Commercial Litigation UK Archive » February, 2023

Commercial Litigation UK - February, 2023

286 articles

• Law Society Takes Gov't To Court Over Pay For Criminal Attys
• Solicitor Loses Bid To Nix Loan Negligence Suit
• Brexiteer Awarded Libel Damages Over Journalist's TED Talk
• Insolvency Pro Says Co. Is Front For Banker On The Lam
• Insurers Appeal $5.2M Payout Over Ukrainian Grain Fraud
• Mozambique Fraud Case Jeopardized After Attys Frozen Out
• OnlyFans Liable For VAT, ECJ Rules
• Top UK Court To Weigh State Immunity In South Africa Silver Row
• Law Firm Accused Of Negligent Advice On Project Investment
• Nurse Gets Another Shot At Race Bias Suit
• Salvage Biz Fights For Payout For Ever Given Work In Suez
• Troubled Real Estate Giant Gets OK For Restructuring Talks
• Academic Loses Race Bias Suit Over Return From Stroke
• Energy Maker Raises Claim Against Iberdrola Unit To £8M
• Amazon Fights UK Drivers' Group Minimum Wage Suit
• Data Management Co. Wins Commission Payout Challenge
• Judge Sanctioned Over 'Subconscious Bias' To Minority
• Clifford Chance Adds Finance Pro From White & Case
• Attys Await Quantum Leap In AML Reporting With New System
• Thai Bank's Liquidators Chase $32M Embezzlement Order
• Ex-ENRC Adviser Adds To Hacking Claims Against Dechert
• Worker Can Argue COVID Views Are Protected Belief
• BDO's 'Further Queries' Delay Ince Results For 4th Time
• IP Firm Can't Block Claim Over Secret Commissions
• EV Firms Made Unlawful Deductions When Firing Bookkeeper
• Paralyzed Rugby Player Wins Suit Over Tackle Injury
• It's The Journey That Counts For BCLP's UK Managing Partner
• Architect Loses Tax Fraud Whistleblowing Suit
• Sheikh Defeats Most Of Liquidators' $3.6B Suit
• Billionaire Loses Appeal Over Deutsche Contempt Conviction
• SFO To Ask Officials To Search Personal Comms In Leak Suit
• Judge Bows Out of Gerrard Committal Fight Over Bias Worry
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Problems With New UK 'Working Patterns' Bill Are Predictable
• Tate Visual Intrusion Ruling May Change Nuisance Claims
• Finance Boss Fired Over Spouse's Disability Wins Extra £23K
• Cruise Co. Says Wrongful Death Claim Must Be Arbitrated
• Spain Can't Get $81M Renewables Award Nixed
• Ex-Atty Accused Of Trying To Extort Businessman
• Qatari Biz Wins Redo To See If UK Law Covers Employee Suit
• Auto Courier's Insurance Didn't Cover Off-The-Clock Accident
• Speechly Bircham Loses Bid To Ax PE Exec's Negligence Suit
• Time For Courts To Ditch Analogue And Go Green, Attys Say
• Technical Glitches Continue To Plague £1.3B Court Reforms
• PPE Medpro Fights Gov't Lawsuit Over Medical Gown Quality
• Data Co. Worker Loses Bid To Extend Unfair Dismissal Cutoff
• Jenner & Block Adds Arbitration Muscle In DC And London
• India Says $111M Satellite Fight Must Remain On Pause
• Afghan Judge Loses Fight To Relocate To The UK
• UK Top Court Says News Corp. Owes VAT On Digital Papers
• Catching COVID Doesn't Justify Employee's Late Claim
• Ex-Solicitor Hits Back At Property Investment Negligence Suit
• DC Circ. Affirms $1.5M Sanctions Order Against Romania
• Cleaner Fired Without Notice Gets Tribunal Payout
• Solicitors' Watchdog Shuts Down Fletcher Day
• Hogan Lovells' Revenues Dip To $2.4B In 2nd-Best Year
• Insurer Settles £2M Fire Dispute With Real Estate Co.
