Litigation Notes

Cross-Border Litigation: Latest update published

We are pleased to release the latest issue of our periodic publication "Cross-Border Litigation", designed to highlight legal and practical issues …

Our new Commercial Litigation Podcast Series

HSF overview of collective damages claims in competition cases in the UK published in GCR Guide to Private Litigation

Our competition litigation team's overview of collective damages claims in competition cases in the UK has recently been published as part of Global …

A litigator's yearbook: 2019 (England and Wales)

Upcoming webinar - Class actions in England and Wales: Shareholder actions - The Lloyds/HBOS litigation

On Monday 9 December (1-2pm UK time), Harry Edwards, Ceri Morgan and Sarah Penfold will deliver a webinar for Herbert Smith Freehills clients and …

Upcoming webinar - Litigation update

On Wednesday 27 November (1-2pm UK time), Anna Pertoldi, Maura McIntosh and Jan O’Neill will deliver a webinar for Herbert Smith …

How far can you act in your own self-interest? The role of good faith in commercial contracts

Article published - Redrafted DBA Regulations: a promising basis for reform

As explained in this previous post, a proposed redrafted version of the regulations governing Damages-Based Agreements (DBAs) has recently been …

Launch of our new Public Law blog

Herbert Smith Freehills has launched a new Public Law blog, which you can find at https://hsfnotes.com/publiclaw or via the “More blogs” link above. The …

Insurance issues in class actions - new webinar and "handy client guide"

Herbert Smith Freehills has today released the fourth in our series of webinars on class actions in England and Wales, looking at insurance issues in …

Pre-contractual statements: When can they come back to bite you?

Parties may say all sorts of things when negotiating a contract. Where sophisticated commercial parties are involved, most pre-contractual …

Article published - The new Singapore Convention: some practical issues to consider now

As has been well publicised, the new Singapore Convention seeks to establish a global enforcement regime for settlement agreements resulting …