Commercial Litigation UK

  • September 23, 2025

    Ex-England Captain Fights For Recognition Of Head Injury Toll

    Former England soccer team captain David Watson will urge the U.K. Upper Tribunal to award him government benefits to compensate him for brain injuries allegedly sustained due to repeated head injuries during the course of his professional career, his lawyers have said.

  • September 23, 2025

    Privy Council Backs Undoing Fund's $230M Madoff Claim Sale

    The top appeals court for U.K. overseas territories has endorsed a successful U.S. appeal brought by the liquidator of an overseas Bernard L. Madoff feeder fund to undo its allegedly imprudent sale of its $230 million claim against the Ponzi schemer's defunct firm to a hedge fund.

  • September 23, 2025

    Food Hub Must Pay Staffer Who 'Skipped' Work Duties £61K

    An employment tribunal has ordered a food delivery company to pay £61,419 ($83,000) to a sales manager it unfairly fired, ruling that the allegations that he committed gross misconduct by skipping some of his duties in the field were "borderline." 

  • September 23, 2025

    UK Lender Settles £5M Claim Over Alleged Asset Shielding

    Castle Trust Capital has settled its £4.7 million ($6.3 million) dispute with three British businessmen after it accused them of moving assets to avoiding repaying a loan, according to a court order.

  • September 23, 2025

    Apple Faces UK Class Action Alleging Unfair Apple Pay Fees

    Apple is facing a claim brought on behalf of 50 million U.K. consumers over allegations that the tech giant has driven up the price of banking and financial products by charging card issuers fees for Apple Pay transactions.

  • September 23, 2025

    Spar Worker Unfairly Fired Days Before Surgery, Tribunal Says

    Supermarket chain Spar unfairly dismissed and discriminated against an employee when it fired her without notice just days before a scheduled surgery that was contingent on her employee health insurance, a tribunal has found.

  • September 23, 2025

    Veteran Model Sues ITV After Accident On Reality Show

    A veteran supermodel and contestant on reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity ... South Africa" has sued ITV's production company, according to court records.

  • September 23, 2025

    Guardian Wins £3M Costs Payout From Actor After Libel Win

    A London judge ruled Tuesday that actor Noel Clarke should pay half of the more than £6 million ($8 million) legal costs of The Guardian newspaper's publisher for its defense against his libel claim over stories about allegations of sexual misconduct.

  • September 23, 2025

    Canfields Law Denies Blame For Alleged £4M Property Fraud

    The London law firm Canfields has denied negligently handling a high-value property investment, responding to allegations that it facilitated a fraud that cost a Hong Kong business executive more than £4 million ($5.4 million).

  • September 22, 2025

    Russia Sues Australia, Netherlands Over MH17 Determination

    Russia has initiated a case against Australia and the Netherlands at the International Court of Justice seeking to challenge a determination that Moscow was responsible for the 2014 downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine — a decision that left the Kremlin on the hook for potential reparations.

  • September 22, 2025

    Havilland Ex-Staffer Denies Wiping Phone Amid Qatar Scandal

    A former employee of Banque Havilland SA denied wiping his iPhone during a scandal over an alleged plan to de-peg Qatar's currency from the dollar during a trade embargo, in cross-examination at a London tribunal on Monday.

  • September 22, 2025

    Imran Khan Minister Wins Twitter Libel Case Against Cousin

    A former minister in ex-Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan's government won a libel and harassment case against his cousin on Monday, with a London court ruling that the politician suffered a "relentless torrent of abuse" and corruption allegations on Twitter.

  • September 22, 2025

    Hausfeld Urges Gov't To Protect Collective Actions Regime

    Hausfeld LLP urged the government on Monday to retain and safeguard the U.K.'s collective actions regime in response to plans to review whether it strikes the right balance between helping consumers and protecting companies from spurious claims.

  • September 22, 2025

    UK Juice Co. Denies 'Boost' Trademark Infringement Claims

    A U.K. juice bar company has denied the claims of an Australian rival that its use of the word "boost" in its marketing amounts to a trademark infringement, arguing that the word is simply descriptive and not protected by copyright.

  • September 22, 2025

    Defunct Recruitment Co. Owes Ex-Director, Manager £167K

    An employment tribunal has awarded two recruitment company co-founders a total of nearly £167,000 ($225,500) from their former employer after an employment tribunal ruled they were wrongfully fired.

  • September 22, 2025

    Barings Private Finance Boss Can't Strike Out Poaching Claim

    A London court refused Monday to strike out Barings' £6.3 million ($8.5 million) claim that its former private finance boss allegedly surreptitiously helped to establish a competitor during the last year of his employment and eventually joined the rival himself.

  • September 22, 2025

    Axis Bank Denies Misleading Marine Co. In Loan Scheme

    The Dubai branch of India's Axis bank has hit back against a marine energy company's $41.7 million claim, denying it induced it to participate in a loan to a now-defunct shipping company.

  • September 22, 2025

    Apple Loses Bid To Evade Unionization Amid Rigging Claim

    Apple has lost its attempt to stop unionization in one of its U.K. stores, failing to convince adjudicators that the move lacked support amid concerns that the tech giant tactically diluted the concentration of union members among staff.

  • September 22, 2025

    Jewelry Co. Sues Rival For 'Almas Jewellers' TM Infringement

    A jewelry supplier is suing a rival business in a London court, accusing it of stealing its "Almas Jewellers" trademark.

