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Supreme Court reformulates test for when a claim will fail due to illegality
The Supreme Court has established a new approach to the question of whether a defendant will be able to rely on the defence of illegality: Patel …
Managing risk: a disputes perspective
This recent Herbert Smith Freehills conference, which was attended by over 90 clients, explored some key legal and compliance risks facing major …
Our new global cross-border M&A report: litigation risk likely to increase
Litigation risk is a mounting problem for businesses pursuing cross-border M&A, with almost three-quarters of companies questioned for Herbert Smith …
Article published: the private enforcement of competition law in the EU
Competition law private enforcement has been on the rise in the UK in recent years, with a significant increase in the number of antitrust claims being …
Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes Annual Review 2015 published
Our Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes team has today published their Annual Review of 2015, which provides an overview and analysis of the key cases and …
Herbert Smith Freehills Global Guide to Whistleblowing
Our employment team has recently published the first edition of a Global Guide to Whistleblowing, providing a quick reference guide to the law and …
The Defamation Act: Two years on…
The Defamation Act 2013 came into force on 1 January 2014. Alan Watts and Sara Scott have published an e-bulletin looking at how the Act has developed …
Supreme Court confirms that company directors' powers must be exercised for a proper purpose
In an important decision which will impact upon corporate disputes, the Supreme Court has confirmed that the exercise of an apparently unfettered …
Herbert Smith Freehills’ new global report reviews corruption trends and perceptions in close to 100 countries
We have launched the first global edition of our Anti-corruption Report, touching on investigations, reforms and perceptions in close to 100 …
Amended US Federal Rules of Civil Procedure narrow availability of civil discovery and sanctions
Important changes to the US Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), which govern the conduct of civil proceedings in US federal district court, will …
Directors' duties owed to company not shareholders when seeking shareholder approval for transaction
In a recent decision in the Lloyds shareholder litigation, the High Court has struck out a number of aspects of the claims against the defendant …
Court of Appeal strikes out aspects of cartel claims based on economic torts
In the latest step in the long-running Air Cargo cartel damages saga, the Court of Appeal has struck out a large portion of the claimants' case brought …
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