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Privy Council Abrogates So-called "Shareholder Rule" Under English Law: Companies Can Assert Privilege Against Their Shareholders

The decision will be significant for shareholder litigation, including securities class actions, as it will mean that shareholders generally have no entitlement to production...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Litigation Developments: England And Wales – Quarterly Update

Welcome to our latest quarterly bulletin (our first as Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer) which contains updates on commercial litigation developments over the past three months...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Litigation Funding - Putting A Price On Justice?

Litigation funding, where third parties fund claims in return for a fee, has grown significantly in the past decade particularly relating to class action lawsuits, commercial disputes and personal injury cases.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Devonshires

Litigation Funding Overhaul In The UK: CJC's Final Report Explained

A clear path forward for reform of litigation funding in the UK has now been formalised in the Civil Justice Council's final report, published on 2 June 2025. A suite of 58 recommendations sets...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gowling WLG

Court Of Appeal Allows Funders To Be Paid Ahead Of Class Members In Collective Actions

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Private Damages Activity Escalates Across Key Jurisdictions

European Union Anti-trust

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A&O Shearman

A Class Act: Is England A New Battleground In High-Value Multi-Claimant Actions?

United Kingdom Litigation

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Dechert

Merricks v Mastercard: Competition Appeal Tribunal Approves Settlement, But Issues Of Distribution Reserved For Future Judgment

United Kingdom Litigation

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Milbank LLP

Litigation Funding: To Regulate Or Not To Regulate?

European Union Litigation

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Travers Smith LLP

Nearly A Decade After U.S.-Style Collective Actions Emerged, Opt-Out Lawsuits Are On The Rise

United Kingdom Litigation

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Litigation Radar 2025

United Kingdom Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

European Insurance Market Report – FINEX And D&O Market

European Union Finance

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WTW

Class Actions Comparative Guide

United Kingdom Litigation

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Eversheds Sutherland

Navigating ESG Risks: How To Protect Your Business In A Changing World

United Kingdom Commercial

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Cripps

ThinkHouse TUPE Club: Key Questions On A Service Provision Change (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Gowling WLG

Understanding The Employment Rights Bill: A New Era For Employers, Employees And Workers (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

S5:E10 – Kate Rose: Seeing The Beauty In Everything With TUTTI & CO (Video)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Square One

Arts & Culture Guide (Video)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Latitude Law

EVisas Soon To Replace Visa Stickers For Certain UK Visa Routes

United Kingdom Immigration

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Lewis Silkin

Upsetting The Apple Cart: Another Class Action Against Apple Is Certified, As Challenges To The App Store's Business Model Mount

The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal granted a class action order against Apple, allowing UK iOS developers to seek £785m in damages over allegedly excessive App Store commissions, echoing similar regulatory scrutiny across the UK and EU.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

High Court Criticises Financial Motives Behind Representative Action – England And Wales

The High Court struck out a representative action for flight delay compensation due to lack of "same interest" among claimants and the claimant's financial motivations. This ruling clarifies future class actions under CPR 19.8.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Eversheds Sutherland

How The EU's Digital Markets Act Is Shaping A Fairer Future For App Developers

App developers in the UK have recently filed a class action against Google, seeking up to £1.04 billion in compensation. It is argued that Google has abused its dominant position...

European Union Anti-trust

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WH Partners

All Aboard The Omnibus Claim Form

In Adams and others v Ministry of Defence, the High Court has recently followed the Court of Appeal judgment in Morris and others v Williams & Co Solicitors (a firm), in confirming that multiple claimants...

