Commercial Litigation UK

  • September 20, 2024

    Pregnant Manager Forced To Resign Wins £350K

    An Employment Tribunal has awarded £350,705 ($466,246) to a supermarket account manager at an outsourcing company after bosses pushed her out while she was pregnant.

  • September 20, 2024

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

    The past week in London has seen crypto exchange Binance face a new claim from the co-founder of SO Legal, a U.S. immersive art company take on a Bristol venue for copyright violations and Blake Morgan LLP hit with a pension schemes claim by The Trust for Welsh Archeology. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • September 20, 2024

    Solicitor Struck Off Over Blackmail Conviction

    A London tribunal has banned a solicitor from practicing in the profession after he was convicted by a criminal court of blackmailing a company director in a board meeting.

  • September 20, 2024

    Insurers Deny Liability For $911M Stranded Aircraft Claims

    Two insurers have argued they are not liable for claims totaling $911 million over aircraft stranded in Russia as part of a wave of claims worth £13 billion ($17.3 billion) that have flooded courts following the invasion of Ukraine.

  • September 20, 2024

    Harrods, Met Face Potential Litigation Over Rape Claims

    Lawyers are investigating potential claims against the Metropolitan Police and London luxury department store Harrods over allegations that its former staff were raped and sexually abused by Mohamed Al-Fayed, its billionaire owner and former chair.

  • September 19, 2024

    Dechert Settles Aviation Exec's Hack Cover-Up RICO Claims

    An airline mogul has cut a confidential deal with Dechert and two former partners of the firm to let them off the hook in his sprawling civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act lawsuit in New York federal court, the settling parties announced Thursday.

  • September 19, 2024

    Booking.com's Price Clauses May Violate Law, EU Court Says

    The European Court of Justice found on Thursday that Booking.com BV's price parity clauses that prevent hotels from offering their rooms cheaper elsewhere could violate competition law and that the company can run its business without them.

  • September 19, 2024

    Ex-Bolt Head Denies App Feature Built To Avoid Worker Status

    The former head of Bolt U.K. Thursday denied that the ride-hail app introduced a feature enabling drivers to share vehicles as a way to keep them from achieving worker status, as he gave evidence to a tribunal.

  • September 19, 2024

    Xiaomi Vies For Interim Deal In SEP Battle With Panasonic

    Appellate justices pressed Xiaomi on Thursday to explain why an anti-suit injunction from the English courts to halt parallel litigation in Germany with Panasonic over telecom patents wouldn't be a preferable solution to asking for a court-ordered interim license while the litigation plays out.

  • September 19, 2024

    Lloyds Bank Beats Employees' Settled Hybrid Working Claims

    An employment tribunal has nixed claims against Lloyds Bank after ruling that three employees were unlikely to prove the bank had wrongly rejected their request to work from home.

  • September 19, 2024

    Italian Pharma Co. Stops Rival Getting 'Hyalera' TM In Europe

    An Italian pharmaceutical company has persuaded a European Union court to block a rival's "Hyalera" trademark application, proving that consumers could confuse the sign with its own "Hyal" trademark.

  • September 19, 2024

    Shein Hits Back At Oh Polly Over Dress 'Dupes' Case

    Fast-fashion giant Shein has denied filching Oh Polly's trendy designs for dresses, tops and skirts, arguing that its rival's legal threats have harmed its business.

  • September 19, 2024

    EU Top Court Rules UK's CFC Tax Breaks Not State Aid

    The European Court of Justice ruled Thursday that tax breaks the U.K. gave to certain companies under controlled foreign company regulations did not breach European Union state aid law.

  • September 19, 2024

    Food Giant's Sacking Of Cleaner Was Rushed And Unfair

    A tribunal has ordered a U.K. food supply giant to compensate a cleaner for unfair dismissal after it concluded that the business carried out a rushed disciplinary process plagued by "serious failings" and the worker took improper absences.

