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Nottingham Attacks Survivors’ Solicitor Responds To Unlawful Access Of Victims’ Medical Records

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has dismissed three staff members following data breach investigations related to the Nottingham Attacks case, with 14 additional staff receiving written warnings. Legal representatives for the survivors are calling for full transparency and thorough investigation details to be shared with affected clients and their legal teams.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Rothera Bray

The UK Court of Appeal takes a step towards arbitration of FRAND disputes

Lord Justice Arnold, giving the leading judgment in the Court of Appeal (CA), has ordered a permanent stay of FRAND proceedings (cancelling the trial set for June/July 2026) based on case management grounds, in a dispute between Nokia and Acer/ASUS (Acer Incorporated & Anor v Nokia Technologies Oy [2026] EWCA Civ 564, 12 May 2026).

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

London Arbitration: Finality Of Arbitration Awards And English Courts’ Reluctance To Interfere

London arbitration remains attractive to commercial parties because English law treats arbitration awards as final and binding, while the English courts continue to adopt a restrained approach to intervention.

Worldwide Litigation

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Barnes Law

Mediating With Solicitors Present – A Practical Guide To Hybrid Mediations

Hybrid mediation combines traditional family mediation with legal representation, allowing solicitors to participate alongside their clients in a confidential, without-prejudice environment.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

How To Prepare For Mediation As Counsel: Twelve Terrific Tips

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Why Are Disputes So Expensive – And Does It Have To Be This Way?

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gowling WLG

"Intra-Client" Documents: UK High Court Delivers Significant Judgment On Scope Of Legal Advice Privilege

United Kingdom Litigation

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Dechert

A Guide To Brain Injury Claims

United Kingdom Litigation

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Rothera Bray

ICC Arbitration Rules 2026: Faster And More Interventionist Arbitration

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Eiger v Ridge: A Cautionary Tale Worth £2.5 Million

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Cross-post: The UPC's Patent Mediation And Arbitration Centre (PMAC) To Commence Operation On 2 June 2026: A Turning Point For Patent Dispute Resolution?

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

English Commercial Court Rules That There Is No Recourse Against “Eye-Watering” Costs Award Under S68 Of The Act

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Third Parties And Jurisdiction Clauses: Lessons From Campeau v Gottex

United Kingdom Litigation

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Barnes Law

UK Collective Actions: Stricter Certification And What It Means For Funders

United Kingdom Litigation

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Biannual Banking Litigation Update (Spring 2026) (Video)

United Kingdom Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

UK Employment Rights Act 2025 – April 2026 Changes: What Employers Need To Know (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Síobhra Rush Speaks To RTÉ News On The Rights And Responsibilities In Taking Time Off Work (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

What Does A Typical Day Look Like For A Case Manager, When Working With CoP Clients? (Video)

United Kingdom Law Performance

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Property Newsletter: Spring Edition

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Gatehouse Chambers

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Enforcement of Foreign Judgments

International Arbitration

Disclosure & Electronic Discovery & Privilege

"Intra-Client" Documents: UK High Court Delivers Significant Judgment On Scope Of Legal Advice Privilege

The English High Court has issued groundbreaking guidance on legal advice privilege, addressing whether internal communications within a corporate client group can be protected when created for the purpose of seeking legal advice.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Dechert

Handy Client Guide To Privilege

This decision tree has been prepared as a quick reference to help determine which documents can be withheld on grounds of privilege under English law.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Access To UK Company Privileged Documents By Former Directors

In the High Court’s decision in Serendipity Centre Ltd v. Tinson, [2026] EWHC 349 (Ch), the court held that privilege could not be asserted against a former director over certain documents...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Handy Client Guide To Privilege – Newly Updated

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Proceed With Caution: AI Platforms And Privilege

United Kingdom Technology

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Goodwin Procter LLP

English High Court Rules Intra-Client Documents Can Attract Privilege

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mayer Brown

Internal Investigations Checklist

United Kingdom Criminal

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Mayer Brown

Protecting Legal Privilege When Using AI

United Kingdom Litigation

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A&O Shearman

The Application Of Legal Advice Privilege To Intra-Client Documents

United Kingdom Litigation

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Goodwin Procter LLP

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Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Landlord’s Flat And Right To Manage – Who Gets The Profit?

A recent Upper Tribunal decision clarifies whether income from guest suite bookings in retirement developments should be credited to service charges when management transfers to a right to manage company. The case examines lease construction principles and the treatment of facility usage fees in residential blocks.

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Gatehouse Chambers

The Launch Of The UPC’s PMAC – A New Route For Resolving Patent Disputes

The Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the Unified Patent Court has launched its Case Management System, offering parties a new confidential and expedited pathway for resolving patent disputes across Europe and beyond.

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

The UK Court of Appeal takes a step towards arbitration of FRAND disputes

Lord Justice Arnold, giving the leading judgment in the Court of Appeal (CA), has ordered a permanent stay of FRAND proceedings (cancelling the trial set for June/July 2026) based on case management grounds, in a dispute between Nokia and Acer/ASUS (Acer Incorporated & Anor v Nokia Technologies Oy [2026] EWCA Civ 564, 12 May 2026).

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

London Arbitration: Finality Of Arbitration Awards And English Courts’ Reluctance To Interfere

Worldwide Litigation

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Barnes Law

The Independent Football Regulator – An Overview

United Kingdom Commercial

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Lewis Silkin

Mediating With Solicitors Present – A Practical Guide To Hybrid Mediations

United Kingdom Litigation

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

How To Prepare For Mediation As Counsel: Twelve Terrific Tips

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

EU’s Age Verification App: A Technical Fix For A Fragmented Legal Landscape?

European Union Privacy

ZwillGen PLLC

Why Are Disputes So Expensive – And Does It Have To Be This Way?

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gowling WLG

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Court Procedure

Enforcing Foreign Bankruptcy Orders In England & Wales

Foreign bankruptcy and insolvency orders are not automatically enforceable in England and Wales. In most cases, recognition is the first step before a foreign officeholder or creditor can seek relief...

United Kingdom Insolvency

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Barnes Law

How To Prepare For Mediation As Counsel: Twelve Terrific Tips

Mediation is now a routine component of the litigation game. In Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council the court changed the traditional litigation rules..

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

London Arbitration: Finality Of Arbitration Awards And English Courts’ Reluctance To Interfere

London arbitration remains attractive to commercial parties because English law treats arbitration awards as final and binding, while the English courts continue to adopt a restrained approach to intervention.

Worldwide Litigation

BL

Barnes Law

Why Are Disputes So Expensive – And Does It Have To Be This Way?

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gowling WLG

Eiger v Ridge: A Cautionary Tale Worth £2.5 Million

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Compelling Evidence Of Harm Needed When Seeking To Restrain Publication Of Public Authority Decisions

United Kingdom Government

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

"Intra-Client" Documents: UK High Court Delivers Significant Judgment On Scope Of Legal Advice Privilege

United Kingdom Litigation

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Dechert

UK Collective Actions: Stricter Certification And What It Means For Funders

United Kingdom Litigation

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Third Parties And Jurisdiction Clauses: Lessons From Campeau v Gottex

United Kingdom Litigation

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Barnes Law

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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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A Global View Of International Arbitration Trends With Gary Born (Video)

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WilmerHale

Nottingham Attacks Inquiry Begins (Video)

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Rothera Bray

How Anthony Gold Secured Justice And Life-Changing Support For Jem After Catastrophic Injury (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

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