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May 21, 2025
Insurer Hit With £250K Claim Over 'Altered' Life Policy
Two clients of Countrywide Assured have sued the insurer for £250,000 ($335,200) after the company allegedly changed their joint life policy "without their knowledge," which left one of them short after he suffered a "serious heart attack" and could not claim cover.
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May 20, 2025
JPMorgan Fell Short In Trader Spoofing Investigation
A former metals trader at JPMorgan Chase & Co. has won his claim that he was unfairly fired on suspicion of fraud because of shortcomings in the bank's disciplinary process — but his compensation will be slim after an employment tribunal ruled it was very likely he would have been dismissed regardless.
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May 20, 2025
Finnish Co. Fights For Access To Tax-Ruling State Aid File
A Finnish packaging maker appealed to the European Union's top court to gain access to documents from a state aid investigation into the company's Luxembourg tax arrangements, according to a lower court report released Tuesday.
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May 20, 2025
Russian Litigants Flock To UK Courts After Record Slump
The number of Russian litigants using London's commercial courts has more than doubled in the past year and could be a signal that sanctions have had little long-term impact on judgments, an advisory firm reported Tuesday.
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May 20, 2025
Liquidators Of 'Ponzi-Type Scheme' Co. Sue Insurer For £3M
The liquidators of a business behind a "Ponzi-type scheme" are suing the insurer of a now-defunct company involved in the scheme's funding for more than £3 million ($4 million), pointing to its alleged failure to ensure the investment plan was legitimate.
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May 20, 2025
Tenn Capital, Elite Law Settle £1.9M Loan Fraud Dispute
Tenn Capital Ltd. has settled its claim that Elite Law Solicitors Ltd. failed to secure necessary protections over a £1.9 million ($2.54 million) property loan and failing to identify the borrower as an alleged fraudster.
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May 20, 2025
Businesses Argue For £80M In COVID Payouts From Insurers
Hospitality businesses forced to close during the COVID-19 crisis said their insurers owe them £80 million ($107 million), arguing at the first day of trial on Tuesday that they should be compensated for every time they were materially affected by pandemic measures.
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May 20, 2025
£120M Vodafone Battle Heads To Court After Failed Mediation
A £120 million ($160 million) case against Vodafone will go to court after mediation failed with over 60 franchisees who alleged that the mobile giant imposed arbitrary decisions to cut commission and issue excessive fines.
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May 20, 2025
Alexion Can't Halt Amgen, Samsung Soliris Biosimilars In UK
A London court has cleared Samsung and Amgen's path to launching biosimilar versions of the blood disease drug Soliris, ruling on Tuesday that they will not infringe an AstraZeneca subsidiary's patent.
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May 20, 2025
Turkish Coffee Biz Sues UK Chain For TM Infringement
A Turkish coffee maker has accused a London dessert chain of using the trademarked name of its founder to mislead consumers into buying baklavas and other sweet treats from the Middle Eastern country.
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May 20, 2025
Benson Mazure Fights To Nix £4.6M Negligence Case
Benson Mazure LLP urged a London court on Tuesday to toss a £4.6 million ($6.1 million) negligence claim form an energy business, alleging that the law firm's solicitors fraudulently signed a mortgage deed that led to its collapse.
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May 20, 2025
Innsworth Bags £68M As Mastercard Settlement Approved
The Competition Appeal Tribunal gave final approval on Tuesday to a £200 million settlement between Mastercard and Walter Merricks to end litigation over credit card fees, with the funder of the claim set to receive approximately £68 million.
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May 20, 2025
Russell Brand Denies Missed Deadlines Breached Book Deal
Former actor and comedian Russell Brand has denied owing Macmillan Publishers International Ltd. £220,000 ($294,000) for failing to write two non-fiction books for the company to sell — even after failing to produce the books more than four years past the deadline.
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May 20, 2025
Slater And Gordon Beats Claim By 224 Clients Over Retainers
A London court has thrown out a claim against Slater and Gordon brought by 224 clients over the retainers on their personal injury cases, ruling that the terms of the agreements are clear and enforceable.
