Commercial Litigation UK

  • February 05, 2025

    Black NHS Nurse Wins Bias Claim Over Meds Theft Allegation

    A tribunal has held that a National Health Service trust discriminated against a Black nurse when a manager accused her of stealing medicine while on shift, ruling that a white co-worker would not have faced the same allegation.

  • February 05, 2025

    Mike Tyson Denies Ending Licensing Deal For Netflix Fight

    Mike Tyson has hit back against a claim of almost €1.5 million ($1.6 million) brought by a brand manager accusing him of backing out of a licensing deal because it clashed with the timing of his Netflix-sponsored fight with YouTuber Jake Paul.

  • February 04, 2025

    InterDigital Targets Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ In Patent Claim

    InterDigital Inc. said Monday that it has filed patent infringement claims against The Walt Disney Co. in several jurisdictions, alleging that the entertainment giant is using its video technology without a license.

  • February 04, 2025

    Barclays Poised To Slash Former Staffer's Racism Claims

    Barclays has won a key decision as it looks to beat a former employee's race discrimination case, convincing a tribunal that he brought the vast majority of his claims too late.

  • February 04, 2025

    UniCredit Bids To Undo Ruling Blocking Gazprom Unit's Claim

    UniCredit Bank AG urged an appeals court Tuesday to overturn an order blocking a Gazprom joint venture from bringing a €450 million ($467 million) claim against it in Russia under bond guarantees linked to an aborted gas plant project.

  • February 04, 2025

    EE Loses Bid To Revive 5G Lost Profits Claim Against Virgin

    Telecommunications giant EE lost its bid on Tuesday to revive litigation against rival Virgin for allegedly breaching a deal over the use of its physical mobile networks, after the Court of Appeal found that the claim is barred as a bid for lost future profits. 

  • February 04, 2025

    Salmon Farmers Fight To Gut Retailers' £675M Cartel Case

    A group of salmon producers fought on Tuesday to keep a £675 million ($843 million) cartel claim brought by several of the U.K.'s largest supermarkets out of Britain, arguing at a London tribunal that the case should be heard in Norway.

  • February 04, 2025

    Chinese Fruit Biz Denies Infringing Rival's 'Pear' TMs

    A Chinese fruit and veg company has denied infringing a rival's "Mountain Pear" and "Yu Lu Fragrant Pear" trademarks, telling a London court that the marks are invalid.

  • February 04, 2025

    Jets Stranded Due To Economic War, All-Risk Insurers Say

    A group of all-risks insurers told the High Court on Tuesday that losses linked to planes stranded in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine should be covered by war-risks insurers because they were a result of Russian counter-measures amid an "economic war."

  • February 03, 2025

    Trading Biz Files New Infringement Claim Over 'Joule' Tech

    A software business has accused two German companies in a London court of infringing its intellectual property rights over an electronic trading platform, adding to a similar claim it recently filed against SAP.

  • February 03, 2025

    Thames Water Seeks Court Approval For £3B Rescue Plan

    Thames Water needs the High Court's approval for a £3 billion ($3.7 billion) rescue package if it is to avoid falling into special administration, a top lawyer for the struggling utility company said as he gave evidence on Monday.

  • February 03, 2025

    All-Risk Insurers Demand War-Risk Payouts For Stranded Jets

    Insurers that covered aircraft lessors whose planes were stranded in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine told a London court on Monday that other insurers that covered the lessors for war-related risks should pay out for the allegedly lost aircraft.

  • February 03, 2025

    Uyghur Rights Group To Sue FCA If Shein Gets LSE Listing

    A Uyghur human rights group has threatened to take the Financial Conduct Authority to court if it permits Shein to list on the London Stock Exchange, stepping up its fight against the ultra-fast-fashion giant over slavery concerns.

  • February 03, 2025

    Holidaymakers Sue TUI Over Sickness At Mexican Resort

    A group of 23 holidaymakers has launched a claim against TUI after they were all struck down with gastroenteritis during a stay at a resort in Mexico, saying the major travel operator failed to ensure food safety in the package holiday.

  • February 03, 2025

    IT Analyst Loses Discrimination Case Over 'Belief In Dreams'

    An employment tribunal has dismissed a computer analyst's claim that he was fired from an IT company over his belief that he had prophetic dreams, ruling that he was let go because he sent a colleague "objectionable" messages about her haunting his dreams.

