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A penalty shoot-out? Not for default interest rates
United Kingdom - December 5 2025 The High Court in Houssein and others v London Credit Limited and others [2025] EWHC 2749 (Ch) decided that a default interest rate of 4% compounding…
The Court considers "greater practical experience" of expert witnesses crucial in assessing applications for the disclosure of documents restricted by foreign law
United Kingdom - November 14 2025 In Aabar Holdings S.À.R.L v Glencore Plc & Others , the High Court dismissed applications to withhold documents relating to criminal investigations…
First (Brands) of many? US firm collapses rock private credit markets
United Kingdom, USA - November 6 2025 Since we last wrote about private credit in early September, the market has been rocked by the collapse of US car parts company First Brands. The…
Improving transparency: new rules on public access to documents in proceedings
United Kingdom - October 31 2025 From 1 January 2026, new rules will come into force in the Commercial Court, London Circuit Commercial Court and Financial List with the aim of…
Private Credit, Increasingly Public Problems
United Kingdom - September 9 2025 50% growth in the past four years has seen private credit become a $2-3 trillion-a-year asset class impacting every sector of the global economy, but…
The Competition Appeal Tribunal provides further guidance on "standard requirements" in CPO Applications
United Kingdom - September 4 2025 Please note this article is focussed on the "standard requirements" identified by the Tribunal and does not look in depth at the underlying claims…
Margin calls in times of market turbulence
United Kingdom - July 2 2025 In times of increased market volatility, one of the few things that is certain is an increased likelihood of margin calls. As markets fluctuate and…
The trends for LIDW25
United Kingdom - June 30 2025 With London International Disputes Week 2025 now wrapped up, we are reflecting on what it might tell us about the evolution of the disputes landscape…
UK CAT Collective Proceedings - Summer 2025 update
United Kingdom - May 28 2025 Since our last update in the Summer of 2024 (see here), there have been a significant number of important developments in the UK’s competition…
Good reason or not? Court of Appeal clarifies rule on non-party access to court documents
United Kingdom - January 28 2025 The Court of Appeal has confirmed that a non-party does not have a right of access to documents on the court record by default (Derek Moss v The…
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