Litigation Notes

English High Court holds English court judgments can be enforced in the United Arab Emirates

In the context of an application for security for costs on the basis that the claimant was resident in the United Arab Emirates ("UAE"), the High Court …

Article published - Massive overdisclosure: bucking the trend

A recent High Court decision has gone against the trend of more than two decades of disclosure reform, in which the aim has generally been to reduce the …

Court of Appeal finds disclosure to party's US lawyers breached embargo on draft judgment, but no further steps taken

The Court of Appeal has held that, where a judgment was provided in draft to parties and their legal representatives under embargo in advance of being …

Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 17: General update

High Court considers application of gateways for service out of the jurisdiction to cryptoassets removed from the jurisdiction

Supreme Court strikes out Quincecare claim where no loss suffered by insolvent Ponzi scheme

The Supreme Court has upheld the Court of Appeal's decision to strike out a claim brought by the liquidators of a Ponzi scheme against its correspondent …

Class Actions in England and Wales podcast series: Episode 2 - Competition claims

Court of Appeal finds limitation period may start to run before deadline for payment of debt

High Court decision shows need for clear evidence if trying to prevent use of privileged material disclosed in error

In a recent decision, the High Court has refused an injunction to prevent the claimants' use of privileged material which the defendants claimed to have …

Court of Appeal finds settlement agreement released unknown fraud claims despite lack of express words to that effect

Disclosure: High Court directs party to identify which current and ex-employees have been asked for/given consent to search for documents on their personal devices

Court orders contempt proceedings to be brought in respect of possible breaches of embargo on draft judgment

The High Court has decided on its own initiative to issue contempt proceedings on the basis that certain posts on the Slack messaging platform and the …