Europe: Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration

In the recent case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Minister [2025] UKSC 16, the Supreme Court considered the definition of 'sex' in the Equality Act 2010 (the 'Equality Act')

International Arbitration Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Turkey, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

It is widely acknowledged that international organisations proliferated in the aftermath of World War II, although preliminary forms had existed earlier.

I dette nyhedsbrev oplister vi en række nye og relevante afgørelser på entrepriseområdet, som kan være af relevans eller interesse for jeres virksomhed og organisation.

The ability to enforce court judgments across borders is crucial for individuals and businesses engaged in international commerce.

In this episode, Vanessa Naish and Liz Kantor are joined by their first external speaker, Kevin Nash, Director General of the London Court of International Arbitration.

Council Directive (EC) 86/653 on the coordination of the laws relating to commercial agents has been implemented in the UK by The Commercial Agents Regulations.

When Mr Bennett and six colleagues left the financial advisory business Towry to join a competitor, they were sued for breach of covenant.

In this recent case the Employment Appeal Tribunal ("EAT") held that an employee's unreasonable refusal to accept an offer of settlement can amount to a failure to mitigate loss, however not in the particular circumstances of this case.

The UK Supreme Court's decision in Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (In Administration) caps the extensive litigation.

When the DIFC Courts were established by Law 12 of 2004 ("Law 12") their jurisdiction was defined in Article 5 to be exclusive in relation to: a) civil or commercial cases and disputes involving the Centre or any of the Centre's Bodies or any of the Centre's Establishments; b) civil or commercial cases and disputes arising from or related to a contract that has been executed or a transaction that has been concluded, in whole or in part, in the Centre or an incident that has occurred in the Centr

From 1 December 2011 all persons occupying a pre-approval controlled function ("PCF") in a regulated financial service provider (other than credit unions) have been subject to the fitness and probity standards (the "Standards") issued by the Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") and the enforcement procedures as contained in Part III of the "Central Bank Reform Act 2010" ("the Act").