United Kingdom: Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

The new Division will replace the Chancery Division and include the Commercial Court and other key business courts.

When can a party terminate a contract for repudiatory breach at common law, and what are the risks of getting it wrong? This guide examines the legal tests for establishing repudiatory breach, the critical choice between accepting or affirming the breach, and the potential consequences of wrongly claiming termination rights.

The Court of Appeal has unanimously overturned a Competition Appeal Tribunal ruling in Deckers v Up & Running, clarifying the legal test for 'by object' competition law infringements in selective distribution systems. This landmark judgment examines whether terminating a distributor for using an anonymised discount website constitutes unlawful resale price maintenance, and what role market context plays in determining anticompetitive conduct.

The Arbitration Act 2025 has closed a critical enforcement gap by confirming that English courts can now grant worldwide freezing orders and other interim relief against third parties in London-seated arbitrations.

The Technology & Construction Court has issued a landmark ruling on Building Liability Orders under the Building Safety Act 2022, establishing that courts can impose liability on associated companies before final judgment...

The Competition Appeal Tribunal's latest judgment examines a £205.2 million subsidy to Cardiff International Airport, marking the first detailed application of subsidy control principles under the 2022 Act. The case explores critical questions about airport insolvency, potential subsidy flow-through to air carriers, and the rationality of ministerial compliance assessments, establishing important precedents for future subsidy evaluations and legal challenges.

The European Commission has launched a privacy-preserving age-verification app designed to help platforms comply with the Digital Services Act, but Member States are simultaneously implementing divergent national age...

In a sharp corrective to anyone assuming that a long trading relationship implies a slow winding-down period, the Privy Council recently found in Anheuser-Busch International Inc v Commonwealth Brewery Ltd...

Disputes in England and Wales carry a reputation for high costs, particularly from an international perspective.