• Ex-Taylor Wessing Atty Fined £30K In SRA Misconduct Case
• Chubb Wins Irish Challenge Over COVID Coverage
• Activists Lose Challenge To COVID 'Partygate' Investigation
• Debevoise Hires Arbitration Pro From Gibson Dunn
• Mastercard, Visa To Face New Interchange Fee Claims
• People Named In Leaked Labour Report Seek Privacy In Suit
• French Court Nixes €444M Dominance Fine For Drug Cos.
• US Cos. May See More Multiclaimant Actions In UK, EU
• Meta Ruling Could Squeeze The Pipeline For UK Class Suits
• Businessman Bids To Revive US Bank Probe Ban In Libel Suit
• Stephenson Harwood Adds Tech Pros From Hausfeld, HSF
• Barclays Customer Wins Bid To Reopen Stolen Funds Case
• Interest Rate Hikes A Mixed Blessing For Litigation Funders
• Ensuring An Agreement's Arbitration Clause Is Enforceable
• Contractors Fire Back At Willmott's £47M Remedial Work Suit
• Ex-Taylor Wessing Atty Loses SRA Sexual Misconduct Case
• Atty Banned After Running Practice 'In Shambolic Fashion'
• White-Collar Crime Pro Joins Asset Recovery Practice MKS
• 'Inept' Atty Loses Appeal Over Fine For Violating Court Order
• Investor Stumped In $2M Fight With Cricket League Founder
• Building Firms Can't Get Earlier Exit From Negligence Suit
• Dough-Maker Fights UK Watchdog's Order To Unwind Deal
• Fashion Execs Urge Justices To Limit Liability In TM Suit
• Boots Owes Optician Just £25 After Withdrawing Job Offer
• Reed Smith's Ex-Athens Chief Fights Expenses Prosecution
• Experian Wins Challenge To Data Watchdog's Privacy Order
• Guidance Gap Puts Whistleblowing GCs At Risk
• £2.3B Meta Antitrust Class Action Sent Back To Drawing Board
• Dechert Partner Caught Up In Gerrard Cases Leaves Firm
• Link In Talks To Sell Funds Biz To Waystone Amid FCA Probe
• Spanish Solar Ruling Provides Glimmer Of Hope For Investors
• Metro Bank Fires Back At Coin Counting Software Suit
• Ex-Table Tennis Director Can Bring Whistleblower Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Bank Gets £5M Manor After Entrepreneur Falls Behind
• EU Can't Restrict Acceptable 2nd Languages For Job Posts
• Jaguar's 'Vicissitudes Of Life' Appeal Of Worker Payout Fails
• Gov't To Keep Temporary Courts Open To Tackle Backlog
• Court Of Appeal Charts Path For COVID Dismissal Claims
• Former Airline Employees Plan To Sue Over Firing By Video
• Baker McKenzie's Managing Partner Lives His Teenage Dream
• Former AA Exec Loses Negligence Suit Against Rosenblatt
• Promotion Of Judges Must Be Sufficiently Objective, ECJ Told
• Squire Patton Hires Employment Pro From CMS In Milan
• Ex-Credit Suisse Trader Cannot Revive £66M Espionage Case
• Law Firm Demoted Underpaid Staffer For Being Pregnant
• Liquidators Accuse Bridging Loan Firm's Ex-Execs Of Fraud
• Compliance Boss Wins Bid To Retry Age Bias Suit
• Virgin Prevails In Multimillion TM Spat With Alaska Airlines
• Fast Fashion CEO Beats £125M Suit Alleging Idea Was Stolen
• UK Exit Tax Didn't Violate Tobacco Co.'s Rights, ECJ Says
