Commercial Litigation UK

  • May 13, 2025

    Starboard Hotels, Liberty Mutual Settle COVID Cover Action

    The owners of 21 hotels across England have agreed to settle their attempt to claw back £21 million ($28 million) from Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE to cover losses they allegedly suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • May 12, 2025

    InterDigital Fights Disney's Injunction Bid In Patent Feud

    InterDigital has urged a California federal court to reject Disney's request for an injunction, arguing that the company cannot block its Brazilian patent lawsuit because the patents at issue are unrelated to any of the International Telecommunication Union's reasonable and nondiscriminatory obligations.

  • May 12, 2025

    NBC Unit Negligent In Discipline Of Director, Judge Rules

    NBC's Working Title caused its former managing director emotional distress through a flawed disciplinary procedure that failed to tell him that part of the sexual harassment complaints against him had been dismissed, a London court ruled Monday.

  • May 12, 2025

    Craig Wright Hit With Legal Action Ban Over Meritless Claims

    Computer scientist Craig Wright has been barred from bringing legal action in the U.K. for three years, with a London court ruling on Monday that he used the courts to "terrorize perceived opponents" with meritless cases over claims he invented bitcoin.

  • May 12, 2025

    Wells Fargo Whistleblower Claims Redundancy Was A Sham

    A former compliance officer at Wells Fargo asked the Employment Tribunal on Monday to order the bank to reinstate him, based on what he described as clear evidence that he was dismissed after he blew the whistle on alleged market abuse.

  • May 12, 2025

    JP Morgan Plans To End UK WeRealize Case Amid Greek Suit

    J.P. Morgan International Finance has said it intends to drop a legal claim in England that accused fintech company WeRealize of planning to breach the terms of a joint venture agreement in the latest chapter of the protracted legal battle between the business partners.

  • May 12, 2025

    DWF Partner Must Shell Out £33K For Payment Error

    A disciplinary tribunal ordered a real estate partner at DWF LLP Monday to cough up more than £33,000 ($44,000) after he failed to check whether a contract had been met before he authorized a related payment from the law firm's client account.

  • May 12, 2025

    ICBC Bank Sued Over €795K Fraudulent Transfer By Hacker

    A company has sued ICBC Standard Bank for allegedly transferring €795,000 ($894,000) out of its account on the instructions of an alleged hacker impersonating its director, saying that the lender is liable to refund it in full.

  • May 12, 2025

    Gaming Biz Asks Court To Stop Ex-CEO Starting Role At Rival

    A game developer has asked a London court to block its former chief executive from starting work at a rival company, arguing that he can't start until October 2026 under the terms of an investment agreement struck in 2023.

  • May 12, 2025

    Investment Biz Boss Sues Refinitiv Over Incorrect KYC Info

    The chief executive of an investment business has sued data and analytics giant Refinitiv for allegedly holding inaccurate information on its "know-your-client" database that incorrectly stated that her company was associated with a sanctioned individual.

  • May 12, 2025

    Mancunian Law Firm Sues To Block Firm With Same Name

    Amicus Solicitors, a firm in northwest England, has asked the High Court to prevent a rival firm from using the name Amicus Solicitors London, arguing that it has a long-standing reputation associated with the name.

  • May 12, 2025

    Novartis Hit With Challenge To Blood Pressure Drug IP

    Generics drugs manufacturer Accord has taken aim at Novartis' protections over a blend of two blood pressure drugs, telling a London court that the combination of both medicines is not inventive.

  • May 09, 2025

    Brokerage Risk Pro Loses Early Battle In Whistleblowing Case

    An employment judge has rejected a compliance manager's bid for interim relief in a row with her former employer because he did not consider it likely that a tribunal will decide she was fired from the brokerage for making protected disclosures.

  • May 09, 2025

    Businessman Says $43M Debt Claim Is Plot To Seize Shares

    A businessman can intervene in a 194 million Romanian leu ($43 million) debt claim he alleges is part of a fraudulent scheme to acquire his shares in a scrap-metal trading company for free, an appeals court has ruled.

