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Nottingham Attacks Survivors Give Their First Interview

Survivors of the Nottingham Attacks have given their first and only TV interview following the June 2023 attack. They shared their experience and hopes for the upcoming Inquiry, as well as what it means for the city...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Rothera Bray

UK Supreme Court Definition Of "Woman" Does Not Alter Irish Position

Following the decision of the UK Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Limited v the Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 that the legal definition of a "woman"...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Matheson

Court Of Appeal Endorses Orgatex T-25/23 In Safestand v Weston

In this Court of Appeal case ([2025] EWCA Civ 374), Safestand successfully appealed a High Court ruling that their designs were invalid.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Boult Wade Tennant

Penalty Shootout: The English Court Provides Welcome Clarification On Test For Penalty Clauses

The English Court recently handed down judgment in the first quantum trial in FW Aviation (Holdings) 1 Ltd v VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company, a long-running dispute arising from a collapsed COVID-era aircraft leasing agreement.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Dechert

Supreme Court Judgment Explained: Cutting Through The Noise

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herrington Carmichael

Procedural Unfairness In The First-tier Tribunal

United Kingdom Litigation

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Devonshires

What To Expect During Extradition Proceedings (30 April 2025)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

The Law Of The Arbitration Agreement Meets Russia-Related Anti-Suit Injunctions: The United Kingdom Supreme Court's Decision In UniCredit Bank GmbH v. RusChemAlliance LLC

United Kingdom Litigation

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WilmerHale

Horizontal Agreements: Is Arbitration Part Of The Rules Of The Game?

United Kingdom Litigation

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A&O Shearman

The UK Arbitration Act 2025: A New Era For Arbitration In England And Wales

United Kingdom Litigation

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Habib Al Mulla and Partners

Discontinuing Claimants To Pay Costs Despite Allegations Of Interference (BB And Others v Al Khayyat And Others)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Chalet Land, A Possession Claim, An Application For Summary Judgement And Strike Out – What Could Go Wrong?

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

When Is A Clause A Condition Precedent?

United Kingdom Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

Asymmetric Jurisdiction Clauses – The EU's Highest Court Gives Its View

European Union Litigation

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Mayer Brown

Neurodiversity In The Workplace - Employment Law Webinar (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Higgs LLP

Corporate Finance Soundbite: Mergerspresso (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Addleshaw Goddard

Health Data Research Service To Provide Single Point Of Access To NHS Data In The United Kingdom

United Kingdom Healthcare

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A&O Shearman

UPC's First Annual Report – A Brief Overview

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

Real Estate & Projects Newsletter & Vlog: April 2025 (Video)

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Devonshires

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Enforcement of Foreign Judgments

International Arbitration

Disclosure & Electronic Discovery & Privilege

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

In a recent judgment, the High Court discharged a worldwide freezing injunction and an access and imaging order obtained by J&J Snack Foods Corporation and ICEE Corporation (ICEE) against Ralph Peters & Sons...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

High Court Considers Without Prejudice Privilege In The Mediation Context

In Pentagon Food Group Ltd v B Cadman Ltd, the High Court ruled that mediation privilege does not extend beyond traditional without prejudice privilege, and clarified the use of misrepresentation claims and the Unilever Exception to admit evidence from mediation in certain circumstances.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

Spotlight On Reporting Privilege

On 13 December 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment in Iqbal v Geo TV [2024] EWCA Civ 1566 considering in some detail the defence of statutory qualified privilege against a libel claim.

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

7 Tips For Maintaining Privilege (Video)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Memery Crystal

Recovery Of Evidence (Scotland) V Disclosure (England) – A Tale Of Two Countries

United Kingdom Litigation

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Use Of Artificial Intelligence In E-Discovery

United Kingdom Technology

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Alvarez & Marsal

The Libel Bible: No Need To Be Defenceless To Defamation

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gowling WLG

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Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

What VE Day Can Teach Us About Divorce: Finding Peace After Difficulties At Home

As we reflect on VE Day, it is natural to look back on the end of one of the most difficult periods in global history, and to celebrate the rebuilding and renewal that followed.

United Kingdom Family

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Parker Bullen

Penalty Shootout: The English Court Provides Welcome Clarification On Test For Penalty Clauses

The English Court recently handed down judgment in the first quantum trial in FW Aviation (Holdings) 1 Ltd v VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company, a long-running dispute arising from a collapsed COVID-era aircraft leasing agreement.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Dechert

"Help! I Found Out My Ex-Partner Is Moving Abroad Tomorrow With Our Child".

