A rare ruling on costs against Prince Harry and six other public figures has shown how media strategy and a failure to adapt as evidence develops can help push litigation outside the norm and leave claimants with a stinging legal bill, experts say.
A rare ruling on costs against Prince Harry and six other public figures has shown how media strategy and a failure to adapt as evidence develops can help push litigation outside the norm and leave claimants with a stinging legal bill, experts say.
DWF LLP has defeated an attempt by three personal injury claimants to revive a data privacy lawsuit after the Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday that they sought to advance a "new, unpleaded case."
Britain's top court limited landlords' ability to defeat right-to-manage acquisitions on procedural grounds on Thursday, ruling that a failure to notify one tenant did not invalidate leaseholders' claim to take over management of their building.
An aircraft lessor has sued a renewable energy company, accusing it of wrongly backing out of a £2.25 million ($3 million) deal to buy a sustainable fuel business by citing funding issues.
A provider of intravenous drips has denied misleading a former franchisee about whether it could operate without regulatory approval, telling a London court that its opponent's director should pay £474,200 ($644,100) after the deal ended early.
A London tribunal has granted a hedge fund a costs order potentially worth more than £1.6 million ($2.2 million), finding that a former employee should have known most of his employment claims had "little reasonable prospect of success."
London law firm Collyer Bristow LLP said Thursday that it has hired a former co-head of commercial litigation at Joelson LLP to lead its commercial disputes practice.
