Commercial Litigation UK

  • July 07, 2025

    IP Software Manager Wins £77K After Botched Transfer

    A tribunal has ruled that a software company specializing in intellectual property portfolios must compensate a London-based employee more than £77,000 ($105,000), ruling that the business had failed to offer an explanation for why she was sacked.

  • July 07, 2025

    Opera House Faces £350K Libel Claim Over Settlement Breach

    A writer and former fundraising executive has brought a legal claim against an English opera house and Loch Employment Law, alleging that both sides breached a legal settlement by repeating damaging allegations in a later court filing.

  • July 07, 2025

    Waste Co. Blames Trowers & Hamlins For Lost Tenancy

    A waste haulage company has accused Trowers & Hamlins of negligently failing to protect a long-standing lease over its premises, telling a London court that its new arrangement does not have the same favorable terms.

  • July 04, 2025

    Agri Biz Wins Time In $11M Alfa Group Unit Loan Note Fight

    A Ukrainian agriculture business won extra time on Friday to prepare for a jurisdiction fight with a subsidiary of sanctioned Russian-Israeli tycoon Mikhail Fridman's Alfa Group as part of an $11 million battle over a loan notes investment.

  • July 04, 2025

    Car Auction Biz Loses Appeal Of Drivers' Worker Status 

    An appellate tribunal ruled Friday that more than 420 drivers for a car auctioneer counted as workers under U.K. law, rejecting arguments that a previous court had ignored evidence when it decided that a substitution clause was bogus. 

  • July 04, 2025

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

    The past week in London has seen the owner of Crystal Palace and the troubled Olympique Lyonnais football clubs sue its current chief executive John Textor, Fieldfisher faces a claim by Georgian businessman Zaza Okusahvili, and a dispute partner at Travers Smith file a personal injury claim against the firm.

  • July 04, 2025

    Drone Operator Sues BAE Unit Over Patented UAV Design

    A drone designer has accused a subsidiary of BAE Systems of infringing one of its patents by selling heavy-lift unmanned aerial vehicles used by the British military that are easily disassembled for transportation. 

  • July 04, 2025

    Trafigura Wins $2M Over Sudan Co.'s Unpaid Gasoline Order

    A London court ruled Friday that a Sudanese petrochemical company owed Trafigura more than $2.1 million for failing to pay in full for a shipment of gasoline in early 2020.

  • July 04, 2025

    Apple, Sony Lose Appeal Over Litigation-Funding Deals

    The Court of Appeal unanimously rejected arguments by Apple, Visa, Mastercard and Sony on Friday that widely-used funding agreements which calculate a funder's fee by a multiple are unenforceable in U.K. class action claims.

  • July 04, 2025

    Axiom Staffer Can't Boost Award After Dismissal Claims Win

    An employment tribunal has rejected an attempt by a member of Axiom's staff to boost her award after the firm failed to carry out a redundancy consultation before mass dismissals, ruling that her application for reconsideration was "misconceived." 

  • July 04, 2025

    BT Denies Withholding Data Cost Eircom £400M Contract

    British Telecommunications PLC said that withholding information from Eircom did not cause its Irish counterpart to lose a bid for a public sector contract, as it defended itself Friday at a £67 million ($92 million) damages trial.

  • July 04, 2025

    Ankle Tag Investors Deny £320M Conspiracy With Sacked CEO

    Investors in a company which makes ankle tags have denied a £320 million ($437 million) claim that they conspired with the business's ousted chief executive to unlawfully profit from share sales.

  • July 04, 2025

    Sheikh Must Pay Brothers $240M Each In Inheritance Fight

    The son of an Emirati royal accused of embezzling more than $1 billion from his dead father must give two of his brothers approximately $240 million each for their shares in their father's estate, a London court ruled on Friday.

  • July 04, 2025

    Ex-Jones Day Partner Faces SDT Over Evidence Destruction

    A former private equity partner at Jones Day has been referred to a disciplinary tribunal after a London court held him in contempt of court for instructing an IT manager to delete a secure messaging app, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.

  • July 04, 2025

    Axed COO Wins £108K From Commerce Software Biz

    A commerce software company has agreed to pay £107,600 ($146,900) to its former chief operating officer after he persuaded a tribunal that his dismissal was unfair.

  • July 03, 2025

    ECJ Revives French State Aid Fight Over Port Tax Breaks

    A European Union court was wrong to refuse to consider a French local government body's state aid complaints over tax breaks granted to port operators by the country's government, the EU's high court ruled Thursday, sending the case back to the lower court.

  • July 03, 2025

    Eircom Seeks £67M From BT As Info Hoarding Trial Kicks Off

    Irish telecoms operator Eircom said that British Telecommunications PLC unlawfully kept it "in the dark" about crucial information during a bid for a public sector contract, at the start of a £67 million ($92 million) damages trial Thursday.

  • July 03, 2025

    BHP Says Quarter Of £36B Dam Claims Could Be Dropped

    BHP told a London court on Thursday that more than a quarter of claimants suing it in a £36 billion ($49 billion) case over Brazil's worst environmental disaster have moved to waive their claims by taking part in a compensation scheme.

  • July 03, 2025

    TUI Looks To Shift Blame For Illness At All-Inclusive Hotel

    Tourism giant TUI has denied causing a group of more than 30 holidaymakers gastrointestinal illnesses in Cape Verde, saying that the sickness have been caused by anything from too much sun to overindulgence to contact with other infected people.

  • July 03, 2025

    Bar Manager Fired For Checking CCTV Wins Payout

    An employment tribunal has ordered a members club for the Labour Party to pay £9,500 ($12,900) to a bar manager it fired after accepting allegations that she breached data protection rules by viewing CCTV footage without any investigation. 

  • July 03, 2025

    British Airways Defeats Claims Of Bias In COVID Shake-Up

    British Airways has fended off claims of age and sex discrimination and unfair dismissal brought by two former cabin crew members who accused the airline of using the COVID-19 crisis to strip legacy staff of their better employment terms.

  • July 03, 2025

    Travers Smith Partner Hits Firm With Personal Injury Claim

    A disputes partner at Travers Smith LLP has filed a personal injury claim against the firm, according to court records.

  • July 03, 2025

    Top Judge Expresses 'Horror' At Lawyers Citing Fake Cases

    The most senior judge in England and Wales has recalled her "horror" at reports of lawyers citing fake judgments in the U.S., calling for a robust approach to adopting artificial intelligence into the courtroom.

  • July 03, 2025

    Ex-CFO Claims Toy Maker Gave Court Forged Evidence

    The former finance director of a toy manufacturer has alleged that the company handed a court forged evidence in an "ambush" tactic that fraudulently secured a judgment striking out his breach of employment contract and data protection claims against the employer.

  • July 03, 2025

    Ex-Perfume Boss Can't Ax Claim Over Russia Sales

    A London judge refused Thursday to throw out a claim that accused the former boss of a luxury perfume group of damaging the reputation of his business after he admitted to exporting high-value products to Russia.

Expert Analysis

  • How 2025 Act Refines The UK's Arbitral Framework

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    The U.K.'s Arbitration Act 2025 marks the regime's first significant reform since 1996 and aligns the nation's approach more closely with international principles, which means practitioners should take note of key procedural and strategic adjustments, including the explicit power of summary disposal, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

  • Leaked Docs In Man City Case Raise Admissibility Questions

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    The Premier League’s claims that Manchester City Football Club fell foul of financial fair play regulations are partly based on documents unlawfully obtained by an activist, which means the independent commission deciding the case will need to weigh whether the evidence is permissible against the principle of open justice, says Stuart Southall at KANGS Solicitors.

  • 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.

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