Commercial Litigation UK

  • August 12, 2025

    Gov't Faces Litigation Over Shell, BAE Secondment Scheme

    A human rights organization has warned the foreign secretary that a plan to invite staff from oil giant Shell and defense contractor BAE Systems to take on diplomatic roles might be unlawful.

  • August 11, 2025

    Court Sends German Burford Funding Dispute To Arbitration

    A Delaware federal judge ruled Monday that an agreement between an affiliate of litigation funder Burford Capital and a German entity requires the parties to arbitrate a dispute over an allegedly fraudulent arbitration pact contained in a funding agreement over antitrust litigation.

  • August 11, 2025

    Business School Must Face Visa Sponsorship Bias Claim

    A business school can't escape a former staffer's claims that it is racially discriminating against him for being Egyptian by failing to obtain a visa sponsorship after employees were transferred to another company, an employment tribunal has ruled. 

  • August 11, 2025

    Wikipedia Loses Legal Challenge Over UK Online Safety Act

    The charity behind Wikipedia lost a challenge to the Online Safety Act on Monday after claiming that the online encyclopedia could be lumbered with unmanageable duties aimed at regulating social media giants and viral content.

  • August 11, 2025

    Heathrow Staffer Fired Over Allegedly Racist Video Wins £44K 

    Heathrow Airport must pay £43,999 ($59,000) to a security officer it unfairly fired for showing his colleague a video allegedly portraying India as dirty, but it does not have to give him back his job, an employment tribunal has ruled. 

  • August 11, 2025

    Nathaniel Rothschild Drops Claim Against Lars Windhorst

    Nathaniel Rothschild has dropped a legal case against German financier Lars Windhorst and global investment company Tennor International AG over an allegedly unpaid personal loan.

  • August 11, 2025

    Greece Wins €150M Arbitration Award In Submarine Dispute

    Greece has won a €150 million ($174 million) arbitration award against Lebanese shipbuilder Privinvest and its former Greek subsidiary at an Athens-based tribunal, the Mediterranean republic's counsel said Monday.

  • August 11, 2025

    SRA Says Lawyer Misled Tribunal About His Finances

    A disability rights lawyer lied to a tribunal by not disclosing the proceeds of the sale of his home in earlier disciplinary proceedings brought against him, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said Monday.

  • August 11, 2025

    UK Opt-Out Claims Surge To €77B Amid Class Action Boom

    There was "extraordinary" growth in class actions in the U.K. and across Europe in 2024 as new procedural mechanisms were introduced in different jurisdictions and claimant firms acted aggressively, CMS said Monday.

  • August 11, 2025

    Taylor Wessing Sued By Tycoon's Son Amid Family Trust Row

    The son of an Italian-Nigerian businessman has sued Taylor Wessing LLP, accusing the firm of failing to prepare pleadings for a long-running arbitration battle with his father because of a dispute over a £1.5 million ($2 million) legal bill.

  • August 11, 2025

    Law Firm Sues NatWest Over Suspended Bank Accounts

    NatWest is facing a High Court claim brought by a London law firm which alleges that the bank suddenly suspended access to its accounts without warning and has failed to give any explanation.

  • August 08, 2025

    Fieldfisher Patent Team Joins Casalonga's German Operation

    European IP firm Casalonga has opened a second office in Germany and brought in a team of patent litigation lawyers from Fieldfisher LLP, as it aims to build a strong presence across member countries of the Unified Patent Court.

  • August 08, 2025

    NHS Settles £4B Procurement Fight With Logistics Biz

    The National Health Service's supply chain arm has settled a claim brought by a prospective logistics contractor that alleged the health service had breached procurement rules over the award of a £4.4 billion ($5.9 billion) contract.

  • August 08, 2025

    Solicitor Found To Be Incompetent In Property Deal Oversight

    A disciplinary tribunal ruled on Friday that a solicitor displayed "manifest incompetence" when he failed to spot red flags in several potentially fraudulent property transactions — but also found that his conduct had not lacked integrity.

