In Cape Intermediate Holdings Ltd v Dring (for and on behalf of Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK)1 the UK Supreme Court has given guidance on non-party access to documents filed in litigation in the English Courts....more
The English Court rules have long allowed a non-party to litigation to access and obtain copies of certain key documents in court proceedings. In our August 2018 update we reported on the decision of the English Court of...more
The English court rules have long allowed a non-party to litigation to access and obtain copies of certain key documents in court proceedings, such as statements of case (including the claim form, particulars of claim,...more
The recent decision of the London Commercial Court in PJSC Tatneft v Gennady Bogolyubov & Ors [2018] EWHC 1314 (Comm) highlights the importance that the Court will attach to full asset disclosure by a respondent to ensure the...more
In the recent decision in Carlos Sevilleja Garcia v Marex Financial Limited,1 the Court of Appeal helpfully summarised the justifications for the English law rule against claims for reflective loss and confirmed that the rule...more
A trend has emerged which demonstrates the London Commercial Court’s increasing willingness to adopt a pragmatic approach to the method of service of documents on a foreign State in appropriate cases, even though the...more
A weapon of value to litigants in England is the ability to seek disclosure of documents from a likely party to litigation before proceedings start. Obtaining such pre-action disclosure can yield crucial information at the...more