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Judicial guidance on time limits for challenges to post-arbitral awards

United Kingdom - October 27 2025 The question of whether challenges brought under section 72(1) of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the AA) can be made post-award has been a source of…

Dust Settles in Favour of Industrial Defendant: Andrews v Kronospan Limited

United Kingdom - October 20 2025 In the recent case of Andrews v Kronospan Limited [2025] EWHC 2429 (TCC), the High Court rejected a group nuisance claim brought by residents living…

First of a kind: High Court grants injunction restraining enforcement of an English Court judgment

United Kingdom - September 16 2025 Recent High Court judgment clarifies the scope of the English court's powers to grant anti-enforcement injunctions and the applicable legal test for…

Allegations of arbitrator bias fall flat in the recent case of V and N v K

United Kingdom - September 12 2025 In the recent case of V and N v K the High Court confirmed the high threshold required for establishing arbitrator bias and considered the extent of…

Down and (finally) out: The Privy Council confirms the end of the Shareholder Rule exception to privilege

United Kingdom - August 26 2025 The Privy Council has resolutely confirmed the end of the "Shareholder Rule" exception to legal professional privilege - a decision that may have a…

CAT approves settlement in Merricks v Mastercard

European Union, United Kingdom - May 23 2025 The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has handed down its written judgment on the application for approval of a £200 million settlement with respect…

Another blow for Italian regional authorities in Italian Swaps saga judgment

Italy - March 12 2025 Shortly before Christmas, the Commercial Court handed down judgment in another one of the long line of 'Italian Swaps Cases', Dexia SA v Regione…

The PCR's "heavy responsibility": CAT Judgment in Riefa v Apple and Amazon emphasizes the high standards expected of a PCR

United Kingdom - February 27 2025 The Competition Appeal Tribunal (the Tribunal) recently handed down an important judgment, refusing to certify the proposed collective proceedings in…

Protecting commercial secrets: High Court allows redaction of documents for non-party access under CPR 5.4C

United Kingdom - January 28 2025 In WH Holding Ltd v E20 Stadium LLP [2024] EWHC 817 (Comm), the High Court examined the rights of non-parties to obtain copies of statements of case…

Exclusive means exclusive: High Court decides that English courts have jurisdiction in Italian swaps dispute

European Union, Italy, United Kingdom - December 3 2024 In yet another Italian swaps case to be dealt with by the English courts, the High Court found that an ISDA Master Agreement governing swaps for the…