Gowling Faces £23M Negligence Case Over UK Gov't Lease

By William Janes

The U.K. government has sued Gowling WLG for almost £23 million ($30 million), accusing the law firm of bungling the renewal of an office block lease and leaving it to pay the amount to its landlord when it exercised a break clause.

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Trafigura Accuses Gupta Of $600M Sham Nickel Trade At Trial

By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Trading company Trafigura told the High Court on Monday that Prateek Gupta and his companies defrauded it out of $600 million in a sham nickel trade, opening a long-awaited trial over Trafigura's purchase of purported nickel shipments that turned out to be "worthless."

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Ex-McFaddens Client Can't Revive Late Loan Advice Claim

By Sophia Dourou

A former client of McFaddens LLP cannot revive her claim that the law firm gave her negligent advice over a missold loan, after a judge ruled Monday that her filing key details of the case late was "a serious and significant" breach.

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Hacker Ordered To Forfeit £4M In Crypto After Twitter Heist

By Eddie Beaver

A London court has ordered an aspiring web developer to pay back £4.1 million ($5.4 million) worth of cryptocurrency after he was convicted of hacking high-profile Twitter accounts and money laundering in the U.S.

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Top UK Court Urged To Clarify Whistleblowing Law

By Hanna Vioque

An appeals court has allowed two whistleblowers to sue their employers for detriment of dismissal and unfair dismissal on top of their unfair dismissal claims, despite an apparent statutory bar. 

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Ex-Council Lawyer Wins Claim Over Revealing WhatsApp Pic

By Jamie Lennox

A tribunal has ruled that a local authority racially harassed its former legal director after an executive sent a revealing picture of a black woman in carnival dress to a WhatsApp group chat.

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Referee Alleges Sacking Over Coach 'Manhandling' Complaint

By William Janes

An international football referee told a London tribunal on Monday that she was sidelined and ultimately sacked by the English match official's organization after complaining that a coach "manhandled" her at a game.

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Scottish Veteran Raymond Doherty To Join UK Supreme Court

By Ashish Sareen

Raymond Doherty, one of Scotland's most senior judges, has been appointed as a justice of the U.K. Supreme Court.

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Opinion

Collective Action Reform Can Save UK Court System

The crumbling foundations of Britain’s legal system require innovative solutions, such as investment in institutional infrastructure to reduce court backlogs, a widening of the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s remit and legislative clarity over litigation funding underpinning collective actions, says Neil Purslow at the International Legal Finance Association.

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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: UK Assignability Of ICSID Awards

The recent High Court decision in Operafund v. Spain clarifies the stance of English law on an important question to investors, funders and sovereigns, concluding that awards under the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes Convention are not commodities that can be traded, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

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