The U.K.'s opt-out collective action regime and a third-party litigation funding market have driven a sharp rise in the country's litigation costs, a U.S. business trade group warned as the government continues to weigh reforms to the collective action regime.
The U.K.'s opt-out collective action regime and a third-party litigation funding market have driven a sharp rise in the country's litigation costs, a U.S. business trade group warned as the government continues to weigh reforms to the collective action regime.
A London judge ruled Monday that Kennedys Dubai can keep a £3 million ($4 million) liability cap in place in a construction company's multimillion-pound negligence claim, rejecting the company's bid to apply English law to the dispute.
The solicitors' regulator accused an associate at Ashurst LLP of making dishonest statements in support of an insurance claim for a stolen bicycle at a London disciplinary tribunal Monday.
Power cable giant Nexans cannot challenge an order to pay the developers of the London Array wind farm £10.6 million ($14.2 million) over inflated high-voltage cable prices, as a London appeals court has ruled that Nexans' participation in a cartel had to be taken as a "hard fact."
A Scottish tribunal has refused to trim a Peninsula employment law consultant's claim that she faced disability discrimination during a fire drill at the advisory firm's offices, declining to throw out her case against her former manager.
The Co-op must pay an apprentice driver £19,000 ($25,400) after the retailer sought to minimize her claims that a female colleague had been sexually harassing her and reinstated the woman without adequately protecting the apprentice, a tribunal ruled.
Portofino Technologies has accused Citadel Securities of using its decision to drop its trade secrets lawsuit against the Swiss cryptocurrency trading firm as an opportunity to drum up bad press about Portofino, and papering over the fact that an $8 million judgment it won in the dispute is a "pyrrhic victory."
A Florida federal magistrate judge has recommended that a former employee of MSC Cruises SA arbitrate his personal injury claims in London, saying he has already initiated arbitration and can't escape a clause in his contract now.
Andy Moody, head of Baker McKenzie's London disputes team, discusses the traits that he prioritizes as a leader, the unique challenges of international arbitration cases, and how global political and economic disruption is likely to generate more litigation and arbitration.
