Commercial Litigation UK

  • June 26, 2025

    Staley Fails To Overturn FCA Ban Over Epstein Ties

    Former Barclays boss James "Jes" Staley lost his bid to overturn the Financial Conduct Authority's ban for allegedly lying about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday as a London tribunal found he intentionally misled the watchdog's inquiry into their relationship.

  • June 25, 2025

    EU Court Rules German Tax Deduction Not State Aid

    The German government's tax deduction offered to a casino does not constitute illegal state aid, a European Union court ruled Wednesday in dismissing an appeal brought by a gambling trade group and a slot machine operator.

  • June 25, 2025

    Vivienne Westwood Foundation Says It Owns Iconic Logo

    A foundation set up by the late fashion pioneer Vivienne Westwood has hit back at claims from the renowned fashion house that it is infringing copyrights tied to Westwood's designs, including her iconic orb logo.

  • June 25, 2025

    Ex-Employee Of MoD Supplier Denies Leaking Classified Info

    A former employee of an engineering company has denied he leaked secret documents linked to the supply of warship components to the Royal Navy, telling a London court that he has not misused any confidential information.

  • June 25, 2025

    Porsche Parts Reseller Seeks Injunction In UK Antitrust Fight

    A reseller of parts for premium sports cars urged Britain's antitrust tribunal on Wednesday to compel Porsche to continue to supply it with components pending resolution of a dispute over an alleged reseller ban.

  • June 25, 2025

    French Authorities Put Cork In 'Nero Champagne' TM Bid

    A European Union court ruled against an Italian hotel chain's attempt to trademark the phrase "Nero Champagne" on Wednesday, siding with French authorities in upholding the protected designation of origin for the prestigious sparkling wine.

  • June 25, 2025

    Ex-Trowers Pro Loses Disability Claim Over SRA Referral

    An employment tribunal has barred a former employee of Trowers & Hamlins LLP from bringing part of a legal claim against the firm after it reported her to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

  • June 25, 2025

    AstraZeneca Fights To Revive Diabetes Drug Patent Protection

    AstraZeneca on Wednesday sought to reinstate supplementary patent protection for its billion-dollar diabetes drug dapagliflozin, telling a London appeals court that a judge was wrong to rule the patent was invalid.

  • June 25, 2025

    Getty Drops Key Copyright Claims From Landmark AI Case

    Getty Images confirmed Wednesday that it will no longer pursue core copyright infringement claims in its landmark case against Stability AI over the training and output of its image generation model as the stock pictures giant shifts its focus in the final days of trial.

  • June 24, 2025

    Cargo Explosion Prompts $32M Va. Suit Amid London Claim

    A freight operator has asked a Virginia federal court to let it seize approximately $32 million in maritime property as it pursues arbitration in London for that same amount of damages after its coal cargo exploded while aboard a vessel headed to China last November.

  • June 24, 2025

    Gazprom Must Pay $1.37B In Naftogaz Contract Fight

    Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas company has claimed victory in a $1.37 billion arbitration against Gazprom after the Russian state-owned energy giant allegedly failed to pay for natural gas transit services.

  • June 24, 2025

    Irwin Mitchell Can't Ax Pension Fraud Negligence Claim

    A London court on Tuesday denied Irwin Mitchell's bid to scrap a professional negligence suit against a firm it merged with in 2015, but ruled Irwin Mitchell itself is not liable for the advice given to a pensioner in the wake of alleged fraud.

  • June 24, 2025

    UK Farmers Seek Judicial Review Of Inheritance Tax Changes

    A group of farmers and family-owned businesses is taking the U.K. government to court over changes to the inheritance tax to remove exemptions for agricultural land, the firm representing the farmers announced Tuesday.

  • June 24, 2025

    Solicitor Denies Inducing Trust To Invest £5.8m In His Firm

    A solicitor has denied fraudulently inducing a family trust into investing £5.75 million ($7.84 million) into a company he part owned that became insolvent, arguing the trust made its own assessment to become involved in the "low risk" project.

  • June 24, 2025

    VietJet Air Loses Bid To Ax $181M Plane Lease Dispute Ruling

    A Vietnamese budget airline lost its fight to overturn a decision that it is liable to pay an investment company $181 million for failing to make aircraft leasing payments when a London court ruled Tuesday that the notices served to terminate the leasing deals were valid.

