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Bank Mellat v HM Treasury $4bn Litigation Slated for October

25th July 2016
The Bank Mellat Iranian sanctions litigation, which has been through both the UK Supreme Court and the European Union Court of Justice, is now going back to the High Court to deal with the damages claim. The claim is for $4 billion; the largest claim made against HM Treasury, and is slated to begin in […]
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Legal Sector Found to be Paying up to Six Times Too Much for IT Purchases

21st July 2016
Paid 557% markup for IT products - Suppliers are exploiting a lack of transparency in the IT market to inflate product prices, according to the annual KnowledgeBus IT Margins Benchmarking Study. Now in its fourth year, the study shows that the practice of charging excessive margins by suppliers is still commonplace across the legal sector. […]
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Joint CLAF Working Group Established for Legal Aid

18th July 2016
The Bar Council, the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) and the Law Society of England and Wales have joined forces to set up a Joint Working Group to examine the viability of a Contingent Legal Aid Fund (CLAF) and make recommendations by the end of the year. A CLAF is a recyclable, pooled fund which […]
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Brexit: UK Businesses & the European Court of Justice (ECJ)

18th July 2016
An increasing number of commercial and business-related disputes are being heard by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) up 20% in the last year to 423, compared to 352 in 2014, according to research from the Legal Business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. However, the Brexit […]
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Strengthening European Prosecution of IPR Infringement

15th July 2016
This week, Eurojust and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further expand the existing fruitful collaboration to support European prosecutors working with cases concerning violations of intellectual property rights (IPRs). The MOU, signed at Eurojust headquarters in The Hague (Netherlands), will enable the further development of specific […]
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Microsoft Free-For-All Data Case A Win

15th July 2016
The US Government has been intentional about requesting authority access to the firm’s servers abroad, but a court has now ruled this cannot be forced. In what now sets a precedent for privacy protection in the sector of cloud computing and data services, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) will not be allowed to access […]
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Drones Are the Future, Say 1 in 3 Businesses

14th July 2016
New research reveals the extent to which drones are taking off in business, despite poor knowledge of some of the rules surrounding their use. One in three business decision makers (34%) say the technology is either already in use in their industry, or will be in the future, according to the research, carried out by […]
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Brexit: What Next For The Bar?

14th July 2016
The Chairman of the Bar, Chantal-Aimee Doerries QC, has invited Hugh Mercer QC to chair a Bar Council working group to consider the ramifications for the profession of Brexit. The Brexit working group’s first step will be to host an open forum for barristers to raise topics and issues which they would like to consider. […]
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Brexit: Confidence in Mortgages & Housing

14th July 2016
In the wake of Brexit, the Bank of England is predicted to cut interest rates for the first time in seven years tomorrow. Kevin Ross, at Brown Turner Ross solicitors, predicts that this can only be a good thing for the property market and help keep the economy buoyant: A cut in the interest rate […]
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Brexit: How will Employment Law be Affected?

13th July 2016
Jane Crosby , specialist in commercial litigation and employment law at Hart Brown, outlines how employment law could be affected by the UK leaving Europe When the UK went to the polls on June 23rd, few people predicted the outcome that arose, with the Leave campaign scoring a shock win and a slender majority of the UK […]
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