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The High Court has reaffirmed a number of key principles for managing costs in large-scale group litigation, following a two-day hearing...
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On 29 August 2025, the Federal Court of Australia (the Court) confirmed that four ICSID awards rendered under the Energy Charter Treaty...
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On 18 July 2025, the European Union adopted its 18th sanctions package in response to Russia’s continued war against Ukraine. Alongside a...
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As discussed in our previous update, in August 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) removed...
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On June 17 2025, Freshfields’ London office proudly hosted the 2025 cohort of the Africa Arbitration Academy (AAA), welcoming 27 mid to...
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Introduction In 2024, Italian public prosecutors (especially, the Milan one) increasingly focused their attention on the issue of labour...
The German justice system is continuing to become more digital. One of the further planned innovations to achieve this is a proposal by...
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The Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (the Convention),...
The UK Supreme Court has declined to grant permission to appeal the strike out of representative actions brought by shareholders against...
In our previous blog, we considered the risks under the current legal regime in the UK to employers, trustees and providers arising from...
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Russia’s measures against so-called “unfriendly states” and consecutive sanctions packages from the EU, amongst others, have led to the...
The recent fallout in global markets as a result of US President Trump’s trade tariff announcements may recall, to the minds of UK...