2/3/2025 3:30:28 PM Mastercard's settlement overshadowed by arbitration with funder By Miranda Joseph Catherine Penny Charlotte Fagan At the end of 2024, after a nine-year legal battle, Walter Merricks confirmed that under a proposed settlement, without any admission of...
1/31/2025 5:14:21 PM Board alert: navigating an ambush by activist shareholders By Katie Philipson With shareholder activism continuing to rise, the recent decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC): 1Globe Capital...
1/27/2025 6:27:16 PM First compulsory mediation order issued in landmark trade mark dispute By Miranda Joseph Catherine Penny Tom Lingard Astrid Arnold +1 more... Show less In a landmark judgment, the case of DKH Retail Limited, C-Retail Limited, Supergroup Internet Limited, Superdry Plc v City Football Group...
1/27/2025 2:44:04 PM From crime to contribution: How a £5bn crypto seizure could bolster UK finances By Miranda Joseph A significant haul of cryptocurrency, valued at approximately £5bn, has been seized from organised criminals and could potentially be...
1/10/2025 7:17:45 PM “Computer says no” – is this the end of the Bitcoin in the bin saga? By James Evison The world of crypto seemingly never ceases to produce interesting legal cases - from Dr Craig Wright’s misadventures in the English...
1/10/2025 7:10:04 PM Pressures over (in-house) privilege By Deliya Meylanova The job of in-house counsel is a deceptively difficult one. The Post Office Inquiry made public what is normally never revealed – the...
12/19/2024 1:05:10 PM CJC review of Pre-Action Protocols (Part 2): facilitating fair settlements, narrowing issues, and promoting proportionate litigation By Miranda Joseph James Evison The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has released the second and final part of its review on Pre-Action Protocols (PAPs), focusing on specific...
12/19/2024 9:44:44 AM Supreme Court confirms success fees are not recoverable in civil proceedings after long awaited decision in Hirachand v Hirachand By Hayley Robinson The Supreme Court has today handed down judgment in the long awaited appeal of Hirachand v Hirachand. The unanimous decision of the...
12/5/2024 12:15:53 PM Moth misrepresentation By Deliya Meylanova A wealthy couple, Dr Hunyak and Ms Patarkatsishvili, are trying to get their money back on the purchase of a £32.5m London home in 2019....
11/19/2024 3:25:55 PM Spyware, sovereignty and state immunity: Landmark ruling in Shehabi v Kingdom of Bahrain By Miranda Joseph In the recent case of Shehabi v Kingdom of Bahrain[1], the Court of Appeal addressed whether a foreign state, whose agents remotely...
11/7/2024 12:07:06 PM Guidance on the New Offence of Failure to Prevent Fraud under the ECCTA 2023 By Miranda Joseph Yesterday, the Home Office issued new guidance on the offence of “failure to prevent fraud,” introduced under the Economic Crime and...
11/1/2024 5:26:02 PM Uncertainty continues in the litigation funding market By Michael Frisby Funders had hoped that the uncertainty caused by last summer’s Paccar decision in the Supreme Court would be removed when the Litigation...