Commercial Litigation UK

  • July 25, 2025

    Trainline Loses Bid For Docs In £32M Rail Contract Dispute

    Trainline.com Ltd. on Friday lost its attempt to force the government to hand over documents linked to what the rail operator alleges was an unlawful £32 million ($43 million) contract deal, with the judge saying the government will first have a chance to get the whole claim thrown out.

  • July 24, 2025

    SportPesa Chair Claims Stake Dilution Was Deliberate Fraud

    The former chair of online betting company SportPesa was the victim of an unlawful scheme to dilute his valuable stake in the company, his lawyer said in closing submissions at a London trial on Thursday.

  • July 24, 2025

    Ukrainian State-Owned Bank Targets Russia In New Claim

    State-owned Oschadbank said Thursday it has taken the first steps to initiate arbitration against Russia over the loss of its assets in the southern and eastern regions of Ukraine, citing the Kremlin's "gross violations" of international law.

  • July 24, 2025

    EasyGroup Gets TMs Revived In Pair Of UK Appeals

    A Court of Appeal panel on Thursday granted easyGroup victories in two separate disputes over its family of brands, reviving several trademarks and upholding some of its infringement claims.

  • July 24, 2025

    Fintech Execs Deny Misleading Bank In £4M Fraud Claim

    Defunct fintech startup BrickVest Ltd. and its co-founders have denied allegations brought by a German specialist property lender in a £4.2 million ($5.7 million) London claim that they hid additional investment in the business before its collapse.

  • July 24, 2025

    Amazon To Face £4B Dual Class Actions In UK

    The U.K.'s competition court gave the green light on Thursday to two class actions against Amazon, totaling £4 billion ($5.4 billion), alleging that the e-commerce giant abused its dominant market position to the detriment of retailers and consumers.

  • July 24, 2025

    CMS Fights £10M Negligence Claim Over Investec Deal

    CMS has denied allegations of negligence from a former client, saying the property developer gave the green light to repayment terms with Investec that the law firm negotiated and is now falsely claiming to have been caught off-guard by the deal.

  • July 24, 2025

    Munich Re Can't Nix Private Equity Firm's $491M IPO Claim

    Munich Re Group failed Thursday to get a private equity firm's claim of approximately $491 million struck out, after a court found that it couldn't rule out the possibility that the German reinsurer had breached an agreement over the public listing of a U.S. company.

  • July 24, 2025

    Coca-Cola To Pay Sales Rep £9K For Unfair Data Error Firing

    A former merchandiser for Coca-Cola has won more than £9,000 ($12,200) in compensation, with the Employment Tribunal finding that the drinks giant unfairly dismissed him over minor data errors and must pay him his lost wages.

  • July 24, 2025

    Investment Biz Denies Financier's $3.5M Unpaid Loan Claim

    An investment company and its director have denied they breached a contract for a $2 million loan issued by a financier for an investment in a drinks business, telling a London court that the money is not yet repayable.

  • July 24, 2025

    Thaler Claims Inventorship Of AI Patent After DABUS Ruling

    Counsel for Stephen Thaler told a London court on Thursday that the computer scientist should be able to get divisional patent protections for the inventions he initially claimed were created by DABUS, his own artificial intelligence model.

  • July 24, 2025

    Winery, Distributor Copied Artists' Work For Bottle Label

    British artist Shantell Martin won on Thursday her case that an Argentinian winemaker and a U.K. distributor copied her black-and-white line drawing style for bottle labels, as a London court ruled that the businesses had infringed her copyright.

  • July 24, 2025

    Acer Asks Court To Set FRAND License For Nokia Patents

    Acer has asked a London court to order Nokia to offer a license for its essential video coding patents, also arguing that the court should set fair terms for a global deal amid international litigation between the pair.

  • July 23, 2025

    ICJ Puts Reparations On The Table In Climate Change Case

    The International Court of Justice on Wednesday delivered its long-awaited advisory opinion on governments' obligations with respect to climate change, issuing a rare, unanimous decision that opens the door for nations harmed by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions to seek reparations.

  • July 23, 2025

    Gibson Dunn Snags 3VB KC As New Int'l Arbitration Co-Chair

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has recruited Christopher Harris KC, a senior barrister with 3 Verulam Buildings, to co-chair its international arbitration and judgment and arbitral award enforcement practice groups.

  • July 23, 2025

    Astellas Beats Generics' Bid To Nix Cancer Drug Patent

    Generic-drug makers on Wednesday failed to convince a London appellate judge to nix remaining protections for Astellas Pharma's blockbuster prostate cancer treatment Xtandi because the evidence provided was "tainted with hindsight."

  • July 23, 2025

    Yodel Gets £1.5M Security In Dispute With Ex-Director

    A London judge has ordered two companies controlled by Yodel's former director to pay £1.5 million ($2 million) to the package delivery company as security in defending its claims of equity ownership, noting the stakes of the case were "very high."

  • July 23, 2025

    PE Firm Says Ex-All Saints Chair In Contempt Over Share Sale

    An arm of private equity firm Lion Capital urged a London judge on Wednesday to find the former chairman of All Saints had breached a court order by challenging a deal to sell his shares in the high street fashion chain.

  • July 23, 2025

    Sony Film Co. Gets Quick Win In $49M Claim Over Share Deal

    A London judge handed Sony Pictures an early win Tuesday in its $49 million failed share sale claim after he found that a Chinese conglomerate's arguments that purchase obligations were subject to regulatory approval has "no realistic prospect" of success.

