Lady Chief Justice Sue Carr unveiled plans on Tuesday to overhaul the High Court of England and Wales by creating a new business and property division that she said will provide "greater clarity for users."
Lady Chief Justice Sue Carr unveiled plans on Tuesday to overhaul the High Court of England and Wales by creating a new business and property division that she said will provide "greater clarity for users."
Polar regions, outer space and the deep sea are emerging as new legal frontiers as rising geopolitical tensions and competition for critical resources test international regimes designed to keep the peace in some of the world's most remote domains, experts said Tuesday.
Seladore Legal has moved one step closer to securing a £2.2 million ($3 million) payout from Pogust Goodhead after a London court ruled that certain success fees under their retainer agreements are enforceable.
Judge David Waksman has been appointed to oversee the Commercial Court's complex business disputes and manage its administrative operations, taking the baton from Judge Mark Pelling who retired in January, the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, said Tuesday.
A shipping company told Britain's top court on Tuesday that it should not have to pay a $1.85 million award arising from the botched sale of a vessel, because the buyer canceling the deal was the cause of the prospective losses.
A former general counsel of Coca‑Cola said artificial intelligence is increasing lawyers' workloads, as they race to keep up with clients empowered by the technology to bring forward claims.
Power cable giant Nexans sought permission Tuesday to challenge an order to pay £10.6 million ($14.3 million) to the developers of the London Array windfarm over findings that a European cartel inflated the price of the project's high-voltage cables.
A London judge denied a group of motorists permission to join the major group "Dieselgate" litigation against the Stellantis auto group, ruling Tuesday that they had not kept to the deadline to join the action.
Entrepreneur Lars Windhorst lost his bid on Tuesday to quash an 18-month suspended prison sentence for refusing to attend a hearing to provide evidence of his company's assets after it failed to pay €27 million ($31 million).
An Indian politician has sued his business partner and their family members in a fight over assets — including half of the $220 million profits from a hotel — that were partly dispersed amid an Indian government bribery probe into a military helicopter deal.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration has denied Rwanda's $135 million (£100 million) claim against the United Kingdom after the U.K. scrapped a controversial migrant agreement saying it would pay the African country to take in asylum-seekers who originally appeared on British shores.
A tribunal has ruled the BBC did not discriminate against a former radio presenter because of his ADHD and anxiety, finding that the broadcaster fired him over social media posts he made which breached editorial guidelines.
A tribunal has ruled that workers from a defunct furniture store operator transferred to two new companies specifically set up to take over operations of the high-end Danish design stores in Scotland, making the new companies liable for their employment.
The recent High Court ruling in Aabar Holdings v. Glencore PLC confirms that legal privilege can extend to intraclient communications, materially improving the position of companies that design investigations carefully, define legal channels properly and maintain discipline in their internal communications, says Nicolas Groffman at Harligan.