  • September 19, 2024

    SFO Ordered To Disclose Total Cost Of Failed ENRC Probe

    The Serious Fraud Office must disclose the total cost of its now-moribund corruption investigation into Eurasian Natural Resources Corp., a London tribunal ruled on Wednesday.

  • September 19, 2024

    EU Wrong To Block Berlusconi's Bank Stake, Top Court Rules

    Europe's highest court ruled Thursday that the European Central Bank was wrong to decide that a prior conviction for tax fraud prevented former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from holding a stake in a bank in the country.

  • September 19, 2024

    Google Accused Of Apple 'Stranglehold' In £7B Class Action

    A consumer champion bringing a £7 billion ($9.3 billion) class action against Google told a tribunal Thursday that the tech giant has maintained a "stranglehold" on Apple devices through an illegal exclusivity deal with the iPhone-maker.

  • September 18, 2024

    Parent Of UK's TGI Fridays Falls Into Administration

    The British restaurant group that operates TGI Fridays' UK stores has collapsed into administration on Wednesday, along with its plans to sell its 87 restaurants in the UK, the company said after it nixed a deal to acquire U.S. stores earlier this month.

  • September 18, 2024

    Statistics Body Staff Lose COVID-19 Survey Safety Claim

    The U.K.'s national statistics body did not subject four field interviewers to any detriment resulting from their alleged whistleblowing over safety concerns amid a return to in-person interviews during the coronavirus pandemic, a tribunal has ruled.

  • September 18, 2024

    Google Fights To Ax £7B Apple Search Engine Abuse Case

    Google asked a tribunal on Wednesday to strike out a £7 billion ($9.25 billion) case alleging it abused its dominance by securing exclusivity for its search engine on Apple devices, arguing that the case against it must fail.

  • September 18, 2024

    Boxing Body Knocks Out Referee's Race Bias Case

    A Black boxing referee has lost his bias case against the sport's governing body, after an employment tribunal ruled that its decision to stop giving him fights was tied to his defamation claim rather than his race.

  • September 18, 2024

    Privinvest Says Missing Disclosure Made Fair Trial Impossible

    A shipbuilding company is seeking to dodge having to pay approximately $2 billion in damages awarded to Mozambique over a bribery scheme that wrecked the country's economy, urging a court to stay enforcement of the judgment to await the outcome of any appeal.

  • September 18, 2024

    Cabin Biz Accuses Rival Of 'Cynical' Door Design Copying

     A cabin maker has accused a competitor of infringing its design rights over the features of its doors, arguing at a London court that its rival must pay damages after running a "campaign of copying."

  • September 18, 2024

    Justices Say €450M RusChem Case Governed By English Law

    English courts had the jurisdiction to prevent a Gazprom subsidiary from pursuing a €450 million ($500 million) claim in the Russian courts against UniCredit Bank AG, Britain's top court said Wednesday as it delivered its reasons for halting the litigation earlier this year.

  • September 18, 2024

    Black Staff Win £64K After Council Turns Blind Eye To Racism

    An employment tribunal has ordered a local government authority to pay more than £64,150 ($85,000) to two staff members after it harassed, victimized and racially discriminated against them for being Black.

Expert Analysis

  • 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.

  • Comparing Apples To Oranges In European Patents Appeals

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    A referral before the Enlarged Board of Appeal could fundamentally change the role that descriptions play in claims interpretation at the European Patent Office, altering best drafting practices for patent applications construed there, say lawyers at Finnegan.

  • A Look At UK, EU And US Cartel Enforcement Trends

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    The European Union, U.K. and U.S. competition agencies' recently issued joint statement on competition risks in generative artificial intelligence demonstrates increased cross-border collaboration on cartel investigations, meaning companies facing investigations in one jurisdiction should anticipate related investigations in other jurisdictions, say lawyers at Latham & Watkins.

  • Testing The Limits Of English Courts' Pro-Arbitration Stance

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    Although the Court of Appeal recently upheld a $64 million arbitration award in Eternity Sky v. Zhang, the judgment offers rare insight into when the English courts’ general inclination to enforce arbitral awards may be outweighed by competing policy interests such as consumer rights, say Declan Gallivan and Peter Morton at K&L Gates.

  • What Green Claims Directive Proposal Means For Businesses

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    With the European Union’s recent adoption of a general approach to the proposed Green Claims Directive, which will regulate certain environmental claims and likely be finalized next year, companies keen to publicize their green credentials have even more reason to tread carefully, say Marcus Navin-Jones and Juge Gregg at Crowell & Moring.

  • EU Merger Control Concerns Remain After ECJ Illumina Ruling

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    The recent European Court of Justice judgment in Illumina-Grail is a welcome check on the commission's power to review low-threshold transactions, but with uncertainty persisting under existing laws and discretion left to national regulators, many pitfalls in European Union merger control remain, says Matthew Hall at McGuireWoods.

  • £43M Legal Bill Case Shows Courts' View On Exchange Rates

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    A recent Court of Appeal decision declined to change the currency used for payment of the Nigerian government's legal bill, aligning with British courts' consensus that they should not be concerned with how fluctuating exchange rates might benefit one party over another, says Francis Kendall at Kain Knight.

  • Examining The State Of Paccar Fixes After General Election

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    Following the U.K. Supreme Court's Paccar decision last year, which made many litigation funding agreements for opt-out collective actions in the Competition Appeal Tribunal unenforceable, the judiciary will likely take charge in implementing any fixes — but the general election has created uncertainty, says Ben Knowles at Clyde & Co.

  • EU Reports Signal Greenwashing Focus For Financial Sector

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    Reports from the European Supervisory Authorities on enforcement of sustainability information, plus related guidance issued by the European Securities and Markets Authority, represent a fundamental change in how businesses must operate to maintain integrity and public trust, say Amilcare Sada and Matteo Fanton at A&O Shearman.

  • Takeaways From UPC's Amgen Patent Invalidity Analysis

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    The Unified Patent Court Central Division's decision in Regeneron v. Amgen to revoke a patent for lack of inventive step is particularly clear in its reasoning and highlights the risks to patentees of the new court's central revocation powers, say Jane Evenson and Caitlin Heard at CMS.

  • GDPR 6 Years On: Key Points From EU Report

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    The European Commission’s recent report on the General Data Protection Regulation is clearly positive, concluding that it has brought benefits to both individuals and businesses, but stakeholders are still awaiting essential guidelines on scientific research and important business concerns remain, say Thibaut D'hulst and Malik Aouadi at Van Bael & Bellis.

  • UK Mandatory ADR Push Renews Mediation Standards Focus

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    In the wake of a Court of Appeal decision last year allowing courts to mandate alternative dispute resolution, the push toward mandatory ADR has continued with the aim of streamlining dispute resolution and reducing costs, say Ned Beale and Edward Nyman at Hausfeld.

  • 2 UK Rulings Highlight Persistent Push Payment Fraud Issues

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    Two recent High Court decisions, Larsson v. Revolut and Terna DOO v. Revolut, demonstrate that authorized push payment fraud continues to cause headaches for consumers and financial institutions alike, and with forthcoming mandatory reimbursement requirements, more APP fraud litigation can be expected, say lawyers at Charles Russell.

  • Decision Shows Cost Consequences Of Rejecting Mediation

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    An English county court's recent first-instance decision in Conway v. Conway & Meek, which imposed a reduction in costs due to what the judge saw as the defendants' unreasonable refusal to consider mediation, underscores a growing judicial willingness to promote mediation through cost sanctions, say Gerard Kelly and Gearoid Carey at Mason Hayes.

  • Duties And Questions To Consider In Expert Witness Selection

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    A spotlight has recently been shone on the role of expert witnesses due to the ongoing Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, which should remind all parties to take steps to understand what an expert witness is responsible for and what the selection process should look like, says Toby Hunt at HKA.

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