  • July 23, 2025

    Ex-Consultancy Boss Denies £3.6M Client Poaching Allegation

    A former consulting firm director has denied allegations that he diverted £3.6 million ($4.8 million) of work to his other company, telling a London court that any business opportunities he pursued could not have gone to the firm.

  • July 23, 2025

    Credit Suisse Gets Forex Cartel Fine Slashed To €28M

    The European Union's General Court reduced on Wednesday a fine imposed on Credit Suisse for its part in a foreign-exchange trading cartel by approximately €54.3 million ($64 million).

  • July 23, 2025

    Mishcon Says Ex-Partner's Claim Falls Under Singapore Law

    Mishcon de Reya LLP told a London employment tribunal on Wednesday that it didn't have jurisdiction to hear a former partner's whistleblowing claim because the dispute is governed by Singapore law.

  • July 23, 2025

    BVI Investor Sues Bahamian Lender Over $18.6M Loan Loss

    A British Virgin Islands investment company has alleged that it lost about $18.6 million after a Bahamian lender refused to let the company repay a loan that would have entitled it to redeem shares in a gold miner.

  • July 23, 2025

    Developer Accuses Payment App Of 'Cynical' Data Theft Claim

    A former consultant with a company that provides card payment services to taxi drivers has accused it of "opportunistically" launching a legal claim to stifle his legitimate business, denying he stole proprietary information to develop his system.

  • July 23, 2025

    Channel 5 Sued For Infringing Hurricane Footage Copyright

    A weather film company led by a storm chaser has sued British broadcaster Channel 5 after it showed footage he had filmed of Hurricane Beryl in 2024 without paying for a license, a year after it filed similar claims against Reuters. 

Expert Analysis

  • 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.

  • Decision Shows Cost Consequences Of Rejecting Mediation

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    An English county court's recent first-instance decision in Conway v. Conway & Meek, which imposed a reduction in costs due to what the judge saw as the defendants' unreasonable refusal to consider mediation, underscores a growing judicial willingness to promote mediation through cost sanctions, say Gerard Kelly and Gearoid Carey at Mason Hayes.

  • Duties And Questions To Consider In Expert Witness Selection

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    A spotlight has recently been shone on the role of expert witnesses due to the ongoing Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, which should remind all parties to take steps to understand what an expert witness is responsible for and what the selection process should look like, says Toby Hunt at HKA.

  • ECJ Cartel Damages Rulings Are Wins For Multinational Cos.

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    Two decisions from the European Court of Justice last month clarifying the limits of the single economic unit doctrine in cartel damages proceedings will help multinational companies anticipate and prepare for litigation within a narrower band of possible jurisdictions, say lawyers at Linklaters.

  • Takeaways From EU's 'Pay Or Consent' Advertising Probe

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    Anne-Gabrielle Haie and Charles Whiddington at Steptoe examine key points from the European Commission's recent investigation into Big Tech's use of "pay or consent" advertising models, as well as the European Data Protection Board’s opinion on how such models can comply with EU competition and data protection laws.

  • UK Judgment Could Change Anti-Money Laundering Regimes

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    After the Court of Appeal of England and Wales' determination that criminal property remains criminal property in the hands of its purchaser even if purchased at market value, many businesses could face a new or heightened risk of prosecution for criminality in their supply chains and related money laundering offenses, say lawyers at Macfarlanes.

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Blasket Win Is A Beacon Of Hope

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    A Belgian court's recent decision in favor of Blasket Renewable Investments, enforcing an arbitral award against the Kingdom of Spain, signals that despite the European Court of Justice's restrictive interpretations, there is judicial support within the European Union for enforcing investors' rights under international arbitration agreements, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

  • UK Approach To AI Patentability Appears Settled For Now

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    After a High Court ruling upended the status quo last year, the Court of Appeal’s recent decision that Emotional Perception’s artificial neural network is not patentable represents a return to the U.K.’s familiar, albeit often complex, approach to patentability of artificial intelligence technology and computer programs generally, say lawyers at Potter Clarkson.

  • How Digital Markets Act Will Enhance Consumer Protections

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    The Digital Markets Act represents a major shift in U.K. competition and consumer protection law by introducing a new regulatory regime for large digital firms, and by giving the Competition and Markets Authority broader merger investigation powers and a wider enforcement remit for online activities, say lawyers at Cooley.

  • What Steps Businesses Can Take After CrowdStrike Failure

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    Following last month’s global Microsoft platform outage caused by CrowdStrike’s failed security software update, businesses can expect complex disputes over liability resulting from multilayered agreements and should look to their various insurance policies for cover despite losses not stemming from a cyberattack, says Daniel Healy at Brown Rudnick.

  • Drafting Settlement Agreements That Avoid Future Disputes

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    Several recent U.K. rulings highlight the importance of drafting precise settlement agreements to prevent time-consuming and costly disputes over what claims the agreements were meant to cover, says Michelle Radom at Osborne Clarke.

  • Int'l Treaties May Aid Investors Amid UK Rail Renationalization

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    The recently introduced Passenger Railway Services Bill seeks to return British railways to public ownership without compensating affected investors, a move that could trigger international investment treaty protections for obligation breaches, says Philipp Kurek at Signature Litigation.

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