/commercial-litigation-uk?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Commercial Litigation UK Copyright 2025 ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ. en-US Fri, 16 May 2025 22:32:10 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2341334?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2341334 Investors in an Indian satellite communications company have been granted permission to challenge a ruling allowing India's sovereign immunity defense in English litigation to enforce a $217 million arbitral award, after a judge in London ruled Friday that the immunity issue raises broader questions. Fri, 16 May 2025 18:07:14 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2341248?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2341248 A former owner of a now-defunct law firm has been banned from working as a solicitor after he allowed the firm's client account to receive and transfer more than £1 million ($1.3 million) for illegal purposes long after the business had stopped trading. Fri, 16 May 2025 16:16:23 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2341249?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2341249 An agency worker supply company has lost its latest bid to challenge a decision by the U.K. tax authority to cancel its VAT registration over its alleged links to a tax fraud scheme, as a London appeals court refused its bid on Friday. Fri, 16 May 2025 15:51:57 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2341174?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2341174 Coupang accused streaming platform DAZN of experiencing "seller's remorse" and reneging on a deal to provide the e-commerce business with a license to broadcast the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in South Korea at the start of a High Court trial on Friday. Fri, 16 May 2025 14:43:51 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2341193?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2341193 This past week in London has seen Linklaters and EY face negligence claims from a fintech investment firm, property developer Sir John Ritblat bring legal action against a Guernsey-registered company, and fresh equal pay litigation filed against Morrisons and Safeways. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K. Fri, 16 May 2025 14:37:58 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2341199?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2341199 A former BGC Partners employee was sentenced to 16 months committal in prison Friday for contempt by a London judge Monday after admitting he breached restrictions the court imposed after he committed a £23.5 million ($31.1 million) fraud against a subsidiary. Fri, 16 May 2025 12:49:59 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2339200?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2339200 A British steel supplier has sued its former managing director, alleging he wrongfully retained more than half a million pounds of a conditional bonus following his early departure from the company. Fri, 16 May 2025 12:39:23 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2341195?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2341195 The Guardian defeated a claim that it had defamed a man by suggesting he was gay after a court ruled Friday that there is no longer any scope for arguing that right-thinking individuals would think less of someone because of their sexual orientation. Fri, 16 May 2025 12:19:37 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2341286?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2341286 A group of transgender and intersex individuals launched a legal challenge against the equalities watchdog and a government minister on Friday, arguing that guidance issued following the U.K. Supreme Court's watershed ruling on the legal definition of a woman violates human rights law. Fri, 16 May 2025 11:30:35 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2332247?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2332247 Peter Waddell has sued a private equity firm for €1.5 million ($1.7 million) over an investment the tycoon claims was wrongfully forfeited when the company saw him as a "nuisance" following a court battle connected with funding for his car supermarket group. Fri, 16 May 2025 09:37:42 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2341171?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2341171 Workers' union GMB said Friday that a government intervention to block bonuses for Thames Water bosses would be "the right call" after the water company sought a £3 billion ($3.9 billion) rescue package if it is to avoid falling into special administration plans. Thu, 15 May 2025 22:26:18 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2339951?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2339951 Clifford Chance LLP has boosted its international arbitration practice by hiring a lawyer from Pinsent Masons LLP, saying she has broad experience in matters involving Spain and has been appointed to serve as a partner on the global law firm's litigation and dispute resolution team. Thu, 15 May 2025 16:45:55 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2339206?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2339206 The British High Court was wrong to find BAT Industries PLC could have discovered that its tax payments on foreign dividends were made by mistake, HM Revenue & Customs told an appeals court Thursday, urging it to overturn the ruling. Thu, 15 May 2025 16:24:59 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2331682?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2331682 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. Thu, 15 May 2025 14:48:12 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2340539?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2340539 A London court on Thursday removed a district judge from a dispute over the payment of business taxes, citing a risk of bias amid his "sensitive" response to a challenge of his decision in an earlier linked case. Thu, 15 May 2025 14:01:00 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2340515?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2340515 The chief executive of a software business said he didn't believe that rebranding his business to use the name "Wise" would lead customers to confuse it with digital payments company Wise, as he gave evidence to the trademark infringement trial Thursday. Thu, 15 May 2025 13:29:12 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2340492?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2340492 An Amazon whistleblower urged the Employment Tribunal on Thursday to revive his unfair dismissal claim against the tech giant, saying a lower tribunal's decision to strike out his claim was unfair in light of his neurological disability. Thu, 15 May 2025 12:13:39 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2340519?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2340519 Mobile provider EE lost its case that Avanti Broadband Ltd. breached a contract to provide satellite network connection services by demanding an "exorbitant and unreasonable" price hike, as a London court ruled on Thursday that EE's contractual interpretation was "plainly wrong." Thu, 15 May 2025 12:04:14 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2338577?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2338577 A legal expenses insurer could owe more than £80,000 ($106,000) to a former executive after a tribunal found that his insolvent employer's prolonged failure to pay wages and commission amounted to a fundamental breach of contract. Thu, 15 May 2025 11:40:44 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2340486?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2340486 The former managing partner of a law firm argued Thursday that a tribunal failed to consider his ability to pay up to £210,000 ($278,8300) after he tried to claim both income protection insurance and a share of its while off sick with cancer.