Argentina

Claim spotter: Argentinian oil case hits UK court, while Barclays targets Russia’s largest private bank

Multibillion-dollar Argentinian oil case lands in UK court Petersen Energia, the energy arm of a major Argentine banking group, secured a victory in a US court last September, with a $16bn judgment against the Argentinian government. Now, the legal battle has moved to the Commercial Court in the UK, as Petersen pursues further claims against […]

Mercedes Benz

In court this week: Dieselgate, Clydes and counter-terrorism powers

Wealthy businessman sues former legal advisers Heading to the Commerical Court today (11 March) for five days is the professional negligence case brought by businessman Riad Al Sadik against Clyde & Co, two barristers from XXIV Old Buildings and Harney Westwood & Riegels. Al Sadik, a wealthy businessman who lives in Dubai, invested $136m in […]

drugs

Claim spotter: Taylor Wessing leads as diabetes IP battle looms

Taylor Wessing files debt claim  Southend United was hit with a new winding-up petition on 23 February, signalling continued financial trouble for the club. Then last week, Martin Dawn PLC, the company that owns a majority stake under chairman Ron Martin, was served with a part 7 debt claim from Taylor Wessing. This was filed […]

Claim spotter: Tesco takes another swing at Lidl

NatWest splashed with Norwich Pharmacal Order from swimwear brand Arena Italian swimwear brand Arena hit NatWest with a new claim last Tuesday (20 February) in the Business and Property Courts. Arena has brought a financial services and regulatory part 8 ‘transactions on financial markets or securities and/or banking’ claim against the banking giant, which The […]

In court this week: Google returns to CAT for £920m class action, as ex-solicitor takes on SRA

Google class action returns to CAT for fourth CMC Google is back in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) this Friday for a fourth case management conference (CMC) in Elizabeth Coll’s long-running class action against the software behemoth. Coll, who is represented by Hausfeld, is representing a class of Android device users who have used the […]

Slaughters and Linklaters join line-up in mobile phone class action

Four City firms are set to to defend clients in the ‘loyalty penalty’ class action filed last November in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) against Vodafone, EE, Three and O2. Former Citizens Advice executive Justin Gutmann, represented by Charles Lyndon, filed the £3bn claim, which alleges that the companies used their market dominance to overcharge […]

JP Morgan

Claim spotter: JP Morgan, Motorola and Network Rail

Kirkland leads in the battle of the smartphones US-based smartphone manufacturer Motorola filed a fresh patents claim against Swedish telecoms company Ericsson last Monday (12 February) as mobile phone disputes continue to dominate the patents space. Motorola is joined as a claimant by its parent company Lenovo, which have sought representation from Kirkland & Ellis. […]

Nord Stream

Russian-linked Nord Stream files claim after 2022 blast

The consortium behind Nord Stream, which runs a network of pipelines under the Baltic Sea between Russia and Germany, has moved to sue its insurers Lloyds and Arch Insurance. According to the public filing system, multinational consortium Nord Stream AG has filed a part 7 claim against the insurance duo. Nord Stream is 51 per […]

money, shares

London Capital & Finance trial kicks off

One of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2024 hit the courts today after it was subject to a three-week delay. The suit is between London Capital & Finance (LCF) and eight defendants alleged to have been involved in a “Ponzi scheme.” LCF collapsed in 2019 following an intervention by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) after it […]

Simmons clinches second class action mandate

Simmons & Simmons has swooped in to defend Google in what will be the firm’s second class action mandate in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).  The £7bn lawsuit was filed in September 2023 by the co-founder and CEO of Consumer Voice, Nikki Stopford. Dubbed the “cost of living crisis” class action, Stopford accuses Google of […]

airplanes

Spotlight: Morgan Lewis takes on the war in the sky

This week on Spotlight, we check out the aviation disputes team at Morgan Lewis & Bockius as it brings a large number of operator policy claims against insurers in the mammoth Russian aviation litigation, which featured in The Lawyer’s top 20 cases of 2024.  The market: Aviation is both an extremely international and consistently high-value industry. An issue […]