Pogust Goodhead is being sued by one of its financial backers for £84 million ($114 million) over demands the firm repay debts funding its mammoth group litigation against Australian mining company BHP.
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Pogust Backer Demands £84M Over Brazil Dam Case Funding

By Robbie Kalus

Pogust Goodhead is being sued by one of its financial backers for £84 million ($114 million) over demands the firm repay debts funding its mammoth group litigation against Australian mining company BHP.

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Orrick Settles €21M Negligence Claim Over Debt Advice

By Max Austin

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLP has settled a claim by a hedge fund accusing the firm of negligence, alleging it failed to advise it to enforce a €21 million ($24.3 million) debt in a French energy group's insolvency.

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Met Accused Of Steering £50M Software Deal To Palantir

By Eddie Beaver

London's policing oversight body has accused the Metropolitan Police of engineering a procurement process to ensure that Palantir won a software contract worth £50 million ($68 million), hitting back at the company's challenge to a decision to block the deal.

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CONTRACTS

Revolut CEO Sued For €17.5M Over Superyacht Commission

By Ronan Barnard

A co-founder of Revolut has been sued by a British yacht broker for allegedly trying to dodge paying the commission for arranging his purchase of a superyacht worth an estimated €350 million ($406 million), according to a newly public claim in London.

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INSURANCE

Metals Processor Sues For £7M Insurance Payout Over Fire

By Joel Poultney

A metals processing company has sued its insurers for at least £7 million ($9.5 million) for their alleged failure to pay out for damage caused by a fire that shut down operations at its site.

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COMMERCIAL FRAUD

Broker Sued For $550M For Alleged Securities Fraud

By Ronan Barnard

A British hedge fund company has sued a Brazilian man for more than $500 million in a London court, alleging that he perpetrated an elaborate securities fraud against the company.

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Ex-Oil Biz Exec In €144M Fraud Must Face Fake Loans Claims

By Sophia Dourou

The alleged former chief executive of a petroleum company has failed to toss out allegations that he relied on forged £500 million ($678 million) loans when buying an energy company in order to cover up a €143.8 million ($166.7 million) embezzlement.

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Renault, Nissan, Fail To Get Car Dealer's £18M Claim Tossed

By Sophia Dourou

A Scottish car dealer can pursue its £18 million ($24.4 million) claim against Renault, Nissan and a car financing company, after a judge held Monday that new whistleblowing evidence on a plot to take down the family-run business means the proceedings are not an abuse of process.

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TRANSACTIONS

Swedish Co. Faces £33M Earnout Claim Over UK Haulage Biz

By Robbie Kalus

The former owners of the British haulage company Kammac are pursuing its new proprietors for around £33 million ($45 million) in damages, telling a London court that the buyers mismanaged the business, depressing the ultimate sale price.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Acrisure Gets Order To Bar Former Execs Using Trade Secrets

By Eddie Beaver

Acrisure secured a court order Monday barring its former CEO and CFO from using confidential information they had allegedly emailed themselves before joining rival insurance broker The Ardonagh Group.

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Materials Biz Proves Manager Copied Docs For New Venture

By Jamie Lennox

A London court held Monday that a former manager at a materials supplier breached his contract by copying almost 12,000 files he planned to use in a competing business.

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TikToker Sues PinkNews Over Unauthorized Snapchat Posts

By Hanna Vioque

A skincare TikToker with nearly 1 million followers has sued an LGBTQ+ newspaper for copyright infringement, accusing the PinkNews media outlet of recording and publishing her content on Snapchat without her consent.

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EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS

Veolia Economist Can Bring Case Over Whistleblowing Bias

By Max Austin

A tribunal has ruled that a former economist at Veolia can bring a claim that the waste giant retaliated against her by reviewing her probation and later firing her after she blew the whistle on bullying and staff mismanagement.

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PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION

Vengrove Unit Sues Contractor For £4.9M Over Botched Floor

By Laura Stewart Liberty

An investment platform owned by real estate company Vengrove is suing a construction business for £4.9 million ($7 million), alleging that the construction company failed to fix a botched warehouse floor that left the building impossible to let.

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David Vaughan, international disputes lead at Shakespeare Martineau, discusses how a European upbringing and working across different firms have shaped his leadership abilities, the challenges of representing a sovereign in a foreign court, and how proper global networks are needed to deliver results in cross-border disputes.

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