• NHS Says Neurosurgeons Aren't Owed Years Of Back Pay
• Rising Professional Indemnity Cost Pushes Out Smaller Firms
• Sacked Nanny's Lobster Injury Claim Nipped In The Bud
• Truckmakers Ask Top Court To Block Cartel Lawsuit Funding
• Forsters Hits Back At £3M Negligence Advice Suit
• Spain's Intra-EU Defense Fails In $310M Award Fight
• Keating Chambers KC Tapped For High Court Vacancy
• Lessons To Be Learned From Twitter's Latest Hacking Scandal
• Governance Feud Can't Sink OK Of $486M Djibouti Port Award
• Stonework Biz Co-Owner Wrongly Took Partner's £1.2M Profits
• Law Society Urges Gov't To Join Hague 19 Convention
• Ex-BofA Exec Loses Bid For Stake In Legal Services Firm
• Uber Says It's In Line With Wage Requirements In Drivers' Suit
• Construction Co. Sued For £14M Over Building Defects
• Employee Who Destroyed Evidence Loses Shot At Payout
• Education Biz Sues Gov't For £37M Over Collapsed Deal
• SRA Finalizes Plan For Solicitors' New Indemnity Scheme
• Menopause, Fertility Policies A New Draw For UK Firms
• Steel Magnate Faces New Bankruptcy Challenge
• Border Force Wrong To Fire Director For Not Relocating
• Ex-Nigerian Atty Says 'Bribes' Were Really Gifts From Lover
• UK Court Reinforces High Bar In Human Rights Investigations
• GSK Ordered To Reinstate Disabled Compliance Pro
• Travers' Partner Exodus Prompts Questions About Its Future
• Luxembourg Violated Whistleblower's Rights, Court Says
• Abu Dhabi's Puzzling Choice To Send ICC Arbitration Offshore
• SRA Finds Attorneys Are Falling Short On Averting SLAPPs
• Medical Device Co. Employee Sues For Cut Of Products' Sales
• Russian Fugitive Gets More Time To Sell London Property
• Freeths, Litigation Funder Settle £5.6M Negligence Suit
• Employment Tribunal Case Backlog Tops 50,000
• Jehovah's Witnesses Fight To Avoid Liability For Rape By Elder
• Liverpool Fans To Sue UEFA Over Top League Final Chaos
• Sacked Pro-Brexit Rep Was Not Our Employee, Union Argues
• Struck-Off Lawyer Gets 'One Last Chance' To Avoid Prison
• Barrister's Assistant Made To Work 7 Days A Week Wins Suit
• Nigeria Rips Top Barrister As 'A Disgrace' Over $11B Award
• Paul Hastings Lands Restructuring Pro From Shearman
• Amigo Dodges £73M Fine Amid Affordability Check Failings
• Inter RAO Units Win $76M In Georgia Electricity Tariff Feud
• Matchmaking Services Fall Under VAT, London Court Rules
• Banking Service Fights Shipping Co. In €28M Transfer Suit
• Gold Mining Co. Hits Back At $18M Merger Advice Suit
• Esso Bids For Pipeline Protection From Protesters
• Watchstone Says Slater Used Secret Info As £63M Trial Closes
• Couriers Use New Precedent To Overturn Holiday Pay Limit
• Hedge Fund Loses Fight With Broker Over Finder's Fees
• Marriott Hotels Can't Recover Scrapped 'Delta' Trademark
• BBC Afghan Journalists Relocation To Be Reconsidered
• GC Loses Bid For Stopgap In Share Sale Whistleblowing Claim
• Olympic Council Of Asia Loses Contempt Suit Against Jet Co.
