6/30/2025 3:53:29 PM Hague 2019 comes into force: A new era for cross-border judgment enforcement By Catherine Penny Miranda Joseph Joanna Charter From tomorrow, 1 July 2025, the UK formally joins the ranks of contracting states to the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the...
6/20/2025 9:47:35 AM Stevens & Bolton at LIDW 2025: Key insights and thank you to our partners By Miranda Joseph London International Disputes Week 2025 brought together global experts tackling pressing challenges in dispute resolution, arbitration,...
6/6/2025 12:39:45 PM Reasons to be hopeful/Основания для оптимизма By Deliya Meylanova There are lies, damned lies and statistics. Statistics in relation to litigation, like others, are potentially misleading: so many...
5/23/2025 5:25:56 PM Flavours of fraud, and how to fight them By Deliya Meylanova As civil litigators we frequently deal with business-related claims involving dishonesty. These fall broadly into two categories – those...
5/2/2025 12:36:46 PM Common-law derivative claim not permitted to proceed since wrongdoers do not control the company By Deliya Meylanova Philip Embiricos-Coumoundouros, described a Greek shipping legend, died peacefully at his home on 20 November 2021. However, the...
5/1/2025 3:40:47 PM England and Wales: a premier international jurisdiction amidst European challenges By Miranda Joseph A recent article in the national press[1] highlights how European jurisdictions are facing mounting challenges, from budget restrictions...
4/22/2025 9:20:42 AM “Georgian Dream” party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili escapes extortion claim By Deliya Meylanova The court has set aside orders permitting service outside England and Wales on a number of Georgian defendants including Mr Ivanishvili....
4/7/2025 2:13:25 PM APP fraud: Duties of recipient bank By Deliya Meylanova APP (authorised push payment) fraud continues to be a huge criminal enterprise. This type of fraud, where the perpetrator is unknown,...
3/10/2025 3:20:05 PM Settlement and strategy: High Court considers admissibility of settlement terms in the case of Adnan Omanovic v Shamaazi Ltd and Ismael Abdela Mohammed By Freya MacCormack Miranda Joseph The High Court of Justice recently addressed the admissibility of settlement details in the case of Adnan Omanovic v Shamaazi Ltd and...
2/20/2025 10:39:14 PM Moth-er of all vermin By Deliya Meylanova Judgment was handed down last week in the misrepresentation claim concerning a clothes-moth infestation at a £32.5m West London home,...
2/13/2025 3:22:19 PM The age of entitlement? Earl of Yarmouth sues family trustees over the "trauma" of not inheriting his £85m family wealth by the age of 30 By Hayley Robinson A lineal descendant of Henry VIII's wife, Jane Seymour, is seeking to remove the trustees of his family's wealth after he was left...
2/10/2025 1:59:03 PM Spotlight on Paris: AI Summit 2025 By Miranda Joseph Sophie Ashcroft Emma Thompson The AI Summit in Paris is taking place on 10 and 11 February 2025. Co-hosted by President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister...