/commercial-litigation-uk?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Commercial Litigation UK Copyright 2025 Â鶹´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:08:41 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2350190?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2350190 The past week in London has seen MGM and the owners of the "Addams Family" trademark sue a private equity firm, two Cambridge colleges file for injunctions against Pro-Palestine student protest groups and a former NBA player brings a claim against Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:30:31 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349390?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349390 The High Court is set to hear on Monday Getty's copyright claim over the use of its images to train Stability AI, a first-of-its-kind case that will set the stage for how the new technology intersects with intellectual property law. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:14:43 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349940?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349940 An adviser to the European Union's top court has held that installing TVs and radios in empty hotel rooms constitutes a "communication to the public" that triggers royalty payments, contradicting a ruling by a Czech watchdog to fine a copyright management organization. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:48:19 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2350197?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2350197 Streaming platform DAZN failed to convince the Court of Appeal on Friday to overturn a finding that it had entered into a contract to provide Coupang with a license to broadcast the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in South Korea. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:51:38 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2350186?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2350186 The High Court has granted approval for a challenge to the government's decision on compensation for failure to inform women that their pension age had changed, a move activists have termed a "landmark moment." Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:46:50 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2350227?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2350227 A Network Rail worker who struggled to navigate a complex tribunal process and missed significant filing deadlines won extra time on Friday to appeal after a tribunal acknowledged his mental health challenges and evolving standards for handling late appeals. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:45:25 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2350291?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2350291 Ailing National Health Service contractor Totally PLC announced Friday that it intends to appoint administrators and has requested a suspension of trading of its shares after failing to find buyers or investors to rescue it from insolvency. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:43:14 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2350203?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2350203 A London court referred a barrister and solicitor to their professional regulators on Friday for citing cases that do not exist and warned that freely available generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT are not capable of conducting reliable legal research. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:21:16 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349647?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349647 A former darts world champion has been banned from running companies for five years after his business failed to pay more than £450,000 ($610,000) in tax, the Insolvency Service has revealed. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 11:51:06 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349684?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349684 Magazine giant Condé Nast denied allegations of racial discrimination and harassment on Friday, arguing that complaints by a former Wired magazine photo editor of micromanagement and alleged aggressive behavior by security staff were not connected to her race or sex. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 11:24:04 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2350296?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2350296 A London appellate court ruled Friday that a man in a mental health crisis cannot prevent lenders from repossessing properties used to secure loans worth approximately £1.9 million (£2.6 million), concluding that the principal amounts were not affected by a moratorium on repayments. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 08:31:56 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2350170?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2350170 The government has said it will push through legislation to deal with the legal fallout for pension trustees from a landmark Court of Appeal ruling in 2024. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:34:27 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349503?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349503 The German Federal Court of Justice recently issued a notable ruling that pushes the invalidation of intra-European Union bilateral investment treaty arbitration into the realm of stand-alone cost decisions, strengthening the EU's legal framework while increasing uncertainty for investors in the region, say attorneys at Linklaters. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:19:31 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349683?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349683 A London judge said Thursday that a trading services company must go to trial to prove that its former general counsel misused confidential information, citing a possibility that the business abused the lawyer-client relationship. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:15:43 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349691?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349691 A Wetherspoons manager won his discrimination and harassment claims against the pub Thursday, with an employment tribunal ruling that he was subject to punishment at work due to his mental health conditions. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:07:25 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349717?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349717 A Brick Court Chambers antitrust silk will help to run the Competition Appeal Tribunal's new pro bono scheme, offering free legal help to litigants in person, legal charity Advocate said Thursday. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:58:28 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349665?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349665 A London judge has ruled a company can access the pension fund of a fired managing director to cover £450,000 ($612,000) he was supposed to pay to settle claims that he poached clients. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:41:40 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349728?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349728 A former employee of Axiom Ince Ltd. has won a tribunal claim over the collapsed firm's failure to carry out a redundancy consultation before mass dismissals, with a judge granting her an unspecified monetary award. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:30:39 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349685?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349685 BHP urged a London judge on Thursday to throw out contempt proceedings that it has called "extraordinary" in a £36 billion ($50 billion) case over Brazil's worst environmental disaster, arguing that it would relitigate issues that had already been resolved. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 11:51:38 +0000 /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349657?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercial-litigation-uk/articles/2349657 Greensill Capital coordinated with SoftBank to enter into "improper" transactions which caused Credit Suisse investors to lose $440 million in debt, a lawyer for a sub-fund for the collapsed Swiss bank told the first day of trial Thursday.