Commercial Litigation UK

  • June 04, 2025

    SFO Reveals £21M Spent On Lawyers In ENRC Court Battles

    The Serious Fraud Office has spent more than £21 million ($28 million) on lawyers fighting its legal battle against Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. over the prosecutor's alleged abuse of its authority during an ill-fated criminal probe of the mining giant.

  • June 04, 2025

    Billionaire Defends Asset Freeze Amid $415M Fraud Case

    Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego on Wednesday told a London appeals court Wednesday that a man who allegedly defrauded him out of more than $415 million was "grasping at straws" in an attempt to escape an asset-freezing order. 

  • June 04, 2025

    Ex-Law Firm Director Denies Misusing Loan Amid Insolvency

    A former director of defunct law firm One Legal Services Ltd. denied claims on Wednesday that he had unlawfully paid himself up to £101,000 ($88,300) in director's loans after the firm collapsed, saying he acted on the advice of an administrator.

  • June 04, 2025

    UK Mortgage 'Coercion' Ruling Raises Bank Liability Risk

    A decision by the U.K. Supreme Court on Wednesday could substantially increase the liability on mortgage lenders to undertake checks on their customers, raising implications for repossessions in a move that is likely to require new rules from the Financial Conduct Authority, according to lawyers.

  • June 04, 2025

    Consultancy Sues Ex-Director For £3.6M Over Client Poaching

    A consulting firm has accused its former director of causing it to lose out on £3.6 million ($4.8 million) in revenue, arguing in a London court that his synced email calendar revealed he had conspired to steal clients.

  • June 04, 2025

    Ex-Amazon Warehouse Worker Scrapes Win Over Health Bias

    Amazon's U.K. branch has dodged most of the disability discrimination allegations brought by a former warehouse worker, with a tribunal finding that his dismissal was justified even though the company committed a misstep in how it handled his extended medical absence.

  • June 04, 2025

    Pharma Biz Denies Infringing Rival's Blood Pressure Patent

    Roma Pharmaceuticals has fought back against claims that it infringed SyriMed's blood pressure treatment patent, claiming that its rival should not have received protections because the drug was not new.

  • June 04, 2025

    Chef Wins £13K After Hotel Missed Mental Health In Firing

    An employment tribunal has awarded a chef £13,000 ($18,000) after ruling that a spa hotel failed to accommodate her disabilities during a disciplinary probe over a foul-mouthed argument — but said the company was justified in firing her.

  • June 04, 2025

    Knight Frank Can't Chuck Home REIT Fund's Conspiracy Case

    Knight Frank LLP has failed to convince a London court to toss a Home REIT sister fund's allegedly "speculative" claims of procuring breach of contract, unlawful means conspiracy and negligence over the global real estate consultancy's property valuation services.

  • June 04, 2025

    UK Bank Failed To Spot Coercion In Mortgage Case

    Britain's highest court ruled on Wednesday that a bank had a duty to check whether a woman was under the undue influence of her partner when she took out a mortgage that would be used partly to pay off her partner's debts.

  • June 03, 2025

    Irish Court Says US Co.'s Irish Units Not Owed Treaty Benefits

    Three Irish subsidiaries cannot benefit from the U.S.-Ireland tax treaty's provision of equally favorable treatment between U.S. and Irish residents because their ultimate parent entity, a Delaware financial firm, is disregarded for U.S. tax purposes, Ireland's Court of Appeal said in a judgment.

  • June 03, 2025

    Insurer Seeks £34M From Cigna For Missold PPI Complaints

    PA (GI) Ltd. said it is entitled to recover from Cigna more than £34 million ($46 million) it has spent dealing with missold payment protection insurance claims, arguing at trial on Tuesday that it dealt with those complaints in the "fairest" and "most cost-effective" way.

  • June 03, 2025

    3 Key Takeaways From The UK's Litigation Funding Review

    A government-backed review has set out 58 recommendations to reform the litigation funding sector in England and Wales, in a move that could deliver a significant boost to third-party funders after two years of uncertainty.

