Thomas Goodhead has joined fellow co-founder Harris Pogust in seeking to remove his name from the London law firm as it faces a challenge to its role representing claimants in the £36 billion ($48 billion) Mariana dam case against BHP.
Thomas Goodhead has joined fellow co-founder Harris Pogust in seeking to remove his name from the London law firm as it faces a challenge to its role representing claimants in the £36 billion ($48 billion) Mariana dam case against BHP.
A German building materials maker lost its bid Friday to halt claims from developers for around £90 million ($119 million) over flammable cladding, in the first case to test the retrospective liability section of the Building Safety Act 2022.
The past week in London has seen Glencore Energy sue a refinery for allegedly defrauding it out of more than $236 million worth of crude oil, the former CEO of ankle-tag maker Big Technologies file a defamation claim against the company, and property investment group Hunter Jones hit by a claim from the Financial Conduct Authority.
A Cypriot shipping magnate cannot join his $96 million ship hire claim against an Iranian state-owned oil company as a counterclaim to their ongoing dispute over a crude oil contract because it has no real prospect of success, a London judge has ruled.
The former directors of a garlic spread and bread manufacturer have denied concealing unsafe food practices before its sale, arguing that isolated problems were corrected and did not amount to breaches of food safety regulations.
A German thermal technology specialist has accused the UK Atomic Energy Authority of unlawfully awarding a contract to a rival bidder that relied on the specialist's technology to meet the necessary requirements to secure the tender.
An incense company's new owner has accused its former directors of misappropriating over £1 million ($1.3 million) in funds and stripping the business of an unlawful £3.6 million dividend prior to the sale.
Indian metals tycoon Prateek Gupta has hit back against a $7 million claim by a U.K. commodities trader, denying fraudulently misrepresenting that a cargo of worthless metal was valuable nickel.
A London judge stayed a newspaper publisher's £900,000 ($1.2 million) claim against a former tabloid editor and a fellow news executive Friday, ruling the court could not decide the case until connected employment tribunal proceedings were resolved.
The Supreme Court's recent decision in AXA Insurance v. Commissioners of Inland Revenue is notable in explaining the court's scope to disapply the binding effect of a group litigation order test case on follower claims, although this remains the exception rather than the rule, say lawyers at King & Spalding.
