Commercial Litigation UK

  • June 12, 2025

    Everbright Exec Testifies He Trusted Media Biz's Financial Info

    An executive of the Chinese financial services firm Everbright testified Thursday that a sports media rights business was portrayed as "well performing" before a joint venture acquired a majority stake, only to later discover its financial health was allegedly inflated.

  • June 12, 2025

    Pet Clothes Biz Says Rival Copied Medical Shirt Design

    A Dutch company that makes shirts for pets to wear after treatment has launched legal proceedings against a U.K. rival for allegedly infringing its copyright by selling a range of shirts "highly similar" to its own pet recovery garments.

  • June 12, 2025

    Customs Missteps Don't Void VAT Exemption, ECJ Says

    A horse owner can still claim a value-added tax exemption if she was merely negligent, rather than deceitful, in failing to declare her horses with Swedish customs officials, the European Court of Justice held Thursday.

  • June 12, 2025

    Estate Agent Whistleblower Faces Conciliation Rule Challenge

    An estate agency asked a London appellate court on Thursday to rule that a former employee could not bring whistleblowing claims because she did not go through a conciliation process first, arguing that conciliation was mandatory.

  • June 12, 2025

    Lost Russian Jets Ruling Has Global Implications For Insurers

    A London court ruling that major insurers must compensate aircraft lessors for planes seized by Russia will provide useful support for companies seeking repayments for assets stranded in conflict zones with little probability of their return.

  • June 12, 2025

    Greeting Card Biz Exec's Firing Was Tied To £1 Share Grab

    An Employment Tribunal has ruled that a co-founder and long-time managing director of a greeting card business was unfairly dismissed in a calculated and premeditated move by its new majority owners at a private investment firm.

  • June 12, 2025

    Reed Smith Appoints New Head Of Its Frankfurt Office

    Reed Smith LLP said Thursday that it has appointed debt finance specialist Oliver Hahnelt as the managing partner of its office in Frankfurt following the departure of its previous incumbent.

  • June 12, 2025

    10,000 Wilko Workers Win £2M Payout Over Consultation Fail

    Home goods retailer Wilko will pay a total of £2 million ($2.7 million) to more than 10,000 former staff whom it failed to properly consult about redundancies before it went bust in 2023, trade union GMB announced Thursday.

  • June 11, 2025

    Russia Must Face $5B Yukos Award Suit, DC Judge Rules

    At D.C. federal judge on Wednesday denied Russia's bid to nix litigation filed by the financing arm of Yukos Oil Co. to enforce a nearly $5 billion arbitral award, saying the Kremlin's jurisdictional objections fell short.

  • June 11, 2025

    Coinbase Loses 'Bad Faith' TM Clash With Rival At EU Court

    A European Union court tossed Coinbase's latest attempt to void a Japanese crypto exchange's "coinbase" trademark on Wednesday, ruling there was no proof the company acted in bad faith by registering the mark.

  • June 11, 2025

    EuroChem Fights Banks Over €212M Bonds In Sanctions Row

    A Russian subsidiary of fertilizer producer EuroChem accused two European banks of using the pretext of sanctions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine to "never" pay out on €212 million ($244 million) in bonds, on the first day of a High Court trial Wednesday.

  • June 11, 2025

    Academics Lose Bias Claim Over Gender-Critical Film

    The University and College Union has beaten allegations from two university academics and union members accusing the union of discrimination and harassment over its criticism that a film they directed was transphobic.

  • June 11, 2025

    UBS Sues Chelsea Group For $20.6M Over Greensill Deal

    UBS' asset management unit has brought a $20.6 million claim in an English court against three companies in a Cyprus-based group alleging unpaid debt resulting from a supply chain finance deal with the now-defunct Greensill Capital.

  • June 11, 2025

    Man Group Exec Loses Whistleblowing Retaliation Claim

    An employment tribunal has ruled that a former chief people officer at Man Group did not actually blow the whistle about email monitoring practices because she knew at the time that the system was legal.