  • June 03, 2025

    HS2 To Pay £319K Over Whistleblower's Exclusion

    The company behind high-speed rail project HS2 has agreed to pay a former analyst more than £319,000 ($431,500) after he accused the company of excluding him from two roles following his warning that cost forecasts were being manipulated to secure funding.

  • June 03, 2025

    SRA Accuses Solicitor Of 'Antisemitic' And 'Offensive' Tweets

    The solicitors' watchdog accused a lawyer on Tuesday of making comments on social media that were "offensive" and "antisemitic" and which undermined the public trust in the legal profession.

  • June 03, 2025

    Ex-Managing Partner Loses Appeal To Ax £210K Costs Bill

    The former managing partner of a Yorkshire law firm on Tuesday lost his appeal against a £210,000 ($284,000) costs bill stemming from an earlier ruling that he hid information while off work with cancer to inflate his income.

  • June 03, 2025

    Pogust Goodhead Fired Staffer Over Conduct, Tribunal Finds

    An employment tribunal has ruled that Pogust Goodhead fired a client services supervisor because of her "extraordinary and alarming" behavior during a meeting rather than as a result of her multiple sclerosis condition, rejecting her discrimination claim.

  • June 03, 2025

    Novartis Seeks To Block Rival's Generic Blood Pressure Drug

    Novartis has asked a London court to halt a competitor's plans to sell a generic version of its blood pressure medication, arguing that a replica drug will infringe its extended patent protections over the treatment.

  • June 03, 2025

    NMC Health Fraud Was 'Systematic,' Administrator Testifies

    An NMC Health administrator on Tuesday said that the healthcare group's financial statements were "structured to conceal" the group's real financial position including $3.8 billion of unreported debt, as he testified during the London trial against the group's auditors, EY.

  • June 03, 2025

    Media Biz Founder Sues BC Partners Unit Over €200M Bonus

    A business controlled by the founder of United Group BV has accused the private equity-owned holding company of the telecommunications firm of refusing to pay a €200 million ($228 million) bonus allegedly due on the €1.5 billion sale of two subsidiaries.

  • June 03, 2025

    Mirror Accused Of Defaming Couple In 'Cancer Con' Articles

    A British couple who run a cancer healthcare facility in the U.S. have sued the publisher of the Mirror newspaper in the U.K., alleging the newspaper made false accusations that they provided counterfeit medication to patients.

  • June 03, 2025

    Ex-Pandora Boss To Blame For His Own Tax Bill, Adviser Says

    A tax adviser has denied exposing the former president of jewelry giant Pandora, Peter Andersen, to significant liabilities tied to a €2.2 million ($2.5 million) French property deal, saying that any losses were caused by the ex-chief's deliberate and independent decisions.

  • June 03, 2025

    Italy Gets €190M Offshore Energy Award Nixed

    Italy on Monday succeeded in convincing an annulment panel to nix a controversial €190 million ($216.3 million) arbitral award issued to a British energy company after the country banned oil and gas projects off its coastline, an award that helped fuel a movement against investor-state arbitration in the European Union.

  • June 03, 2025

    UK Gov't Backs Legal Tech To Modernize Dispute Resolution

    The government is committed to investing in legal technology as part of its growth agenda and to help ensure that dispute resolution "evolves with the times," a minister told a legal conference in London on Tuesday.

  • June 03, 2025

    UK Threatens To Sue Abramovich Over Chelsea FC Sale

    The government has threatened to sue Roman Abramovich to make sure that £2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) made from the sale of Chelsea Football Club is used to support humanitarian aid in Ukraine.

Expert Analysis

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: State Immunity And ICSID Awards

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    In a landmark decision in cases involving Spain and Zimbabwe, the English Court of Appeal grappled with the intersection of state immunity and the enforcement of arbitration awards, setting a precedent for future disputes involving sovereign entities in the U.K, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

  • Inside The Premier League's Financial Regulation Dilemma

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    The Premier League's arbitration award in its dispute with Manchester City Football Club has raised significant financial governance concerns in English football, and a resolution may set a precedent in regulatory development, say consultants at Secretariat.

