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The role of AI in litigation is receiving increasing focus. In this briefing, we take a quick look at some ways in which AI is already used in the conduct of litigation and how it will be used in the future.

Discussion of the European Commission's proposed Directive setting up a new anti-corruption framework.

Consideration of the Court of Appeal judgment in Warburton v The Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset [2023] EWCA Civ 209.

Helpful guidance on the courts’ approach to defendants who seek to use foreign court procedures to gather evidence to support their defence to English litigation.

The Court of Appeal has provided significant guidance on the principles applicable to the interpretation of settlement agreements.

Our investigations and white collar crime team have produced an article discussing how a failure to prevent fraud offence will change the landscape for fraud investigations and compliance in the UK.

In the recent case of Benkert UK Ltd v Paint Dispensing Ltd [2022] CSIH 55, the Scottish Appeal Court dismissed an appeal which challenged the reasonableness of a limitation of liability clause under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977.

UK P&I Club N.V. & Anor v Republica Bolivariana De Venezuela [2022] EWHC 1655 (Comm) provides guidance on the factors the English courts will consider when deciding whether a state should benefit from state immunity and whether injunctive relief can be granted against a state.

Members of our Litigation and Derivatives teams have written an article discussing the impact of the judgment in Grant & Ors v FR Acquisitions Corporation and (Europe) Ltd & JFV Firth Rixson Inc [2022] EWHC 2532 (Ch) which offers important new guidance on when an Event of Default is ‘continuing’ under both the 1992 and 2002 versions of the ISDA Master Agreement.

The recent Commercial Court decision in Jinxin Inc. v Aser Media Pte Ltd & Ors [2022] EWHC 2431 (Comm) provides helpful guidance on when a split trial (i.e. where issues in a case are decided in separate stages) will be ordered by the court.