  • June 11, 2025

    Ex-Yodel Director Can't Halt InPost Acquisition Transformation

    Companies controlled by the ex-director of Yodel on Wednesday lost their bid to block Yodel from transforming after its acquisition by InPost SA, with a London court refusing to stop changes pending a battle for control of the package delivery company.

  • June 11, 2025

    Accountant Gets Maternity Bias Payout Boosted To £32K

    A property development company must pay its former accountant £31,900 ($43,200) for maternity discrimination after she won her appeal against an initial figure of £5,000, a tribunal has ruled.

  • June 11, 2025

    Baklava Biz Denies Trying To Pass As Established Coffee Co.

    A London dessert shop has denied claims that it copied the trademarks of a 150-year-old Turkish coffee brand to mislead consumers into buying baklavas and other regional treats. 

  • June 11, 2025

    Michelle Mone-Linked PPE Firm Faces Trial Over £122M Deal

    The U.K. government said a medical equipment company linked to Conservative peer Michelle Mone should pay back £122 million ($164.6 million) for breaching a deal to supply surgical gowns during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, at the start of a trial Wednesday.

  • June 11, 2025

    Pogust Goodhead Denies Seladore's Bid For £2M Success Fee

    Pogust Goodhead has denied that it owes Seladore Legal more than £2.2 million ($3 million) amid an ongoing dispute over alleged unenforceable retainers and success fees stemming from litigation against mining giant BHP over the collapse of the Fundão dam.

  • June 11, 2025

    War Risk Insurers Held Liable For Jets Stranded In Russia

    Major insurers are liable to payout in a multibillion-dollar dispute over hundreds of aircraft stranded in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, after a London judge ruled on Wednesday that the jets and engines are officially lost.

  • June 10, 2025

    UK Refiner Wins A Round In $200M EU Energy Tax Dispute

    An international tribunal has ruled that a British oil refiner's claim challenging a €175 million ($200 million) windfall tax in Europe will proceed without bifurcation, concluding that jurisdictional objections lodged by Germany, Denmark and the European Union should be weighed concurrently with the merits.

  • June 10, 2025

    Yukos Says $5B Russia Award Suit Must Proceed

    Yukos Oil Co.'s financing arm has told a D.C. federal court that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision rejecting the Ninth Circuit's outlier interpretation of a jurisdictional question moots Russia's request that the court pause enforcement of a $5 billion arbitral award against the country.

  • June 10, 2025

    Innsworth Seeks Review Of £200M Mastercard Settlement Split

    Litigation funder Innsworth announced Tuesday it was launching a High Court challenge to how the Competition Appeal Tribunal decided to distribute a £200 million ($270 million) settlement reached between Mastercard and Walter Merricks to end litigation over credit card fees.

  • June 10, 2025

    Virgin Atlantic Beats Flight Attendant's Disability Bias Claims

    An employment tribunal has tossed a flight attendant's suite of disability discrimination and harassment claims against Virgin Atlantic Airways, finding no evidence that her rare genetic condition caused her day-to-day issues.

  • June 10, 2025

    CMS Faces £10M Negligence Claim Over Investec Debt Advice

    A property developer has alleged that law firm CMS owes him at least £10 million ($14 million) for negligent advice concerning a debt-restructuring plan that he says he never would have agreed to if he had been given proper warning.

Expert Analysis

  • What Age Bias Ruling Means For Law Firm Retirement Policies

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    The recent employment tribunal age discrimination decision in Scott v. Walker Morris demonstrates that while law firms may implement mandatory retirement schemes, the policy must pursue a legitimate aim via proportionate means to pass the objective justification test, says Chris Hadrill at Redmans Solicitors.

  • Acas Guide Shows How To Support Neurodiverse Employees

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    A new guide on neurodiversity in the workplace from the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service reminds employers of the duty to make reasonable adjustments that will effectively alleviate any disadvantage an employee may experience at work, say lawyers at Withers.