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May 19, 2025
Panthera Wants $1.5B From India In Mining Project Fight
British gold miner Panthera Resources PLC said Monday that its Australian subsidiary is now seeking more than $1.5 billion in damages from India in an investment treaty claim over a rejected mining project.
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May 19, 2025
Osborne Clarke Pro's Conduct Risked Public Trust, SDT Says
A disciplinary tribunal has ruled that an Osborne Clarke LLP partner committed the kind of misconduct that "would clearly undermine public trust" in lawyers by misusing legal language to try to shield an email sent on behalf of former Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi from being published, explaining its decision to fine the solicitor over the incident.
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May 19, 2025
The Times Sued For Naming Phone Co. Owner In Fraud Probe
The founder of an exclusive mobile phone provider has sued Times Media Ltd. for allegedly violating his privacy by publishing articles — sourced from covert recordings — identifying him as the subject of a now-closed criminal investigation into corruption in sport.
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May 19, 2025
Shein Must Provide Photo Theft Case Documents In The UK
A London judge has ordered Shein to disclose documents in the English courts to prove it owns the copyright to a sample of photographs it has accused Temu of stealing, as part of an ongoing battle between the two ultra-fast-fashion rivals.
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May 19, 2025
Motorola Unit Says Home Office Breached Contract Over Fees
A Motorola Solutions subsidiary that has alleged the Home Office owes it £13.5 million ($18 million) urged a judge at the start of a trial on Monday to rule that the government department's defense was not based on the actual contract between them.
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May 19, 2025
Construction Co. Owes £27K To Worker Dismissed In Transfer
An employment tribunal has ordered Altrad Babcock Ltd. to pay £27,446 ($36,772) to an employee over a botched redeployment effort following an instance of "potential sexual harassment."
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May 19, 2025
Earl Can't Oust Trustees Of Country Estate Amid Family Feud
A London court on Monday rejected a bid by the eldest son of a British aristocratic family to oust the trustees of their multimillion-pound country estate after his father decided not to pass him the property amid a family feud.
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May 19, 2025
Phones 4u Fights Decision Clearing UK Networks Of Collusion
The administrators of Phones 4u urged an appeals court on Monday to overturn a finding that the U.K.'s biggest phone operators did not unlawfully collude when they pulled out of supplying the retail chain, which subsequently went out of business.
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May 19, 2025
Email Sealed DAZN-Coupang FIFA Broadcast Deal, Court Says
The e-commerce business Coupang won its case Monday against streaming platform DAZN, when a judge found the sports broadcaster had reached a deal to provide Coupang with a license to broadcast the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in South Korea.
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May 19, 2025
Associated British Foods Blames Storm For Malawi Flood
Associated British Foods PLC has denied claims from more than 1,700 Malawi citizens that embankments surrounding one of its plantations negligently diverted floodwater into a village, arguing "extraordinarily heavy" rainfall is to blame for the destruction.
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May 19, 2025
UK Aims To Recruit 1,000 Tribunal Judges, Panelists In 2025
The government is aiming to recruit 1,000 judges and panel members by the end of the year before a probable deluge of claims once the Employment Rights Bill comes into effect.
Expert Analysis
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What French Watchdog Ruling Means For M&A Landscape
Although ultimately dismissed due to lack of evidence, the French competition authority’s recent post-closing review of several nonreportable mergers is a landmark case that highlights the increased complexity of such transactions, and is further testament to the European competition authorities’ willingness to expand their toolkit to address below-threshold M&As, say lawyers at Cleary.
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How Life Science Companies Are Approaching UPC Opt-Outs
A look at recent data shows that one year after its launch, the European Union's Unified Patent Court is still seeing a high rate of opt-outs, including from large U.S.-based life science companies wary of this unpredictable court — and there are reasons this strategy should largely remain the same, say Sanjay Murthy and Christopher Tuinenga at McAndrews Held.
