Litigation Notes

Witness evidence reforms approved in principle and likely to come into force April 2021

Proposals for a new Practice Direction and Appendix governing the preparation of witness statements for trials in the Business and Property Courts, which …

Supreme Court remits £14bn class action against Mastercard back to Competition Appeal Tribunal for reconsideration of certification

Earlier today the Supreme Court handed down its hotly-anticipated judgment regarding the certification of an opt-out competition collective action …

Terminating your contract: When can you call it quits?

Class actions in Italy: a second wave of reform

Although a decade has passed since the introduction of class actions in Italy, only a handful of actions have been brought before the Italian …

Managing risk: A disputes perspective (2020)

Iniquity exception to privilege applied where documents were created by solicitor in connection with breach of director’s duties

The High Court has granted an application for the production and disclosure of documents, previously withheld by the defendants during proceedings, on …

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Shaping the boundaries of collective redress in Germany - a glimpse of the future under an EU representative action regime?

In a decision that will help shape the boundaries of collective redress in Germany, the country's highest civil court has dismissed a claim …

How far can UK courts depart from EU case law?

On 31 December 2020, when the transition period provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement between the EU and the UK comes to an end, EU law will cease to …

Court of Appeal finds no binding settlement reached, emphasising importance of "subject to contract" label

In a recent decision, the Court of Appeal has overturned a deputy judge's decision that a binding settlement agreement had been reached in …

Court of Appeal construes Farm-Out Agreement and Joint Operating Agreement together as a cohesive whole

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against a decision interpreting the provisions of a Farm-Out Agreement for the sale of an interest in two oil …

High Court strikes out claims against BHP as an abuse of process in light of parallel claims in Brazil

The English High Court has struck out the claims of over 200,000 claimants against two companies in the BHP Group (domiciled in England and Australia …