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High Court finds exclusive jurisdiction provisions in recast Brussels Regulation only apply to EU Domiciled defendants
The High Court has held that article 24(5) of the recast Brussels Regulation, which gives exclusive jurisdiction to the court where a judgment is to be …
Upcoming webinar - Litigation update
On Tuesday 30 October (12.30 – 1.30pm GMT), Anna Pertoldi, Maura McIntosh and Jan O’Neill will deliver a webinar for Herbert …
New Brexit podcasts looking at the impact on contracts and contract termination
In the latest update to the Brexit series on our Herbert Smith Freehills Podcast channel, Paul Butcher, Julie Farley, Maura McIntosh and Tom Henderson …
Court of Appeal confirms Morrisons vicariously liable for employee's deliberate actions in first successful UK class action for data breach
The Court of Appeal has today dismissed an appeal against the High Court's decision that Morrisons was vicariously liable for its employee’s …
The dangers of filing an incomplete costs budget
The High Court has imposed severe sanctions on a claimant who "genuinely but mistakenly" thought it was acceptable to file a costs budget excluding the …
Directors held liable for inducing breach of contract and unlawful means conspiracy where they placed company into liquidation to avoid outstanding debt
The Technology and Construction Court has upheld economic tort claims against two directors of a limited liability company who placed the company into …
Court of Appeal overturns non-party costs order due to a "failure to warn"
The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court decision granting a non-party costs order against an insolvent company's director and majority …
Court of Appeal holds no permission required to serve committal application on director out of the jurisdiction, where the court had jurisdiction to make the original order against him
The Court of Appeal has held that, where a court had jurisdiction to make an order for examination of a company director based on his presence in the …
Article published - ENRC privilege decision: welcome news but difficulties remain
The Court of Appeal's recent decision in The Director of the Serious Fraud Office v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ …
Privilege no defence to notice requiring production of client's privileged documents to regulator
The High Court has held that an audit client could not withhold documents on grounds of privilege when responding to a notice requiring the production of …
Brexit "no deal" notice on jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments
As part of its second batch of "no deal" technical notices, the government has today published a guidance notice entitled: Handling civil legal cases …
Supreme Court finds there is no claim in unjust enrichment for compound interest on mistaken payments
In a recent decision, the Supreme Court held that claimants could not bring claims in unjust enrichment to recover compound interest on taxes paid under …
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