Commercial Litigation UK

  • October 15, 2024

    Disabled Court Worker Wins £48K Over Early Start Time

    An employment tribunal has ruled that a charity discriminated against a court worker by refusing to acknowledge that her anxiety made her disabled and failing to push back her working hours by 30 minutes.

  • October 15, 2024

    Bankers Say WSJ Articles Used Criminal Data In GDPR Claim

    Two investment bankers alleged Tuesday that Wall Street Journal articles on court proceedings in the Cayman Islands falsely suggested they defrauded nearly $1 billion from a Chinese entrepreneur, in an early stage of their London claim against the publisher.

  • October 15, 2024

    Royal Mail OK To Ax Disabled Staffer Who Could Not Do Job

    Royal Mail did not discriminate against a former postal worker when it dismissed him after his chronic pain condition left him unable to fulfill his duties, a tribunal has ruled.

  • October 15, 2024

    StanChart Wins UK Test Case Over Alternative To Libor Rate

    Standard Chartered PLC on Tuesday was granted permission by a London court to use an alternative to the defunct London interbank offered rate to help set the interest it pays on $750 million in shares, without having to repay the investment now.

  • October 15, 2024

    Ex-Premier Leaguer Fights Man City For £11M After Arrest

    The private life of Benjamin Mendy "is not on trial," his counsel told a tribunal Tuesday as the former Premier League player fights to force Manchester City to pay him £11 million ($14.4 million) the club withheld after his arrest on rape charges.

  • October 15, 2024

    Theater Biz Fights To Revive Allianz COVID-19 Cover Claim

    A theater operator asked an appellate court Tuesday to revive its COVID-19 business interruption cover claim against Allianz, arguing that a lower court was wrong to rule that its policy did not include losses stemming from government lockdowns.

  • October 22, 2024

    Ex-A&O Lawyer Brings Int'l Expertise To Twenty Essex

    A former solicitor at Allen & Overy LLP has joined Twenty Essex Ltd. alongside her existing position at an Australian barristers set to bolster the London chambers' team of experts in international disputes.

  • October 15, 2024

    Lidl Asks Court For Damages In Clubcard Infringement Case

    Lidl has launched a bid to claw back alleged losses from Tesco over the branding of its loyalty pricing program, after a London court ruled that the Clubcard logo of the U.K. retail giant infringed the German discounter's trademark.

  • October 15, 2024

    ENRC Settlement Shows SFO Ready To Draw Line Under Past

    The Serious Fraud Office's recent settlement ending litigation with Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. over alleged misconduct by its officials sidesteps weeks of awkward testimony to free the agency to pursue its growing caseload while drawing another line under its blighted investigation into the miner.

  • October 15, 2024

    Barclays Challenges UK Motor Finance Ruling In Test Case

    Barclays launched a legal challenge Tuesday against a decision that found it had treated a consumer unfairly by paying a commission to a car finance broker, in a test case with potential implications for future complaints over motor financing arrangements.

  • October 14, 2024

    RAF Officer Can't Challenge Military Complaints Process

    The Ministry of Defence won its bid on Monday to block claims by a squadron leader that it mishandled her sex discrimination and harassment allegations, after an appellate judge ruled that employment tribunals could not hear a challenge to the military's internal complaints process.

  • October 14, 2024

    Lloyd's Insurers Reject £43M Claim Over Solar Station Flaws

    Seven Lloyd's of London underwriters have denied that they are liable for £43.3 million ($56.5 million) sought by two companies over losses that stem from deals to buy solar generating stations, saying the businesses were aware of the problems with the sites they acquired. 

  • October 14, 2024

    Ex-Director Hits Back At Simply Natural 'Hostile' TM Claim

    A former director of Simply Naturals has denied signing a deal that transferred trademarks he owned for "Sizzling Minerals" over to the vitamin company, claiming that he is the target of a "hostile campaign" waged by two of its current directors.

  • October 14, 2024

    Eye Doc Can't Claim Whistleblowing Led To Unfair Treatment

    An employment tribunal has dismissed an orthoptist's claims that a hospital treated her unfairly after she raised concerns about poor care of patients, because the information she revealed did not amount to whistleblowing.

