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...
01 Mar, 2024 Text of the new EU Product Liability Directive is agreed – what happens next? By Harriet Hanks Andrew Austin In brief: The text of the revised new EU Product Liability Directive (PLD) has now been agreed. After intense negotiations resulting in...
20 Feb, 2024 Limitation: when does the clock start on date of knowledge? A case note on BAT Industries Plc & Ors v Inland Revenue & Anor [2024] EWHC 195 (Ch) By Emma Probyn Jack Helyar At a Glance The High Court has handed down its judgment in BAT Industries Plc & Ors v Inland Revenue & Anor [2024] EWHC 195 (Ch), which...
09 Feb, 2024 Recent Trends in English & Welsh group actions By James Roberts Rebecca Fenning Owen Jack In recent years, we have seen group actions play an ever-expanding role in English litigation, driven by an explosion in litigation...
30 Jan, 2024 Is It a Done Deal? Breach of Warranty Claims: How to Protect Your Position By Ali Kirby-Harris Emily Tilden-Smith Charlotte Dunn Post-closing disputes are on the rise. The post-covid M&A surge led to pressurised negotiations resulting, in some cases, in less due...
04 Jan, 2024 Bifurcated representative actions in shareholder claims rejected by English High Court By Sarah Parkes Emma Probyn Anoushka Nightingale Juliet Leung +1 more... Show less The English High Court has rejected the use of a bifurcated representative procedure to bring shareholder claims under section 90/90A and...
13 Dec, 2023 Trends in tax disputes: what should businesses be aware of? By Laura Western Back in October, the global Freshfields Tax team published the Tax investigations and disputes across borders guide which, among other...
08 Dec, 2023 Not over yet: UK DMCC Bill enters the House of Lords with some key questions still up for debate By Sharon Malhi Rikki Haria Sarah Jensen Martin Dickson Abigail Legge Milo Noone +3 more... Show less The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the Bill) is still expected to come into force in Autumn 2024. Although the overall...
06 Dec, 2023 Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023: Spotlight on trends in the healthcare sector By Holly Insley Amelia Lamp In October, we published the results of the Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023, which gathered the views of over 2,500 individuals...
04 Dec, 2023 Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023: Are whistleblowers turning away from internal reporting? By Harriet Gaillard Alice Brindle Rufus Stirling Emily Darlow +1 more... Show less The impact of an employee blowing the whistle externally can be significant. Not only can it spin the narrative out of an organisation’s...
29 Nov, 2023 Freshfields whistleblowing survey 2023: Spotlight on the EU By Holly Insley Eva-Maria Schwarzer Laura Llangozi Amy Rentell Amelia Lamp +2 more... Show less This article was originally published on 29 November 2023 on 'Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence' by Thomson Reuters. © Thomson...
20 Nov, 2023 Out-of-court settlements with tax authorities: the position in France By Cyril Valentin Juliette Brasart Taxpayers may seek to reach an out-of-court settlement with a tax authority for various reasons, including reaching a swift(er)...