  • February 03, 2025

    Manager Wins Case After 'Working For Free' For 3 Months

    A warehouse manager for an Amazon Marketplace seller has won her claim alleging that the founder of the company withheld the salaries of workers for three months during a cash-flow crisis sparked by an audit by the online retailer.

  • February 03, 2025

    Female Asda Workers Win Ruling In £1.2B Equal Pay Claim

    Female checkout operators and shop floor assistants for retail giant Asda carry out work of equal value to the mostly-male distribution center staff, an employment tribunal has ruled, setting the stage for victory in their £1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) equal-pay claim.

  • January 31, 2025

    Ex-Disney Cruise Worker Wants To Dismiss, Not Stay, Suit

    A former Disney Cruise Line employee who was fired for testing positive for marijuana use then ordered to arbitrate his wrongful termination dispute in London has asked a Florida federal judge to dismiss his lawsuit instead of keeping it stayed.

  • January 31, 2025

    Brexit Five Years On: The Legal Landscape After Europe

    Five years after the U.K. formally left the European Union, Law360 looks at how Brexit has changed the legal, regulatory and financial terrain.

  • January 31, 2025

    Ex-IP Co. Director Says Lawyer, Founders Hid $40M Takeover

    A former director of a celebrity intellectual property licensing company has claimed in court filings that two fellow directors, aided by an ex-Russells Solicitors partner, concealed plans for a $40 million takeover to try to convince him to sell his shares on the cheap.

  • January 31, 2025

    Valorem Sues Former CEO For Violating Russia Sanctions

    A luxury perfume group has sued its former chief executive officer, who is accused of bragging to a private investigator about selling his product to Russia in breach of sanctions, for fiduciary and contractual breaches and failure to protect its intellectual property rights.

  • January 31, 2025

    NHS Radiographers Lose Group Claim Over On-Call Pay

    A National Health Service trust has convinced a tribunal that it did not unlawfully pay a group of radiographers lower on-call wages than their counterparts at another hospital, proving that they paid the correct wages under a "local agreement."

  • January 31, 2025

    Stobart Slashes Ex-Employee's Maternity Bias Payout

    An appeal tribunal has slashed a £10,000 ($12,419) payout awarded to a former Eddie Stobart worker for injury to feelings, ruling that the logistics company's one-off failure to deal with a planner's pregnancy bias complaint did not merit the "perverse" sum.

  • January 31, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen another claim by Woodford investors against Hargreaves Lansdown in the widening £200 million ($248 million) dispute over the fund's collapse, a solicitor barred for his role in a suspected advance fee fraud face action by a Swiss wholesaler, and The Resort Group, which markets investments in luxury hotel resorts, hit with a claim by a group of investors. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • January 31, 2025

    JPMorgan Sues WeRealize In Widening Dispute Over JV

    A JPMorgan Chase & Co. unit has filed a new claim in the investment bank's protracted battle with fintech business WeRealize, saying the company is planning to breach the terms of a joint venture shareholder agreement by acquiring another fintech firm.

Expert Analysis

  • The Good, The Bad And The New Of The UK Sanctions Regime

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    Almost six years after the Sanctions and Money Laundering Act was introduced, the U.K. government has published a strategy paper that outlines its focus points and unveils potential changes to the regime, such as a new humanitarian exception for financial sanctions, highlighting the rapid transformation of the U.K. sanctions landscape, says Josef Rybacki at WilmerHale.

  • Unpacking The Building Safety Act's Industry Overhaul

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    Recent updates to the Building Safety Act introduce a new principal designer role and longer limitation periods for defects claims, ushering in new compliance challenges for construction industry stakeholders to navigate, as well as a need to affirm that their insurance arrangements provide adequate protection, say Zoe Eastell and Zack Gould-Wilson at RPC.

  • Prompt Engineering Skills Are Changing The Legal Profession

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    With a focus on higher-value work as repetitive tasks are delegated to artificial intelligence, legal roles are set to become more inspiring, and lawyers need not fear the rising demand for prompt engineers that is altering the technology-enabled legal environment, say Eric Crawley, Shah Karim and Paul O’Hagan at Epiq Legal.

