Commercial Litigation UK

  • July 04, 2024

    Lender Hits Elite Law For £1.9M Over Alleged Loan Breach

    A lender has sued Elite Law Solicitors after it allegedly failed to spot that its client was a fraud and did not secure necessary protections over a £1.9 million ($2.4 million) property loan, telling a court that this has left it unable to recover its cash.

  • July 04, 2024

    Emirati Scrap Metal Sellers Lied To Secure $45M Loan

    A Dubai shipping broker and his son made false and fraudulent representations when they secured a $45 million loan arrangement from a Norwegian security agent and other lenders, a London court has ruled.

  • July 04, 2024

    Nokia Accuses Amazon Of 'Hijacking' Infringement Case

    A Nokia subsidiary asked a London court on Thursday to strike out Amazon's attempt to compel it to license patents for Prime Video, arguing that the U.S. multinational had "hijacked" its infringement claim over the technology to force it into a deal.

  • July 04, 2024

    Gas Site Manager Unfairly Sacked After Finding Next Job

    An employment tribunal has ruled that a gas mains servicing company unfairly dismissed one of its managers by making him redundant when it discovered he had already found a new job.

  • July 04, 2024

    Tech Co. Knew IP Woes From Soured Deal, AI Video Biz Says

    An AI video analytics business has told a London court that a security technology company it accused of failing to pay up after acquiring its intellectual property should have been aware that its CCTV-analyzing technology might contain bugs.

  • July 03, 2024

    NHS Consultant Surgeon Wins Unfair Dismissal Case

    An NHS trust forced a world-renowned surgeon to quit after making him step down from a role and restricting his ability to practice without first investigating bullying allegations against him, an employment tribunal has ruled.

  • July 03, 2024

    Ex-Post Office Chair Says Legal Review Buried On Advice

    The former chair of the U.K.'s Post Office told a London inquiry Wednesday that he had not shared a legal review of prosecutions of subpostmasters due to advice that it would be legally privileged, despite warnings in the report that some of the convictions may have been unsafe.

  • July 03, 2024

    Ericsson Prefers US FRAND Terms, Rejects Lenovo Attacks

    Ericsson has fought claims that it refuses to negotiate fair licensing terms with Lenovo and abuses its ownership of standard essential patents for 5G technologies, the latest development in a long-running feud between the companies.

  • July 03, 2024

    Royal Mail Faces £878.5M Mass Claim Over Bulk Deliveries

    The owner of Royal Mail is facing an estimated £878.5 million ($1.1 billion) collective action, as the representative of potentially 290,000 retail businesses asked the U.K.'s specialist antitrust court to approve the class claim Wednesday.

  • July 03, 2024

    Ship's Cook Wins £28K For Sacking Over Hip Pain

    An employment tribunal has awarded a cook working for a Scottish ferry company over £28,000 ($35,749), ruling his employer unfairly sacked him after he developed a painful hip condition.

  • July 03, 2024

    Top UK Court To Define 'Payment' For Lawyer Fee Disputes

    The U.K.'s highest court is set to rule on the meaning of "payment" for determining when the clock starts ticking for clients to challenge solicitors' fees as part of a personal injury claim row with an English firm heard by justices on Wednesday.

  • July 03, 2024

    UralChem Owner Can't Shift EU Sanctions

    The European Union's General Court on Wednesday upheld sanctions against oligarch Dmitry Mazepin, finding he remains a leading businessperson in Russia's economy and a major owner of UralChem, one of the country's biggest mineral fertilizer manufacturers.

  • July 02, 2024

    Shelving Biz Hits Rival With Design Infringement Claim

    An Australian shelving manufacturer has sued a British rival for registered design infringement, arguing that certain shelving support bars being offered on the rival's U.K. website copy significant features of its intellectual property without consent.

  • July 02, 2024

    Gambling Biz Settles €273M Buyout Dispute With Financier

    Gambling hall operator MaxBet has settled a host of international legal disputes with Luxembourg-based financial holdings company Maximus stemming from a deal for Maximus to purchase various MaxBet-owned businesses that went south, lawyers for MaxBet told Law360 on Tuesday.