• Top KC Denies Dishonesty Over Stake In $11B Nigeria Award
• Court Refuses To Strike Out Law Academic's Libel Claims
• Subprime Lender Still Looking For Capital To Fund Redress
• UK Brokerage Loses Appeal Over Carbon Tax Fraud
• Atty Says Ex-Soccer Club Owner Tried To 'Humiliate' Saudi
• British Airways To Face Retrial On Staffer's Race Bias Claim
• Vodafone Can't Scrap Orders After Patent Nixed
• Goodwin Lands Employment Pro From Travers Smith
• White & Case's London Head Is Hoping For A Little Serendipity
• Investment Firm Loses Challenge To Ombudsman Award
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Insurer Can't Move £4M COVID Disruption Fight Out Of Court
• Sacked Rosenblatt CEO Used Racist Slur At Dinner
• Libya Fund Loses £12.3M Fraud Claim Against Consultants
• Businessman Loses Bid To Block US Bank Probe In Libel Suit
• Welsh National Opera Workers Lose Redundancy Challenge
• MPs To Review Controversial 'Whiplash' Reform
• Bayer Says Cipla's Blood-Thinner Infringes Xarelto Patent
• Ince Delays Publishing Financial Results For 3rd Time
• Jamaican AML Regime Doesn't Breach Attys' Rights
• Construction Co. Settles With Hiscox Over £4.7M Flat Repairs
• Judge Pulls EY German Unit Back Into Wirecard Investor Suit
• Mercedes Faces Over 330,000 Claims In UK 'Dieselgate' Suits
• Financier Drops £12M Loan Losses Suit Against Ex-CEO
• Law Firm Discriminated Against Pregnant Paralegal
• Manager's 'Balding' Remark Costs Telecom Co. In Bias Case
• Sales Rep Wins Bid To Fight Firing Over COVID Home Working
• InterDigital Gets Wireless Patent Reinstated On Appeal
• Shell Sued Over Alleged Climate Risk Mismanagement
• MoJ Sued Over Courtroom AV Equipment Contract
• Bullying and Discrimination On The Rise At Employed Bar
• In Reversal, Europe's Executive Arm Looks To United ECT Exit
• BMW Wins Bid To Avoid Giving CMA German Docs For Probe
• Barrister Was Not Mistreated By Chambers, Tribunal Rules
• UBS Appeals To Escape $495M Margin Suit
• No Copyright For Bitcoin File Format, Court Rules
• Judge Refuses To Recuse Herself In Atty's Bias Case
• EU Regs Could Spur Litigation Funding's Secondary Market
• Investors Sue Law Firms Over Failed Housing Development
• Legal Threat Sees Royal Mail Workers Call Off Strike
• Bahrain Can't Block Dissidents' English Suit Over Spyware
• UK Weighs New Rules For Insurance Insolvencies
• Privilege Didn't Kick In Until Exec's Counteroffer, Judge Says
• Dechert Hires New Parisian IP Partner From Hogan Lovells
• Euronav's Failed $4B Merger Sunk By Emergency Arbitration
• Top UK Court Upholds N. Ireland Post-Brexit Trade Arrangements
• BT, Royal Mail Get Less Than They Wanted In Truck Cartel Suit
• Insurer Sanctioned For 'Misleading' Court In Utah Bank Spat
• Energy Investors Owed €101M Target $1B Due To Spain
• Apple Says UK Watchdog Fixes Would Make It Android 'Clone'
• EY Hits Back At HMRC's Misrepresentation Claims
• NHS Trust Won't Need To Disprove Bias In Discrimination Suit
• Facilities Manager Was Fired For Being Pakistani, Tribunal Rules
• Monaco Billionaire Battles To Throw Out Contempt Conviction
• HFW Wins Battle With Client For Unpaid Litigation Fees
• 7 Questions For Freshfields' UK Disputes Head Mark Sansom
• Duane Morris Taps Employment Atty To Lead London Office
• At Trial, Lidl Says Tesco Branding Deceives Consumers
• UK Translator Could Have Been A Spy, Spain Says In Bias Suit
• England Grabs Reins Of Bitcoin Battles With Crypto Decision
• Ex-Slater Boss Denies Using Leaked Info In Watchstone Talks
• Clyde & Co. Warns Of Claims Rush Ahead Of Legal Change
• Black NHS Midwife Was Discriminated Against, Court Says
