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July 08, 2025
Ex-BofA Exec Sues For Bias Over Workplace Affair Fallout
A former Merrill Lynch director has failed to keep his name out of tribunal proceedings against the bank in his claim alleging he was unfairly dismissed and discriminated against following a workplace relationship that ended in acrimony.
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July 08, 2025
Appeal Win Gives Certainty To UK Class Action Funding
The Court of Appeal's decision to endorse the validity of litigation-financing agreements devised to sidestep a U.K. Supreme Court ruling that upended class action funding provides certainty over what is allowed, but lawyers remain wary that further legislative changes are likely.
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July 08, 2025
Oil Co. Says Nigeria Shouldn't Profit From £44M Legal Bill
An oil and gas company at the center of a fraud scandal arising from an $11 billion arbitration award issued against Nigeria urged the U.K.'s highest court Tuesday to change the currency for Nigeria's legal costs, arguing that the country would unjustly benefit from the depreciation of its own currency.
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July 08, 2025
Drugmaker Wants £46M For MSD's Use Of 'Merck' In UK
German drugmaker Merck KGaA asked a London court Tuesday to force U.S.-based Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC to pay £46 million ($62 million) for breaching an order by using the "Merck" name in the U.K.
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July 08, 2025
Wimbledon's £200M Expansion Plan Faces Legal Challenge
Campaigners challenging a £200 million ($271 million) plan to expand the Wimbledon tennis ground told a court Tuesday that the London local authority unlawfully approved the 38-court expansion project.
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July 08, 2025
Ryanair Loses Appeal Over Ex-Pilot's Agency Worker Status
A London appeals court rejected Ryanair's latest attempt on Tuesday to block a claim from a former contracted pilot for equal treatment with directly employed pilots, upholding a ruling that he held agency worker status at the airline.
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July 08, 2025
Ex-Axiom Chief Ordered To Pay £5M SRA Intervention Costs
A London court ordered the former chief of Axiom Ince Ltd. to pay the multimillion-pound cost of regulatory intervention into the firm on Tuesday after concluding that he was involved with its misuse of £65 million ($88 million) of its clients' cash.
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July 08, 2025
Tech Firm Says Ex-VP Was Not Employee In £2.5M Claim
A technology company has hit back at a £2.5 million ($3.4 million) claim brought by its former chief product officer, denying that it ever employed the executive and insisting she was never promised a stake in the business.
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July 07, 2025
Malaysia Info Demand Gets Green Light In $14.9B Dispute
A Delaware judge has declined to nix an order allowing units of Malaysia's national energy company to seek discovery relating to a third-party funding deal that led to a $14.9 billion arbitral award issued against Kuala Lumpur following a territorial dispute stemming from a 19th-century land deal.
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July 07, 2025
Meat Tycoon Relative Loses $402M Trust Fight In Top Court
A relative of a 19th-century meat tycoon on Monday lost her battle to reverse the transfer of $402 million out of a trust from which she benefited, with the highest court for some independent Commonwealth countries ruling that a trustee did not act unreasonably.
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July 07, 2025
Huawei Loses 2nd Bid To Move Patent Dispute To China
Huawei couldn't convince a London judge to let a Chinese court handle its patent license dispute with MediaTek for a second time, as nothing had changed since its last request in December.
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July 07, 2025
Campaign Groups Fight For Full 'Dieselgate' Documents
Automakers accused of fitting emissions-test cheating devices in their cars should be forced to remove redactions they have made to documents filed in litigation brought by U.K. motorists, two climate campaign organizations argued at a hearing on Monday.
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July 14, 2025
Gide Hires Restructuring Partner From HSF Kramer In Paris
Gide Loyrette Nouel has strengthened its restructuring team in Paris with the hire of a new partner from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP.
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July 07, 2025
Law Firm Gets 'Vague' £4.6M Negligence Case Struck Out
A London court struck out on Monday an energy company's £4.6 million ($6.3 million) claim against Benson Mazure LLP, because the law firm would have unreasonable difficulty understanding and responding to the "vague and confused" case.
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July 07, 2025
GlobalData Says Exec's £797K Case 'Not David And Goliath'
GlobalData told a London court on Monday that a former director's claim that the business owes him £797,000 ($1.1 million) for refusing to let him exercise share options was not a case of "David and Goliath."
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July 07, 2025
IBM Rival Can't Appeal Reverse-Engineering Defeat
A London appeals court has blocked a tech company's "kitchen sink" appeal against a ruling that it unlawfully reverse engineered IBM's software to help develop a competing product.
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July 07, 2025
TikTok Loses Appeal Over £12.7M Children's Data Fine
TikTok has failed to overturn a £12.7 million ($17.3 million) fine imposed for misusing children's personal data, after a tribunal Monday rejected the argument that the processing of the data was for creative or artistic purposes.
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July 07, 2025
Funder Claims Developer Used Biz As Facade To Pocket £4M
A litigation funder has alleged that a property developer owes it more than £3.8 million ($5.2 million) for pocketing his real estate business' money for nothing in return and operating his company as a facade to renovate properties he owns without taking on liability for the work.
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July 07, 2025
Rail Passengers Claim Just Fraction Of £25M Stagecoach Deal
 Train passengers have claimed only £216,000 ($295,000) in compensation from a multimillion-pound settlement with Stagecoach, the Competition Appeal Tribunal revealed on Monday as it said it would consider ordering a "substantial payment to charity" from the unclaimed money.
