/commercial-litigation-uk?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Commercial Litigation UK Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Sat, 02 Aug 2025 11:47:12 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2371572?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2371572 The U.K. Supreme Court's landmark decision Friday to reverse most of the Court of Appeal's judgment on hidden motor finance commissions has sharply narrowed the scope of any future redress scheme from the Financial Conduct Authority — an outcome critics said favored lenders and car dealers over consumer protection. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 23:14:09 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2369777?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2369777 The publisher of The Times newspaper has hit back against a London privacy claim brought by the founder of an exclusive mobile phone provider, saying that articles concerning allegations of wrongdoing against him did not violate his privacy because they concerned possible criminality. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:55:04 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372134?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372134 Britain's Court of Appeal on Friday turned away an oil magnate's challenge to an arbitral award ordering him to pay $324 million owed under a settlement involving China's largest oil and gas producer and supplier, affirming that the appeal was time-barred. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:54:02 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372380?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372380 The U.K. Supreme Court has refused to consider AstraZeneca's last-ditch bid to revive patent protections for its billion-dollar diabetes drug dapagliflozin, as generic competition prepares to hit the market. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:38:52 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2371594?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2371594 Kevin Spacey has denied sexually assaulting British actor Ruari Cannon during a 2013 production at the Old Vic theater, telling a London court he has "no recollection of ever meeting" Cannon. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:19:04 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372124?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372124 A London court ruled Friday that the former chairman of AllSaints was in contempt of court for breaching an order to stop claiming an interest in shares in the high street fashion chain after his fraud allegations were rejected. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:40:03 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372121?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372121 Twelve people who allegedly took part in protests in the name of Palestine Action have been barred from entering a manufacturer's sites for five years, as a London court found Friday there remains an imminent risk of further incidents. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:08:33 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2371565?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2371565 A former Barclays employee was unfairly dismissed for making sexual comments to female colleagues, but he could have been fairly dismissed for the same conduct, according to a Glasgow tribunal ruling. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:21:42 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372181?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372181 A London pharmaceutical company lost its bid Friday to toss out a malicious falsehood claim from a medical device manufacturer, with a judge finding the allegations are not time-barred and will proceed to trial. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:10:12 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372097?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372097 Car finance providers won a partial victory in a landmark case over commission payments on Friday when the U.K. Supreme Court ruled that they did not owe a duty to provide customers with information about the fees, potentially avoiding a multibillion-pound compensation scheme.  Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:54:20 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372136?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372136 The Court of Appeal ruled Friday that remaining protections underpinning Moderna's mRNA vaccine technology are valid, dismissing Pfizer and BioNTech's bid to nix patent claims left untouched by the High Court. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:39:16 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372260?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372260 A digital gambling game developer on Friday won an injunction in a London court blocking a rival from launching an online game using the disputed "Aviator" branding in the U.K. amid a copyright dispute between the two. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:39:07 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372126?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372126 This past week in London has seen several telco giants hit with a trademark claim, a collapsed hotel company sue a property investor in an ongoing dispute over a decades-old hotel sale, and two litigation funders square off against each other. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 09:47:52 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372122?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372122 BT customers lost their attempt Friday to revive a £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) class action against the telecommunications giant, after the Court of Appeal ruled there was nothing wrong with the assessment of evidence used to decided whether the company charged excessive and unfair prices.  Fri, 01 Aug 2025 09:09:25 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372088?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2372088 A former barrister has lost his bid to challenge his disbarment for sexual misconduct, with a court ruling that a tribunal was entitled to find that a lighter sentence would be inappropriate given his repeated offenses and lack of insight. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:31:27 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2371553?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2371553 A suite of reforms to the U.K.'s arbitration laws aimed at attracting more business to the country's legal sector took effect Friday, as the government enacted the first updates to the almost 30-year-old law. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 18:19:13 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2371635?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2371635 The country of Georgia said Thursday that it has fended off a roughly $65 million claim asserted by a Dutch investor in a Black Sea deep-water port project that never came to fruition, a year after the country prevailed in a contract-based $1.5 billion arbitration over the same project. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:35:52 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2371807?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2371807 Pogust Goodhead revealed plans on Thursday to sue BHP and Vale in London for £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) in damages, accusing the mining companies of interfering in litigation over the collapse of a dam in Brazil and pressuring claimants into settling. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:22:58 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2371645?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2371645 A London appeals court on Thursday upheld an asset freeze against a man accused of defrauding Ricardo Salinas Pliego out of more than $415 million, finding no reason to doubt the Mexican billionaire is "exceedingly wealthy" and able to compensate the other side if he ultimately loses his claim. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:13:21 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2371587?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2371587 The former vocalist of hard rock band Venom convinced a judge Thursday that its guitarist had infringed his copyright for four designs used on album covers — but his bandmate likewise persuaded the court that the singer had infringed his copyright for the group's first logo.