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June 17, 2025
EasyGroup Appeals TM Loss To 'Easy Live' Auction Co.
U.K. venture capital conglomerate easyGroup on Tuesday urged a London appellate court to overturn the rejection of its trademark infringement and revocation case against an online auction services provider, arguing a lower court judge had wrongly disregarded evidence of confusion among consumers.
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June 17, 2025
Ex-Georgian PM Says Credit Suisse Ignored £600M Fraud
Georgia's former prime minister told a U.K. appeals court Tuesday that Credit Suisse Life cannot skirt liability for his losses from an employee's fraud scheme, saying the life insurer had obligations to policyholders to ensure their assets were being managed responsibly.
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June 17, 2025
Geradin Partners Hires Top Lawyers For German Expansion
Geradin Partners said Tuesday that it has hired five lawyers from the law firms Hausfeld and Osborne Clarke as it prepares to launch in Germany later this year.
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June 17, 2025
Hat Co. Claims Rival's Dupes Caused 'Greenwashing' Gripe
A hat brand has accused a rival of selling counterfeit headgear of an inferior quality and hurting its environmentally friendly brand, as consumers were leaving negative reviews accusing it of "greenwashing."
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June 17, 2025
Ackroyd Denies A Duty To Warn On Failed £4.5M Property Deal
Ackroyd Legal has denied failing to warn a Qatari executive and his sister about a property deal that they said cost them £4.5 million ($6.1 million), arguing that it was not obliged to advise them on the "prudency" of the transaction.
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June 17, 2025
HMRC Challenges Tax Treatment Of Partnership Awards
HM Revenue and Customs told the U.K. Supreme Court Tuesday that partnership awards allocated to a corporate entity and then distributed to partners should be taxed as if they were allocated to individual members.
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June 17, 2025
Spiritual Org. Says Publisher's Amazon Sales Infringed IP
A spiritual society has accused a book publisher of infringing its copyright over a set of letters from the 1940s, telling a London court that it did not have the right to sell copies of the works on Amazon.
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June 17, 2025
Cuban Bank Hit Again With Offshore Fund's €71M Debt Claim
A Cayman Islands fund has alleged that the former central bank of Cuba owes sovereign debt and interest worth almost €71 million ($82 million) from loans taken in the 1980s, its latest move after a court barred it from suing the Caribbean state itself.
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June 16, 2025
Ex-Metro Bank Execs Win Bid To Cut Fines Over Listing Error
An appellate tribunal on Monday reduced financial penalties for two former Metro Bank executives, confirming the bank breached listing rules when it published misleading financial statements in 2018 but finding the executives were honest with the tribunal about the £900 million ($1.2 billion) reporting scandal.
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June 16, 2025
Bratz Maker Beats Rival's £90M Claim Despite Antitrust Breach
MGA Entertainment Inc., the company behind Bratz dolls, owes no compensation to a rival despite running a campaign of "undeniable" antitrust violations and making unjustified threats of patent infringement litigation, a London judge said Monday.
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June 16, 2025
Mozambique Wins Bid To Add Safa Heirs In $1.9B Dispute
A London judge ruled Monday that Mozambique should be allowed to add the heirs of shipbuilding magnate Iskandar Safa to the government's claim over a bribery scheme as it seeks to enforce a $1.9 billion damages award.
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June 16, 2025
Taxi Payment Business Accuses Ex-Director Of Copying App
A company providing card payment services to taxi drivers has accused a former director of breaching his duties and infringing its copyright by poaching senior developers to set up a rival payment system.
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June 16, 2025
Ousted Food Biz Exec Wins Claim Over Cousin's Spying
An employment tribunal has upheld a former food company director's claim that his cousin, a co-director of the family-run business, subjected him to covert surveillance, poor communication and deliberate exclusion that forced his resignation.
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June 16, 2025
Investors Can Pursue Claim Over Essity Tissue Biz Sale
A London court on Monday cleared the path for a group of investment companies to pursue their claim that Swedish health and hygiene conglomerate Essity defaulted on bond notes when it sold its controlling stake in a Chinese tissue company.