Learning that your child's other parent or guardian intends to move abroad and take your child with them can be extremely distressing and is likely to raise a host of emotional...

United Kingdom Family

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Herrington Carmichael

Tax Investigations And Disputes Newsletter - April 2025

United Kingdom Tax

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Macfarlanes LLP

What To Expect During Extradition Proceedings (30 April 2025)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

The Value Of Mediation When Family And Finances Are At Stake

United Kingdom Family

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Barnes Law

The Law Of The Arbitration Agreement Meets Russia-Related Anti-Suit Injunctions: The United Kingdom Supreme Court's Decision In UniCredit Bank GmbH v. RusChemAlliance LLC

United Kingdom Litigation

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WilmerHale

Commonhold: Love Thy Neighbour

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Travers Smith LLP

Horizontal Agreements: Is Arbitration Part Of The Rules Of The Game?

United Kingdom Litigation

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A&O Shearman

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European Union

Decision On The Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) (Scotland) Act 2009

The Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) (Scotland) Act 2009 (" 2009 Act") came into force on 17 June 2009 in response to the October 2007 House of Lords decision in Rothwell v Chemical Insulating Co Limited.

United Kingdom Litigation

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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

The ATA Case against the EU ETS

On 16 December 2009 the Air Transport Association of America (ATA) and three US airlines (American, Continental and United) commenced their long-threatened action against the inclusion of aviation in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

United Kingdom Environment

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Clyde & Co

European Mediation Update

The EU Mediation Directive 2008/52/EC (the Directive) was adopted on 23 April 2008 and came into force on 13 June 2008.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Matthew Arnold & Baldwin

Blow to Campaigners for Change to Privilege Rules in the EU Competition Law Context

United Kingdom Litigation

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Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP

MC99 And The ECJ: Advocate General Opinion On Baggage Limits

United Kingdom Transport

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Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP

Anti-Suit Injunctions: The ECJ Decision of 10 February 2009 in the West Tankers Case

European Union Litigation

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Mayer Brown

One Step Nearer a Unified European Patent Litigation System

European Union IP

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Mayer Brown

Time May Be Up For Insurance Pools And Other Agreements

United Kingdom Insurance

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Holman Fenwick Willan

Coleman v. Attridge Law - Impact Of ECJ´s Ruling On Associative Disability Discrimination´

United Kingdom Employment

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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

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Court Procedure

Employment Law General Update – April 2025

Lots of updates in this month's newsletter. New entitlements came into force at the beginning of the month with regard to neonatal care leave and statutory pay.

Worldwide Employment

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Dixcart UK

The Great British Serve-Off: Serving Claims On Non-Resident Defendants Associated With English Companies

Where a defendant is associated with an English company (as an officer or a person with significant control) and they are registered at Companies House with a service address in England...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

What To Expect During Extradition Proceedings (30 April 2025)

Extradition is the legal process where a person is surrendered by one country to another for the purposes of being prosecuted, sentenced for a criminal offence...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

TOLATA Claims - A Guide For Cohabiting Or Unmarried Couples

United Kingdom Family

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Higgs LLP

Supreme Court Revisits A Trustee's Duty To Account For Unauthorised Profits: Rukhadze v Recovery Partners GP Ltd [2025] UKSC 10

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Conflicts Of Interest As An Executor

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mortlake Law & Mediation

Motor Finance Commission In The Supreme Court – Predicting The Impact On Credit Brokers And Other Professionals

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

The Arbitration Act 2025: A Welcome Fine-Tuning Of England's Arbitration Law

United Kingdom Litigation

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Baker Botts LLP

Implications For The Platform Operators, As The Scope Of Essential Facilities Doctrine Is Further Curtailed By Android Auto Ruling

United Kingdom Litigation

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Macfarlanes LLP

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Latest Videos

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Academic Appeals (Video)

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IBB Law

2 Minutes With… Nick Leigh (Video)

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Memery Crystal

Gatehouse Chambers Brew: Professional Negligence – In Case You Missed It! (Video)

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Gatehouse Chambers

Mediation Matters - A Podcast On Family Mediation (Video)

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Simons Muirhead & Burton

International Arbitration Review Of The Year 2024 (Video)

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Quadrant Chambers

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