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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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September 19, 2025
Ex-Havilland CEO Denies Involvement In Qatari Bond Plan
The former chief executive of Banque Havilland's U.K. branch said Friday at a London tribunal that he had not been involved in a plan to de-peg Qatar's currency from the dollar during a trade embargo, saying he had not instructed a junior employee to create a presentation outlining it.
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September 19, 2025
Ex-Simmons Partner Can't Speed Up Labour Candidacy Feud
A former Simmons & Simmons LLP partner cannot accelerate his claim against the Labour Party over its decision to block his bid for election to a local council, a London court said in an order made public Friday.
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September 19, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen brokerage firm ADS Securities file a fresh claim against German entrepreneur Lars Windhorst, AmTrust and Endurance Worldwide Insurance tackle an ongoing £50 million ($67 million) dispute over a failed litigation and insurance scheme, and Howard Kennedy LLP sue the son of a diamond tycoon over a £3.1 million legal bill.
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September 19, 2025
Actor Seeks Extra Time For Assault Claims Against Spacey
British actor Ruari Cannon has asked a London court to override time limits for sexual assault claims against Kevin Spacey, arguing he only felt able to bring his claim after others made allegations.
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September 19, 2025
AmTrust, Novitas Settle £56M Litigation Funding Dispute
A legal loans company has settled its £56 million ($76 million) claim against AmTrust over who should cover the costs of a failed litigation funding scheme, a lawyer for the insurance giant told a court Friday.
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September 19, 2025
PR Pro Called 'Disorganized' Wins Disability Bias Case
An employment tribunal has ruled that a PR company forced one of its staffers to quit, discriminated against her for having a disability and harassed her by telling her that others could perceive her as "disorganized or uncommitted."
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September 19, 2025
Entain Sues Matched Betting Biz Over TM Infringement
The owner of the Ladbrokes and Bwin gambling websites has sued a company that provides paying members with tools to maximize betting returns, accusing it of infringing its IP by displaying its trademarks and logos.
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September 19, 2025
US-Based MSD Must Pay £6M For Use Of 'Merck' In UK
A London court on Friday ordered the pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC to pay its German namesake, Merck KGaA, at least £5.7 million ($7.7 million) after it violated a long-standing agreement restricting its use of their shared "Merck" name in the U.K.
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September 19, 2025
Trowers Targets Avison Young For Lease-Renewal Failures
Trowers & Hamlins has hit back at a claim that it bungled the renewal of a skip company's commercial lease, arguing that it was not instructed to do so and that either the waste haulage business or Avison Young was to blame.
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September 19, 2025
TUI Rejects 64 Tourists' Claims Over Hotel Illness Outbreak
Package holiday company TUI UK Ltd. has denied responsibility for 64 holidaymakers falling ill at an all-inclusive family resort in Cape Verde, claiming that the standards at the hotel were "good and consistent" with its four-star rating.
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September 19, 2025
SRA Eyes Stricter Rules On Litigation-Funding Practices
The Solicitors Regulation Authority called for responses from the legal profession on Friday to help it understand consumer risks in litigation-funding for high-volume claims, following the collapse of SSB Group in 2024.
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September 18, 2025
Think Tank Wants Funders To Bear Costs In Bid To Curb CPOs
A British think tank pushed for changes on Thursday that could reduce the number of U.K. class action claims that go forward, in anticipation of a major government review of the collective proceedings regime.
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September 18, 2025
HSBC Analyst Launches Libel Case Over Online Posts
An HSBC analyst has accused a company and its director of defaming him by making false allegations that the analyst was a "serial cheater" and liar who had refused to pay £50,000 ($68,000) debts.
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September 18, 2025
Ex-AllSaints Chair Spared Prison For Contempt Of Court
A court in London has handed the former chairman of AllSaints a suspended prison sentence for contempt of court by breaching a court order and claiming an interest in shares in the high street fashion chain after his fraud allegations were rejected.