• Qatar Airways, Airbus Settle $1B Fight Over Grounded Jets
• Hughes Hubbard Eyes Africa In Growth Of Int'l Arb. Practice
• Dechert Adds Antitrust Trio From Orrick In 3 Offices
• Santander Fights AXA's £670M Suit Over Missold PPI
• Law Firm Hits Back At £28M Bad Loan Advice Claim
• 'Devil' Producer Hits Back At Eva Green Over $1M Contract
• Atty Struck Off Over Insurance Misconduct Loses Appeal
• Pfizer Tries To Head Off UniQure Hemophilia Patent
• Businessman Asks Court To Block Bank Probe In Libel Suit
• Tech VC Firm Sues Fired Construction Boss Over Shares
• Muji Accountant Unfairly Fired Over Unreasonable Targets
• Manchester City Accused Of Financial Fairness Violations
• Failed UK Battery Maker To Be Sold To Australia's Recharge
• Preparing For Changes To Mass Litigation In Spain
• India Dealt Blow As Satellite Deal Feud With Devas Escalates
• UK Tribunal Grants NHS Unit £3.3M VAT Refund
• Gov't Settles Judge's Bullying Suit As Union Pledges Action
• Lessor Sues Insurers For $88M Over Plane Stranded In Russia
• Director Not Liable For Co.'s $1.1M VAT Bill, UK Tribunal Says
• EnQuest And BP End Fight Over £26M In Unpaid Bills
• Private Equity Exec Fights To Save Tax Atty Negligence Suit
• Samsung Can't Fight LG Cartel Contribution Claims In London
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• After 8 Years At LSB, Chair Still A 'Regulatory Anorak' At Heart
• Tribunal Rules Against Dismissal Over Anti-BLM Posts
• Working Mother Wins Appeal In Bias Case Against Lacoste
• Top Barrister Sues The Times For Libel Over BSB Coverage
• Judge Waksman To Weigh Atty's Recusal Bid In Leak Fight
• Top UK Court Won't Hear Law Firm's 'No Win, No Fee' Case
• Chipmakers Dodge UK Supreme Court Price-Fixing Appeal
• Recruiter's Libel Suit Over Ex-Boss's Email Goes To Top Court
• How CJEU Case Shifts TM Liability For Platforms Like Amazon
• Legal Tech Biz Dye & Durham Settles £1M M&A Dispute
• Crypto-Developers May Owe Investors Help In Fraud Cases
• Top UK Court To Hear Rental Car Driver's Suit Against Insurer
• Link Between Seat And Venue Mostly Undisturbed By COVID
• Debevoise, Skadden Alumni Join Arbitration Chambers
• ECJ Says Investors Not Alone In Illegal Spanish Tax Break
• Top UK Court To Hear Amazon TM Dispute Over US Site Sales
• Struck-Off Solicitor Fights 2nd Contempt Of Court Battle
• EU Court Rejects Cyprus Halloumi Foundation's TM Appeal
• NatWest Hits Back In GRG Loan Suit
• UK Top Court Turns Down Build-A-Bear's Import Tax Case
• Top UK Court To Hear Russian Bank Collapse Suit
• Indian Cricket League Founder Defends Win Against Investor
• Hill Dickinson Hires New COO From IP Boutique
• Bloomberg Reporter Loses Unfair Dismissal Claim
• UK Luxury Car Case Shows Risk Of Settling Future Claims
• EU Lawmakers Back Plans For Gig Economy Workers' Rights
• NatWest To Face Manager's Sex Discrimination Claim
• Push-Payment Fraud Triggers Quincecare, Top UK Court Told
• Ex-Footballer Loses Employment Fight With Scottish Club
• Risk Of Seeing Man At Urinal Was Discrimination, Judge Says
• Ex-Sheffield United Owner Says He Trusted Attys In Sale Suit
• Liberty Mutual Hits Back At Bowling Biz COVID Coverage Suit
• Email Failure No Reason To Nix Appeal, Judge Says
• Justice Kitchin To Retire From UK Supreme Court
• Barclays Tells Top Court Quincecare Will Create A 'Schism'
• Whistleblower Wins £179K From Chinese Finance Biz
• Ex-PwC Exec Denies Leaking Watchstone Info At £63M Trial
• One Pump Court Barrister To Join Legal Ombudsman's Board
• Smith Gambrell, Freeborn Eye UK Growth In Merger
• Tesco Buys Collapsed Stationer's Brand Out Of Administration
• Tate Extension A Nuisance To Homeowners, Top Court Rules