  • July 02, 2024

    Construction Boss' Choice To Cut His Salary Kills Benefits Bid

    A director has failed to sway an employment tribunal that he was an employee of a now-defunct construction company, because his decision to cut his salary meant he wasn't earning enough to qualify as one.

  • July 02, 2024

    £8.5M Property Deal Said To Defraud Creditors In Debt Row

    A British Virgin Islands-registered company has asked a London court to declare that the transfer of an estimated £8.5 million ($10.8 million) property by one of its debtors was done to intentionally hinder the company's chances to reclaim the money it is allegedly owed.

  • July 02, 2024

    Worldpay Faces Demand For Client Info In Alleged FX Fraud

    An architecture firm has asked a London court to order merchant service provider Worldpay to hand over a virtual ledger of one of its customer's accounts in an attempt to track down $1.17 million allegedly missing in a forex broker fraud.

  • July 02, 2024

    Barristers Fight For Fees Stemming From Adjourned Trial

    Two barristers on Tuesday urged a London appellate court to overturn a ruling that they were not entitled to the majority of approximately £150,000 ($190,140) in fees that a client had agreed to pay because the £20 million trial at which they were due to represent her was adjourned.

  • July 02, 2024

    Rolls-Royce, BMW Sue Parts Designer Over IP

    Rolls-Royce and BMW have accused a U.K. platform that sells bespoke car parts of infringing their trademarks by using their iconic logos without consent and misleading consumers.

  • July 02, 2024

    Ex-Bird & Bird Pro Fights To Toss Sexual Misconduct Case

    A former Bird & Bird LLP partner asked the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal on Tuesday to throw out allegations of sexual misconduct toward two junior female colleagues, arguing that the sector's watchdog was prosecuting him after "egregious" delays and an "inadequate" investigation.

  • July 02, 2024

    Toy Maker Sues Aldi Over Copycat Cuddly Teddy Dragon

    A manufacturer of collectible cuddly toys has accused Aldi of selling a rip-off of its dragon teddy design in its stores in Britain.

  • July 02, 2024

    Textile Biz Sues Workers For Poaching Premier League Clients

    A textile company with ties to several Premier League football clubs is suing two of its former employees after they committed "flagrant" breach of their duties by allegedly misusing trade secrets, copying designs and poaching clients when setting up their new company.

  • July 02, 2024

    Pfizer, BioNTech Infringed Moderna's MRNA Vaccine Patent

    Pfizer and BioNTech are on the hook for infringing Moderna's protections over its mRNA vaccines after a London court upheld on Tuesday the validity of one of two key U.K. patents over the technology.

  • July 02, 2024

    Canal Owner Can Sue United Utilities For Sewage Pollution

    Britain's highest court ruled unanimously on Tuesday that a shipping canal owner can bring a private law claim against the utility business that it alleged polluted its waterway, a landmark decision that could spur further claims against water companies.

  • July 02, 2024

    HSBC Beats Former Risk Chief's Race Bias Case

    HSBC has dodged claims of discrimination and unfair dismissal from a former financial risk chief after the High Street bank proved that it let him go because his role had become redundant, convincing a tribunal that race played no part in the decision.

Expert Analysis

  • 6 Key Factors For Successful Cross-Border Dispute Mediation

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    The European landscape of cross-border disputes diverges markedly from the U.S. experience and presents unique challenges, including the amalgamation of diverse cultures and legal systems, but there are several practical steps that practitioners can take to effectively navigate the process, says Peter Kamminga at JAMS.

  • EU Ruling Highlights Strategic Benefits Of Patent Appeals

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    The European Patent Office board of appeal recently reversed the examining board's ruling in an application by LG Electronics, highlighting how applicants struggling to escape conflicting objection traps at the examination level can improve their chances of a positive outcome with an appeal, says Andrew Rudhall at Haseltine Lake.

  • UK Tech Cases Warn Of Liability Clause Drafting Pitfalls

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    The recent U.K. High Court cases Drax Energy Solutions v. Wipro and EE v. Virgin Mobile Telecoms indicate a more literal judicial approach to construing limitations of liability, even when this significantly limits a claimant's recoverable damages, highlighting the importance of carefully drafted liability provisions, say Helen Armstrong and Tania Williams at RPC.