  • May 09, 2025

    Arbitration Pro Joins Outer Temple In Move To Bar Full-Time

    Outer Temple Chambers has strengthened its international arbitration team with the arrival of a solicitor advocate-turned barrister with a growing reputation in investor-state and complex commercial disputes

  • May 09, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen a subsidiary of State Street Corp. sue British sports betting giant Entain, Manolete Partners and HSBC tackle action just weeks after signing a £17 million revolving credit facility agreement, and a commercial fraud claim launched by EFG Bank against Mirabaud & CIE.

  • May 09, 2025

    Tesco Loses Appeal Against Lidl Store Approval

    Tesco has failed in its bid to bring a challenge against an English local authority to allow Lidl to build a new store, after an appeals court ruled Friday that the authority did not misinterpret planning regulations when it granted the German retailer permission.

  • May 09, 2025

    Caterpillar Fails To Bulldoze Challenge To UK Dumping Probe

    A subsidiary of Caterpillar has failed to challenge U.K. government decisions over an anti-dumping investigation, after a London judge ruled Friday that the Texan construction equipment giant's legal challenge had become "plainly academic."

  • May 09, 2025

    Appeals Court Blocks Attack On UK Design 'Cloned' From EU

    A London appeals court said Friday that a fencing company cannot attempt to void a rival's U.K. design protection because it is a "clone" of a European Union community design right that it has already tried to revoke.

  • May 09, 2025

    Dyson Loses Bid To Take Forced Labor Claim To UK Top Court

    Dyson will fight claims in England that it did nothing about allegations of forced labor at Malaysian factories making components for the appliance manufacturer after the U.K.'s highest court refused it permission to challenge jurisdiction in the case any further.

  • May 09, 2025

    Exec Fired For Sharing Info In Divorce 'Proxy War' Loses Case

    A former executive at a green energy company has lost his claim that he was unfairly fired for sharing information about the finances of the business's owner with the owner's wife during the couple's divorce.

  • May 09, 2025

    Nigeria Can Argue £15M Award Was Obtained By Fraud

    Nigeria can attempt to set aside a $15 million award in favor of a businessman who was the target of an undercover operation by the country's state security, after a London judge dismissed his bid to strike the case out.

  • May 16, 2025

    Akin Hires Another White & Case Disputes Pro In London

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has recruited an international arbitration expert for its London office from White & Case LLP as it continues to expand its global disputes and energy practices.

  • May 09, 2025

    AIG Wins COVID-19 Loss Payout Row With Cornish Hotels

    A judge ruled on Friday that AIG does not have to pay the two owners of bars and hotels in Cornwall for losses suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic because the policy did not specifically cover the coronavirus disease.

  • May 08, 2025

    Court Upholds CMA's £99M Thyroid Drug Price Fines

    A U.K. appellate court has not only upheld a finding that drug company Advanz excessively inflated the price of its thyroid tablets for the National Health Service but also reimposed fines against the company's former owner that a lower tribunal had cut by almost a third.

Expert Analysis

  • RSA Insurance Ruling Clarifies Definition Of 'Insured Loss'

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    A London appeals court's recent ruling in Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance v. Tughans, that the insurer must provide coverage for a liability that included the law firm's fees, shows that a claim for the recovery of fees paid to a firm can constitute an insured loss, say James Roberts and Sophia Hanif at Clyde & Co.

  • Putin Ruling May Have Unintended Sanctions Consequences

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    By widening the scope of control, the Court of Appeal's recent judgment in Mints v. PJSC opens the possibility that everything in Russia could be deemed to be controlled by President Vladimir Putin, which would significantly expand the U.K.'s sanctions regime in unintended ways, say attorneys at Greenberg Traurig.

  • EPO Decision Significantly Relaxes Patent Priority Approach

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    In a welcome development for patent applicants, a recent European Patent Office decision redefines the way that entitlement to priority is assessed, significantly relaxing the previous approach and making challenges to the right to priority in post-grant opposition proceedings far more difficult, say lawyers at Finnegan.

