Challenges to Enforcement: s.103(2) of the Arbitration Act
20/2/2020 | Blogs & Articles
This blog examines two recent cases involving challenges to enforcement under s.103(2) of the English Arbitration Act 1996 (the "Act"). Both cases...
Read MoreWhen does a confidential document cease to be confidential?
7/1/2020 | Blogs & Articles
Reference to a document in criminal proceedings does not cause a loss of confidentiality in the document itself for the purposes of civil...
Read MoreHigh Court dismisses Tesco’s application for strike out in investor claim
28/11/2019 | Blogs & Articles
On 28 October 2019, the High Court dismissed Tesco’s strike-out application in relation to two group litigation actions brought by its shareholders...
Read MoreLloyd v Google LLC – A Reboot for Data Privacy?
25/11/2019 | Blogs & Articles
Last Month, the Court of Appeal published its landmark judgment in the case of Lloyd v Google LLC [2019] EWCA Civ 1599 granting Richard Lloyd, acting...
Read MoreThe enduring nature of legal advice privilege
4/11/2019 | Blogs & Articles
The Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Lee Victor Addlesee and others v Dentons Europe LLP [2019] EWCA Civ 1600, highlights the enduring nature...
Read MoreThe SFO’s new Corporate Co-operation Guidance: added transparency, but questions remain
15/10/2019 | Blogs & Articles
On 6 August 2019, the SFO issued its keenly-awaited Corporate Co-operation Guidance (the "Guidance"). The Guidance seeks to clarify the SFO’s view...
Read MoreCherry-picking – a warning
3/10/2019 | Blogs & Articles
In Kasongo v Humanscale UK Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that an employer, in the course of relying on other privileged material to...
Read MoreSecurity a paltry substitute for enforcement of an arbitral award?
26/9/2019 | Blogs & Articles
The question of enforcement of an arbitral award is a critical consideration for any party involved in international arbitration and should be...
Read MoreCryptocurrency - Definitely, maybe... Legal property?
11/9/2019 | Blogs & Articles
More and more people are using and investing in cryptocurrencies, but experts are also telling us that more and more people are becoming victims of...
Read MoreThe Singapore Convention – cross-border mediation with teeth?
28/8/2019 | Blogs & Articles
In a significant development for alternative dispute resolution, in Singapore on 7 August 2019, 46 countries signed the United Nations Convention on...
Read MoreClarification of the scope of the Court’s discretion to order non-party access to Court documents
19/8/2019 | Blogs & Articles
On 29 July 2019, the Supreme Court provided clarification as to the scope of the Court’s discretion to grant access to Court documents to a...
Read MoreRestraining foreign arbitration – the balancing act
9/8/2019 | Blogs & Articles
On 23 July 2019, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Sabbagh v Khoury [2019] EWCA Civ 1219, the latest decision in the long-running family...
Read MoreFlexibility at the expense of certainty? Six years of the ICC Emergency Arbitrator Procedures
5/8/2019 | Blogs & Articles
This article considers some of the issues arising out of a recently published report regarding the ICC’s Emergency Arbitrator Procedures, and...
Read MoreIs there a duty on a solicitor to inform an opponent of an error in service of a claim form?
3/7/2019 | Blogs & Articles
This blog examines the Court of Appeal’s decision in Woodward & Anor v Phoenix Healthcare [2019] EWCA Civ 985, in which the Court was required to...
Read MoreChallenges for defendants seeking security for costs under CPR 25.13(2)(g)
14/6/2019 | Blogs & Articles
As a result of the judgment of Sir Ross Cranston (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) in Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber v Sheikh Walid Bin...
Read MoreWithout prejudice? Judicial bias and unfair conduct
5/6/2019 | Blogs & Articles
The common law adversarial system means that there will always be winners and losers in litigation. Parties that lose may feel that one of the...
Read MoreBreakthrough for the UK “opt-out” class action as the Court of Appeal revives £14 billion claim against MasterCard
24/4/2019 | Blogs & Articles
Good news for those wishing to pursue “opt-out” class actions in the UK as the Court of Appeal sets aside the 2017 decision by the Competition...
Read MoreHigh Court applies Supreme Court decision in relation to Novo Banco bonds
10/4/2019 | Blogs & Articles
In Winterbrook Global Opportunities Fund v NB Finance Limited and Others [2019] EWHC 737 (CH), Mr Justice Marcus Smith struck out a claim brought by...
Read MoreTeething Problems: The Disclosure Pilot three months in
27/3/2019 | Blogs & Articles
This blog article is the first in a series examining the new disclosure pilot in practice. Below we consider some of the issues surrounding the...
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