The Commercial Court has granted an anti-suit injunction restraining Belgian proceedings brought in breach of an exclusive English jurisdiction clause: Ebury Partners Belgium SA/NV v Technical Touch BV, Jan Berthels [2022] EWHC 2927 (Comm). This appears to be one of the first cases post-Brexit in which an anti-suit injunction has been granted by an English … Read more

In this 16th episode of our series of commercial litigation update podcasts, we look at a couple of recent decisions relating to privilege, two interesting Court of Appeal decisions on good faith and force majeure respectively, and finally we discuss the recent Supreme Court decision in the BTI v Sequana case, which clarifies when directors … Read more

Our annual disputes client conference, held on Tuesday 22 November, was chaired by partner and global head of our insurance disputes practice Paul Lewis. The conference explored some key legal and compliance risks facing major corporates in the current global environment, and how those risks can be mitigated. Sessions looked in particular at risks relating … Read more

The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal against a finding that the majority shareholders of a company had engaged in unfairly prejudicial conduct by removing from office two directors with minority interests, in a case which provides important clarification around the scope and construction of contractual provisions obliging the parties to act in good … Read more

The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision of the High Court to strike out a claim by the former shareholders of a dissolved company against an investor on the basis that all the losses claimed were barred by the reflective loss principle: Burnford & Ors v Automobile Association Developments Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1943. As a … Read more

In a recent case the High Court has considered its discretion to require disclosure of documents relating to a previous expert’s views when granting a party permission to adduce evidence from a new expert: The University of Manchester v John McAslan & Partners Ltd [2022] EWHC 2750. The court was satisfied that this was not … Read more

The Supreme Court has held that the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 does not have overriding effect and therefore applies only where domestic conflict of laws rules indicate that the contribution claim in question is governed by English law: The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association – Forces Help v Allgemeines Krankenhaus Viersen GmbH [2022] … Read more

The Court of Appeal has held that the identity of those instructing lawyers on behalf of a corporate client are not generally protected by litigation privilege: Loreley Financing (Jersey) No 30 Ltd v Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) [2022] EWCA Civ 1484. In doing so it largely agreed with the reasoning of the High Court, as … Read more