Commercial Litigation UK

  • April 25, 2025

    Management Co. Denies Claims By Angus And Julia Stone

    London-based music management company HNOE Ltd. has hit back at an AU$1.1 million ($690,000) counterclaim by Australian indie pop duo Angus and Julia Stone in their dispute over management agreement commission payments, saying that the band's case was "plainly false."

  • April 25, 2025

    Tycoon's Son Loses Challenge To £3M Howard Kennedy Bill

    The son of a diamond tycoon accused of swindling $1 billion from banks lost his bid for a court-ordered review of his legal bills from Howard Kennedy on Friday as the High Court said he knew of the climbing costs linked to his international fraud case.

  • April 25, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen pub operator Stonegate sue insurance broker Marsh, a human rights lawyer sued for defamation by Russian businessman Ovik Mkrtchyan, and British toy-maker The Character Group reignite an employment dispute with a former finance director. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • April 25, 2025

    Fashion Firm Beats Unfair Dismissal Claim From Ex-Employee

    A judge tossed an unfair dismissal claim on Friday brought by a former employee of a luxury fashion recruitment consultancy, saying the business made a fair decision to fire her based on poor performance.

  • April 25, 2025

    Crypto Firm Denies Joint Venture Claim From Tether Unit

    A crypto trading firm has hit back against a claim by a unit of the blockchain company Tether over a soured bitcoin mining joint venture, arguing it owns any trade secrets or proprietary information generated by its investments.

  • April 25, 2025

    Aegon Defeats Worker's Contract Claim After Work Transfer

    Aegon has beaten an unfair dismissal claim brought by a former Nationwide employee who resigned after his job transferred to the insurer, arguing that changes to his work conditions left him no choice but to quit.

  • April 25, 2025

    MoD Supplier Says Ex-Worker Leaked Classified Warship Info

    An engineering firm has accused a former employee of handing a rival classified data linked to its supply of components for warships to the Royal Navy, telling a London court that his actions have damaged its relationship with the Ministry of Defence.

  • April 24, 2025

    SocGen Blames Clifford Chance For Failed $483M Gold Claim

    SocGen has told the High Court that Clifford Chance LLP was negligent in its advice to the bank over a gold bullion dispute worth $483 million, saying the poor advice caused the lender's claim to be struck out as an abuse of process.

  • April 24, 2025

    Bollywood Film Unit To Pay £84K To Ex-Exec Forced To Quit

    Bollywood media conglomerate Eros International Ltd. must pay its former chief strategy officer over £84,000 ($112,000) after an employment tribunal upheld his claim for constructive dismissal.

  • April 24, 2025

    IBM Rival Gets Sales Ban Stayed In Reverse-Engineering Fight

    A London court said Thursday it will delay an order banning a Swiss company's sales of technology that it unlawfully reverse-engineered from IBM's software, holding fire while awaiting the outcome of a potential appeal.

  • April 24, 2025

    Marine Co. Claims Axis Bank Misled It Into $21M Loan Scheme

    A marine energy company has sued the Dubai branch of India's Axis Bank for $41.7 million, alleging that the lender misled it into participating in a loan to a shipping company secured against ships that were later sold without its knowledge.

  • April 24, 2025

    Digital Pharma Biz Sues Lender Over CEO Loan Collusion

    A digital pharmacy company has accused a small business lender of knowingly working with its former CEO to funnel huge unauthorized loans into the firm, ignoring clear signs that the executive was acting dishonestly and beyond his powers.

  • April 24, 2025

    Peloton Discriminated Against Autistic Worker, Judge Says

    Peloton discriminated against a member of staff with autism by requiring him to work in public areas at its London studio, a tribunal has said as it ruled that it would have been a reasonable adjustment by the fitness business to trial a back-office job for his disability.

  • April 24, 2025

    Scaffolding Biz Denies Infringing Rival's Safety Gate Patent

    Brisko Scaffolding has denied claims from rival company National Tube Straightening Service that its "Stay Safe" gate infringed the rival's patent, and has also asked a London court to declare National Tube's patent invalid.