United Kingdom Litigation

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McDermott Will & Emery

Where Are They Now: Litigation Funding And Arbitration Updates

United Kingdom Litigation

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Tweet-Related Crypto Class Action To Proceed, But Faces Significant Headwinds

United Kingdom Technology

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Macfarlanes LLP

2024: An Important Year For UK Collective Actions

Worldwide Litigation

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Winston & Strawn LLP

UK & Europe Market Highlights, March 2024

United Kingdom Technology

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IR Global

Class/Collective Actions: The Importance Of Businesses Understanding Their Exposure

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mayer Brown

Court Strikes Out Securities Class Action Brought As A Representative Action Under CPR 19.8

United Kingdom Litigation

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

GB D&O Market Update

United Kingdom Commercial

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WTW

Empowering Judgment Creditors: The Impact Of Lakatamia Shipping Company v Tseng Yu Hsia And Other (Podcast)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Harneys

Litigation Funding: What Is It Good For? Apparently Something Part II

United Kingdom Litigation

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Competition Consumer Rights Class Action Challenges BT's £1.3billion Overcharging Of Landlines

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Spencer West

GB D&O Market Update

Reflections of the D&O market in 2023 and comparisons made with previous years. What can we expect in 2024?...

United Kingdom Commercial

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WTW

Empowering Judgment Creditors: The Impact Of Lakatamia Shipping Company v Tseng Yu Hsia And Other (Podcast)

In the recent decision in Lakatamia Shipping Company Ltd v Hsia and another (the Lakatamia Ruling), the UK Commercial Court provided helpful commentary...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Harneys

Litigation Funding: What Is It Good For? Apparently Something Part II

As Partner Ben Pilbrow detailed in his previous article, the Post Office Group case was made possible by litigation funding.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Competition Consumer Rights Class Action Challenges BT's £1.3billion Overcharging Of Landlines

In a first-of-its-kind consumer rights claim being heard before the Competition Appeals Tribunal, BT's unfair landline pricing from 2015-2018...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Spencer West

A Song Of Rights And Ire

United Kingdom IP

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Simons Muirhead & Burton

Antitrust/Competition

2023 has been another eventful year for competition and consumer protection at both EU and UK levels.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Steptoe LLP

Barclays Bank UK v Terry And The Previously Hypothetical "Bifurcated Process"

A recent High Court decision in favour of Barclays Bank (Barclays Bank UK Plc v Terry [2023] EWHC 2726 (Ch)) has sparked intrigue in the field of representative actions.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herrington Carmichael

A Litigator's Yearbook And A Broader Disputes Yearbook For 2023

As the end of another eventful year approaches, our Litigator's Yearbook 2023 (England and Wales) looks back at what 2023 has had in store...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Banking Litigation Yearbook And Broader Disputes Yearbook For 2023

As the end of another eventful year approaches, our Banking Litigation Yearbook looks back at what 2023 delivered from the perspective of in-house lawyers at financial institutions.

United Kingdom Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

A Drop In The Ocean: Tribunal Gives Green Light To Small Collective Settlement In Car Shipping Class Action

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Episode 43: Monthly Update – November/December 2023 (Festive Special!) (Podcast)

United Kingdom Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

High Court Strikes Out Novel Bid To Bring Securities Class Action Using CPR 19.8 Representative Action As "Opt-in" Procedure

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Greenwashing Dispute Risks – International Perspectives

Worldwide Environment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Great Britain Directors' And Officers' Market Update Q2 2023

Worldwide Commercial

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WTW

Class Actions In England And Wales Podcast Series: Episode 9 – Looking Forward (Podcast)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Airlines Face Increasing Greenwashing Challenges

Worldwide Environment

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Litigation Developments: England And Wales – Quarterly Update

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

EU Puts Red Light On Greenwashing: Agreement Reached On New Laws Targeting Greenwashing

European Union Environment

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Cooley LLP

United Kingdom Litigation

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TLT Solicitors

Class Actions In England And Wales Podcast Series: Episode 8 – Employment (Podcast)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Commercial Litigation Round-Up – August 2023

United Kingdom Commercial

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Norton Rose Fulbright

Cyber Security: A Month In Retrospect (Australia) – August 2023

United Kingdom Technology

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Court Of Appeal Hands Down Seminal Collective Proceedings Judgments In The Trucks And Forex Proceedings

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Has The Gravy Train (or Truck) Been Derailed For Litigation Funders? UK Supreme Court Deals Blow To Litigation Funders

United Kingdom Litigation

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Morrison & Foerster LLP

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DLA Piper UK LLP

How Litigation Funding Is Driving Class Actions In The UK (Video)

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DLA Piper UK LLP

Six Predictions For Class Actions In The UK (Video)

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DLA Piper UK LLP

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