Nicholas GreenwoodDavid Waldron
given their substantial motor finance businesses. Lloyds has already set aside £450 million to cover redress, while Close Brothers has earmarked £165 million. These provisions may rise significantly depending on the final Supreme Court ruling. ...
In a significant judgment handed down by the UK Supreme Court on December 20, 2023, the Court held that a claim for knowing receipt cannot be made if a claimant’s equitable interest in the property in question has been extinguished by the time of the defendant’s knowing receipt of the p...
Today’s Supreme Court ruling echoes that of the Court of Appeal, arguing that Kiddee cases’ surface decoration is enough to prevent the case from creating the same ‘overall impression’ as the original Trunki design. The Supreme Court’s decision indicates that surface decoration is a major ...
On July 2, 2021, an extended panel of seven UK Supreme Court Justices handed down a unanimous judgment in the case of Secretary of State for Health (the Appellants) and another v. Servier Laboratories Ltd and others (the Respondents) [2021] UKSC 24. They ...
The UK Supreme Court recently gave judgment inThe Polar, ruling that the cargo interests were liable for their share of a ransom payment claimed in general average. Shipowners may need to consider the specific wording of their charters, including any war risks clauses, when assessing t...
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the controversial Northern Ireland protocol, a trading arrangement negotiated during Brexit talks, does not breach the UK’s own Acts of Union following a legal challenge brought by the community’s unionist politician
A ruling by the UK Supreme Court against a claim to pursue financial relief during or after divorce when a spouse has died has prompted a flurry of commentary. The court’s judgement in the case of Unger and another (in substitution for Hasan) (Appellants) v Ul-Hasan (deceased) and anot...
The Supreme Court’s ruling that Bloomberg News had breached the businessman’s “reasonable expectation of privacy” is the latest U.K. court judgement to side with an individual’s right to privacy over the public’s right to know.
LONDON — Britain’s Supreme Court is to rule on Wednesday on a challenge to the validity of the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol which governs post-Brexit tra…