  • September 22, 2025

    Energy Co. Contractor Denies £120K House Damage Claim

    A contractor for a British power infrastructure company has hit back at a more than £120,000 ($162,000) claim that it negligently damaged a house owned by a property investment business while doing work for a utility company.

  • September 22, 2025

    Law Firm Launches Employment Claims Insurance Scheme

    Trethowans LLP has launched a new service to help businesses reduce their exposure to the financial risks they face defending themselves at the employment tribunal as it becomes easier for workers to bring legal claims against their employers.

  • September 22, 2025

    Recruitment Biz Blocks Ex-Employee From Luring Clients

    A recruitment firm has persuaded a London court to temporarily block a former employee from poaching its clients while awaiting the outcome of its claim that the staffer breached his contract.

  • September 19, 2025

    EU Finalizes Pact To Block Intra-EU Energy Charter Claims

    Lawmakers in the European Union have adopted a decision agreeing that the Energy Charter Treaty's arbitration clause "cannot and never could serve as a legal basis for intra-EU arbitration proceedings."

  • September 19, 2025

    Deutsche Bank Vows To Fight Ex-Staff Over Milan Convictions

    Deutsche Bank denied on Friday the incoming London claims of five former employees seeking hundreds of millions of pounds in damages over their now-overturned convictions for aiding false accounting and market manipulation.

  • September 19, 2025

    Gilead Fights Chinese Research Institute Over COVID Patent

    American biopharmaceutical company Gilead is asking a London court to ax a Chinese military research institute's patent for a COVID-19 treatment, arguing that the drug was not a patentable invention.

Expert Analysis

  • Analyzing The Merits Threshold In Interim Injunction Ruling

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    In Kuznetsov v. War Group, the High Court recently dismissed an interim injunction application, reminding practitioners to be mindful of the possibility that they may be required to meet a higher threshold merits test, say Mark Cooper and Tom Parry at Eversheds Sutherland.

  • Use Or Lose It: European TM Ruling Stresses 'Genuine Use'

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    The European Union General Court recently dismissed an action to revoke trademark protections for a lack of use in Sta Grupa v. EU Intellectual Property Office, offering significant insight into the intricacies of assessing evidence of genuine use in revocation actions, says Sumi Nadarajah at FRKelly.

  • Decoding Plans To Simplify The Transfer Of Undertakings Law

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    The prior Conservative government's proposed reforms to the Transfer of Undertakings Regulations to simplify processes protecting employee rights have generally been welcomed, but the fact that Labour is now in power casts significant doubt on whether they will be pursued, says Robert Forsyth at Michelmores.

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Intra-EU Enforcement Trends

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    Hungary recently declared a distinct stance on the European Court of Justice's 2021 ruling in Moldavia v. Komstroy on intra-EU arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty, highlighting a critical divergence in the bloc on enforcing investment awards and the complexities of balancing regional uniformity with international obligations, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

  • Adjudication Dispute Ruling Elucidates Merit Of Cross-Claims

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    In Morganstone v. Birkemp, the High Court recently found that an adjudicator's refusal to consider cross-claims outside the scope of an interim payment breached natural justice, highlighting inherent risks in the adjudication process, including that not all decisions will be enforced automatically, say Ryland Ash and Jonathan Clarke at Watson Farley.

  • Employer Lessons From Teacher's Menopause Bias Win

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    A Scottish employment tribunal’s recent decision to award a teacher over £60,000 ($77,829) for unfair dismissal is a reminder that menopausal symptoms can amount to a disability, and together with potentially stronger measures from the new Labour government, should prompt all employers to implement effective menopause support policies, say Ellie Gelder and Kelly Thomson at RPC.

  • Why Ukraine Aircraft Insurance Case Failed To Take Off In UK

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    In Aercap v. PJSC Insurance, the High Court decided the claimants could not avoid an exclusive jurisdiction clause and advance their case in England rather than Ukraine, and the reasoning is likely to be of relevance in future jurisdiction disputes, say Abigail Healey and Genevieve Douglas at Quillon Law.

  • What UK Digital Markets Act Will Mean For Competition Law

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    The new Digital Markets Act’s reforms will strengthen the Competition and Markets Authority's investigatory and enforcement powers across its full remit of merger control and antitrust investigations, representing a seismic shift in the U.K. competition and consumer law landscape, say lawyers at Travers Smith.

  • UK Supreme Court Confirms Limits To Arbitration Act Appeals

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    Every year, disappointed parties come out of U.K.-seated arbitrations and try to seek redress in the English courts, but the U.K. Supreme Court's recent decision in Sharp v. Viterra serves as a reminder of the strict restrictions on appeals brought under the Arbitration Act, says Mark Handley at Duane Morris.

  • Examining The EU Sanctions Directive Approach To Breaches

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    In criminalizing sanctions violations and harmonizing the rules on breaches, a new European Union directive will bring significant change and likely increase enforcement risks across the EU, say lawyers at Hogan Lovells.

  • Trends, Tips From 7 Years Of EPO Antibody Patent Appeals

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    Recent years of European Patent Office decisions reveal some surprising differences between appeals involving therapeutic antibody patents and those for other technologies, offering useful insight into this developing area of European case law for future antibody patent applicants, say Alex Epstein and Jane Evenson at CMS.

  • 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.

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