08 Apr, 2024 High Court hands down its first judgment on the Quincecare duty since Philipp By Christine Simpson Sarah Robinson Qifei Zou The High Court’s recent judgment in CCP Graduate School Ltd v National Westminster Bank, [2024] EWHC 581 (KB) is the first decision...
21 Mar, 2024 ESG dispute risk for financial institutions: A global picture By Sharon Grennan Climate litigation and other ESG risks are on the rise around the world for corporates and financial institutions. In the EU and UK a...
06 Mar, 2024 'De-banking’ claim against Revolut struck out as an abuse of process By Harry White Anthea Bowater In the recent case of Uzbekov v Revolut, the English High Court struck out a breach of contract claim brought by Mr Uzbekov following...
08 Dec, 2023 Maintaining ‘orderly’ markets in disorderly times: the English High Court finds in the LME’s favour in relation to the nickel crisis By Emma Probyn James Smethurst Harry White In a judgment that will be of interest to exchanges and those who trade on them, the English High Court dismissed judicial review...
14 Jul, 2023 UK Supreme Court rejects extension of Quincecare duty and clarifies its juridical basis By Anthea Bowater Sarah Robinson Christine Simpson Nicole Looi +1 more... Show less In the important judgment in Philipp v Barclays Bank plc handed down this week, the UK Supreme Court has rejected the extension of a...
02 May, 2023 Lord Sumption delivers Judgment on the Quincecare duty By Sarah Robinson Christine Simpson Laila Pourdad Lord Sumption recently delivered the lead judgment in proceedings before the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA) which concerned the...
18 Jan, 2022 What to expect from US enforcement agencies in 2022 By Eric Bruce Daniel Cendan Aaron Marcu Olivia Radin Adam Siegel Kimberly Zelnick +3 more... Show less In recent months, public statements by the Biden administration and senior officials from US enforcement agencies attest to a renewed...
21 Dec, 2021 Landmark FCA criminal conviction under the MLR 2007 against NatWest By Christopher Robinson Ali Sallaway Eloise Cartwright On 13 December 2021 NatWest was fined £264 million for breaches of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (MLR 2007). NatWest had...
18 Aug, 2021 Gatekeeping revisited: First antitrust class action certification decision following UK Supreme Court judgment in Merricks By Ricky Versteeg The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal has today handed down its first class certification judgment following last year’s UK Supreme Court...
22 Jun, 2021 DB transfer advice - more complaints on the horizon? By Andrew Murphy Lauren Jackson Amy Rentell In 2019, the UK's FCA commissioned an in-depth review into defined benefit (DB) pension transfer advice. Since that time, there has been...
24 May, 2021 WorkLife 2.0: Are pensions class actions on the horizon? By Andrew Murphy Amy Rentell In recent blog posts, we predicted that the year ahead would see an increase in group workforce litigation. The most obvious topics that...
14 May, 2021 Do not interfere! : the High Court of England & Wales restates the (very limited) circumstances for challenging an on-demand bond call By Robert Colvin Jamie Calvy Kate Gough Daisy Wootten +1 more... Show less An “on demand” bond imposes a primary obligation on the issuer (usually a bank) to pay when the beneficiary makes a compliant written...