Commercial Litigation UK

  • November 11, 2024

    Investment Bank Claims Dubai Biz Owes $6.7M In Unpaid Fees

    An international investment bank has sued a fuel services company in Dubai for almost $6.7 million, claiming that it failed to pay agreed fees for the financial advice the lender gave it on debt restructuring.

  • November 11, 2024

    Ex-BGC Broker Accused Of Hiding Assets In £23M Fraud Case

    A former BGC Partners employee faces a potential jail sentence after the U.S. financial services company accused him at a London court on Monday of hiding his assets in breach of restrictions imposed after a £23.5 million ($30.25 million) fraud against the business.

  • November 11, 2024

    Zurich Sued For £584K Over Law Firm's Settlement Terms

    A bankrupt insurance company shut out from an earlier settlement agreement amid alleged mistakes by its lawyers has argued that Zurich should be liable as the firm's insurer for its losses of £583,600 ($751,700).

  • November 11, 2024

    Part-Time Paralegal Wins £41K Over Disability Discrimination

    A former paralegal at a regional law firm has won more than £41,000 ($52,800) after a tribunal found it had made her redundant because she was unable to work full-time because of her chronic pain disability.

  • November 11, 2024

    Canadian Biz Denies Withholding $10M Fee From FluidStack

    Canadian hardware seller Denvr DataWorks has denied withholding $10.5 million in referral fees from a technology company that introduced it to opportunities to sell graphics processors, claiming it agreed to pay the company for only one customer.

  • November 10, 2024

    Esports Tees Up New Field Of Opportunities For Lawyers

    The growing popularity of esports offers a significant opportunity for law firms looking to make the most of their dispute resolution teams, with the partnership between video game developer Riot Games and a German law firm to set up an arbitration court for the high-profile video game competitions underscoring the potential for the legal sector.

  • November 08, 2024

    DC Judge Slaps Sanctions Of Nearly $14M Against Romania

    A D.C. federal court partly granted two brothers' bid for accrued sanctions against Romania as the food-processing business investors look to enforce a $330 million arbitral award against the country, entering a judgment of nearly $14 million.

  • November 08, 2024

    Trades Union Congress Must Pay Staff £14K For Dismissals

    An employment tribunal has ordered a trade union federation to pay £13,939 ($17,992) to two employees it unfairly fired after accusing them of overcharging for voluntary IT services.

  • November 08, 2024

    Oligarch's Estate Resists Fraud Claim In $3B Inheritance Fight

    The estate of a Russian cement tycoon has resisted claims by his widow and daughter that the businessman plotted to defraud them of their inheritance as part of a battle over more than $3 billion worth of assets.

  • November 08, 2024

    Dare CEO Said Traders Faking Illness Left Firm 'In Disarray'

    The chief executive officer of an energy investing company told a court Friday that when two of his most senior traders faked illness to avoid noncompete restrictions before jumping ship for a rival, it left the business "in disarray."

  • November 08, 2024

    Postman Wins £39K From Royal Mail For Unfair Dismissal

    An employment tribunal has ordered Royal Mail to pay £38,878 ($50,309) to a disabled employee who accused managers of bullying him after he had made a number of complaints. 

  • November 08, 2024

    Correction: Shard Credit Fund Sues Ex-Owners Over Valuation

    A subsidiary of a U.K. financier has sued the former owners of a group of companies it acquired, seeking £5 million ($6.5 million) in damages over claims they made material errors in their accounting that inflated the group's value.

  • November 08, 2024

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

    This past week in London has seen collapsed German airline Air Berlin take action against its former auditor KPMG, the associate editor at The Spectator hit with a libel claim by a mosque over the far-right riots that took place in August and British licensing authority the Performing Right Society sue Parklife Manchester and four other festival organizers. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • November 08, 2024

    Auditor Blames Lendy's Misstatements For Investor Losses

    An auditor has admitted it made mistakes when it vetted a lending platform's accounts but denied the failures caused investors to lose an alleged £15.6 million ($20.2 million), claiming the platform had fraudulently misrepresented its financial health.