  • August 08, 2025

    BAE Unit Challenges Drone Patent In Infringement Case

    A BAE Systems unit has denied infringing a drone-maker's patent by selling heavy lift drones for rapid aid delivery, arguing that its rival's technology didn't deserve to be protected in the first place. 

  • August 08, 2025

    Bar Council Calls For 'Urgent' Probe Into HMCTS IT Bugs

    The Bar Council called on Friday for an investigation into reports that IT bugs in case management software caused information and evidence used in court cases to be hidden, overwritten or disappear, potentially affecting the outcome of litigation.

  • August 08, 2025

    Steve Coogan Backs Uni Director Depiction In Richard III Film

    Steve Coogan has added to his defense against a university director's libel claim over a film depicting the search for the remains of King Richard III in a car park, arguing that the movie's portrayal of his actions was substantially true.

  • August 08, 2025

    River Island Gets Legal Green Light For £54M Rescue Plan

    River Island secured approval by a court Friday of a £54 million ($75.5 million) rescue plan aimed at preventing the struggling High Street fashion retailer from running out of cash and falling into insolvent administration by September.

  • August 08, 2025

    Chelsea Group Claims Bribery Tainted $20M Greensill Deal

    A Cyprus-based group of companies has denied owing $20.6 million to UBS' asset management unit from a supply chain finance deal with the now-defunct Greensill Capital, arguing that the deal was rescinded because it was tainted by bribery.

  • August 08, 2025

    Fit-Out Co. Pulled Finance Director Job Offer Due To Disability

    A company that provides fit-out services harassed and discriminated against a prospective finance director by withdrawing its job offer when he requested adjustments for his disability, a tribunal has ruled.

  • August 08, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission target a British investor over a $10 million microcap fraud scheme, Merck Sharp & Dohme move against Halozyme Inc. following a recent clash over its patented cancer medicine, and Birmingham City Council sue a school minibus operator years after ending its contract over DBS check failures. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K. 

  • August 08, 2025

    JPMorgan Denies Witholding €18M In VTB Sanctions Fight

    JPMorgan has hit back at a VTB Bank subsidiary's claim that the American bank withheld €17.8 million ($21 million) from a liquidated trading account, arguing that sanctions have blocked it from paying the money.

  • August 08, 2025

    Businessman Sues Agent For £10M Amid COVID Test Spat

    A businessman has sued one of his former partners in a venture from during the COVID-19 pandemic to sell lateral flow tests, alleging that his ex-sales agent participated in a conspiracy to take over his business and cut him out of the profits.

  • August 08, 2025

    Diamond Trader's Dismissal Of Manager Ruled A Sham

    A trader in laboratory-grown diamonds must pay its former manager £24,900 ($33,500) after it cut her loose without notice under the guise of redundancy, a tribunal has ruled.

  • August 07, 2025

    Spain Can't Get $124M Renewable Energy Award Axed

    Spain has come up short in its efforts to nix an approximately $124 million arbitral award issued to Eurus Energy Holdings Corp. after the country dialed back its incentives for such projects, the Japanese renewable energy investor said on Thursday.

Expert Analysis

  • 4 Takeaways From Biotech Patent Invalidity Ruling

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    The recent Patents Court decision in litigation between Advanced Cell Diagnostics and Molecular Instruments offers noteworthy commentary on issues related to experiments done in the ordinary course of business, joint importation, common general knowledge and mindset, and mosaicking for anticipation, say Nessa Khandaker and Darren Jiron at Finnegan.

  • Why Reperforming Loan Securitization In UK And EU May Rise

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    The recently published new U.K. securitization rules will largely bring the U.K.’s nonperforming loan regime in line with the European Union, and together with the success of EU and U.K. banks in reducing loan ratios, reperforming securitizations may feature more prominently in relevant markets going forward, say lawyers at Morgan Lewis.

  • What French Watchdog Ruling Means For M&A Landscape

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    Although ultimately dismissed due to lack of evidence, the French competition authority’s recent post-closing review of several nonreportable mergers is a landmark case that highlights the increased complexity of such transactions, and is further testament to the European competition authorities’ willingness to expand their toolkit to address below-threshold M&As, say lawyers at Cleary.

