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Upcoming webinar - Litigation update
On Wednesday 18 April (12.30 – 1.30pm BST), Anna Pertoldi, Maura McIntosh and Jan O’Neill will deliver a webinar for Herbert Smith Freehills …
A reminder that inadvertent disclosure of privileged material will not engage the cherry picking rule
The Administrative Court has held that a defendant did not lose privilege in unredacted passages of documents that had been provided for inspection, as …
Notable increase in interim privacy injunctions sought and obtained in the second half of 2017
In March 2018, the Ministry of Justice published quarterly provisional civil justice statistics for England and Wales. These statistics include …
Supreme Court finds contempt of court constitutes unlawful means for the tort of conspiracy
The Supreme Court has held that contempt of court can constitute unlawful means for the purpose of the tort of conspiracy: JSC BTA Bank v Khrapunov …
Court of Appeal considers when material posted on Facebook is published for the purposes of defamation
The Court of Appeal has rejected an argument that there is a need to "rebalance" the law of defamation in favour of defendants by imposing a …
Supreme Court holds English court has jurisdiction over tort claim where conspiracy hatched in England
The Supreme Court has held that the place of the event giving rise to damage in a claim alleging the tort of conspiracy to injure by unlawful means is …
Manual disclosure review ordered due to concerns over party's computer assisted review
In a recent High Court decision, the court expressed concerns regarding the claimants' computer assisted disclosure review and ordered them to carry out …
EU's revised proposals for enforcement of judgments post-Brexit
On 15 March, the European Commission published a revised version of the draft withdrawal agreement it had previously published on 28 February 2018 …
Part 36 offers to settle: some lessons from recent decisions
This post discusses practical points arising from four recent decisions relating to Part 36 offers - though of course each case will turn on its facts …
Commercial Court finds non-party not entitled to assert litigation privilege
The Commercial Court has held that a non-party who controlled litigation was not entitled to assert litigation privilege against the party it was …
High Court finds there is no power to stay in favour of prior proceedings in non-EU court where there is an English non-exclusive jurisdiction agreement
The High Court has held that where there was a non-exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of an EU member state (England), and proceedings were …
Supreme Court decision makes it harder for directors to establish limitation defence where they have benefited from breach of fiduciary duty
For the purposes of limitation, directors of a company are treated as trustees, given that they owe fiduciary duties to the company. There is a six year …
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