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August 26, 2025
Lloyd's Insurer Beats Manager's Whistleblower Appeal
A Lloyd's syndicate has beaten an underwriter's attempt to resurrect his whistleblowing claim over alleged fraud after a London appellate tribunal didn't see any legal errors in a lower tribunal's analysis of his case.
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August 26, 2025
Poundland Wins Green Light For £95M Restructuring Plan
Poundland won approval for a £95.2 million ($128.4 million) restructuring plan to bring it back from the brink of administration on Tuesday, less than three months after the ailing budget retailer was sold for just £1.
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August 26, 2025
Ex-Irwin Mitchell Lawyer Barred For Inflating Billable Hours
A former senior associate at Irwin Mitchell LLP has been barred from practicing for claiming she had spent more time on client work than she actually did as she said she was struggling to hit targets for billable hours.
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August 22, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen football manager Bruno Lage sue the owner of Olympique Lyonnais and Botafogo football clubs, luxury fashion brand Christian Dior Couture target a jewelry business trading under the same name, and a Russian motorsports promoter take action against Formula One after it canceled its Russian Grand Prix in 2022.
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August 22, 2025
Juice Bar Claims Rival Misused 'Boost' TM For Years
A juice bar company has alleged that a rival used its registered "Boost" trademark for almost four years to promote and sell drinks that were identical to its own.
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August 22, 2025
Police Officers Win Bid To Revive GDPR Breach Claims
A group of police officers can revive their group action over their annual pension statements being posted to the wrong address, as an appeals court found on Friday that the error had breached their rights to privacy.
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August 22, 2025
Developer Ends £2.4M Claim Against Demolition Cartel
Building developer Circadian has dropped a £2.4 million ($3.2 million) damages claim accusing three linked demolition companies of conspiring to drive up the prices of their services, documents published by the Competition Appeal Tribunal show.
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August 22, 2025
Sky Loses Fight To Avoid Telling Customers Of Contracts' End
A London appeals court concluded on Friday that Sky UK Ltd. must tell customers when their minimum contract period is ending for its pay-TV services because it ensures that Ofcom can more effectively regulate the market for transmission services.
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August 22, 2025
Solicitor Cleared Of Misconduct Over Misleading Clients
A solicitor accused of misleading clients for months about the outcome of a hearing he had lost was cleared of misconduct by a tribunal Friday.
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August 22, 2025
Guardian Beats Star's Libel Case Over 'Sexual Predator' Story
The publisher of The Guardian newspaper defeated a libel claim brought by actor Noel Clarke as a London court found on Friday that there were strong grounds to believe that allegations in new articles featuring claims of sexual misconduct were substantially true.
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August 21, 2025
Ineos Blames Tottenham's Audi Talks For Sponsorship Exit
Ineos Automotive Ltd. has denied owing Tottenham Hotspur FC almost £11.2 million ($15 million) for dropping out of a sponsorship deal early, claiming it was entitled to do so after the football club started negotiating a similar agreement with Audi.
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August 21, 2025
Solicitor Denies Intentionally Misleading Clients About Case
A solicitor accused of misleading clients for months about the outcome of a hearing he had lost told a tribunal on Thursday that he genuinely believed there had not been a final decision on the case.
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August 21, 2025
UK May Scale Back CPO Regime Amid Pressure From BigTech
Britain's class action regime could be pared back as part of a government review amid pressure from BigTech companies facing multiple, costly claims and as economic growth slows, lawyers say.
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August 21, 2025
Injury Firm Seeks Guidance On Payouts For Trans Claimants
A personal injury law firm called for sector-wide guidance on compensation calculations for transgender claimants on Thursday, in order to prevent inequalities in payouts following the U.K. Supreme Court's controversial ruling on the definition of sex.
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August 21, 2025
British Airways Sued By Passengers Over 2018 Cyberattack
A group of British Airways customers has sued the U.K. airline over its alleged failure to protect their personal data, including home addresses and bank card details, which was accessed during a cyberattack in 2018 that remained undetected for three months.
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August 21, 2025
Oxford Uni Sues Aviva Over COVID Interruption Insurance
A group of colleges and halls of residence of the University of Oxford have sued Aviva over the insurance giant's alleged failure to pay out for losses sustained during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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August 20, 2025
Pogust Gives Gramercy Claim To Assets On $617M Funding
Pogust Goodhead has signed a security agreement that gives U.S. hedge fund Gramercy the right to sell the firm's assets if it defaults, following a fresh injection of capital from the American company.
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August 20, 2025
Ex-Meta Worker Can't Keep Job During Whistleblowing Claim
A former product manager at Meta who says he was sacked for blowing the whistle on the technology giant allegedly inflating its advertising metrics failed to convince a tribunal on Wednesday to reinstate him pending his claim being determined.
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August 20, 2025
Ex-Chelsea Soccer Player Ordered To Pay £466K To HMRC
A former soccer player turned ESPN pundit must pay back nearly £466,000 ($628,300) in taxes on film company investments to HM Revenue & Customs, a London tribunal ruled.
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August 20, 2025
Manager Harassed For LinkedIn Post On Islamophobia
A Muslim divisional manager has proved that the recruitment agency for which he works harassed him by forcing him to remove a LinkedIn post in which he replied to a message about Islamic grooming gangs or "face consequences."