  • October 21, 2024

    Covington Hires ICO's General Counsel For London Office

    Covington & Burling LLP has recruited the head of the legal service at the Information Commissioner's Office to join its competition team in London amid growing challenges for clients that operate in digital markets.

  • October 14, 2024

    Employee Sacked Over Alleged Aggressive Email Wins Claim

    An administrative manager at a one-on-one education service has won almost £10,000 ($13,000) after a tribunal found that her boss did not follow protocol to fire her after she sent an allegedly aggressive and intimidating email to a colleague.

  • October 14, 2024

    New Sexual Harassment Law To Alter Work Safety For Good

    Employers must assess the risk that staff will be sexually harassed and ensure they have preventative policies and procedures in place as they prepare for an incoming duty which, lawyers say, will be a watershed in workplace health and safety provision.

  • October 14, 2024

    Toy Co. Founder Denies Copying Bratz Doll Maker's Design

    The founder of a toy company denied on Monday that his product was a copy of "LOL Surprise" dolls by MGA Entertainment Inc. as he accused the Bratz maker giant of killing his product with baseless patent infringement claims.

  • October 14, 2024

    African Bank Sues Engineering Biz For $111M In Unpaid Debt

    One of Africa's largest trade banks has sued Kaztec Engineering Ltd. for $111 million, accusing the Nigerian business of failing to pay back a loan it used to acquire oil assets in the country.

  • October 14, 2024

    Photo Print Co. Denies Infringing Nail-Free Frame Patent

    The company behind a photo printing app has hit back at allegations that it is selling a copycat version of a sticky-back picture frame which is protected by patent, alleging that the rival design does not meet the criteria for such protection.

  • October 14, 2024

    Rockhopper Insures Against Italy Annulling €190M Award

    British energy company Rockhopper Exploration PLC said Monday that it has penned an insurance policy to cover the potential annulment of the €190 million ($207 million) arbitral award it won against Italy after the country banned oil and gas projects off its coastline.

  • October 14, 2024

    Quinn Emanuel Must ID Source Of Forged Deripaska Report

    Quinn Emanuel must reveal the source of the middleman that provided it with a forged report suggesting that Russian industrialist Oleg Deripaska misled arbitrators during a dispute with a former business partner, a judge ruled on Monday. 

  • October 14, 2024

    Nigerians Win Appeal Over All-Or-Nothing Shell Oil Spill Claim

    The Court of Appeal has lowered the bar for two Nigerian communities seeking to hold Shell responsible for environmental damage, ruling that residents do not have to prove that the company is to blame for all the oil spills in the region.

  • October 11, 2024

    Sandoz Gets Biogen Neurological Treatment Patent Tossed

    A London court on Friday tossed Biogen MA Inc.'s patent underpinning its method of assessing whether a rare neurological disorder was valid, following a series of challenges from rival Sandoz.

  • October 11, 2024

    Robertson Pugh Boosts Sanctions Offering With MoFo Hire

    Boutique law firm Robertson Pugh Associates LLP has hired a sanctions expert as a consultant, a move that comes at a time of intense demand to manage the risks of global conflicts, the former Morrison Foerster LLP partner told Law360.

Expert Analysis

  • Zimbabwe Ruling Bolsters UK's Draw As Arbitration Enforcer

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    An English court's recent decision in Border Timbers v. Zimbabwe, finding that state immunity was irrelevant to registering an arbitration award, emphasizes the U.K.'s reputation as a creditor-friendly destination for award enforcement, say Jon Felce and Tulsi Bhatia at Cooke Young.

  • Building Safety Ruling Offers Clarity On Remediation Orders

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    The First-tier Tribunal's recent decision in Triathlon Homes v. Stratford Village Development, holding that it was just and equitable to award a remediation contribution order, will undoubtedly encourage parties to consider this recovery route for building defects more seriously, say lawyers at Simmons and Simmons.

