Commercial Litigation UK

  • June 16, 2025

    Mozambique Wins Bid To Add Safa Heirs In $1.9B Dispute

    A London judge ruled Monday that Mozambique should be allowed to add the heirs of shipbuilding magnate Iskandar Safa to the government's claim over a bribery scheme as it seeks to enforce a $1.9 billion damages award.

  • June 16, 2025

    Taxi Payment Business Accuses Ex-Director Of Copying App

    A company providing card payment services to taxi drivers has accused a former director of breaching his duties and infringing its copyright by poaching senior developers to set up a rival payment system. 

  • June 16, 2025

    Ousted Food Biz Exec Wins Claim Over Cousin's Spying

    An employment tribunal has upheld a former food company director's claim that his cousin, a co-director of the family-run business, subjected him to covert surveillance, poor communication and deliberate exclusion that forced his resignation.

  • June 16, 2025

    Investors Can Pursue Claim Over Essity Tissue Biz Sale

    A London court on Monday cleared the path for a group of investment companies to pursue their claim that Swedish health and hygiene conglomerate Essity defaulted on bond notes when it sold its controlling stake in a Chinese tissue company.

  • June 16, 2025

    Royalties Body Says Blur Drummer's Class Action Is 'Weak'

    An organization that collects royalties for musicians in the U.K. continued its fight on Monday to fend off a claim brought by the drummer of rock band Blur, who alleges it unfairly distributes money, branding the case as "exceptionally weak."

  • June 16, 2025

    Venom Singer Claims Copyright Over Band's Satanic Designs

    Heavy-metal singer Conrad Lant insisted on Monday that he was the creator of designs associated with the band Venom, as he gave evidence in his dispute with former bandmate Anthony Bray and a music distributor over branded merchandise.

  • June 16, 2025

    VTB Sues JPMorgan Over €17M Asset Sale Amid Sanctions

    VTB has alleged that JPMorgan owes it more than €17.8 million ($21 million) over the American bank's botched handling of a trading account and failing to pay out for assets it sold after the Russian bank was hit with sanctions, widening the legal dispute between the two companies.

  • June 16, 2025

    Credit Suisse Life Fights $607M Liability To Ex-Georgian PM

    The Bermudan life insurance arm of Credit Suisse challenged court findings Monday that it owes $607 million in damages to the former prime minister of Georgia, saying his losses were due to fraudulent activity by an employee of its banking arm.

  • June 16, 2025

    Norwich FC Staffer Unfairly Sacked Over Russell Brand Jokes

    A former Norwich City Football Club steward was unfairly dismissed for sharing with a senior staffer potentially sexist and racist memes about politicians Diane Abbott and Nicola Sturgeon that referenced allegations against comedian Russell Brand, according to an employment tribunal ruling published Monday. 

  • June 16, 2025

    Water Drainage Biz Sues UK Rival For Copying Rooftop Patent

    A German water drainage company has sued Radmat Building Products, a U.K. construction materials supplier in London, accusing its competitor of unlawfully copying its patent for drainage technology used for a type of flat roof.

  • June 13, 2025

    UK Businessman Defends Asset Transfer As Tax Strategy

    A British businessman denied that he transferred a company to his son to defraud a creditor, arguing it was part of a long-term tax strategy rather than a tactic to avoid repaying £4.7 million ($6.4 million) in debt.

  • June 13, 2025

    Baby-Clothes Maker Fights Amazon Ban In Bike Design Row

    A baby-clothes maker has sued a homewares retailer for getting one of its Amazon product listings struck off the site, arguing that it didn't infringe the retailer's registered design because the bike accessory concept wasn't new. 

  • June 13, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen Tottenham Hotspur FC kick off against Manchester United co-owner Ineos Automotive following a soured sponsorship deal, Acer and Nokia clash over patents for video coding technology, and two investors reignite litigation against the founders of an AI exercise bike business that unlawfully pocketed $1.2 million in investments to fund their own lifestyles. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • June 13, 2025

    Tecnimont Must Disclose Emails In €212M Bond Dispute

    A Russian subsidiary of fertilizer producer EuroChem convinced a court Friday to compel industrial group Tecnimont to produce its communications with the Italian sanctions authority, days after the trial over the €212 million ($245 million) bond dispute kicked off.

  • June 13, 2025

    Nexo Capital Settles $126M Crypto Contract Dispute

    Cryptocurrency lending platform Nexo Capital has settled three fintech executives' claims over access to tens of millions of dollars of their digital assets, according to a court order.

  • June 13, 2025

    Tribunal Says Sales Director Fired For Whistleblowing On Data

    An employment tribunal has ruled that a company providing cleaning and security services ended a sales director's probation because he had blown the whistle on possible accounting manipulation, fearing that this would impact its stock market value. 

