Litigation Notes

Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 31: General update

Civil Justice Council's final report on litigation funding recommends "light touch" statutory regulation

Group Litigation Orders: Only part of the picture 25 years on

Court lambasts citation of fake authorities in proceedings and orders wasted costs

The court's judgment has also been sent to the legal professional regulators, and the lawyers involved have been called before the court to explain …

Asymmetric jurisdiction clauses: when will they be effective?

High Court grants banks' request to revoke final anti-suit injunctions in their favour but refuses to revoke declarations on jurisdiction

High Court grants permission to rely on inadvertently disclosed privileged documents where the mistake was not obvious

Court of Appeal decision shows possibility of parallel proceedings inherent in asymmetric jurisdiction clauses

Court of Appeal finds issuance of non-conformance report was a condition precedent to obtaining delay payment under IT contract

Supreme Court confirms the types of defendant who can be liable for fraudulent trading

Supreme Court confirms fiduciary must account even for profits that would have been made without the breach of duty

The decision confirms that a "but for" causation analysis based on a hypothetical counterfactual is not relevant in determining the scope of an account …

High Court declines to extend time for defendant to challenge court's jurisdiction, despite claim form having been served out of time