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Certification success: practical lessons from the Bulk Mail Claim

United Kingdom - November 27 2025 Since 2015, the UK has had a statutory regime permitting opt‑out collective actions for breaches of competition law. The regime for such actions…

More court documents to be accessible by non-parties

United Kingdom - November 18 2025 A pilot is being launched in the Commercial Court (including the London Circuit Commercial Court) and the Financial List (Commercial Court and…

Director not a party to the contract may nevertheless sue under its jurisdiction clause

United Kingdom - October 24 2025 The dispute arose out of a sale and purchase agreement (SPA) of April 2019 between the defendant, Gottex Real Asset Fund 1 (OE) Waste S.À.R.L (OE…

Evidence is everything: strike out application dismissed as "hopeless and speculative" in the Insolvency and Companies Court - A Company -v- Visionary Future LLC & ors.

United Kingdom - September 16 2025 The Insolvency and Companies Court, in A Company -v- Visionary Future LLC & Ors. (unreported), has dismissed an application by a company seeking to…

Privilege update: Like the Emperor's new clothes, the shareholder rule doesn't really exist

United Kingdom - September 2 2025 Back Late last year, we reported a bold decision of the High Court which suggested that the shareholder rule did not exist in English law, despite a…

Supreme Court upholds strict fiduciary profit rule in Rukhadze v Recovery Partners

United Kingdom - August 6 2025 Earlier this year, the UK Supreme Court in Rukhadze & others v Recovery Partners & another [2025] UKSC 10 reaffirmed the strict equitable principles…

Court of Appeal draws the line on "mini-trials" in freezing injunction challenges - Mold Investments Limited v Holloway and ors [2025] EWCA Civ 986

United Kingdom - July 30 2025 The Court of Appeal has handed down a significant judgment on the correct procedural approach where a defendant seeks to set aside a freezing order…

Exploring Breach of Mandate Claims - Banking Quincecare claims and asset recovery after the Supreme Court ruling of Philipp v Barclays Bank Plc [2023]

Hong Kong, United Kingdom - July 29 2025 Quincecare claims garnered renewed attention after the Supreme Court decision in Philipp v Barclays Bank UK plc [2023] UKSC 25 ("Philipp v Barclays…

London International Disputes Week 2025

United Kingdom - June 5 2025 A central theme raised by the athletes related to the mindset of continuous growth through structured feedback. In the sporting realm, formal…

London International Disputes Week 2025 - Cultural differences and practices in arbitration in the Middle East

Middle East, United Kingdom - June 5 2025 Cultural differences and jurisdictional variations can impact upon arbitration processes in the Middle East. From the selection of arbitrators to the…