  • April 24, 2025

    Canfield Law Faces £4M Claim Over Alleged Property Fraud

    A Hong Kong businessman has accused a London law firm in a High Court claim of failing to ask questions in connection with a high-value property deal, which he says facilitated a fraud that cost him more than £4 million ($5.3 million).

  • April 23, 2025

    Russia Seeks Stay In $5B Award Stemming From Loan Dispute

    The Russian Federation asked a D.C. federal court to pause enforcing a $5 billion arbitration award compensating Yukos Capital for Russia's alleged expropriation of loans while litigation plays out in a U.S. Supreme Court case involving the jurisdiction of American courts over international arbitration agreements. 

  • April 23, 2025

    Lawyers Face Misconduct Case For Letting Trainee Run Firm

    The Solicitors Regulation Authority told a disciplinary tribunal on Wednesday that a group of lawyers were guilty of misconduct for allowing a trainee to buy and run a firm, leading to accounts rules breaches and a mishandled case.

  • April 23, 2025

    Qatari Exec Sues Ackroyd For £4.5M Over Botched Hotel Deal

    A Qatari executive and his sister are suing their solicitor and his firm, Ackroyd Legal, after the lawyers allegedly failed to warn the siblings about a dangerous property deal and allowed them to lose up to £4.5 million ($6 million) when the deal soured.

  • April 23, 2025

    Aspiring Solicitor Defends 'Fraudster' Review Of Former Firm

    An aspiring solicitor has hit back against a claim that she posted defamatory online reviews labeling her former boss a "fraudster," telling a London court that the reviews were true.

  • April 23, 2025

    UKIPO Not Corrupt For Rejecting Patent, Judge Rules

    A judge has dismissed a case against the head of the U.K. Intellectual Property Office, finding that an inventor had waited years after his patent was rejected to bring baseless claims of malice and corruption.

  • April 23, 2025

    Trustee Sues Adviser Over Loan To Insolvent Housing Firm

    A trustee is suing an adviser for alleged fraudulent misrepresentation over claims they caused a family trust to loan £5.75 million ($7.65 million) to a company the adviser partially owned, which later fell into insolvency.

  • April 23, 2025

    Visa Settles With Retailers After Swipe Fees Pass-On Trial

    Lawyers representing more than 1,800 businesses said Wednesday that they have reached a settlement with Visa over allegations the company imposed excessively high credit card fees — weeks after the conclusion of a trial over whether overcharges were passed on.

  • April 23, 2025

    Heathrow Guard Unfairly Fired Over Alleged Racist Video

    A tribunal has held that Heathrow Airport unfairly fired a security officer after he showed his colleague a video allegedly portraying India as dirty, ruling that his actions did not justify dismissal.

  • April 22, 2025

    Ship Co. Loses Seizure Bid In $12M Arbitration Dispute

    A Mississippi federal judge on Tuesday nixed litigation by a U.S. shipping charter firm that asked to seize a deep-sea motor vessel as it looks to enforce more than $12 million of arbitral awards against a Mexican maritime company, ruling that the court lacks jurisdiction.

  • April 22, 2025

    Academic Says Journal Infringed Nanotube Paper Copyright

    An American bioengineering researcher argued at the start of a London trial Tuesday that a scientific journal had wrongly published a paper related to carbon nanotubes without her consent, urging the judge to rule that it had infringed her copyright.

Expert Analysis

  • Key Litigation Funding Rulings Will Drive Reform In 2024

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    Ground-breaking judgments on disputes funding and fee arrangements from 2023 — including that litigation funding agreements could be damages-based agreements, rendering them unenforceable — will bring legislative changes in 2024, which could have a substantial impact on litigation risk for several sectors, say Verity Jackson-Grant and David Bridge at Simmons & Simmons.

  • How Data Privacy Law Cases Are Evolving In UK, EU And US

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    To see where the law is heading in 2024, it is worth looking at privacy litigation and enforcement trends from last year, where we saw a focus on General Data Protection Regulation regulatory enforcement actions in the U.K. and EU, and class actions brought by private plaintiffs in the U.S., say lawyers at Morgan Lewis.

  • Misleading Airline Ads Offer Lessons To Avoid Greenwashing

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    Following the Advertising Standards Authority's recent decision that three airlines' adverts misled customers about their environmental impact, companies should ensure that their green claims comply with legal standards to avoid risking reputational damage, which could have financial repercussions, say Elaina Bailes and Olivia Shaw at Stewarts.