  • Series

    In A 'Barbie' World: Boosting IP Value With Publicity Machines

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    Mattel's history of intellectual property monitoring, including its recent challenge against Burberry over the "BRBY" trademark ahead of the "Barbie" film, shows how IP enforcement strategies can be used as publicity to increase brand value and inform potential collaborations, says Carly Duckett at Shepherd and Wedderburn.

  • EU Directive Implementation Facilitates Class Action Shift

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    Lawyers at Faegre Drinker discuss the increase in class and consumer action filings leading up to the implementation of the EU's Collective Redress Directive, and predict that certain aspects of the directive will result in a pro-claimant landscape that may mirror that of the U.S. and other common law countries.

  • Swiss Privacy Law Reforms Present Divergences From GDPR

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    The differences between Switzerland’s recently reformed Federal Act on Data Protection and the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, particularly around data breach reporting and the liability of company officers, will need to be carefully managed by multinationals that may have competing obligations under different laws, say Kim Roberts and Vanessa Alarcon Duvanel at King & Spalding.

  • EU Antitrust Rules Set To Pose Challenges To US Businesses

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    With stark differences between U.S. and European Union antitrust regimes, and potential for the forthcoming EU guidelines to turbocharge the commission's appetite for intervention, it is important that U.S. businesses with activities in the region take note of the reforms, say Andrea Pomana and Sarah Wilks at Mayer Brown.

  • Navigating The Rising Threat Of Greenwashing Enforcement

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    Recent high-profile cases before the Danish Consumer Ombudsman are a signal that authorities are ready to take robust action against greenwashing, and with a likely increase in the stringency of laws and severity of penalties, it is vital that businesses promoting their sustainable credentials do so in a compliant manner, says Lars Karnøe at Potter Clarkson.

  • New Legislation May Not Be Needed For Recovery Of Crypto

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    The recent seizure of cryptocurrency under a civil recovery order raises the issue of whether extended powers under the forthcoming Economic Crime Bill are necessary, with the ability to seize crypto-related items that may be the subject of a search order more likely to be of assistance, says Nicola McKinney at Quillon Law.

  • Opinion

    Russia Ruling Should Lead UK To Review Sanctions Policy

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    The High Court's recent dismissal of the first-ever court challenge to Russian sanctions in Shvidler v. Secretary of State sets a demanding standard for overturning designation decisions, highlighting the need for an independent review of the Russia sanctions regime, says Helen Taylor at Spotlight on Corruption.

  • UPC Revocation Actions Offer An Attractive Patent Strategy

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    As the Unified Patent Court gains momentum after an initial period of nervousness around the recently launched forum, more businesses may be starting to realize the value of running revocation actions as an alternative route to knocking out patents across Europe, say Oliver Laing and Georgia Carr at Potter Clarkson.

  • Pension Plan Amendment Power Lessons From BBC Ruling

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    The High Court's recent ruling in BBC v. BBC Pension Trust upheld an unusually restrictive fetter on the pension scheme's amendment power, which highlights how fetters can vary in degrees of protection and the importance of carefully considering any restriction, says Maxwell Ballad at Freeths.

  • 5 Takeaways For Litigants From Early EU Patent Court Ruling

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    One of the first Unified Patent Court ex parte preliminary injunctions was recently granted in myStromer v. Revolt Zycling, demonstrating the court's ability to decide cases extremely quickly, but parties should be careful in phrasing their motions and sufficiently substantiating them to achieve the desired result, says Antje Brambrink at Finnegan.

  • What To Know About The EU Residency Scheme Changes

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    The U.K. government recently announced extensions to residency status under the EU Settlement Scheme, which is a net positive for U.K.-EU relations and will be welcomed by those affected, including employers concerned about losing employees with expired permission, say Claire Nilson and Abilio Jaribu at Faegre Drinker.

  • High Court Dechert Ruling Offers Litigation Privilege Lessons

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    While the recent High Court ruling in Al Sadeq v. Dechert LLP, which concerned torture conspiracy allegations against the firm, held that litigation privilege can be claimed by a nonparty to proceedings, the exact boundaries of privilege aren't always clear-cut and may necessitate analyzing the underlying principles, says Scott Speirs at Norton Rose.

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