  • Opinion

    UK Whistleblowers Flock To The US For Good Reason

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    The U.K. Serious Fraud Office director recently brought renewed attention to the differences between the U.K. and U.S. whistleblower regimes — differences that may make reporting to U.S. agencies a better and safer option for U.K. whistleblowers, and show why U.K. whistleblower laws need to be improved, say Benjamin Calitri and Kate Reeves at Kohn Kohn.

  • 4 Legal Privilege Lessons From Dechert Disclosure Ruling

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    The Court of Appeal's recent decision in Al Sadeq v. Dechert LLP, finding that evidence may have been incorrectly withheld, provides welcome clarification of the scope of legal professional privilege, including the application of the iniquity exception, says Tim Knight at Travers Smith.

  • BT Case May Shape UK Class Action Landscape

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    The first opt-out collective action trial commenced in Le Patourel v. BT in the U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal last month, regarding BT's abuse of dominance by overcharging millions of customers, will likely provide clarification on damages and funder returns in collective actions, which could significantly affect the class action regime, say lawyers at RPC.

  • Key Points From EC Economic Security Screening Initiatives

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    Lawyers at Herbert Smith analyze the European Commission's five recently announced initiatives aimed at de-risking the EU's trade and investment links with third countries, including the implementation of mandatory screening mechanisms and extending coverage to investments made by EU companies that are controlled subsidiaries of non-EU investors.

  • Following The Road Map Toward Quantum Security

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    With the Financial Conduct Authority’s recent publication of a white paper on a quantum-secure financial sector, firms should begin to consider the quantum transition early — before the process is driven by regulatory obligations — with the goal of developing a cybersecurity architecture that is agile while also allowing for quantum security, say lawyers at Cleary.

  • Why EU Ruling On Beneficial Ownership May Affect The UK

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    Following the EU judgment in Sovim v. Luxembourg that public access to beneficial ownership information conflicts with data protection rights, several British overseas territories and dependencies have recently reversed their commitment to introduce unrestricted access, and challenges to the U.K.’s liberal stance may be on the cards, says Rupert Cullen at Allectus Law.

  • Opinion

    Labour Should Reconsider Its Discrimination Law Plans

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    While the Labour Party's recent proposals allowing equal pay claims based on ethnicity and disability, and introducing dual discrimination, have laudable intentions and bring some advantages, they are not the right path forward as the changes complicate the discrimination claim process for employees, say Colin Leckey and Tarun Tawakley at Lewis Silkin.

  • AI Is Outpacing IP Law Frameworks

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    In Thaler v. Comptroller-General, the U.K. Supreme Court recently ruled that artificial intelligence can't be an inventor, but the discussion on the relationship between AI and intellectual property law is far from over, and it's clear that technology is developing faster than the legal framework, says Stephen Carter at The Intellectual Property Works.

  • Tracing The History Of LGBTQ+ Rights In The Workplace

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    Pride History month is a timely reminder of how recent developments have shaped LGBTQ+ employees' rights in the workplace today, and what employers can do to ensure that employees are protected from discrimination, including creating safe workplace cultures and promoting allyship, say Caitlin Farrar and Jessica Bennett at Farrer.

  • Ruling In FCA Case Offers Tips On Flexible Work Requests

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    In Wilson v. Financial Conduct Authority, the Employment Tribunal recently found that the regulator's rejection of a remote work request was justified, highlighting for employers factors that affect flexible work request outcomes, while emphasizing that individual inquiries should be considered on the specific facts, say Frances Rollin, Ella Tunnell and Kerry Garcia at Stevens & Bolton.

  • Pension Scheme Ruling Elucidates Conversion Issues

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    In Newell Trustees v. Newell Rubbermaid UK Services, the High Court recently upheld a pension plan's conversion of final salary benefits to money purchase benefits, a welcome conclusion that considered several notable issues, such as how to construe pension deeds and when contracts made outside scheme rules can determine benefits, say Ian Gordon and Jamie Barnett at Gowling.

  • New Fraud Prevention Offense May Not Make Much Difference

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    By targeting only large organizations, the Economic Crime Act's new failure to prevent fraud offense is striking in that, despite its breadth, it will affect so few companies, and is therefore unlikely to help ordinary victims, says Andrew Smith at Corker Binning.

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