Litigation Notes

A litigator's yearbook 2020 (England and Wales)

Managing risk: A disputes perspective (2020)

Our annual disputes client conference - Managing risk: A disputes perspective

Article published - Jurisdiction clauses and service out post-Brexit: a welcome rule change

Article published - Disclosure Pilot Scheme: a potential way forward?

Herbert Smith Freehills launches first Guide to Dispute Resolution and Governing Law in Russia

Our first Guide to Dispute Resolution and Governing Law in Russia provides a concise and accessible overview of some of the practical issues involving …

Article published - Class action test cases: selection and strategy

In the High Court's recent decision in Lancaster and others v Peacock QC [2020] EWHC 1231 (Ch), the court has taken the rare step of commenting on how …

The Law of Solicitors' Liabilities, Fourth Edition published

The Law of Solicitors' Liabilities, Fourth Edition, previously known as Solicitors' Negligence and Liability, has recently been released. The …

Article published - Damages-based agreements and termination: a small chink of light

Damages-based agreements (or DBAs), under which a lawyer can receive an agreed percentage of any damages in the event of success, were introduced to …

Article published – Wasted breath? Insolvency reforms in response to Covid-19

The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 introduces sweeping insolvency reforms in response to the business impacts of Covid-19, designed "to …

Article published - Directors' duties in a COVID-19 world

With a global pandemic causing unprecedented uncertainty for businesses, it has never been more difficult for the directors of UK companies fully to …

Article published - Funders’ liability for adverse costs: scrapping the cap

As explained in this previous post, the Court of Appeal has recently dismissed an appeal against a decision which declined to apply the so-called …