  • What UK Procurement Act Delay Will Mean For Stakeholders

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    The Procurement Act 2023’s delay until February 2025 has sparked debate among contracting authorities and suppliers, and the Labour Party’s preference for a broader reform package demonstrates the challenges involved in implementing legislative changes where there is a change in government, say lawyers at Shoosmiths.

  • 2 Highlights From Labour's Notable Employment Rights Bill

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    The Labour government’s recently unveiled Employment Rights Bill marks the start of a generational shift in U.K. employment law, and its updates to unfair dismissal rights and restrictions on fire-and-rehire tactics are of particular note, say lawyers at Covington.

  • Inspecting The New Int'l Arbitration Site Visits Protocol

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    The International Bar Association's recently published model protocol for site visits is helpful in offering a standardized, sensible approach to a range of typical issues that arise in the course of scheduling site visits in construction, engineering or other types of disputes, say attorneys at V&E.

  • Opinion

    Why The UK Gov't Should Commit To An Anti-SLAPP Law

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    Recent libel cases against journalists demonstrate how the English court system can be potentially misused through strategic lawsuits against public participation, underscoring the need for a robust statutory mechanism for early dismissal of unmeritorious claims, says Nadia Tymkiw at RPC.

  • 5 Takeaways From UK Justices' Arbitration Jurisdiction Ruling

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    The U.K. Supreme Court's recent judgment in UniCredit Bank v. RusChemAlliance, upholding an injunction against a lawsuit that attempted to shift arbitration away from a contractually designated venue, provides helpful guidance on when such injunctions may be available, say attorneys at Fladgate.

  • FCA's Broad Proposals Aim To Protect Customer Funds

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    The Financial Conduct Authority’s proposed changes to payments firms’ safeguarding requirements, with enhanced recordkeeping and fund segregation, seek to bolster existing regulatory provisions, but by introducing a statutory trust concept to cover customers’ assets, represent a set of onerous rules, says Matt Hancock at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Complying With Growing EU Supply Chain Mandates

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    A significant volume of recent European Union legislative developments demonstrate a focus on supply chain transparency, so organizations must remain vigilant about potential human rights and environmental abuses in their supply chain and make a plan to mitigate compliance risks, say lawyers at Weil.

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Spain Faces Award Enforcement

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    Spain's loss in its Australian court case against Infrastructure Services Luxembourg underlines the resilience of international arbitration enforcement mechanisms, with implications extending far beyond this case, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

  • What EU Antitrust Guidelines Will Mean For Dominant Cos.

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    The European Commission’s recent draft antitrust guidelines will steer courts' enforcement powers, increasing the risk for dominant firms engaging in exclusive dealing without any apparent basis to shift the burden of proof to those companies, say lawyers at Latham.

  • Reflecting On 12 Months Of The EU Foreign Subsidy Regime

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    New European Commission guidance, addressing procedural questions and finally providing clarity on “distortion” in merger control and public procurement, offers an opportunity to reflect on the year since foreign subsidy notification obligations were introduced, say lawyers at Fried Frank.

  • Employer Lessons In Preventing Unlawful Positive Action

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    A recent Employment Tribunal decision that three white police officers had been subjected to unlawful race discrimination when a minority detective sergeant was promoted demonstrates that organizations should undertake a balancing approach when implementing positive action in the workplace, says Chris Hadrill at Redmans Solicitors.

  • Review Of EU Cross-Border Merger Regs' Impact On Irish Cos.

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    Looking back on the year since the European Union Mobility Directive was transposed into Irish law, enabling Irish and European Economic Area limited liability companies to participate in cross-border deals, it is clear that restructuring options available to Irish companies with EU operations have significantly expanded, say lawyers at Matheson.

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Spanish Assets At Risk Abroad

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    The recent seizure of a portion of London Luton Airport after an English High Court ruling is the latest installment in a long-running saga over Spain’s failure to honor arbitration awards, highlighting the complexities involved when state-owned enterprises become entangled in disputes stemming from their government's actions, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn Square Chambers.

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