/commercial-litigation-uk?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Commercial Litigation UK Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:44:49 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2357243?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2357243 The German government's tax deduction offered to a casino does not constitute illegal state aid, a European Union court ruled Wednesday in dismissing an appeal brought by a gambling trade group and a slot machine operator. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:38:28 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2357422?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2357422 A foundation set up by the late fashion pioneer Vivienne Westwood has hit back at claims from the renowned fashion house that it is infringing copyrights tied to Westwood's designs, including her iconic orb logo. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:50:48 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2354208?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2354208 A former employee of an engineering company has denied he leaked secret documents linked to the supply of warship components to the Royal Navy, telling a London court that he has not misused any confidential information. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:21:42 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2357230?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2357230 A reseller of parts for premium sports cars urged Britain's antitrust tribunal on Wednesday to compel Porsche to continue to supply it with components pending resolution of a dispute over an alleged reseller ban. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:17:49 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2357239?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2357239 A European Union court ruled against an Italian hotel chain's attempt to trademark the phrase "Nero Champagne" on Wednesday, siding with French authorities in upholding the protected designation of origin for the prestigious sparkling wine. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:08:50 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2357224?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2357224 An employment tribunal has barred a former employee of Trowers & Hamlins LLP from bringing part of a legal claim against the firm after it reported her to the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:56:09 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2357234?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2357234 AstraZeneca on Wednesday sought to reinstate supplementary patent protection for its billion-dollar diabetes drug dapagliflozin, telling a London appeals court that a judge was wrong to rule the patent was invalid. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:48:02 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2357272?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2357272 Getty Images confirmed Wednesday that it will no longer pursue core copyright infringement claims in its landmark case against Stability AI over the training and output of its image generation model as the stock pictures giant shifts its focus in the final days of trial. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:25:28 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2355793?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2355793 The European Union and U.K.’s new sanctions on Russia, designating increasing numbers of non-Russian companies in the defense and shipping sectors, mean that organizations must examine from the outset whether a transaction has any nexus with the EU or the U.K., say lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 21:46:08 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2357062?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2357062 A freight operator has asked a Virginia federal court to let it seize approximately $32 million in maritime property as it pursues arbitration in London for that same amount of damages after its coal cargo exploded while aboard a vessel headed to China last November. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:16:19 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2356731?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2356731 Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas company has claimed victory in a $1.37 billion arbitration against Gazprom after the Russian state-owned energy giant allegedly failed to pay for natural gas transit services. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:14:21 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2356762?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2356762 A London court on Tuesday denied Irwin Mitchell's bid to scrap a professional negligence suit against a firm it merged with in 2015, but ruled Irwin Mitchell itself is not liable for the advice given to a pensioner in the wake of alleged fraud. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:33:35 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2356935?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2356935 A group of farmers and family-owned businesses is taking the U.K. government to court over changes to the inheritance tax to remove exemptions for agricultural land, the firm representing the farmers announced Tuesday. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:53:02 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2350306?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2350306 A solicitor has denied fraudulently inducing a family trust into investing £5.75 million ($7.84 million) into a company he part owned that became insolvent, arguing the trust made its own assessment to become involved in the "low risk" project. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:18:34 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2356680?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2356680 A Vietnamese budget airline lost its fight to overturn a decision that it is liable to pay an investment company $181 million for failing to make aircraft leasing payments when a London court ruled Tuesday that the notices served to terminate the leasing deals were valid. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:48:01 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2356655?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2356655 Fintech company WeRealize accused J.P. Morgan on Tuesday of waging a legal "proxy war" against its directors in Greece to prevent it from purchasing the investment bank's stake in a payments startup joint venture. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:12:55 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2356678?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2356678 A former employee must pay £20,000 ($27,250) to academic publisher John Wiley & Sons, after failing to prove that bosses discriminated against him for having ADHD by making "unprofessional comments" about his grammatical mistakes.  Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:43:14 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2356715?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2356715 The King's Bench Division of the High Court, responsible for a broad range of civil matters, has overtaken the specialist Commercial Court as the most popular place to bring commercial fraud cases in England and Wales, according to trend analysis published Tuesday.  Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:11:26 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2356447?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2356447 HM Revenue & Customs was right to restrict tax deductions worth £9.9 million ($13.4 million) to a drilling contractor over North Sea oil and gas activities, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:10:49 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2356650?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2356650 A former host on GB News has alleged that the channel racially discriminated against he said on-air that he believed Conservative MP Suella Braverman was "a racist and a thoroughly bigoted woman," representatives for the presenter revealed Tuesday.