  • November 08, 2024

    Auto Shop Manager Cannot Use Payout Offer In Sacking Claim

    An employment appellate tribunal has tossed a bid by an auto repair shop manager to include his severance package offer in his unfair dismissal claim, finding that the lower court was right to conclude that the company did not mismanage its proposal.

  • November 08, 2024

    Shipowner Wins OK To Sell Oil Stranded At Sea By Sanctions

    A shipowner can sell crude oil that was stranded at sea when the charterer was placed on a U.S. sanctions list, a London judge said Friday, ruling the cash from the ultimate buyer can be paid into the English courts.

  • November 08, 2024

    Nigerian Oil Mogul Wins Fight To Lift $33M Freezing Order

    A Nigerian oil and gas magnate won his battle to scrap a $33 million freezing order on Friday, as a London court ruled that he was not likely to dissipate his assets to avoid paying a fuel trader.

  • November 08, 2024

    Lawyers Deny Giving Bad Advice On £635K Crypto-Fraud

    A boutique investment law firm has denied providing "valueless advice" to an alleged victim of a cryptocurrency fraud on how to recover her money, and said it helped to secure a freezing order against the fraudsters.

  • November 08, 2024

    Bolt Drivers Win Worker Status In Employment Battle

    Bolt drivers are legally considered to be workers, an employment tribunal ruled on Friday in a claim brought on behalf of more than 10,000 past and present drivers for the app that could be worth £200 million ($260 million).

  • November 07, 2024

    EU Court Backs Block Of Polish Soda Maker's Energy Drink TM

    A European court on Wednesday refused to overturn a decision blocking a Polish energy drink maker's trademark application for X Energy Drink, agreeing with intellectual property officials that it had too many similarities to a German drinks company's mark.

  • November 07, 2024

    ECJ Says VAT Applies To Land Prepared For Building

    Land with foundations to build residential housing is subject to value-added tax as a supply of land in the European Union, the European Court of Justice said Thursday in a dispute between Denmark's tax authority and a real estate company.

  • November 07, 2024

    Nestle Loses Fight Over Rival's 'One' Pet Food TM

    Nestle lost its lengthy bid to get rid of a rival mark for pet food that contained the word "one," after a European court ruled that previous officials were right to conclude that the marks were not similar enough to confuse shoppers.

  • November 07, 2024

    Ousted Rape Crisis Worker Critical Of Trans Policy Wins £69K

    A support center for rape victims in Edinburgh must pay almost £70,000 to a worker who was forced out of her role after she faced discrimination and harassment over her belief that sex is an immutable biological characteristic, a tribunal has ruled.

  • November 07, 2024

    Binance Cites AML Breaches In €144M Solaris Debit Card Row

    A Binance company has hit back at online banking group Solaris' €144 million ($156 million) claim over a collapsed cryptocurrency debit card scheme, telling a London court it was entitled to end the deal after Solaris companies broke anti-money laundering rules.

  • November 07, 2024

    Insurers Blame Shipowner For $48M Loss In Iran Seizure Row

    The owner and manager of a ship seized by Iranian authorities are not entitled to recover around $48 million because they did not attend court proceedings in the Asian country that could have helped their attempts to recover the vessel, two insurers have argued.

Expert Analysis

  • Potential EPO Reproducibility Ruling May Affect IP Strategies

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    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.

  • Insurance Ruling Stresses High Hurdle To Fix Policy Wording

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    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.

  • Taking Stock Of Changes UK Economic Crime Act Will Bring

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    With more than six months since the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act's enactment, it is time to look at the steps organizations can take to prepare for imminent changes, including the new failure to prevent fraud offense and extensions to Companies House authority, say lawyers at Mayer Brown.