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New Directors' Code Of Conduct May Serve As Useful Guide
Although the Institute of Directors’ current proposal for a voluntary code of conduct is strongly supported by its members, it must be balanced against the statutory requirement for directors to promote their company’s success, and the risk of claims by shareholders if their decisions are influenced by wider social considerations, says Matthew Watson at RPC.
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Lego Ruling Builds Understanding Of Design Exam Process
In Lego v. Guangdong Loongon, the European Union Intellectual Property Office recently invalidated a registered design for a toy figure, offering an illustrative guide to assessing the individual character of a design in relation to a preexisting design, says Christoph Moeller at Mewburn Ellis.
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Contractual Drafting Takeaways From Force Majeure Ruling
Lawyers at Cleary discuss the U.K. Supreme Court's recent judgment RTI v. MUR Shipping and its important implications, including how the court approached the apparent tension between certainty and commercial pragmatism, and considerations for the drafting of force majeure clauses going forward.
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Behind The Stagecoach Boundary Fare Dispute Settlement
The Competition Appeal Tribunal's recent rail network boundary fare settlement offers group action practitioners some much-needed guidance as it reduces the number of remaining parties' five-year dispute from two to one, says Mohsin Patel at Factor Risk Management.
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The Unified Patent Court: What We Learned In Year 1
The Unified Patent Court celebrated its first anniversary this month, and while questions remain as we wait for the first decisions on the merits, a multitude of decisions and orders regarding provisional measures and procedural aspects have provided valuable insights already, says Antje Brambrink at Finnegan.
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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Spanish Judicial Oversight
The recent conviction of arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa underscores the critical importance of judicial authority in the realm of international arbitration in Spain, and emphasizes that arbitrators must respect the procedural frameworks established by Spanish national courts, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray’s Inn.
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F1 Driver AI Case Sheds Light On Winning Tactics In IP Suits
A German court recently awarded damages to former F1 driver Michael Schumacher's family in an artificial intelligence dispute over the unlicensed use of his image, illustrating how athletes are using the law to protect their brands, and setting a precedent in other AI-generated image rights cases, William Bowyer at Lawrence Stephens.
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High Court Ruling Sheds Light On Targets For Judicial Review
The High Court's recent dismissal of iDealing.com's judicial review application for service complaint decisions by the Financial Ombudsman Service highlights the difficulty of distinguishing what decisions are amenable to judicial review, demonstrating that those made by statutory bodies may not always be genuine targets, say Alexander Fawke, Tara Janus and Bam Thomas at Linklaters.
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Appeal Ruling Clarifies 3rd-Party Contract Breach Liability
The Court of Appeal's recent decision in Northamber v. Genee World serves as a warning to parties that they may be held liable for inducing another party to breach a contract, even if that party was a willing participant, say Neil Blake, Maura McIntosh and Jennifer O'Brien at HSL.
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CPR Proposal Affirms The Emphasis On Early Mediation
While the recent proposal to incorporate mandatory alternative dispute resolution into the Civil Procedure Rules following a 2023 appeal decision would not lead to seismic change, given current practice, it signals a shift in how litigation should be pursued toward out-of-court solutions, say Heather Welham and Cyra Roshan at Foot Anstey.
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How Law Firms Can Handle Challenges Of Mass Claims
With a wave of volume litigation possibly about to hit the U.K. courts, firms developing mass claim practices should ensure they heed the Solicitors Regulation Authority's May warning and adopt strategies to ensure regulatory compliance and fair client representation, says Claire Van der Zant at Shieldpay.
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Potential EPO Reproducibility Ruling May Affect IP Strategies
A potential European Patent Office decision in referral G1/23, concerning the reproducibility criteria for patenting commercial products, may affect how disclosures are assessed as prior art and could influence how companies weigh protecting innovations as trade secrets versus patents, says Michael Stott at Mathys & Squire.
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Insurance Ruling Stresses High Hurdle To Fix Policy Wording
In Project Angel v. Axis, the Court of Appeal recently refused to rewrite the exclusion clause of an insurance policy, reminding parties in the warranty and indemnity market to carefully word clauses, as there is a high threshold before courts will intervene to amend policies, say Joseph Moore and Laura McCann at Travers Smith.