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High Court Imposes Constructive Trust Over Properties Purchased With Misappropriated Company Funds

The decision also demonstrates that a party may, in appropriate circumstances, be bound by the factual findings made in earlier proceedings to which it was not a party.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Section 68 Challenge To Arbitral Award Succeeds Over Implied Term

The Circuit Commercial Court has allowed a challenge to an arbitral award under section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Act”) finding that there was a serious irregularity where a sole arbitrator...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mayer Brown

State Immunity And ICSID Awards: The UK Supreme Court Joins International Consensus On Enforcement

On 4 March 2026, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (the "Supreme Court") held in Kingdom of Spain v Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.À.R.L. and Republic of Zimbabwe v Border Timbers Ltd that Spain...

Worldwide Litigation

Aceris Law

A Taxing SLAPP: The First Judicial Test Of The UK's Anti-SLAPP Regime

The landmark defamation judgment in Kamal v Tax Policy Associates & Mr Daniel Neidle [2026] EWHC 551 (KB) represents the first occasion on which a court has applied the statutory regime...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

Court Of Appeal Strengthens Anti-Suit Enforcement: NW2 v Tecnimont [2026]

United Kingdom Litigation

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Barnes Law

A Decision In The Italian Supreme Court Brings Clarity To The Recognition Of Foreign Judgements In Civil Suits, Awarding Punitive Damages

United Kingdom Litigation

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Giambrone & Partners

You (Don’t) Pays Your Money And You (Still) Takes Your Choice

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Kounis v Critchlow And Associates Ltd [2026] EWHC 693 (KB)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

A SLAPP On The Wrist For Arka Wealth As High Court Rejects Defamation Claim

United Kingdom Litigation

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Court Of Appeal Finds Expert's Determination Was Not Manifestly In Error

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The "£ In, £ Out” Argument: The Court Of Appeal’s Definition Of Loss In Afan Valley V Lupton Fawcett.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Statement About Week Five Of Nottingham Inquiry As Survivors Prepare To Give Evidence

United Kingdom Litigation

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Rothera Bray

How To Resolve Boundary Disputes: What 5 Years Of Practice Has Taught Me (23 March 2026)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Are You An Unwitting Sponsor – Could You Be A More Effective Conscious Sponsor?

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Al And Service Clauses Considerations For Commercial Dispute Lawyers (Video)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

The Business Behind Sport: What Makes Sports Sponsorship (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Episode 18: Massive Attack Helped Me Build A Multi-million Pound Business (Video)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Alvarez & Marsal

SFDR 2.0 In Focus: Key Industry Pressure Points And Early Signals From Council And European Parliament

European Union Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Hotels Unpacked - A Glimpse Into The World Of Luxury With Rocco Forte Hotels (Podcast)

United Kingdom Finance

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Macfarlanes LLP

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International Arbitration

Enforcement of Foreign Judgments

Disclosure & Electronic Discovery & Privilege

Using AI In Disclosure: A Roundtable Discussion

AI is increasingly being discussed – and used – as a way to navigate the challenges posed by large-scale disclosure exercises, which have become a defining feature of modern litigation.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Navigating Legal Privilege Issues When Using AI

The recent explosion in artificial intelligence adoption in the workplace has led to the creation of whole new categories of documents, in the form of prompts and artificial intelligence outputs...

United Kingdom Technology

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

High Court Finds Iniquity Exception To Privilege Applied, But Not On A Blanket Basis

The High Court has held that the iniquity exception to privilege applied in respect of certain aspects of a transaction, so that no privilege attached to various categories of documents over which the defendants...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Settlement Terms In Litigation: High Court Upholds Confidentiality

United Kingdom Litigation

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Enyo Law

High Court Discharges Freezing And Imaging Orders Due To Lack Of Full And Frank Disclosure

United Kingdom Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

High Court Considers Without Prejudice Privilege In The Mediation Context

United Kingdom Litigation

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

Spotlight On Reporting Privilege

United Kingdom Litigation

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Devonshires

Witness Statements And Helping The Court

United Kingdom Litigation

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Defences To Defamation: A Quick Guide To Protecting Free Speech And Reputation

United Kingdom Litigation

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Ronald Fletcher Baker

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Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Section 68 Challenge To Arbitral Award Succeeds Over Implied Term

The Circuit Commercial Court has allowed a challenge to an arbitral award under section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Act”) finding that there was a serious irregularity where a sole arbitrator...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mayer Brown

FIDIC Notice Of Contractor Claim Under Sub-Clause 20.1 Required Where Variation Procedure Not Followed

Last year, I wrote in International Quarterly, Issue 40 about a recent Privy Council decision relating to a FIDIC-based contract and said it was a rare treat...

