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Commercial Litigation Round-Up – April 2025

May 06, 2025

Ruth Cowley Antony Corsi Claire Irwin Holly Stebbing Amy Joan Armitage Andrew Judkins
Ruth Cowley Antony Corsi Claire Irwin Holly Stebbing Amy Joan Armitage Andrew Judkins
Posted in Business and human rights Contractual interpretation Procedural Privilege and disclosure Governing law and jurisdiction Group action litigation
Catch up on important legal developments in the past 4 months

Finance litigation trends: Spring 2025 update

April 24, 2025

Harriet Jones-Fenleigh James Lockwood Samson Spanier Jonathan Hawkins Rahul Mansigani
Harriet Jones-Fenleigh James Lockwood Samson Spanier Jonathan Hawkins Rahul Mansigani
Posted in Group action litigation Contractual interpretation Fraud Governing law and jurisdiction Mis-selling and Misrepresentation FinTech Derivatives Cryptoassets White-collar crime
Our team focuses on several key financial litigation cases, developments and hot topics to help in-house counsel to stay up to date.

Supply chain liability: Court of Appeal allows claims against UK companies for alleged forced labour by Malaysian supplier to be heard in English courts

April 04, 2025

Stuart Neely Lise Smit
Stuart Neely Lise Smit
Posted in Business and human rights Environmental and social governance (ESG) Governing law and jurisdiction Group action litigation Procedural
Discussing the recent decision in Limbu & Ors v Dyson Technology Ltd & Ors [2024] EWCA Civ 1564

Limitations to Ralli Bros rule on illegality at place of performance

April 02, 2025

James Lockwood Adam Sanitt Scott Speirs Tudor Plapcianu
James Lockwood Adam Sanitt Scott Speirs Tudor Plapcianu
Posted in Commodities Governing law and jurisdiction
Discussing the recent case of Litasco SA v Banque El Amana SA [2025] EWHC 312 (Comm)

High Court refuses anti-suit injunction seeking to stop pre-emptive challenge to arbitration award

April 01, 2025

Holly Stebbing Paul Stothard Joseph Bentley
Holly Stebbing Paul Stothard Joseph Bentley
Posted in Governing law and jurisdiction Procedural
Our team considers the recent decision in Star Hydro Power Limited v National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited [2024] EWHC 3258 (Comm).

The New Arbitration Act 2025: enhancing London’s prestige as a centre for international arbitration?

March 04, 2025

Ruth Cowley Paul Stothard Holly Stebbing Huaxin Ong Courtney Rodda Majdie Hajjar
Ruth Cowley Paul Stothard Holly Stebbing Huaxin Ong Courtney Rodda Majdie Hajjar
Posted in Procedural Governing law and jurisdiction
Our team considers the key reforms in the Arbitration Act 2025 which received Royal Assent on 24 February 2025.

Commercial Litigation Round-Up – Dec 2024

December 20, 2024

Ruth Cowley Antony Corsi Claire Irwin Holly Stebbing Amy Joan Armitage Andrew Judkins Charlotte Hornby
Ruth Cowley Antony Corsi Claire Irwin Holly Stebbing Amy Joan Armitage Andrew Judkins Charlotte Hornby
Posted in Contractual interpretation Governing law and jurisdiction Group action litigation LIBOR discontinuation Privilege and disclosure Procedural
Catch up on important legal developments in the past 4 months.

International Arbitration Report: Issue 22 out now

December 10, 2024

Kevin O'Gorman Ruth Cowley Paul Stothard
Kevin O'Gorman Ruth Cowley Paul Stothard
Posted in Commodities Environmental and social governance (ESG) Governing law and jurisdiction Procedural Sovereign disputes
The latest version of our International Arbitration Report produced by the global International Arbitration team has just been released.

TR v Land Hessen – DPA not obliged to fine under the GDPR

November 29, 2024

Shan Nanayakkara
Shan Nanayakkara
Posted in Business and human rights Governing law and jurisdiction Procedural
Reviewing the recent decision in TR v Land Hessen (C‑768/21).

A tale of three cities: Why parties should specify the governing law of their arbitration agreement

November 13, 2024

Amy Joan Armitage Madeline Rose Hallwright
Amy Joan Armitage Madeline Rose Hallwright
Posted in Governing law and jurisdiction Procedural
Our international arbitration team, in conjunction with Turkish law firm Pekin Bayar Mizrah, have written an article discussing the importance of specifying the governing law of an arbitration agreement and the approach taken by different courts to determining the governing law.