Litigation Notes

Getting your just deserts: Remedies for breach of contract

Impact of Brexit on applicable law in cross-border insolvencies

From 31 December 2020, the European Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings (the “EIR”) ceased to apply in the UK. As a result: The EIR provides the rules …

High Court considers where cryptocurrencies are located and compels disclosure of information by cryptocurrency exchanges outside the UK

The evolution of class actions in South Africa

In an article published on our global class actions hub, Jonathan Ripley-Evans and Fiorella Noriega del Valle of our Johannesburg office consider the …

Drafting contracts - key lessons from 2020

This annual contract law update from our corporate team considers a number of interesting contract law cases from 2020 which highlighted key points for …

Supreme Court judgment in the KBR v SFO appeal – limits to extraterritorial impact of the SFO’s document compulsion powers

In a recent decision concerning the scope of extraterritorial application of the SFO’s section 2 powers, the Supreme Court held that the SFO does …

Okpabi v Shell: Supreme Court allows appeal in jurisdictional challenge relating to parent company duty of care

On 12 February, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in a high profile jurisdictional challenge relating to group claims brought against Royal …

High Court considers principles relating to cut-off dates and the costs of advertising in group litigation

In a procedural judgment in the British Airways Data Event Group Litigation, the High Court has granted a modest extension to the cut-off date for …

Court of Appeal orders defendants to request their employees and ex-employees to produce personal devices for inspection to identify documents in defendants' control

High Court held it could determine costs where Part 36 offer accepted one day after expiry of relevant period, even though the offer contained a term as to costs

The High Court has found that a defendant who accepted a claimant’s Part 36 offer after the expiry of the relevant offer period could ask the court to …

Court of Appeal decision confirms severe consequences where business partner for exploitation of oil-extraction technology breached fiduciary duty

The Court of Appeal has substantially upheld the first instance decisions in a lengthy piece of ongoing litigation relating to a joint business venture …

Cross-border insolvencies in the UK and the EU – a quick guide

Our Restructuring, Turnaround and Insolvency team has published a quick guide to the implications of Brexit for cross-border insolvencies, given the …