Lawyers Need Not Declare AI Use In Court Docs, CJC Says

By Jamie Lennox

Lawyers in England and Wales should not need to declare when they have used artificial intelligence to help prepare their court filings, the Civil Justice Council has recommended.

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Analysis

Property Lawyers Battle Flood Of AI-Generated Claims

By William Janes

From landlord-tenant disputes to planning objections and infrastructure judicial reviews, use of generative AI is causing a surge in lengthy, often meritless challenges that real-estate lawyers say are clogging up systems, straining budgets and confusing valid grievances with hallucinated law.

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Roundup

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

By Poppy Grainger

The past week in London has seen British-Georgian business executive George Howard Richmond file a claim against high-profile individuals including former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and the Mittal family, a DP World subsidiary file the latest claim in ongoing litigation with the Republic of Djibouti, and the U.S. government bring a claim against the owners of cargo ship M.S. Solong.

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VTB Bank Fails To Undo UK Sanctions Limits On £205M Claim

By Eddie Beaver

Russia's VTB Bank on Friday lost its challenge against changes to a U.K. sanctions license affecting its claim for more than £205 million ($275 million) in the administration of its British subsidiary, although an appeals court left open how much the lender may ultimately recover.

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Irwin Mitchell Beats £1.4M Negligence Claim Over Advice

By Sophia Dourou

Irwin Mitchell LLP defeated a negligence claim worth over £1.4 million ($1.9 million) by a finance broker, with a court holding Friday that the law firm was right to advise its former client to settle two meritless claims.

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Aviva Not Liable For Oxford Colleges' COVID Losses

By Joel Poultney

A judge ruled on Friday that Aviva Insurance does not have to pay out to a group of University of Oxford colleges that claimed to have lost £62 million ($83 million) in the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Sports Court Allows Russia Back Into Int'l Hockey Competition

By Ganesh Setty

Russian ice hockey teams can now compete in tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled.

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Marshall Unplugs Retailer's Fake Headphones In TM Dispute

By Hanna Vioque

Music equipment giant Marshall won a trademark infringement case Friday against a retailer selling counterfeit headphones on Amazon, with a London judge finding no evidence that Marshall consented to the sale of its "Major V" products across Europe.

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Taylor Woodrow Seeks Appeal In £33M Fire Defects Dispute

By William Janes

A unit of French construction giant Vinci asked a London court on Monday for permission to try again to block a £33 million ($44.2 million) claim from contractor Taylor Wimpey over fire safety defects in apartment blocks.

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Mishcon Denies Negligent Advice Cost Investor £1.4M

By Isabel Jackson

Mishcon de Reya has admitted failing to properly advise a property investor over a requirement to give a valid right of refusal to tenants, but denied that its negligence caused him losses of £1.4 million ($1.8 million).

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Gateley Denies It Took On Pension Advice Liability

By Sophia Dourou

Gateley PLC has hit back against a £820,000 ($1.1 million) negligence claim, denying that it's liable for any advice provided on a residential property investment company's pension program by its predecessor.

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Russian Exec's Bankruptcy Set Aside In $25M Fight

By Ronan Barnard

A London appeals court has set aside a bankruptcy order against a former Russian company executive, ruling that a lower judge wrongly rejected his challenge to the judgments underpinning the petition amid allegations of judicial bias.

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Spanish Airline's Insolvency Protections Extended To UK

By Isabel Jackson

Spanish airline Volotea has been granted protection from creditors' actions within England and Wales while it negotiates a restructuring plan to avoid insolvency.

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