  • Landmark EU Climate Case May Shape Future Disputes

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    The European Court of Human Rights' recent hearing in its first-ever climate change case Agostinho v. Portugal, concerning human rights violation claims due to countries' failure to curb emissions, may develop the law on admissibility and guide future climate disputes before domestic courts, say Stefanie Spancken-Monz and Leane Meyer at Freshfields.

  • Bias Claim Highlights Need For Menopause Support Policies

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    The recent U.K. Employment Tribunal case Rooney v. Leicester City Council, concerning a menopause discrimination claim, illustrates the importance of support policies that should feed into an organization's wider diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging strategies, say Ellie Gelder, Kelly Thomson and Victoria Othen at RPC.

  • UK Case Offers Lessons On Hiring Accommodations

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    The U.K. Employment Appeal Tribunal recently ruled in Aecom v. Mallon that an employer had failed to make reasonable adjustments to an online application for an applicant with a disability, highlighting that this obligation starts from the earliest point of the recruitment process, say Nishma Chudasama and Emily Morrison at SA Law.

  • Shifting From Technical To Clear Insurance Contract Wordings

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    Recent developments on insurance policies, including the Financial Conduct Authority's new consumer duty, represent a major shift for insurers and highlight the importance of drafting policies that actively improve understanding, rather than shift the onus onto the end user, say Tamsin Hyland and Jonathan Charwat at RPC.

  • A Case For The Green Investment Regime Under The ECT

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    The EU and U.K.'s potential plans to exit the Energy Charter Treaty, which has been criticized as protecting fossil fuel investments to the detriment of energy transition, ignore the significant strides taken to modernize the treaty and its ability to promote investment in cleaner energy forms, say Amy Frey and Simon Maynard at King & Spalding.

  • How Employers Can Support Neurodiversity In The Workplace

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    A recent run of cases emphasize employers' duties to make reasonable adjustments for neurodiverse employees under the Equalities Act, illustrating the importance of investing in staff education and listening to neurodivergent workers to improve recruitment, retention and productivity in the workplace, say Anna Henderson and Tim Leaver at Herbert Smith.

  • What's In The Plan To Boost Germany's Commercial Litigation

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    Lawyers at Cleary discuss Germany's recent draft bill, which establishes commercial courts and introduces English as a court language in civil proceedings, and analyze whether it accomplishes the country's goal of becoming a more attractive venue for commercial litigation.

  • What To Consider When Making Brand Sustainability Claims

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    A recent KMPG report shows that while consumers are actively seeking out sustainable products, most will also avoid brands caught misleading customers about their sustainable credentials, meaning companies must walk a fine line between promoting and exaggerating sustainability claims, says Iona Silverman at Freeths.

  • Retained EU Law Act Puts Employment Rights Into Question

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    The recent announcement that the equal pay for equal work provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU would not be repealed by the U.K. Retained EU Law Act has created uncertainty as to whether key employment rights will be vulnerable to challenge, say Nick Marshall and Louise Mason at Linklaters.

  • In Balancing Commerce And Privacy Interests, Consent Is Key

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    Although the European Commission's recent adoption of the EU-U.S. data privacy framework will make the use of tracking services with pixels easier, it highlights the significance of website visitor consent and the need for enterprises to provide users with complete and transparent information while adhering to all data protection regulations, say Áron Hegyi and Máté Dura at Schönherr.

  • UK Mozambique Ruling Will Have Int'l Ramifications

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    The recent U.K. Supreme Court judgment in Mozambique v. Privinvest considered for the first time stay proceedings under the Arbitration Act, offering guidance on whether claims are a "matter" within the scope of an arbitration clause, which could become a point of reference for foreign courts in the future, say lawyers at Herbert Smith.

  • Recent Trends In European ESG-Related Shareholder Activism

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    New ESG reporting standards in the European Union, as well as recent climate change, board diversity and human rights cases, illustrate how shareholder activism may become more prominent in years to come as regulation and investor engagement continues to strengthen, say lawyers at Debevoise.

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