbitration Stance

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    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.

  • What Green Claims Directive Proposal Means For Businesses

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    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.

  • EU Merger Control Concerns Remain After ECJ Illumina Ruling

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    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.

  • £43M Legal Bill Case Shows Courts' View On Exchange Rates

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    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.

  • Examining The State Of Paccar Fixes After General Election

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    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.

  • EU Reports Signal Greenwashing Focus For Financial Sector

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    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.

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