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UK Government To Mitigate Impact Of Supreme Court's 2023 Decision On Litigation Funding In PACCAR

On 17 December, the Minister of State for Justice, Sarah Sackman KC MP, announced that the UK Government intends to take action to mitigate the impact of the 2023 Supreme Court judgment in PACCAR...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mayer Brown

UK Supreme Court Decision Creates Heightened Risk For Canadian Parent Companies With Overseas Subsidiaries

A recent United Kingdom Supreme Court decision has lowered the bar for the argument that a UK company may be responsible for the tortious actions of its overseas subsidiary.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Miller Thomson LLP

A Landmark Shift In Third-Party Contract Enforcement: HNW v Lawrence [2025] EWHC 908 (Ch)

In HNW Lending Ltd v Lawrence [2025] EWHC 908 (Ch), the High Court decided that third party contract enforcement is possible where a contract expressly states...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Barnes Law

GSY Hospitality Ltd v Gladstone Court Developments Ltd

GSY sought summary judgment in proceedings arising out of an expert determination in relation to the development of a luxury hotel.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

Cross-post: Commercial Court Finds No Implied Term Necessary To Give Business Efficacy Where Agreement Allocated Risk Between The Parties

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

UK FCA Issues Final Guidance On Non-financial Misconduct: Judgement Is Essential

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

2025 English Commercial Arbitration Round-Up

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Fireworks For Fiduciaries? Bonfire Night Judgment Raises Questions About Trustees' Behaviour In Litigation

United Kingdom Litigation

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Macfarlanes LLP

Fraud Unravels All: Judgment Can Be Set Aside Against Non-fraudulent Parties

United Kingdom Litigation

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Macfarlanes LLP

UK Government Intends Third-Party Funding Regulatory Streamlining

United Kingdom Litigation

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Crowell & Moring LLP

UK Government Confirms Plans To Legislate To Reverse PACCAR And Restore Clarity For Litigation Funding

United Kingdom Litigation

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Government To Legislate For Enforceability Of Litigation Funding Agreements Based On A Share Of Damages

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

New Year, New Procedures!

United Kingdom Litigation

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Teacher Stern

"Red Hand" Rule Revisited: Court Of Appeal Confirms Only Unusual And Onerous Clauses Need Special Warning

United Kingdom Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

Employer Compliance Essentials: Navigating The UK Right To Work Check Scheme (Podcast)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Mayer Brown

When Can Social Care Legally Remove Your Children? (4 December 2025) (Video)

United Kingdom Family

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Data Centres: Common Issues And How To Avoid Them (Video)

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

#DigitalFrontiers Podcast: AI, Law And Technology Insights (Podcast)

United Kingdom Technology

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Browne Jacobson

EU Digital Omnibus Proposals To Reform Data And AI Laws – The Leaked Version

United Kingdom Privacy

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Addleshaw Goddard

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International Arbitration

Disclosure & Electronic Discovery & Privilege

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

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

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

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Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

UK Government To Mitigate Impact Of Supreme Court's 2023 Decision On Litigation Funding In PACCAR

On 17 December, the Minister of State for Justice, Sarah Sackman KC MP, announced that the UK Government intends to take action to mitigate the impact of the 2023 Supreme Court judgment in PACCAR...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mayer Brown

Acer, Hisense, And ASUS Are Successful In Video Coding SEP Dispute With Nokia

The High Court has rejected Nokia's objections to the English Court's jurisdiction and granted interim licence declarations running until October 1, 2026.

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

Northfield Property Solutions Ltd v Dykes & Anor

The principal issue here for O'Farrell J was whether NPS was entitled to an extension of time for the issue of the claim form challenging an arbitration award beyond the 28-day statutory period.

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

Cross-post: Commercial Court Finds No Implied Term Necessary To Give Business Efficacy Where Agreement Allocated Risk Between The Parties

United Kingdom Litigation

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

2025 English Commercial Arbitration Round-Up

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

UK Government Confirms Plans To Legislate To Reverse PACCAR And Restore Clarity For Litigation Funding

United Kingdom Litigation

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Year, New Procedures!

United Kingdom Litigation

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Teacher Stern

Award Review Tribunals: Novel Concept One Step Closer To Becoming A Reality

United Kingdom Litigation

MB

Mayer Brown

Using Decision Analysis In Settlement Negotiations

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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Court Procedure

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

In this interview clip, award-winning capacity assessor Tim Farmer explains when and how family members or carers can be present during a mental capacity assessment.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Competition Appeal Tribunal Makes First Damages Award Under Collective Proceedings Regime

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has made its first damages award under the UK's collective proceedings regime, in favour of a class of around 36 million Apple device users.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

The Pre-Action Protocol In Immigration Judicial Review

If the decision is maintained, or no response is received within the specified timeframe, you can then submit an application for permission to apply for 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

You Snooze, You Lose At The UPC: Court Rejects New Arguments Presented Late In The Procedure

United Kingdom Litigation

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Boult Wade Tennant

UK Collective Proceedings: Mid-2025 Review

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Arnold & Porter

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

United Kingdom Litigation

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Overview Of The CJC's Final Report On Litigation Funding

United Kingdom Litigation

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

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

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

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Sovereign Immunity: Public Sector Government

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

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has certified an opt‑out collective action alleging that Motorola abused a dominant position by charging excessive and unfair prices for access to the Airwave emergency...

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

The court affirmed that district courts must assess the existence of an arbitration agreement under the FSIA, while issues of scope were typically for the tribunal...

Worldwide Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Sovereign Immunity In Subscription Credit Facilities: UK

Government pension plans, state endowment funds, sovereign wealth funds and other arms of sovereign states are often investors in funds which borrow under subscription credit facilities.

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

High Court Snags 'Fishing Expedition' For Health Data From Law Firm

United Kingdom Privacy

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Lewis Silkin

Public Sector Defined Benefit Pension CEVs And Divorce

United Kingdom Employment

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Stephens Scown

UK Court Of Appeal Overturns Judgment In Latest Italian Swaps Decision Concerning Corporate Capacity

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mayer Brown

UK Government Seeking To Increase Investment Diversity In The UK

Worldwide Strategy

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Dixcart Group Limited

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Latest Videos

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From Tragedy To Triumph: Eliezer's Journey After A Life-Changing Accident (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

Academic Appeals (Video)

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IBB Law

7 Tips For Maintaining Privilege (Video)

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Memery Crystal

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