7/4/2025 7:21:34 AM Enforcement of judgments made easier between the EU and UK: The Hague Convention enters into force in the UK By Ali Kirby-Harris Nathalie Colin Carsten Wendler Anne-Laure Vincent Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Jose Luis Prieto Katharina Shingler Gregorio Pettazzi Domen Tursic +6 more... Show less The Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (the Convention),...
6/19/2025 1:22:26 PM UK Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal strike out of bifurcated representative actions in shareholder claims By Sarah Parkes Emma Probyn Maisie Stewart Elke Kendall Anoushka Nightingale Feon Wong +3 more... Show less The UK Supreme Court has declined to grant permission to appeal the strike out of representative actions brought by shareholders against...
6/6/2025 11:56:10 AM Market volatility and UK defined contribution pensions: future risks for employers? By Andrew Murphy Gareth Davies Christy Lee In our previous blog, we considered the risks under the current legal regime in the UK to employers, trustees and providers arising from...
5/29/2025 1:08:02 PM German court denies Russian arbitral award recognition on the basis of EU sanctions By Clemens Treichl Carsten Wendler Eric Leikin Hager Sameh +1 more... Show less Russia’s measures against so-called “unfriendly states” and consecutive sanctions packages from the EU, amongst others, have led to the...
5/27/2025 11:56:42 AM Market volatility and defined contribution pensions: a new dawn for mass claims? By Andrew Murphy Gareth Davies Christy Lee The recent fallout in global markets as a result of US President Trump’s trade tariff announcements may recall, to the minds of UK...
5/26/2025 7:54:03 AM Product Risks Today: Digital services in the scope of the new Product Liability Directive By Moritz Becker Lutz Riede Kristina Weiler Anita Bell Hannah Meyer +2 more... Show less Introduction The new Product Liability Directive (PLD) marks a significant evolution in European liability law. While traditionally...
4/25/2025 11:09:25 AM Tariff Crisis: Navigating Contractual Challenges and Remedies for Businesses operating in Germany By Roman Mallmann Moritz Becker Sarah Hillebrand Hendric Labonté Jakob Zumbé +2 more... Show less The recent escalation of US tariffs on imports from around the world, and tariff retaliation from (so far) China and Canada, and...
4/2/2025 3:17:13 PM Asymmetric jurisdiction clauses – the impact of recent case law on financing transactions By Peter Allen Andrew Heathcote Duncan Kellaway Thomas Clark Martin Hutchings Joe Amann Reena Parmar Ashmita Garrett Jessica Wrigley Kacey Brown +7 more... Show less The judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the case of Società Italiana Lastre SpA (SIL) v Agora SARL, casts doubt on...
4/1/2025 8:25:46 AM Product Risks Today: How the new Product Liability Directive facilitates private enforcement By Moritz Becker Anita Bell Hannah Meyer The EU’s new Product Liability Directive (PLD), effective as of 8 December 2024, brings significant updates to the 1985 product liability...
3/27/2025 7:55:49 PM Retrieval duty rejected: Court dismisses new duty for receiving banks in APP fraud By Anthea Bowater Christine Simpson Eleanor Turner The High Court’s recent judgment in Santander UK PLC v CCP Graduate School Ltd provides an important clarification of the duties owed by...
3/26/2025 9:27:56 AM A Growing Branch of Supply Chain Risk: the Timber Regulations By Matthew Bruce Tahleel Lateef Charlotte Dunn Introduction In recent years, multinational corporations have been under growing regulatory pressure to manage the risks which arise from...
3/7/2025 1:18:50 PM Employment Rights Bill – latest changes announced By Holly Insley Sophie Cameron The Employment Rights Bill (ERB) was first published in October 2024, back in the early months of the new Labour Government which was...