  • UK's Arbitration Act Is More A Revision Than An Overhaul

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    The recently enacted U.K. Arbitration Act 2025 represents the most significant update to English arbitration law since 1996, and while it reinforces many strengths that made London the leading arbitral seat, its failure to address certain key areas means the legislation missed the opportunity to truly be a benchmark, say lawyers at RPC.

  • Google Win Illustrates Hurdles To Mass Data Privacy Claims

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    The Court of Appeal's December decision in Prismall v. Google, holding each claimant in a mass data privacy suit must demonstrate an individualized and sufficiently serious injury, demonstrates the difficulty of using representative action to collect damages for misused private information, say lawyers at Seladore Legal.

  • How New EU Product Liability Directive Will Affect Tech And AI

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    While the European Union’s new defective product liability directive, effective from December 2026, primarily provides clarifications rather than significant changes, it reflects the EU's commitment to addressing consumer protection and accountability challenges presented by the digital economy and artificial intelligence, say lawyers at Latham.

  • EU Hybrid Venue Ruling Doesn't Ensure Local Enforceability

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    A recent decision from the European Union's top court, affirming that contracts may grant one party greater control over litigation venue, is encouraging for similarly asymmetrical arbitration agreements, but local enforceability rules within the EU and beyond mean that such contracts' validity may still be determined individually, say lawyers at Signature Litigation.

  • New CMA Powers Will Change Consumer Protection Regime

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    The Competition and Markets Authority’s imminent broadened powers to impose penalties on organizations for unethical or misleading practices are likely to transform the U.K.’s consumer protection regime, and may lead to a rise in private litigation and increased regulatory scrutiny, say lawyers at Morgan Lewis.

  • A Look At Current Challenges In Whistleblowing Practice

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    Consensus on the status of reforming Great Britain's whistleblowing framework is currently difficult to discern, and thorny issues revealed by recent cases highlight undesirable uncertainties for those pursuing and defending whistleblowing claims, says Ivor Adair at Fox & Partners.

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Fiscal Liability Vs. Int'l Investment

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    The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes' award in Amec Foster Wheeler USA v. Colombia, upholding the country's jurisdictional objections, exemplifies the growing tension between domestic regulatory measures and international investment protections, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn Square Chambers.

  • How UK Supreme Court May Assess Russia Sanctions Cases

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    In two recent U.K. Supreme Court cases challenging the U.K. Russia sanctions regime, the forthcoming judgments are likely to focus on proportionality and European Convention on Human Rights compatibility, and will undoubtedly influence how future challenges are shaped, says Leigh Crestohl at Zaiwalla.

  • How EU Digital Act Could Shape UK Technology Disputes

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    Noncompliance with the recently effective European Union Digital Operational Resilience Act will add layers of complexity to disputes and litigation for U.K.-based firms servicing EU entities, but international standards may serve as a bridge between jurisdictional and contractual misalignments, says Siobhan Forster at Alvarez & Marsal.

  • How EU's Anticoercion Tool May Counter New US Tariffs

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    The never-before-used anticoercion instrument could allow the European Union to respond to the imposition of U.S. tariffs, potentially effective March 12, and gives EU companies a voice in the process as it provides for consultation with economic operators at different steps throughout the procedure, say lawyers at Crowell & Moring.

  • How 2025 Act Refines The UK's Arbitral Framework

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    The U.K.'s Arbitration Act 2025 marks the regime's first significant reform since 1996 and aligns the nation's approach more closely with international principles, which means practitioners should take note of key procedural and strategic adjustments, including the explicit power of summary disposal, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

  • Leaked Docs In Man City Case Raise Admissibility Questions

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    The Premier League’s claims that Manchester City Football Club fell foul of financial fair play regulations are partly based on documents unlawfully obtained by an activist, which means the independent commission deciding the case will need to weigh whether the evidence is permissible against the principle of open justice, says Stuart Southall at KANGS Solicitors.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    “No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

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