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August 20, 2025
E-Commerce Platform Accuses Nuvei Of Withholding $1.6M
An e-commerce platform has alleged that a Canadian financial technology company is wrongly withholding €1.3 million ($1.5 million) and 20.9 million Japanese Yen ($140,000) it is owed from customer purchases.
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August 20, 2025
Architecture Firm Denies Defective Designs In £12M Roof Row
An architectural firm has denied that it owes a construction company more than £12.4 million ($16.7 million) after a swimming pool roof it designed for a university's sports facility collected unwanted water, saying the problem had nothing to do with its work.
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August 20, 2025
Merck Sharp Takes Aim At Halozyme's UK Drug Delivery IP
Merck Sharp & Dohme has asked a London court to revoke an under-the-skin drug delivery patent belonging to Halozyme, arguing that the blueprint isn't inventive because it solves no technical problem.
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August 20, 2025
Abbott Sues Chinese Rival Over Glucose Monitor UK Patent
Abbott has accused a Chinese rival of infringing two patents protecting tech that continuously monitors glucose levels in diabetes patients — the second attempt by the American company to block Sinocare from selling its products in the U.K.
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August 20, 2025
Waldorf Production Can't Get Court Approval For Rescue Plan
Scottish oil and gas company Waldorf Production UK PLC has failed to secure court approval of a restructuring plan for its $225 million of debt, as a judge ruled the plan failed to consider the fair allocation to all creditors.
Expert Analysis
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Review Of EU Cross-Border Merger Regs' Impact On Irish Cos.
Looking back on the year since the European Union Mobility Directive was transposed into Irish law, enabling Irish and European Economic Area limited liability companies to participate in cross-border deals, it is clear that restructuring options available to Irish companies with EU operations have significantly expanded, say lawyers at Matheson.
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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Spanish Assets At Risk Abroad
The recent seizure of a portion of London Luton Airport after an English High Court ruling is the latest installment in a long-running saga over Spain’s failure to honor arbitration awards, highlighting the complexities involved when state-owned enterprises become entangled in disputes stemming from their government's actions, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn Square Chambers.
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Comparing Apples To Oranges In EPO Claim Interpretation
A referral before the Enlarged Board of Appeal could fundamentally change the role that descriptions play in claims interpretation at the European Patent Office, altering best drafting practices for patent applications construed there, say lawyers at Finnegan.
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A Look At UK, EU And US Cartel Enforcement Trends
The European Union, U.K. and U.S. competition agencies' recently issued joint statement on competition risks in generative artificial intelligence demonstrates increased cross-border collaboration on cartel investigations, meaning companies facing investigations in one jurisdiction should anticipate related investigations in other jurisdictions, say lawyers at Latham & Watkins.
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Testing The Limits Of English Courts' Pro-Arbitration Stance
Although the Court of Appeal recently upheld a $64 million arbitration award in Eternity Sky v. Zhang, the judgment offers rare insight into when the English courts’ general inclination to enforce arbitral awards may be outweighed by competing policy interests such as consumer rights, say Declan Gallivan and Peter Morton at K&L Gates.
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What Green Claims Directive Proposal Means For Businesses
With the European Union’s recent adoption of a general approach to the proposed Green Claims Directive, which will regulate certain environmental claims and likely be finalized next year, companies keen to publicize their green credentials have even more reason to tread carefully, say Marcus Navin-Jones and Juge Gregg at Crowell & Moring.
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EU Merger Control Concerns Remain After ECJ Illumina Ruling
The recent European Court of Justice judgment in Illumina-Grail is a welcome check on the commission's power to review low-threshold transactions, but with uncertainty persisting under existing laws and discretion left to national regulators, many pitfalls in European Union merger control remain, says Matthew Hall at McGuireWoods.
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£43M Legal Bill Case Shows Courts' View On Exchange Rates
A recent Court of Appeal decision declined to change the currency used for payment of the Nigerian government's legal bill, aligning with British courts' consensus that they should not be concerned with how fluctuating exchange rates might benefit one party over another, says Francis Kendall at Kain Knight.
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Examining The State Of Paccar Fixes After General Election
Following the U.K. Supreme Court's Paccar decision last year, which made many litigation funding agreements for opt-out collective actions in the Competition Appeal Tribunal unenforceable, the judiciary will likely take charge in implementing any fixes — but the general election has created uncertainty, says Ben Knowles at Clyde & Co.
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EU Reports Signal Greenwashing Focus For Financial Sector
Reports from the European Supervisory Authorities on enforcement of sustainability information, plus related guidance issued by the European Securities and Markets Authority, represent a fundamental change in how businesses must operate to maintain integrity and public trust, say Amilcare Sada and Matteo Fanton at A&O Shearman.
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Takeaways From UPC's Amgen Patent Invalidity Analysis
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.
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GDPR 6 Years On: Key Points From EU Report
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.
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UK Mandatory ADR Push Renews Mediation Standards Focus
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.
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2 UK Rulings Highlight Persistent Push Payment Fraud Issues
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.
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Decision Shows Cost Consequences Of Rejecting Mediation
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.