  • Sanctions Ruling Opens Door For Enforcer To Clear Up Rules

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    In Vneshprombank v. Bedzhamov, the High Court recently argued against a broader interpretation of the test on reasonable suspicion for asset freezes, offering the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation an opportunity to clarify when freezes should be applied and respond to judicial criticism of its guidance on financial sanctions, says Tasha Benkhadra at Corker Binning.

  • How Gov't Response Addresses Investment Act Concerns

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    The government’s recently published response to a call for evidence on the National Security and Investment Act is largely appropriate to stakeholder concerns raised and demonstrates in its five areas of focus that it is willing to respond to live issues, say lawyers at Watson Farley.

  • UPC Appeal Ruling Clarifies Language Change Framework

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    In 10x Genomics v. Curio Bioscience, the Unified Patent Court recently allowed proceedings to be conducted in English, rather than German, shedding light on the framework on UPC language change applications and hopefully helping prevent future disputes, say Conor McLaughlin and Nina O'Sullivan at Mishcon de Reya.

  • How Generative AI Can Enhance Disclosure Review Processes

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    As recent developments show that implementing artificial intelligence in legal processes remains a critical challenge, the disclosure process — one of the most document-intensive legal exercises — presents itself as a prime use-case, illustrating how generative AI can supplement traditional technology-assisted review, say lawyers at Macfarlanes.

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: The Benefits Of Non-EU Venues

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    In Spain v. Triodos, a Swedish appeal court recently annulled an intra-EU investment treaty award, reinforcing a growing trend in the bloc against enforcing such awards, and highlighting the advantages of initiating enforcement proceedings in common law jurisdictions, such as the U.K., says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn Square.

  • Experian Ruling Helps Cos. Navigate GDPR Transparency

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    In Information Commissioner v. Experian, the Upper Tribunal recently reaffirmed the lawfulness of the company's marketing practices, providing guidance that will assist organizations in complying with the GDPR’s transparency obligations, say lawyers at Jenner & Block.

  • Salvaging The Investor-State Arbitration System's Legitimacy

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    Recent developments in Europe and Ecuador highlight the vulnerability of the investor-state arbitration framework, but arbitrators can avert a crisis by relying on a poorly understood doctrine of fairness and equity, rather than law, to resolve the disputes before them, says Phillip Euell at Diaz Reus.

  • UK Trademark Law May Further Diverge From EU Standards

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    The recently enacted Retained EU Law Act, which removes the principle of EU law supremacy, offers a path for U.K. trademark law to distance itself even further from EU precedent — beyond the existing differences between the two trademark examination processes, say David Kemp and Michael Shaw at Marks & Clerk.

  • Clarity Is Central Theme In FCA's Greenwashing Guidance

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    Recent Financial Conduct Authority guidance for complying with the U.K. regulator's anti-greenwashing rule sends an overarching message that sustainability claims must be clear, accurate and capable of being substantiated, say lawyers at Cadwalader.

  • How Clinical Trials Affect Patentability In US And Europe

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    A comparison of recent U.S. and European patent decisions — concerning the effect of disclosures in clinical trials on the patentability of products — offers guidance on good practice for companies dealing with public use issues and prior art documents in these commercially important jurisdictions, say lawyers at Finnegan.

  • ECHR Ruling May Pave Path For A UK Climate Damage Tort

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    In light of case law on the interaction between human rights law and common law, the European Court of Human Rights' recent ruling in KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland, finding the country at fault for failures to tackle global warming, could tip the scales toward extending English tort law to cover climate change-related losses, say lawyers at Cleary.

  • Disciplinary Ruling Has Lessons For Lawyers On Social Media

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    A recent Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal judgment against a solicitor for online posts deemed antisemitic and offensive highlights the serious sanctions that can stem from conduct on social media and the importance of law firms' efforts to ensure that their employees behave properly, say Liz Pearson and Andrew Pavlovic at CM Murray.

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