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July 07, 2025
IP Software Manager Wins £77K After Botched Transfer
A tribunal has ruled that a software company specializing in intellectual property portfolios must compensate a London-based employee more than £77,000 ($105,000), ruling that the business had failed to offer an explanation for why she was sacked.
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July 07, 2025
Opera House Faces £350K Libel Claim Over Settlement Breach
A writer and former fundraising executive has brought a legal claim against an English opera house and Loch Employment Law, alleging that both sides breached a legal settlement by repeating damaging allegations in a later court filing.
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July 07, 2025
Waste Co. Blames Trowers & Hamlins For Lost Tenancy
A waste haulage company has accused Trowers & Hamlins of negligently failing to protect a long-standing lease over its premises, telling a London court that its new arrangement does not have the same favorable terms.
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July 04, 2025
Agri Biz Wins Time In $11M Alfa Group Unit Loan Note Fight
A Ukrainian agriculture business won extra time on Friday to prepare for a jurisdiction fight with a subsidiary of sanctioned Russian-Israeli tycoon Mikhail Fridman's Alfa Group as part of an $11 million battle over a loan notes investment.
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July 04, 2025
Car Auction Biz Loses Appeal Of Drivers' Worker StatusÂ
An appellate tribunal ruled Friday that more than 420 drivers for a car auctioneer counted as workers under U.K. law, rejecting arguments that a previous court had ignored evidence when it decided that a substitution clause was bogus.Â
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July 04, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen the owner of Crystal Palace and the troubled Olympique Lyonnais football clubs sue its current chief executive John Textor, Fieldfisher faces a claim by Georgian businessman Zaza Okusahvili, and a dispute partner at Travers Smith file a personal injury claim against the firm.
Expert Analysis
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UK Mandatory ADR Push Renews Mediation Standards Focus
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.
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2 UK Rulings Highlight Persistent Push Payment Fraud Issues
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.
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Decision Shows Cost Consequences Of Rejecting Mediation
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.
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Duties And Questions To Consider In Expert Witness Selection
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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ECJ Cartel Damages Rulings Are Wins For Multinational Cos.
Two decisions from the European Court of Justice last month clarifying the limits of the single economic unit doctrine in cartel damages proceedings will help multinational companies anticipate and prepare for litigation within a narrower band of possible jurisdictions, say lawyers at Linklaters.
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Takeaways From EU's 'Pay Or Consent' Advertising Probe
Anne-Gabrielle Haie and Charles Whiddington at Steptoe examine key points from the European Commission's recent investigation into Big Tech's use of "pay or consent" advertising models, as well as the European Data Protection Board’s opinion on how such models can comply with EU competition and data protection laws.
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UK Judgment Could Change Anti-Money Laundering Regimes
After the Court of Appeal of England and Wales' determination that criminal property remains criminal property in the hands of its purchaser even if purchased at market value, many businesses could face a new or heightened risk of prosecution for criminality in their supply chains and related money laundering offenses, say lawyers at Macfarlanes.
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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Blasket Win Is A Beacon Of Hope
A Belgian court's recent decision in favor of Blasket Renewable Investments, enforcing an arbitral award against the Kingdom of Spain, signals that despite the European Court of Justice's restrictive interpretations, there is judicial support within the European Union for enforcing investors' rights under international arbitration agreements, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.
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UK Approach To AI Patentability Appears Settled For Now
After a High Court ruling upended the status quo last year, the Court of Appeal’s recent decision that Emotional Perception’s artificial neural network is not patentable represents a return to the U.K.’s familiar, albeit often complex, approach to patentability of artificial intelligence technology and computer programs generally, say lawyers at Potter Clarkson.
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How Digital Markets Act Will Enhance Consumer Protections
The Digital Markets Act represents a major shift in U.K. competition and consumer protection law by introducing a new regulatory regime for large digital firms, and by giving the Competition and Markets Authority broader merger investigation powers and a wider enforcement remit for online activities, say lawyers at Cooley.
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What Steps Businesses Can Take After CrowdStrike Failure
Following last month’s global Microsoft platform outage caused by CrowdStrike’s failed security software update, businesses can expect complex disputes over liability resulting from multilayered agreements and should look to their various insurance policies for cover despite losses not stemming from a cyberattack, says Daniel Healy at Brown Rudnick.
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Drafting Settlement Agreements That Avoid Future Disputes
Several recent U.K. rulings highlight the importance of drafting precise settlement agreements to prevent time-consuming and costly disputes over what claims the agreements were meant to cover, says Michelle Radom at Osborne Clarke.
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Int'l Treaties May Aid Investors Amid UK Rail Renationalization
The recently introduced Passenger Railway Services Bill seeks to return British railways to public ownership without compensating affected investors, a move that could trigger international investment treaty protections for obligation breaches, says Philipp Kurek at Signature Litigation.
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Insurance Rulings Show Court Hesitancy To Fix Policy Errors
Two recent Court of Appeal insurance decisions highlight that policyholders can only overcome policy drafting errors and claim coverage if there is a very obvious mistake, emphasizing courts' reluctance to rewrite contract terms that are capable of enforcement, says Aaron Le Marquer at Stewarts.
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AI Reforms Prompt Fintech Compliance Considerations
With the EU Artificial Intelligence Act's Aug. 1 enforcement, and the U.K.'s new plans to introduce AI reforms, fintech companies should consider how to best focus limited resources as they balance innovation and compliance, says Nicola Kerr-Shaw at Skadden.