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

State Immunity And ICSID Awards: The UK Supreme Court Joins International Consensus On Enforcement

On 4 March 2026, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (the "Supreme Court") held in Kingdom of Spain v Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.À.R.L. and Republic of Zimbabwe v Border Timbers Ltd that Spain...

Worldwide Litigation

Aceris Law

A Taxing SLAPP: The First Judicial Test Of The UK's Anti-SLAPP Regime

United Kingdom Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

Court Of Appeal Strengthens Anti-Suit Enforcement: NW2 v Tecnimont [2026]

United Kingdom Litigation

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Barnes Law

How To Resolve Boundary Disputes: What 5 Years Of Practice Has Taught Me (23 March 2026)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Contract Strategies For Supply Chain Resilience In A Turbulent Global Landscape

United Kingdom Commercial

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Womble Bond Dickinson

Final Means Final: Court Of Appeal Strikes Down Perpetual Amendment Clause

United Kingdom Litigation

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A&O Shearman

Safety And Sanctuary: Protecting Yourself And Your Children During A Relationship Breakdown

United Kingdom Family

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Giambrone & Partners

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Court Procedure

A Decision In The Italian Supreme Court Brings Clarity To The Recognition Of Foreign Judgements In Civil Suits, Awarding Punitive Damages

The Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione), on 30 November 2025, upheld the Rome Court of Appeal’s decision in support of the judgment in recognition of a Californian judgment to oblige two Italian nationals to pay treble damages...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Giambrone & Partners

TOLATA Costs And Mediation: Smart Strategies To Resolve Property Disputes (11 March 2026)

Property disputes can become extraordinarily expensive, particularly when they escalate to full court proceedings. Understanding the costs involved in TOLATA...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

TOLATA Orders And Court Proceedings: What To Expect When Taking Your Property Dispute To Court (6 March 2026)

When property disputes between co-owners cannot be resolved through negotiation, court proceedings under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA) may become necessary.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Court Of Appeal Finds English Courts Lack Jurisdiction Over Sanctioned Individual Who Is Not Permitted To Enter The UK

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Can A Third Party Rely On An Exclusive Jurisdiction Clause? What Campeau v Gottex Means For SPA Disputes

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gowling WLG

Can A Family Member Be With Them During Mental Capacity Assessment? (Video)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Competition Appeal Tribunal Makes First Damages Award Under Collective Proceedings Regime

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

The Pre-Action Protocol In Immigration Judicial Review

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

Civil Procedure Cheat Sheet For U.S. Federal Trial Courts: Rules, Steps & Deadlines

United Kingdom Litigation

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IR Global

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Sovereign Immunity: Public Sector Government

State Immunity And ICSID Awards: The UK Supreme Court Joins International Consensus On Enforcement

On 4 March 2026, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (the "Supreme Court") held in Kingdom of Spain v Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.À.R.L. and Republic of Zimbabwe v Border Timbers Ltd that Spain...

Worldwide Litigation

Aceris Law

UK Supreme Court Confirms Sovereign Immunity Is No Defence To ICSID Award Enforcement

Kingdom of Spain (Appellant) v Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.À.R.L. and another (Respondents); Republic of Zimbabwe (Appellant) v Border Timbers Ltd and another (Respondents) [2026] UKSC 9, 4 March 2026...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Baker Botts LLP

UK Supreme Court Confirms No Sovereign Immunity For ICSID Award Enforcement

The United Kingdom Supreme Court has held that Contracting States to the ICSID Convention cannot claim sovereign immunity to resist enforcement of ICSID awards against them.

United Kingdom Litigation

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WilmerHale

No Shield For Sovereigns: UK Supreme Court Rejects Immunity Arguments In Enforcement Of ICSID Awards

United Kingdom Litigation

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A&O Shearman

Airwave Abuse Of Dominance Claim Certified: Pragmatism And A Class-wide Lens

United Kingdom Litigation

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Macfarlanes LLP

The Yukos Enforcement Saga In The US Courts: D.C. Federal Appeals Court Directs Lower Court To Decide Question Of Issue Estoppel

Worldwide Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Sovereign Immunity In Subscription Credit Facilities: UK

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mayer Brown

For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Minister – Impact On Charities

United Kingdom Litigation

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Withers LLP

Supreme Court Judgment Explained: Cutting Through The Noise

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herrington Carmichael

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Latest Videos

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Nottingham Attacks Inquiry Begins (Video)

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Rothera Bray

If A Child Has An EHCP In Place, Do They Also Need A Care Plan? (Video)

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

In Conversation With Kevin Nash: The LCIA And The Future Of Institutional Arbitration (Podcast)

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Higgs LLP In Conversation With Nicholas Georgevic, Chairman Of Scrivens (Video)

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Higgs LLP

What Is Mediation? (Video)

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IBB Law

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