Analysis

Glencore Ruling Broadens Scope For Challenge Over Privilege

By Joanne Faulkner

A recent court ruling that expands legal advice privilege to cover some internal corporate communications gives companies greater scope for withholding sensitive material but is likely to prompt challenges over whether those documents meet the test for protection, lawyers say.

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Microsoft Must Face £1.7B Server License Abuse Class Action

By Jared Foretek

A London antitrust tribunal cleared the way for a collective action on behalf of 59,000 businesses to proceed against Microsoft for its alleged abuse of dominance in cloud computing that cost the businesses £1.7 billion ($2.3 billion) since 2018, rejecting Microsoft's bid to split the class and crediting regulators' finding that the company's practice disadvantaged competitors.

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Ex-Oil Execs Say 'Dishonest' Asset Freeze Cost Them $1B

By Eddie Beaver

Two former top executives at oil trader Arcadia told a court on Tuesday that a decadelong order freezing their assets in support of a meritless fraud claim prevented them from setting up a business that would have earned them more than $1.1 billion.

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Law Commission Mulls New Consumer Class Action Regime

By William Janes

The Law Commission has said that it is considering the introduction of a new class action regime for consumer law claims that could replicate the collective proceedings system at the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

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SRA Fights Axiom Ince's £65M Fraud Oversight Claim

By Hanna Vioque

The Solicitors Regulation Authority hit back at claims from the now-defunct Axiom Ince that it was negligent in failing to spot the firm's leaders' alleged misappropriation of £65 million ($87.7 million) in client money early on.

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ENRC's $290M Claim Defies Decades Of Precedent, SFO Says

By Christopher Crosby

The Serious Fraud Office and Dechert argued at trial on Tuesday that the $290 million claim brought by ENRC over a botched criminal investigation flies in the face of 30 years of legal precedent and simply "doesn't work."

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Greece Defends Crisis-Era €62B Bond Call At Trial

By Sophia Dourou

Greece urged a London court on Tuesday to confirm the validity of its buyback of GDP-linked bonds first issued for €62.4 billion ($73 billion) in 2012 during the country's debt crisis, on the first day of a trial against the bonds' trustee.

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Bar Council Supports AI Declarations For Witness Statements

By William Janes

The professional body for barristers in England and Wales said Tuesday it supports new rules which would require litigators to declare that they have not used artificial intelligence tools to prepare some witness statements.

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Brief

Nigerian Airline Sues For $8.1M Over Botched Jet Service

By Ronan Barnard

A Nigerian private jet charter company has sued a plane maintenance company in a London court for $8.1 million, alleging it bungled the aircraft's maintenance.

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Sports Direct Challenges Costs In 10-Year Polo Club TM Spat

By Alex Baldwin

Counsel for Sports Direct asked the Court of Appeal on Tuesday to reconsider whether the licensing arm of Lifestyle Equities should be awarded costs for prevailing in a decade-old trademark fight over the Beverly Hills Polo Club brand.

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Apple Sues Tech Biz In Wireless Charging Licensing Row

By Max Austin

Apple has accused an Israeli tech company of demanding excessive fees for wireless charging patents and using parallel litigation in the U.S. to pressure the iPhone maker into accepting an unfair licensing deal. 

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Distillery Denies Infringing Brewery's 'Titanic' TM

By Jamie Lennox

A British distillery has denied infringing a brewery's "Titanic" trademark covering beers, telling a London court that its own Titanic brand has "peacefully coexisted" in the separate market for gin.

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TomTom Rebuts £5.2M Royalties Claim From Parking Biz

By Jamie Lennox

TomTom has denied owing £5.2 million ($7 million) in royalties under a licensing agreement with a company that indexes car park locations, arguing at a London court that its opponent owes money under the deal.

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UK Exit Tax Ruling Is Judicial Overreach, Court Told

By Josh White

A tribunal overstepped its authority by ruling in favor of Britain's tax authority to impose an exit tax on U.K. trusts leaving the country in breach of European Union law long before Brexit was enacted, a trust argued before a London appeals court Tuesday.

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Ex-Trading Co. Execs Win Millions In Battle Over Equity Snub

By Hanna Vioque

The former chief executive of trading technology business Finalto won more than £1 million ($1.2 million) in damages on Tuesday, as a London court found that the company's new buyers failed to show that an equity term sheet had no legal effect. 

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Unite To Face Ex-Legal Chief's Case Over Alleged Press Leaks

By Jamie Lennox

A London court rejected on Tuesday the latest attempt by Unite the Union to swerve its former legal chief's claim that it leaked information to the press about his suspension amid suspicions he had been involved in financial misconduct.

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The 2026 UK Lawyer Satisfaction Survey: Where Do You Stand?

How is your work-life balance? Are you content with your compensation and opportunities for advancement at work? Take the 2026 Law360 UK Pulse Lawyer Satisfaction Survey and share your thoughts.

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Lessons From ESMA's Record €1.4M Trade Repository Fine

The European Securities and Markets Authority's recent fine against REGIS-TR for data and procedure breaches under Market Infrastructure and Securities Financing Regulations demonstrates that a license confers no immunity from sanctions, and that dually registered trade repositories face a greater financial exposure in the event of noncompliance, say lawyers at White & Case.

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