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No Way Out: The Service Out Gap For Freezing Orders Supporting English Judgments
The Court of Appeal has clarified the jurisdictional limits of freezing orders in cross-border enforcement, examining whether English courts can grant worldwide freezing orders against foreign respondents when seeking to enforce domestic judgments. This ruling distinguishes between the procedural gateways available for domestic versus foreign judgment enforcement and underscores that jurisdictional requirements cannot be overcome by the strength of the underlying claim alone.
United Kingdom Litigation
GT
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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Court Of Appeal Rules That Clients Cannot Seek Disclosure Of Secret Commissions As Part Of An Assessment Of Their Solicitors’ Bill
The Court of Appeal has ruled that clients cannot use the solicitor-client assessment process to investigate whether their solicitors received secret commissions from ATE insurers. This judgment in Turner v Coupland Cavendish Limited raises important questions about how clients can effectively challenge undisclosed financial arrangements when traditional remedies may be prohibitively expensive.
United Kingdom Litigation
KL
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
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County Durham Breast Cancer Failings: Is It Time For A Public Inquiry?
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is reviewing up to 4,500 breast cancer cases following revelations that hundreds of patients suffered harm, including delayed diagnoses and unnecessary surgeries. With concerns reportedly raised since 2015, legal experts argue the scale of failings warrants an independent public inquiry to ensure accountability and prevent similar healthcare failures.
United Kingdom Litigation
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Rothera Bray
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Libel & Defamation

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Protecting Reputation In The AI Era: How To Prepare, Monitor And Respond
AI has fundamentally altered how reputation is shaped, with AI-powered search engines now delivering authoritative-seeming summaries rather than traditional search results. From deepfakes and voice cloning to coordinated review bombing and bot-driven harassment campaigns, the threats are evolving rapidly—but so are the defensive tools available to those who understand how to deploy them strategically.
United Kingdom Media & IT
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Mishcon de Reya
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Protecting Reputation In The AI Era: Legal Levers For AI-driven Reputational Harm
AI-generated content poses unprecedented reputational threats, from deepfakes to coordinated bot campaigns. While English law lacks AI-specific remedies, existing legal frameworks—including harassment protections, defamation claims, and the Online Safety Act 2023—offer powerful tools for those who act decisively. The emerging question of AI liability itself remains untested, focusing attention on the human decisions behind AI deployment.
United Kingdom Litigation
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Mishcon de Reya
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Court Procedure

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Arms Dealers Each Sentenced To 16 Years Jail
Two UK arms dealers, David Greenhalgh and Christos Farmakis, received 16-year prison sentences for illegally supplying prohibited military equipment to sanctioned destinations including Libya, Sudan, and South Sudan. The UK judiciary published detailed sentencing remarks outlining the court's reasoning, aggravating factors, and the unprecedented nature of these export control violations spanning seven years.
United Kingdom International
DM
Duane Morris LLP
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No Way Out: The Service Out Gap For Freezing Orders Supporting English Judgments
The Court of Appeal has clarified the jurisdictional limits of freezing orders in cross-border enforcement, examining whether English courts can grant worldwide freezing orders against foreign respondents when seeking to enforce domestic judgments. This ruling distinguishes between the procedural gateways available for domestic versus foreign judgment enforcement and underscores that jurisdictional requirements cannot be overcome by the strength of the underlying claim alone.
United Kingdom Litigation
GT
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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Marka Hukukunda Sessiz Kriz: YİDK Kararlarının İptali Davalarındaki Çelişkiler
Turkish trademark law practitioners face significant procedural challenges when challenging decisions of the Re-examination and Evaluation Board (YİDK), particularly when seeking both the cancellation of administrative decisions and the invalidation of registered trademarks. This article examines the legal complexities arising from combining these distinct legal remedies in a single proceeding, including issues of jurisdiction, party standing, and evidentiary scope.
Turkey IP
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Gun + Partners
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Personal Injury

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Unacceptable Failures In Care: The County Durham Breast Cancer Scandal
The BBC has exposed a decade-long failure in breast cancer care at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, where hundreds of patients suffered harm and at least 20 women underwent unnecessary mastectomies. An ongoing review now extends back to 2015, examining up to 4,500 additional patient cases amid revelations of rushed consultations, ignored warnings, and systemic clinical governance failures that prioritized financial incentives over patient safety.
United Kingdom Healthcare
JS
JMW Solicitors LLP
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Gestational Diabetes On The Rise: Importance Of Screening And Monitoring
A study by researchers at the University of Edinburgh has recently revealed that 1 in 8 mothers in England are now diagnosed with diabetes whilst pregnant, amounting to an increase of 60% over the past 5 years. The biggest rises can be seen amongst women of colour (with cases in Asian women rising by 23% in the past 5 years), as well as those living in poverty (rising by 14% in 5 years).
United Kingdom Litigation
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JMW Solicitors LLP
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Disclosure & Electronic Discovery & Privilege

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How HMRC's New Information Gathering Powers May Apply To Your Advisers, Auditors And Beyond
HMRC's new anti-avoidance information notice regime grants broad investigative powers to gather information from persons suspected of connection to tax avoidance arrangements. The guidance reveals an expansive "connected person" test that may extend beyond promoters and taxpayers to include advisers, accountants, insurers and other professional service providers involved in making arrangements available, organizing them, or deriving benefits from them.
United Kingdom Tax
TLT
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Carter Ruck v SRA: High Court Decision Means SRA Cannot Compel Production Of Privileged Documents
The High Court has ruled that the Solicitors Regulation Authority cannot compel law firms to produce documents protected by legal professional privilege during regulatory investigations without client consent. This landmark decision challenges the SRA's longstanding enforcement strategy and raises critical questions about how effectively the regulator can investigate misconduct complaints, particularly from third parties, when clients refuse to waive privilege.
United Kingdom Litigation
KL
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
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Privilege Wins: High Court Blocks SRA’s Bid To Compel Privileged Client Files
A recent High Court decision has confirmed that the Solicitors Regulation Authority cannot compel law firms to produce documents protected by legal professional privilege, even during regulatory investigations. The ruling addresses a fundamental tension between the regulator's investigatory powers and one of English law's most fiercely guarded protections, with significant implications for how solicitors respond to statutory notices.
United Kingdom Commercial
WT
Winston Taylor
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