  • June 13, 2025

    Equality Act Fuels 'Grievance Culture,' Campaigners Say

    U.K. equality laws are not resolving workplace discrimination, but fueling a surge in low-success litigation, according to a new report by the campaign group Don't Divide Us, which is calling for the Equality Act ultimately to be scrapped.

  • June 13, 2025

    Tottenham Hotspur Sues Former Sponsor Ineos After Deal Exit

    Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has filed a legal claim in the High Court against former sponsors Ineos Automotive following an early exit from their sponsorship deal, according to online court records.

  • June 13, 2025

    Law Society Says UK Must Act As Employment Claims Grow

    The Law Society urged the government on Friday to ensure that employment tribunals are funded to handle an anticipated deluge of new claims once the Employment Rights Bill becomes law, as official figures show a worsening backlog of unresolved cases.

  • June 13, 2025

    Private Schools Lose Bid To Overturn VAT On Fees

    The U.K. government has not breached human rights law by extending value-added tax to private school fees, the High Court ruled Friday, rejecting claims brought by a group of schools and families.

  • June 12, 2025

    UK Investors Sue Cricket Team Owner Over Claimed Tax Fraud

    Three U.K.-based investors in an Indian Premier League cricket team are seeking £10 million ($13.6 million) in damages from the club's owner, claiming in a London court that he duped them over the tax implications of selling their shares in his business.

  • June 12, 2025

    Anti-Piracy Firm Founder Denies Undermining Company

    The founder of an anti-piracy technology company has pushed back on claims that he made disparaging comments about the business to clients and misused its confidential information when he departed.

  • June 12, 2025

    Agent Can't Use Settlement Talks In Cardiff FC Contempt Case

    A judge ruled Thursday that a football transfer agent and two of his family members cannot use without-prejudice communications in contempt proceedings brought by Cardiff City football team in a legal battle over the transfer of a player killed in a plane crash.

  • June 12, 2025

    UK Crime Agency Seizes £1M Home From UK Politician

    The National Crime Agency said Thursday it has recovered a property worth in excess of £1 million ($1.36 million) in connection with a long-running money laundering investigation following an ownership dispute with the former lord mayor of Leeds.

  • June 12, 2025

    Everbright Exec Testifies He Trusted Media Biz's Financial Info

    An executive of the Chinese financial services firm Everbright testified Thursday that a sports media rights business was portrayed as "well performing" before a joint venture acquired a majority stake, only to later discover its financial health was allegedly inflated.

Expert Analysis

  • Trends, Tips From 7 Years Of EPO Antibody Patent Appeals

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    Recent years of European Patent Office decisions reveal some surprising differences between appeals involving therapeutic antibody patents and those for other technologies, offering useful insight into this developing area of European case law for future antibody patent applicants, say Alex Epstein and Jane Evenson at CMS.

  • 4 Takeaways From Biotech Patent Invalidity Ruling

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    The recent Patents Court decision in litigation between Advanced Cell Diagnostics and Molecular Instruments offers noteworthy commentary on issues related to experiments done in the ordinary course of business, joint importation, common general knowledge and mindset, and mosaicking for anticipation, say Nessa Khandaker and Darren Jiron at Finnegan.

  • Why Reperforming Loan Securitization In UK And EU May Rise

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    The recently published new U.K. securitization rules will largely bring the U.K.’s nonperforming loan regime in line with the European Union, and together with the success of EU and U.K. banks in reducing loan ratios, reperforming securitizations may feature more prominently in relevant markets going forward, say lawyers at Morgan Lewis.

  • What French Watchdog Ruling Means For M&A Landscape

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    Although ultimately dismissed due to lack of evidence, the French competition authority’s recent post-closing review of several nonreportable mergers is a landmark case that highlights the increased complexity of such transactions, and is further testament to the European competition authorities’ willingness to expand their toolkit to address below-threshold M&As, say lawyers at Cleary.

  • How Life Science Companies Are Approaching UPC Opt-Outs

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    A look at recent data shows that one year after its launch, the European Union's Unified Patent Court is still seeing a high rate of opt-outs, including from large U.S.-based life science companies wary of this unpredictable court — and there are reasons this strategy should largely remain the same, say Sanjay Murthy and Christopher Tuinenga at McAndrews Held.

  • New Directors' Code Of Conduct May Serve As Useful Guide

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    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.

  • Lego Ruling Builds Understanding Of Design Exam Process

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    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.

  • Contractual Drafting Takeaways From Force Majeure Ruling

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    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.

  • Behind The Stagecoach Boundary Fare Dispute Settlement

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    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.

  • The Unified Patent Court: What We Learned In Year 1

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    ​​​​​​​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.

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Spanish Judicial Oversight

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    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.

  • F1 Driver AI Case Sheds Light On Winning Tactics In IP Suits

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    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.

  • High Court Ruling Sheds Light On Targets For Judicial Review

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    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.

  • Appeal Ruling Clarifies 3rd-Party Contract Breach Liability

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    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.

  • CPR Proposal Affirms The Emphasis On Early Mediation

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    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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