  • How Life Science Companies Are Approaching UPC Opt-Outs

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    A look at recent data shows that one year after its launch, the European Union's Unified Patent Court is still seeing a high rate of opt-outs, including from large U.S.-based life science companies wary of this unpredictable court — and there are reasons this strategy should largely remain the same, say Sanjay Murthy and Christopher Tuinenga at McAndrews Held.

  • New Directors' Code Of Conduct May Serve As Useful Guide

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    Although the Institute of Directors’ current proposal for a voluntary code of conduct is strongly supported by its members, it must be balanced against the statutory requirement for directors to promote their company’s success, and the risk of claims by shareholders if their decisions are influenced by wider social considerations, says Matthew Watson at RPC.

  • Lego Ruling Builds Understanding Of Design Exam Process

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    In Lego v. Guangdong Loongon, the European Union Intellectual Property Office recently invalidated a registered design for a toy figure, offering an illustrative guide to assessing the individual character of a design in relation to a preexisting design, says Christoph Moeller at Mewburn Ellis.

  • Contractual Drafting Takeaways From Force Majeure Ruling

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    Lawyers at Cleary discuss the U.K. Supreme Court's recent judgment RTI v. MUR Shipping and its important implications, including how the court approached the apparent tension between certainty and commercial pragmatism, and considerations for the drafting of force majeure clauses going forward.

  • Behind The Stagecoach Boundary Fare Dispute Settlement

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    The Competition Appeal Tribunal's recent rail network boundary fare settlement offers group action practitioners some much-needed guidance as it reduces the number of remaining parties' five-year dispute from two to one, says Mohsin Patel at Factor Risk Management.

  • The Unified Patent Court: What We Learned In Year 1

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    ​​​​​​​The Unified Patent Court celebrated its first anniversary this month, and while questions remain as we wait for the first decisions on the merits, a multitude of decisions and orders regarding provisional measures and procedural aspects have provided valuable insights already, says Antje Brambrink at Finnegan.

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Spanish Judicial Oversight

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    The recent conviction of arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa underscores the critical importance of judicial authority in the realm of international arbitration in Spain, and emphasizes that arbitrators must respect the procedural frameworks established by Spanish national courts, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray’s Inn.

  • F1 Driver AI Case Sheds Light On Winning Tactics In IP Suits

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    A German court recently awarded damages to former F1 driver Michael Schumacher's family in an artificial intelligence dispute over the unlicensed use of his image, illustrating how athletes are using the law to protect their brands, and setting a precedent in other AI-generated image rights cases, William Bowyer at Lawrence Stephens.

  • High Court Ruling Sheds Light On Targets For Judicial Review

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    The High Court's recent dismissal of iDealing.com's judicial review application for service complaint decisions by the Financial Ombudsman Service highlights the difficulty of distinguishing what decisions are amenable to judicial review, demonstrating that those made by statutory bodies may not always be genuine targets, say Alexander Fawke, Tara Janus and Bam Thomas at Linklaters.

  • Appeal Ruling Clarifies 3rd-Party Contract Breach Liability

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    The Court of Appeal's recent decision in Northamber v. Genee World serves as a warning to parties that they may be held liable for inducing another party to breach a contract, even if that party was a willing participant, say Neil Blake, Maura McIntosh and Jennifer O'Brien at HSL.

  • CPR Proposal Affirms The Emphasis On Early Mediation

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    While the recent proposal to incorporate mandatory alternative dispute resolution into the Civil Procedure Rules following a 2023 appeal decision would not lead to seismic change, given current practice, it signals a shift in how litigation should be pursued toward out-of-court solutions, say Heather Welham and Cyra Roshan at Foot Anstey.

  • How Law Firms Can Handle Challenges Of Mass Claims

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    With a wave of volume litigation possibly about to hit the U.K. courts, firms developing mass claim practices should ensure they heed the Solicitors Regulation Authority's May warning and adopt strategies to ensure regulatory compliance and fair client representation, says Claire Van der Zant at Shieldpay.

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