  • How AI Inventorship Is Evolving In The UK, EU And US

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    While the U.K. Supreme Court's recent decision in Thaler v. Comptroller-General is the latest in a series of decisions by U.K., U.S. and EU authorities that artificial intelligence systems cannot be named as inventors in patents, the guidance from these jurisdictions suggests that patents may be granted to human inventors that use AI as a sophisticated tool, say lawyers at Mayer Brown.

  • EU Report Is A Valuable Guide For Data Controllers

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    The European Data Protection Board recently published a study of cases handled by national supervisory authorities where uniform application of the General Data Protection Regulation was prioritized, providing data controllers with arguments for an adequate response to manage liability in case of a breach and useful insights into how security requirements are assessed, say Thibaut D'hulst and Malik Aouadi at Van Bael.

  • UK Court Ruling Reinforces CMA's Info-Gathering Powers

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    An English appeals court's recent decision in the BMW and Volkswagen antitrust cases affirmed that the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority can request information from entities outside the U.K., reinstating an important implement in the CMA's investigative toolkit, say lawyers at White & Case.

  • UK Ruling Revitalizes Discussions On Harmonizing AI And IP

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    The U.K. Supreme Court's decision in Thaler v. Comptroller-General last month has reinvigorated ongoing discussions about how the developments in artificial intelligence fit within the existing intellectual property legislative landscape, illustrating that effective regulation will be critical as the value and influence of this sector grows, say Nick White and Olivia Gray at Charles Russell.

  • Employers Can 'Waive' Goodbye To Unknown Future Claims

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    The Scottish Court of Session's recent decision in Bathgate v. Technip Singapore, holding that unknown future claims in a qualifying settlement agreement can be waived, offers employers the possibility of achieving a clean break when terminating employees and provides practitioners with much-needed guidance on how future cases might be dealt with in court, says Natasha Nichols at Farrer & Co.

  • AI Inventorship Patent Options After UK Supreme Court Ruling

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    The U.K. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Thaler v. Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks that an AI system cannot be an inventor raises questions about alternative approaches to patent protection for AI-generated inventions and how the decision might affect infringement and validity disputes around such patents, says David Knight at Brown Rudnick.

  • Ruling Elucidates Tensions In Assessing Employee Disability

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    An employment tribunal's recent decision, maintaining that dermatitis was not a disability, but stress was, illustrates tensions in the interaction between statutory guidance on reasonable behavior modifications and Equality Act measures, says Suzanne Nulty at Weightmans.

  • What Extending Corporate Liability Will Mean For Foreign Cos.

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    Certain sections of the Economic Crime Act enacted in December 2023 make it easier to prosecute companies for economic crimes committed abroad, and organizations need to consider their exposure and the new ways they can be held liable for the actions of their personnel, say Dan Hudson at Seladore Legal and Christopher Coltart at 2 Hare Court.

  • Cos. Should Weave Metaverse Considerations Into IP Strategy

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    In light of the increasing importance of intellectual property protection in digital contexts, including a growing number of court rulings and recent updates to the classification of digital assets, companies should include the metaverse as part of their trademark strategy to prevent potential infringements, says Gabriele Engels at D Young & Co.

  • ECJ Ruling Triggers Reconsiderations Of Using AI In Hiring

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    A recent European Court of Justice ruling, clarifying that the General Data Protection Regulation could apply to decisions made by artificial intelligence, serves as a warning to employers, as the use of AI in recruitment may lead to more discrimination claims, say Dino Wilkinson and James Major at Clyde & Co.

  • Economic Crime Act Offers Welcome Reform To AML Regime

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    The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act exemption for mixed-property transactions that came into force on Jan. 15 as part of the U.K.'s anti-money laundering regime is long overdue, and should end economic harm to businesses, giving banks confidence to adopt a more pragmatic approach, say Matthew Getz and Joseph Fox-Davies at Pallas Partners.

  • What Venice Swaps Ruling Says About Foreign Law Disputes

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    The English appeals court's decision in Banca Intesa v. Venice that the English law swaps are valid and enforceable will be welcomed by banks, and it provides valuable commentary on the English courts' approach toward the interpretation of foreign law, say Harriet Campbell and Richard Marshall at Penningtons Manches.

  • 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.

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