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July 15, 2024 In March 2023, the UK High Court of Justice issued the country's second-ever determination of a global fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) license in InterDigital v. Lenovo. [...]

Byline: William Booth, Salvador Rizzo LONDON - A pair of High Court judges in Britain granted Julian Assange permission to appeal his extradition to the United States, where he faces [...]

In its recent decision in Boonyaem v. Persons Unknown Category A, Persons Unknown Category B and INGFX Limited, 1 the High Court of England and Wales addressed some of the [...]

A recent High Court decision on the proper construction of a contractual liability cap reminds us of the importance of clear and coherent drafting both within a clause and across [...]

ClientEarth has been refused permission in the High Court to continue a derivative claim against the directors of Shell Plc. The environmental law NGO brought the claim for what it [...]

The English High Court has ordered a cryptocurrency exchange (Huobi) to transfer into the jurisdiction a defendant's cryptocurrency held outside the jurisdiction to facilitate the claimant's efforts to enforce its [...]

Oceana, R (On the Application Of) v Upper Tribunal (Immigration And Asylum Chamber) (Rev1) [2023] EWHC 791 (Admin) is a High Court judgment on a preliminary issue as to jurisdiction [...]

The UK High Court of Justice issued its long-anticipated decision establishing a global Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) royalty rate for a patent portfolio essential to 3G, 4G and 5G [...]

The High Court has considered the impact of the UK sanctions against Russia on various aspects of litigation involving a sanctioned party: PJSC National Bank Trust v Mints [2023] EWHC [...]

In its instructive judgment in RQP v ZYX 1, the High Court of England and Wales has provided helpful commentary on two aspects of the arbitration process, namely: (i) the [...]

The English High Court has handed down judgment in another case concerning trades on a cryptocurrency exchange. The case of Chechetkin v Payward Ltd and others [2022] EWHC 3057 (Ch) [...]

Byline: GEOFFREY YORK; Staff JOHANNESBURG -- A fresh wave of allegations from Tanzania, along with a court-ordered review of thousands of company documents, is keeping alive an issue that has [...]

The High Court has held that a notice of termination served in April 2020, following the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, under a force majeure ('FM') clause in a contract [...]

Kei (a protected party by his litigation friend) v Hua She Asset Management (Shanghai) Company Ltd [2022] EWHC 662 (Comm), before Miss Julia Dias QC (sitting as a Deputy High [...]

In a recent judgment of the English High Court in Re ALL Scheme Limited [2022] EWHC 549 (Ch), Lord Justice Snowden approved a novel approach to schemes of arrangement, by [...]

At a pre-trial review earlier this year, the High Court held that a claimant's witness statements were in breach of Practice Direction (PD) 57AC as they contained speculation on matters [...]

Introduction Our Insurance Annual Review looks back at the last 12 months and brings together the various articles that we have produced on key cases and developments during the course [...]

It is common for arbitration or jurisdiction clauses in commercial contracts to include a requirement that the parties should first attempt to resolve their dispute amicably, and only seek to [...]

In August 2020, we highlighted a decision of the High Court in which the meaning of the phrase 'as soon as possible' was examined in the context of claims made [...]

The UK has failed to properly implement EU health and safety law by restricting protection from detriment on health and safety grounds to 'employees', the High Court has ruled in [...]

The UK High Court has recently ruled in the case of IPCOM GmbH & Co Kg v HTC Europe Co Ltd & Ors [2020] EWHC 2941 (Pat) that damages following [...]

Recent case considered whether an employer could have prevented a practical joke that caused injury. We have published a number of articles looking at the issue of an employer's vicarious [...]

The High Court has rejected a company's claim for commission for the introduction of a sports sponsorship opportunity on the basis that there was no binding contract between the parties. [...]

Byline: Ruby Mellen An ongoing international custody battle between Dubai's ruler and one of his wives has undermined the deliberately cultivated image of the city as a playground for Western [...]

Byline: Ruby Mellen An ongoing international custody battle between Dubai's ruler and one of his wives has undermined the deliberately cultivated image of the city as a playground for Western [...]

LONDON -- Britain's High Court on Friday threw out an attempt to prosecute Boris Johnson, the top contender to replace Theresa May as prime minister, over accusations that he lied [...]

LONDON -- Ordering landlords to check prospective tenants' immigration status leads to racial discrimination and breaches human rights, Britain's High Court has ruled, in a judgment that deals a blow [...]

LONDON -- As well as the art on the gallery's walls, visitors to Tate Modern in London have been able to stare at an unusual sight for the past few [...]

Summary Case: Pantiles Investments Ltd & Anor v Winckler [2019] EWHC 1298 (Ch) (23 May 2019) A recent decision of the English High Court (the 'Court') has found a director [...]

In a landmark Supreme Court ruling, an inventor has won £2m compensation from Unilever for his invention for monitoring glucose levels in diabetics. The UK Supreme Court has already delivered [...]

The CJEU has declined to issue a judgment in C-239/19 (Eli Lilly v Genentech). The case concerned a referral from the UK High Court, requesting clarification as to whether grant [...]

In AIC Limited v The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria [2019] EWHC 2212, the English High Court adjourned an application made by AIC Limited ('AIC'), a Nigerian construction and property [...]

In a recent decision, the High Court has distinguished between correspondence which is expressly stated to be 'without prejudice' and that which is only impliedly so, finding that the latter [...]

The question of whether an organisation should be liable for injuries suffered by a volunteer whilst performing an unauthorised act, contrary to an express prohibition, was considered by the High [...]

On August 16, 2019, the England and Wales High Court of Justice (Commercial Court) released its decision in Process & Industrial Developments Limited v The Federal Republic of Nigeria ('Process [...]

The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands and the High Court in England and Wales have recently considered two unusual applications for Beddoe relief: an application by a trustee for [...]

The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands and the High Court in England and Wales have recently considered two unusual applications for Beddoe relief respectively: an application by a trustee [...]

The High Court has provided guidance on the apportionment of liability where the Claimant's speeding motorcycle collided with the Defendant, who was attempting to complete a right turn when exiting [...]

Sometimes it is better for a registrant not to give evidence to a fitness to practise panel. And they can do so safe in the knowledge that the panel cannot [...]

Reassuring news from the High Court for press officers and anyone involved in issuing media statements about the risks of being sued for libel. A claim that was brought over [...]

Where it is agreed between the parties that a business tenant will not have a right to renew its lease at the end of its term it is imperative that [...]

The England & Wales High Court recently handed down its decision in Rose and others v Creativityetc and others [2019] EWHC 1043 (Ch), in which it refused an application by [...]

Powers of attorney are often used in a corporate law context, such as at completion meetings where a party is absent and appoints an attorney to execute documents on its [...]

The importance of rigidly following the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Regulations has been highlighted by a recent High Court decision. A self-builder obtained planning permission for a detached house, on [...]

The Court of Appeal recently provided - for the first time in decades - a useful summary on practical completion in the context of construction contracts. In Mears Limited v [...]