It has long been held that the English court has power to grant a freezing injunction against a third party (against whom no claim lay), provided that it is ancillary and incidental to a good arguable claim against a defendant (TSB Private Bank International SA v Chabra [1992] 2 All ER 245). Such relief, known … Read more

Herbert Smith’s dispute resolution team has secured a major victory for BSkyB against IT supplier EDS (now part of Hewlett-Packard) in a claim for deceit, negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract. The judgment was handed down this afternoon by Mr Justice Ramsey in the Technology and Construction Court. Read more