Welcome to our London Litigation Year in Review and 2024 Outlook. In this report, we examine the litigation trends that shaped the commercial landscape in 2023 and look at how these developments are likely to play out in the...more
1/19/2024
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Banking Sector ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
White Collar Crimes
Individuals continue to face risk from prosecutions for economic crime, despite media focus on corporate criminal liability reforms.
Four individuals have today appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with fraud...more
10/10/2023
/ Audits ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Liability ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Financial Reporting Council (FRC) ,
Financial Statements ,
Fraud ,
Material Misstatements ,
Negligence ,
Personal Liability ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK
Greater focus on strong corporate governance and transparency is placing company directors in the UK and elsewhere under growing scrutiny and increased risk of individual civil and criminal liability. As new case law and...more
4/5/2023
/ Board of Directors ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Criminal Liability ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Investors ,
Personal Liability ,
Portfolio Companies ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Risk Management ,
Transparency
The courts of England are some of the most established fora for dealing with complex commercial litigation. The Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) that apply to English civil litigation, which govern every aspect of cases from...more
12/19/2022
/ Affirmative Defenses ,
Arbitration ,
Breach of Contract ,
Commercial Litigation ,
Contract Disputes ,
Contract Formation ,
Contract Interpretation ,
Contract Terms ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Damages ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Good Faith ,
Indemnification ,
Misrepresentation ,
Rules of Civil Procedure ,
UK
The UK government is taking further measures to tackle economic crime in the UK, reforming its corporate register, and giving extra powers to the Serious Fraud Office.
The UK has published the new Economic Crime and...more
9/28/2022
/ Corporate Crimes ,
Cryptoassets ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Limited Partnerships ,
Person with Significant Control (PSC Register) ,
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) ,
Russia ,
Transparency ,
UK ,
Ukraine ,
Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs)
In its second year, the Biden administration has made clear its prioritisation of white-collar prosecutions. This includes changes in policy and guidance, such as a renewed focus on individual accountability, an increased...more
8/15/2022
/ Accounting ,
Biden Administration ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Cross-Border ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Forensic Accounting ,
Government Investigations ,
Jurisdiction ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
UK ,
White Collar Crimes
A new Register of Overseas Entities, expected this summer, requires disclosure of beneficial owners.
The UK government has introduced legislation1 in Parliament to pave the way for the launch of the new Register of...more
The proposal outlines 10 possible ways to strengthen corporate liability by both criminal and civil law reforms.
On 10 June 2022 the Law Commission published an eagerly anticipated set of proposals (the Options Paper) to...more
Litigation is, on one analysis, all about telling stories to impartial decision makers. Complex commercial litigation means that those stories are more detailed, more involved and more intricate. That means that telling the...more
1/5/2022
/ Breach of Contract ,
Business Torts ,
Commercial Litigation ,
Contract Disputes ,
Contract Formation ,
Contract Interpretation ,
Contract Negotiations ,
Contract Terms ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Fraud ,
Remedies ,
Rules of Civil Procedure ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
The ruling clarifies that a litigant can withhold disclosure of communications even if the other person was unaware that the communication was for a privileged purpose.
In recent years, the English court has examined...more
The courts of England are some of the most established for dealing with complex commercial litigation. The Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) that apply to civil litigation are robust and provide a clear framework for the...more
Courts of England are some of the most established fora for dealing with complex commercial litigation. The Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) that govern litigation are robust and provide a clear framework for the cost-effective...more
1/10/2019
/ Arbitration ,
Breach of Contract ,
Business Litigation ,
Commercial Contracts ,
Commercial Court ,
Contract Disputes ,
Contract Interpretation ,
Contract Terms ,
Good Faith ,
Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Statutory Remedies ,
UK