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June 16, 2025
Royalties Body Says Blur Drummer's Class Action Is 'Weak'
An organization that collects royalties for musicians in the U.K. continued its fight on Monday to fend off a claim brought by the drummer of rock band Blur, who alleges it unfairly distributes money, branding the case as "exceptionally weak."
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June 16, 2025
Venom Singer Claims Copyright Over Band's Satanic Designs
Heavy-metal singer Conrad Lant insisted on Monday that he was the creator of designs associated with the band Venom, as he gave evidence in his dispute with former bandmate Anthony Bray and a music distributor over branded merchandise.
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June 16, 2025
VTB Sues JPMorgan Over €17M Asset Sale Amid Sanctions
VTB has alleged that JPMorgan owes it more than €17.8 million ($21 million) over the American bank's botched handling of a trading account and failing to pay out for assets it sold after the Russian bank was hit with sanctions, widening the legal dispute between the two companies.
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June 16, 2025
Credit Suisse Life Fights $607M Liability To Ex-Georgian PM
The Bermudan life insurance arm of Credit Suisse challenged court findings Monday that it owes $607 million in damages to the former prime minister of Georgia, saying his losses were due to fraudulent activity by an employee of its banking arm.
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June 16, 2025
Norwich FC Staffer Unfairly Sacked Over Russell Brand Jokes
A former Norwich City Football Club steward was unfairly dismissed for sharing with a senior staffer potentially sexist and racist memes about politicians Diane Abbott and Nicola Sturgeon that referenced allegations against comedian Russell Brand, according to an employment tribunal ruling published Monday.
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June 16, 2025
Water Drainage Biz Sues UK Rival For Copying Rooftop Patent
A German water drainage company has sued Radmat Building Products, a U.K. construction materials supplier in London, accusing its competitor of unlawfully copying its patent for drainage technology used for a type of flat roof.
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June 13, 2025
UK Businessman Defends Asset Transfer As Tax Strategy
A British businessman denied that he transferred a company to his son to defraud a creditor, arguing it was part of a long-term tax strategy rather than a tactic to avoid repaying £4.7 million ($6.4 million) in debt.
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June 13, 2025
Baby-Clothes Maker Fights Amazon Ban In Bike Design Row
A baby-clothes maker has sued a homewares retailer for getting one of its Amazon product listings struck off the site, arguing that it didn't infringe the retailer's registered design because the bike accessory concept wasn't new.
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June 13, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Tottenham Hotspur FC kick off against Manchester United co-owner Ineos Automotive following a soured sponsorship deal, Acer and Nokia clash over patents for video coding technology, and two investors reignite litigation against the founders of an AI exercise bike business that unlawfully pocketed $1.2 million in investments to fund their own lifestyles. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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June 13, 2025
Tecnimont Must Disclose Emails In €212M Bond Dispute
A Russian subsidiary of fertilizer producer EuroChem convinced a court Friday to compel industrial group Tecnimont to produce its communications with the Italian sanctions authority, days after the trial over the €212 million ($245 million) bond dispute kicked off.
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June 13, 2025
Nexo Capital Settles $126M Crypto Contract Dispute
Cryptocurrency lending platform Nexo Capital has settled three fintech executives' claims over access to tens of millions of dollars of their digital assets, according to a court order.
Expert Analysis
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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Prestige's Jurisprudential Legacy
The U.K. Supreme Court's recent denial of appeal ended Spain's decades-long quest to enforce an €855 million arbitral judgment against a London insurer, throwing into stark relief the increasingly complex relationship between arbitral sovereignty, foreign state immunity and the shifting terrain of post-Brexit private international law, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.
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German Ruling Further Restrains Intra-EU Bilateral Arbitration
The German Federal Court of Justice recently issued a notable ruling that pushes the invalidation of intra-European Union bilateral investment treaty arbitration into the realm of stand-alone cost decisions, strengthening the EU's legal framework while increasing uncertainty for investors in the region, say attorneys at Linklaters.
