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Judge holds defendant entitled to indemnity costs following discontinuance

In an order dated 18 December 2025, the Rome Court of Appeal reaffirmed the principle that an appeal brought against a court order warning a non-compliant parent must be declared inadmissible.

On 20th July 2021 judgment on appeal was handed down in Atkinson & Mummery v GPDL, Varma & Others [2021] EWHC 2027 (Ch).

The judge was also critical of the parties' written submissions about what had taken place at negotiation meetings.

The trial judge's daughter did a mini-pupillage at the chambers of Mr Varma, counsel for one of the parties in this case.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a knowing receipt claim against a bank for receipt of shares transferred to it in breach of trust, on the basis that the...

Tom Bell, instructed by Sheona Wood and Michael Bijowski of DWF, has achieved success in his client’s appeal in the case of Kounis v Critchlow and Associates Limited.

Following the success of the 2020 LCAM-HSF Mediation in Arbitration survey, we are delighted to announce that Herbert Smith Freehills is again joining with the London Chamber of Arbitration and...

In November last year, we issued this update regarding the progress of the Limitation (Childhood Abuse) (Scotland) Bill through the legislative process.

Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior SNC v Empresa de Telecommunicationes de Cuba SA (English Court of Appeal, July 2007) provides an important illustration of the limits on the ability of the English court to grant freezing orders in aid of litigation in other countries.

In what appears to be the first decision to consider the implications of the Supreme Court's judgment in PACCAR Inc v Road Haulage Association Ltd [2023] UKSC 28...

On 19 March, the Litigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill was introduced to Parliament, following on from the government's announcement on 4 March...

The court is unable to waive late or defective service of a claim form as a procedural error under CPR 3.10. It can do so under CPR 6.15 and 6.16 where there is "good reason" but this jurisdiction was not invoked by the claimant...

A recent tax case decided at the Supreme Court held that a fixed share equity member of an LLP was a ‘worker’ within the meaning of Employment Rights Act 1996.

Penny Bygrave, solicitor at Bircham Dyson Bell LLP is warning businesses in the wake of Kingspan Environmental Limited & Others v Borealis A/S and Borealis UK Limited, to consider whether they have clarity on what law governs both contractual and non-contractual claims in an international contract as other legal systems may not provide the same protection to them as English law

Court of Appeal considers whether payments in the ordinary course of business should be allowed in a post-judgment freezing order

In a recent decision of the King's Bench Division of England and Wales the Court set aside an order (O2) that extended time for compliance with an earlier disclosure order (O1).