  • Supreme Court Ruling Is A Gift To Insolvency Practitioners

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    As corporate criminal liability is in sharp focus, the Supreme Court's recent decision in Palmer v. Northern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court that administrators are not company officers and should not be held liable under U.K. labor law is instructive in focusing on the substance and not merely the title of a person's role within a company, say lawyers at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Major EU AI Banking Ruling Will Reverberate Across Sectors

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    Following the European Court of Justice's recent OQ v. Land Hessen decision that banks' use of AI-driven credit scores to make consumer decisions did not comply with the General Data Protection Regulation, regulators indicated that the ruling would apply broadly, leaving numerous industries that employ AI-powered decisions open to scrutiny, say lawyers at Alston & Bird.

  • English Could Be The Future Language Of The UPC

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    While most Unified Patent Court proceedings are currently held in German, the recent decisions in Plant-e v. Arkyne and Amgen v. Sanofi potentially signal that English will be the preferred language, particularly in cases involving small and medium enterprises, say lawyers at Freshfields.

  • Arbitration Remains Attractive For Digital Disputes In 2024

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    Recent regulatory and digital forum developments highlight that, in 2024, arbitration will continue to adapt to new technologies, such as artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency, and remain an attractive forum for resolving digital disputes due to its flexibility, confidentiality and comparative ease to enforce cross-border awards, says Peter Smith at Charles Russell.

  • Key Employer Lessons From 2023 Neurodiversity Case Uptick

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    The rise in neurodiversity cases in U.K. employment tribunals last year emphasizes the growing need for robust occupational health support, and that employers must acknowledge and adjust for individuals with disabilities in their workplaces to ensure compliance and foster a neurodiverse-friendly work environment, says Emily Cox at Womble Bond.

  • A Look At 2023's Landmark Insolvency Developments

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    The insolvency landscape in 2023 witnessed pivotal court decisions that will continue to shape the industry in 2024, with a focus on refining director and administrator duties and obligations, and addressing emerging challenges, says Kerri Wilson at Ontier.

  • Hague Judgments Treaty May Boost UK-EU Cooperation

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    The U.K.'s recent decision to sign the Hague Judgments Convention could help rebuild post-Brexit judicial cooperation with the EU by creating a holistic arrangement on mutual recognition and enforcement of judgments, say Patrick Robinson and Stephen Lacey at Linklaters.

  • 5 Key UK Employment Law Developments From 2023

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    Key employment law issues in 2023 suggest that topics such as trade union recognition for collective bargaining in the gig economy, industrial action and menopause discrimination will be at the top of the agenda for employers and employees in 2024, say Merrill April and Anaya Price at CM Murray.

  • Emerging Trends From A Busy Climate Litigation Year

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    Although many environmental cases brought in the U.K. were unsuccessful in 2023, they arguably clarified several relevant issues, such as climate rights, director and trustee obligations, and the extent to which claimants can hold the government accountable, illustrating what 2024 may have in store for climate litigation, say Simon Bishop and Patrick Kenny at Hausfeld.

  • Key 2024 Arbitration Trends In A Changing World

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    As key sectors such as ESG and the global mining and commodities market will continue to generate more arbitration in 2024, procedural developments in arbitral law will both guide future arbitration proceedings and provide helpful lessons on confidentiality, disclosure and professional duty, say Louise Woods and Elena Guillet at V&E.

  • 2024 Will Be A Busy Year For Generative AI And IP Issues

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    In light of increased litigation and policy proposals on balancing intellectual property rights and artificial intelligence innovation, 2024 is shaping up to be full of fast-moving developments that will have significant implications for AI tool developers, users of such tools and rights holders, say lawyers at Mishcon de Reya.

  • Regulating Digital Platforms: What's Changing In EU And UK

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    Lawyers at Mayer Brown assess the status of recently enacted EU and U.K. antitrust regulation governing gatekeeper platforms, noting that the effects are already being felt, and that companies will need to avoid anti-competitive self-preferencing and ensure a higher degree of interoperability than has been required to date.

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