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High Court Ruling Shows Firm Stance On Procedural Integrity
The recent High Court decision in Qatar Investment v. Phoenix Ancient Art demonstrates its zero tolerance of procedural failure, serving as a reminder that the financial burden associated with document disclosure will not excuse a party’s failure to comply with court orders, say lawyers at Quillon Law.
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A Shifting Landscape Of Greater Scrutiny After Data Breaches
Recent Information Commissioner's Office fines for personal data breaches and a Home Office consultation signal a shift in the U.K. regulatory landscape, and with an increase in mass actions and resulting exposure, organizations should prepare for potential third-party claims from those incurring consequential losses, say lawyers at Atheria.
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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: An Update On ICSID Annulment
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes' recent decision in Peteris Pildegovics and SIA North Star v. Kingdom of Norway offers a reasoned and principled contribution to annulment jurisprudence, effectively balancing the competing imperatives of fairness, finality and institutional coherence, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.
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UK Data Disputes Could Become Competition Class Actions
While mass data protection claims have chafed against the procedural restrictions that apply to class actions under U.K. law, it is possible these claims will be brought into the fold of the rapidly growing Competition Appeal Tribunal scene, says Aislinn Kelly-Lyth at Blackstone Chambers.
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Opinion
UK Court Of Appeal's FRAND Ruling Is Troubling
The U.K. Court of Appeal's recent decision in Optis v. Apple disregards a lower court's extensive factual findings and contradicts its own precedent regarding fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms for cellular patents, says Enrico Bonadio at the University of London.
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What Santander Fraud Ruling Means For UK Banking Sector
A London court's recent judgment in Santander v. CCP Graduate School held that a bank does not owe any duty to third-party victims of authorized push payment fraud, reaffirming the steps banks are already taking to protect their own customers from sophisticated fraud mechanisms, say lawyers at Charles Russell.
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Arbitral Ruling In EU Fisheries Clash Clarifies Post-Brexit Pact
The Permanent Court of Arbitration's recent ruling marks a pivotal moment in the evolving jurisprudence surrounding the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, concluded between the U.K. and the EU after Brexit, and sets an important precedent for interpretation and enforcement of trade and environment clauses in cross-border disputes, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.
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Apple Ruling Provides Clarity For UK Litigation Funders
The Court of Appeal's recent Gutmann v. Apple decision that litigation funders can take a fee before class action members are paid helps relieve the concerns of insufficient funding returns that followed news of a broad sector review and a key high court ruling, says Matthew Lo at Exton Advisors.
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Expect Complex Ruling From UK Justices In Car Dealer Case
While recent arguments before the U.K. Supreme Court in a consumer test case on motor finance commissions reveal the court’s take on several points argued, application of the upcoming decision will be both nuanced and fact-sensitive, so market participants wishing to prepare do not have a simple task, says Tom Grodecki at Cadwalader.
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Why Cos. Should Investigate Unethical Supply Chain Conduct
The U.K. government’s recent updated guidance for businesses on reporting slavery and human trafficking in supply chains underscores the urgent need for companies to adopt transparent and measurable due diligence practices, reinforcing the broader need for proactive internal investigations into unethical or criminal conduct, say lawyers at Seladore and Matrix Chambers.
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UK Top Court Charts Limits Of Liability In Ship Explosion Case
A recent U.K. Supreme Court ruling, capping a ship charterer's damages for an onboard explosion, casts a clarifying light upon the murky waters of maritime liability, particularly concerning the delicate operation of limitation under the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.
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What Latest VC Model Document Revisions Offer UK Investors
Recent updates to the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association model documents, reflecting prevailing U.K. market practice on early-stage equity financing terms and increasing focus on compliance issues, provide needed protection for investors in relation to the growth in global foreign direct investment regimes, say lawyers at Davis Polk.
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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Precision In Jurisdiction Clauses
The High Court recently held that a contract requiring disputes to be heard by U.K. courts superseded arbitration agreements between long-time business affiliates, reinforcing the importance of drafting precise jurisdiction clauses that international commercial parties in multiagreement relationships will use to resolve prior disputes, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.