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Supreme Court Avoids Ruling On The Constitutionality Of Trump's Executive Order On Birthright Citizenship…For Now

On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts lack the authority to issue a "universal" injunction on President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Breaching A Court Embargo On A Draft Judgment Leads To Contempt Finding But No Further Punishment (R (Glaister And Carr) v Assistant Coroner For North Wales)

Dispute Resolution analysis: A solicitor and Publicity and Media Manager at a large law firm have been found to be in contempt of court following the disclosure of an embargoed judgment to members of the press prior to being handed down.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Beyond The Fine Print: Are Penalty Clauses Enforceable?

English law recognises the autonomy of contracting parties, subject to some exceptions in terms of consumer contracts and tenancy agreements. Parties are generally free to agree to the law...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Devonshires

Litigation Developments: England And Wales – Quarterly Update

Welcome to our latest quarterly bulletin (our first as Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer) which contains updates on commercial litigation developments over the past three months...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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

United Kingdom Litigation

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Withers LLP

New Points In The FTT

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Stephen Turner V Coupland Cavendish Limited – Priya Gopal Successful In High Court Appeal

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

MJF V University Hospitals Birmingham [2024] – The "Holmesian Fallacy" And The Limits Of A Put To Proof Defence

United Kingdom Litigation

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Pre-Existing Conditions In Psychiatric Personal Injury Claims

United Kingdom Litigation

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Riding The Risk: Micromobility In Personal Injury

United Kingdom Litigation

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Too Hot To Handle? Courtroom Heatwave Fails To Sway High Court Appeal

United Kingdom Litigation

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Devonshires

URS v BDW – Limitation, Pirelli, And The Reach Of Section 135 BSA 2022

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Should I Set Up My Own Firm?

United Kingdom Litigation

Kindleworth LLP

Why Set Up Your Own Law Firm?

United Kingdom Litigation

Kindleworth LLP

UK Government Announces Proposals For Reforming Immigration System

United Kingdom Immigration

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

How To Commit Accounting Fraud — Part 1

United Kingdom Criminal

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

The Long-awaited Draft Framework For The UK Regulatory Regime For Cryptoassets Has Arrived

United Kingdom Finance

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Addleshaw Goddard

A Practitioner's Perspective: Four Keys To Success For A AssS-To-AI Transition

United Kingdom Technology

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AlixPartners

UK To Tighten Immigration Rules: Highlights From The 2025 White Paper

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

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Disclosure & Electronic Discovery & Privilege

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

In Omanovic v Shamaazi Ltd & Anor [2025] EWHC 110 (KB), the High Court held that evidence of settlement terms agreed with two claimants was inadmissible...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Enyo Law

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

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

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

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Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Breaching A Court Embargo On A Draft Judgment Leads To Contempt Finding But No Further Punishment (R (Glaister And Carr) v Assistant Coroner For North Wales)

Dispute Resolution analysis: A solicitor and Publicity and Media Manager at a large law firm have been found to be in contempt of court following the disclosure of an embargoed judgment to members of the press prior to being handed down.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Connections Reforms: Gate 2 To Whole Queue Timeline And Challenges

The recently published National Energy System Operator's connections reform timetable requires all developers who have projects with existing signed connection agreements in place to apply...

United Kingdom Energy

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Beyond The Fine Print: Are Penalty Clauses Enforceable?

English law recognises the autonomy of contracting parties, subject to some exceptions in terms of consumer contracts and tenancy agreements. Parties are generally free to agree to the law...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Devonshires

New Points In The FTT

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

8 Key Takeaways From Our Litigation Risk For Audit & Risk Committees Webinar

United Kingdom Litigation

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Devonshires

Esports, Gaming Disputes And The Role Of The International Games And Esports Tribunal (IGET)

Worldwide Media & IT

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Novagraaf Group

Destin v Saipem: A Cautionary Tale On The Interplay Of Settlement Agreements And Arbitration Agreements

United Kingdom Litigation

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

Bridging Differences: The Role Of Mediation In Resolving Cross-Border Trust Disputes

United Kingdom Litigation

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Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Arbitration Of Trust Disputes

United Kingdom Litigation

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Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

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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

Litigation Funding Reforms: Clarity For UK Funders And Litigants Post-PACCAR

On 2 June 2025 the Civil Justice Council (a UK public body that advises on civil justice and civil procedure) ("CJC") issued its Review of Litigation Funding Final Report (the "Report").

United Kingdom Litigation

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Overview Of The CJC's Final Report On Litigation Funding

The Civil Justice Council's (CJC) Working Party on Litigation Funding, co-chaired by Dr John Sorabji and Mr Justice Simon Picken, published its Final Report on Litigation Funding on 2 June 2025.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Employment Law Case Update – May 2025

This month's roundup highlights several key decisions with important implications. When considering grievances, it's useful to consider the wider context of the situation even...

Worldwide Litigation

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Dixcart UK

Employment Law General Update – April 2025

Worldwide Employment

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Dixcart UK

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

United Kingdom Commercial

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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

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

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Latest Videos

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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

2 Minutes With… Nick Leigh (Video)

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Memery Crystal

Dispute Resolution Round-Up - July 2024 (Video)

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Travers Smith LLP

Mediation Matters - A Podcast On Family Mediation (Video)

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Simons Muirhead & Burton

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