Litigation Notes

Bolstering class actions in Germany: The current state of play

The German Federal Ministry of Justice has introduced a first draft bill to enact the EU Collective Redress Directive, more than a month after a …

Class Actions in England and Wales podcast series: Episode 3 – Environmental and human rights-based group actions

High Court finds UK sanctions do not preclude entry of judgments in favour of Russian sanctioned parties

Supreme Court finds no entitlement to payment in circumstances not addressed by express contractual terms   

The Supreme Court has, by a majority, allowed an appeal against a Court of Appeal judgment (considered here) that granted an award for unjust enrichment …

Is the decentralised governance of Bitcoin a myth? Court of Appeal finds real issue to be tried as to whether developers owe fiduciary duties to Bitcoin owners

Insurance & Professional Risks Annual Review published

Spanish government unveils comprehensive class action bill

Spain's Ministry of Justice has recently published a Draft Bill on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers, …

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