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Commercial Litigation UK

  • 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.

  • August 29, 2025

    Education Trust Mistreated Finance Director With Cancer

    An employment tribunal has ruled that an education trust forced a finance and IT director with cancer to quit by failing to properly consider his complaints of discrimination during a grievance hearing. 

  • August 29, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen Prosecco DOC Consortium bring an intellectual property claim against a distributor, the Serious Fraud Office bring a civil recovery claim against the ex-wife of a solicitor jailed over a £19.5 million fraud scheme, and law firm Joseph Hage Aaronson & Bremen LLP sue its former client, the bankrupt Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • August 29, 2025

    Tesco Sues Broadcom For £100M Over Software Licensing

    Tesco is suing Broadcom Inc. for more than £100 million ($135 million), alleging the tech giant has abused its market dominance after a $69 billion merger with cloud services provider VMware threatened to force price increases for critical software of almost 250%.

  • August 29, 2025

    EasyGroup Loses 'Rest Easy' TM Fight With Premier Inn

    EasyGroup lost its trademark infringement case against Premier Inn Hotels on Friday as a judge ruled that customers would not confuse its "rest easy" sign featuring a half moon with the low-cost giant's brands of easyHotel and Rest Easy Apartments.

  • August 28, 2025

    Pharma Co. Fights Rival's Blood Pressure Drug Patent

    A pharmaceutical company has told a London court that a rival's treatment for high blood pressure infringes one of its patents, throwing a wrench in the rival's plans to keep selling its drug to British patients. 

  • August 28, 2025

    Catering Worker Wins Second Shot At Sex Harassment Case

    A catering agency worker won a second chance on Thursday to sue her employer after being sexually harassed by a colleague outside work, with a tribunal ruling the judge failed to consider whether the incident was tied to their employment.

  • August 28, 2025

    Payroll Co. Loses Bid To Block £1.1M HMRC Debt Petition

    A payroll services company cannot block a winding-up petition by HM Revenue & Customs over a debt claim of more than £1.1 million ($1.2 million) in unpaid taxes, a London court ruled in denying the company's bid.

  • August 28, 2025

    Livingston FC Defeats Ex-GC's Unfair Dismissal Claim

    The former general counsel at a Scottish Premier League club has lost his employment tribunal claim accusing Livingston FC of forcing him to resign for blowing the whistle about purported financial irregularities and unlawful payments to players.

  • August 28, 2025

    Glencore Must Hand Over Bribery Probe Docs In Investor Case

    Glencore lost its bid on Thursday to withhold documents about investigations into bribery and corruption in a legal battle with investors who claim that the company misled them by failing to disclose wrongdoing.

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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