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September 18, 2025
Ex-Havilland CEO To Testify In Qatar Dispute With FCA
Ex-Banque Havilland SA chief executive Edmund Rowland is due to testify in a dispute with the U.K.'s financial regulator over fines imposed for an alleged scheme to de-peg Qatar's currency from the dollar during a trade embargo, a London tribunal heard Thursday.
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September 18, 2025
Bird & Bird Opens Lisbon Office, Expanding Iberian Reach
Bird & Bird LLP said Thursday that it has hired a new team in Portugal to open an office in Lisbon, strengthening its position in the wider Iberian market after expanding its footprint in Japan and Saudi Arabia in recent years.
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September 18, 2025
Racecourse Assoc. Beats Pregnancy Bias Claim For 2nd Time
A tribunal has rejected an accountant's latest attempt to prove that a racecourse trade body discriminated against her when it dismissed her from the company during maternity leave.
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September 18, 2025
Former JP Morgan Employee Revives Unfair Firing Claim
A former member of staff at J.P. Morgan has revived his unfair dismissal claims against the bank, even though he withdrew them in "unequivocal terms," after an employment tribunal ruled that it was only fair because he was not represented and had made an error.
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September 18, 2025
Carter-Ruck Hired By CryptoQueen 'In Furtherance Of Fraud'
Fugitive cryptocurrency scammer Ruja Ignatova instructed Carter-Ruck "in furtherance of fraud," and therefore legal filings linked to the prosecution by the Solicitors Regulation Authority of a partner at the law firm must be made public, a tribunal has ruled.
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September 18, 2025
Allied World Denies Liability In £3M 'Ponzi Scheme' Dispute
An insurer has argued that it does not have to indemnify the liquidators of the business behind an investment plan for more than £3 million ($4 million), arguing there is no evidence that the investment was a Ponzi scheme.
Expert Analysis
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New Directors' Code Of Conduct May Serve As Useful Guide
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.
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Lego Ruling Builds Understanding Of Design Exam Process
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.
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Contractual Drafting Takeaways From Force Majeure Ruling
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.
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Behind The Stagecoach Boundary Fare Dispute Settlement
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.
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The Unified Patent Court: What We Learned In Year 1
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.
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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Spanish Judicial Oversight
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.
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F1 Driver AI Case Sheds Light On Winning Tactics In IP Suits
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.
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High Court Ruling Sheds Light On Targets For Judicial Review
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.
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Appeal Ruling Clarifies 3rd-Party Contract Breach Liability
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.
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CPR Proposal Affirms The Emphasis On Early Mediation
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.
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How Law Firms Can Handle Challenges Of Mass Claims
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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Potential EPO Reproducibility Ruling May Affect IP Strategies
A potential European Patent Office decision in referral G1/23, concerning the reproducibility criteria for patenting commercial products, may affect how disclosures are assessed as prior art and could influence how companies weigh protecting innovations as trade secrets versus patents, says Michael Stott at Mathys & Squire.
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Insurance Ruling Stresses High Hurdle To Fix Policy Wording
In Project Angel v. Axis, the Court of Appeal recently refused to rewrite the exclusion clause of an insurance policy, reminding parties in the warranty and indemnity market to carefully word clauses, as there is a high threshold before courts will intervene to amend policies, say Joseph Moore and Laura McCann at Travers Smith.
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Taking Stock Of Changes UK Economic Crime Act Will Bring
With more than six months since the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act's enactment, it is time to look at the steps organizations can take to prepare for imminent changes, including the new failure to prevent fraud offense and extensions to Companies House authority, say lawyers at Mayer Brown.
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Sanctions Ruling Opens Door For Enforcer To Clear Up Rules
In Vneshprombank v. Bedzhamov, the High Court recently argued against a broader interpretation of the test on reasonable suspicion for asset freezes, offering the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation an opportunity to clarify when freezes should be applied and respond to judicial criticism of its guidance on financial sanctions, says Tasha Benkhadra at Corker Binning.