  • June 24, 2025

    Fintech Accuses JP Morgan Of Waging 'Proxy War' In Greece

    Fintech company WeRealize accused J.P. Morgan on Tuesday of waging a legal "proxy war" against its directors in Greece to prevent it from purchasing the investment bank's stake in a payments startup joint venture.

  • June 24, 2025

    Ex-Staffer Owes £20K After 'Messy Work' Bias Claim Fails

    A former employee must pay £20,000 ($27,250) to academic publisher John Wiley & Sons, after failing to prove that bosses discriminated against him for having ADHD by making "unprofessional comments" about his grammatical mistakes. 

  • June 24, 2025

    Commercial Fraud Claims Shift To King's Bench, Report Finds

    The King's Bench Division of the High Court, responsible for a broad range of civil matters, has overtaken the specialist Commercial Court as the most popular place to bring commercial fraud cases in England and Wales, according to trend analysis published Tuesday. 

  • June 24, 2025

    Drilling Contractor Loses £9.9M Tax Case At UK Top Court

    HM Revenue & Customs was right to restrict tax deductions worth £9.9 million ($13.4 million) to a drilling contractor over North Sea oil and gas activities, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

  • June 24, 2025

    Host Says GB News Fired Him For Calling Braverman A Racist

    A former host on GB News has alleged that the channel racially discriminated against he said on-air that he believed Conservative MP Suella Braverman was "a racist and a thoroughly bigoted woman," representatives for the presenter revealed Tuesday.

  • June 24, 2025

    Broker's Costs Cut By £3M Over 'Vague' Trade Secrets Case

    A London court has slashed an investment broker's recoverable costs by half to £3.3 million ($4.5 million) despite previously upholding its claim that a hedge fund and consultant took its trade secrets, ruling that the firm increased costs "at every turn."

  • June 24, 2025

    Law Firm Partner Denies Ignoring Signs Of £7M Client Fraud

    A partner at Portner Law denied dishonestly allowing use of the firm's account to launder money, telling a London trial that he did not register any red flags with a client who was involved in a £7 million ($9.5 million) fraud.

  • June 24, 2025

    Fujitsu OK To Fire Staffer Accused Of Sexual Harassment

    A split employment tribunal has ruled that the multinational technology giant Fujitsu did not act unfairly by sacking an employee after multiple staff members at a client accused him of sexual harassment.

  • June 24, 2025

    Sandoz Latest To Seek Revocation Of AstraZeneca Patent

    Sandoz has asked a judge to revoke an AstraZeneca patent for a diabetes treatment, arguing that the drug failed to make any contributions to the field after a court ordered it to hold off the launch of its generic version. 

  • June 24, 2025

    Gateley Denies Housing Developer's Negligence Claim

    Gateley PLC has denied that a law firm it acquired gave negligent advice to a housing developer during the purchase of two sites in southeast England and said that alleged legal restrictions on the land have not rendered the plots unprofitable.

Expert Analysis

  • 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.

  • Takeaways From UPC's Amgen Patent Invalidity Analysis

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    The Unified Patent Court Central Division's decision in Regeneron v. Amgen to revoke a patent for lack of inventive step is particularly clear in its reasoning and highlights the risks to patentees of the new court's central revocation powers, say Jane Evenson and Caitlin Heard at CMS.

  • GDPR 6 Years On: Key Points From EU Report

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    The European Commission’s recent report on the General Data Protection Regulation is clearly positive, concluding that it has brought benefits to both individuals and businesses, but stakeholders are still awaiting essential guidelines on scientific research and important business concerns remain, say Thibaut D'hulst and Malik Aouadi at Van Bael & Bellis.

  • UK Mandatory ADR Push Renews Mediation Standards Focus

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    In the wake of a Court of Appeal decision last year allowing courts to mandate alternative dispute resolution, the push toward mandatory ADR has continued with the aim of streamlining dispute resolution and reducing costs, say Ned Beale and Edward Nyman at Hausfeld.

  • 2 UK Rulings Highlight Persistent Push Payment Fraud Issues

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    Two recent High Court decisions, Larsson v. Revolut and Terna DOO v. Revolut, demonstrate that authorized push payment fraud continues to cause headaches for consumers and financial institutions alike, and with forthcoming mandatory reimbursement requirements, more APP fraud litigation can be expected, say lawyers at Charles Russell.

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