Litigation Updates

Yacht brokers who claimed a 10 per cent commission on the Euros 19.8 million sale of a superyacht between wealthy Russian businessman will not receive a penny after the High Court ruled that they had

In a highly unusual case, an entrepreneur has triumphed in an intellectual property action against an insurance company that used his innovative software package without permission – despite his own ‘manifest and repeated dishonesty’. The

In a salutary warning to companies that the honesty of even the most senior staff cannot always be relied upon, an executive who ripped off millions from his employers to pay for his palatial manor

In the context of a case in which an autistic son challenged his father’s will, the Court of Appeal has given important guidance on the steps that should be taken to ensure that vulnerable litigants

In a case which reveals the Internet as the source of many a dispute, a businessman who tried to sell to Post Office Limited a number of web addresses containing its own name – at prices

The High Court has deprecated the increasing number of cases in which dissatisfied parties to arbitration proceedings inappropriately seek to utilise Section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 to challenge findings of fact made against

In a case which highlighted the need for co-operation between opposing legal teams even in the most hotly contested litigation, the High Court has called for mediation and an end to procedural point scoring in

In a case which threw into stark relief the grave consequences of legal aid cuts in the civil justice system, a leading firm of solicitors has failed to convince the High Court that public funding

In a striking example of an arbitration award merely firing the starting gun on years of intractable litigation, the High Court has lamented that, almost a decade after a contractor was awarded more than $99

A minor road accident which caused less than £3,000 worth of damage gave rise to a Court of Appeal test case on the burning issue of credit vehicle hire agreements, and a decision of critical