UK Supreme Court blocks £3bn data privacy claim against Google November 10, 2021 The UK’s Supreme Court has voted down a £3bn lawsuit which would have seen 4.4m Brits compensated for data breaches by tech giant Google. The action led by former Which? director Richard Lloyd, supported by the campaign group Google You Owe Us, fought to bring a “representative action” against Google after it “illegally misused the [...]
Lawyers: Pledge to protect litigation funding welcome – but devil’s in the detail January 19, 2024 City lawyers have welcomed plans to change the laws around litigation funding, after a Supreme Court ruling raised major concerns about whether litigation funds can continue to back certain court cases.
Sanctioned Russian oligarch wins appeal in multibillion-dollar London divorce battle January 31, 2024 A sanctioned Russian oligarch will be able to hold on to his $20bn fortune for a little while longer after the Supreme Court today ruled against his ex-wife in a long-running divorce battle.
UK Supreme Court reverses radical reinterpretation of contract law July 16, 2021 Termination of a contract does not exempt a contractor from liquidated damage payments, the UK Supreme Court ruled today. The verdict, which overturned what judges branded a ‘radical re-interpretation of case law’ by the Court of Appeal, concludes a long-running legal dispute between US-based contractor Triple Point Technology and PTT Public Company, over the former’s [...]
All eyes on the UK Supreme Court today as it will rule on £2bn lawsuit by 4m Brits against Google November 10, 2021 Should a billion-pound legal action against Google over claims it secretly tracked millions of iPhone users’ internet activity be allowed to go ahead? The UK’s highest court will give its verdict at 9.45am today. Former Which? director Richard Lloyd, supported by the campaign group Google You Owe Us, wants to bring a “representative action” against [...]
Biden to create commission to look into expanding Supreme Court April 9, 2021 US President Joe Biden will order the creation of a bipartisan commission to study potential reforms to the Supreme Court, including whether to expand the number of justices. The commission would tackle the “merits and legality” of specific high court reform proposals, the White House said in a statement, along with the contentious idea of [...]
US Supreme Court gives LinkedIn fresh chance to stop data harvesters June 14, 2021 The US Supreme Court today granted LinkedIn another chance to prevent a rival recruitment data company from scraping personal data from its platform. LinkedIn previously tried to use the the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to prevent rival hiQ from harvesting customer data from their public-facing user profiles. The Act prohibits accessing a computer without [...]
Supreme Court curbs SFO’s global reach February 5, 2021 The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has lost its case against US engineering company KBR in the Supreme Court over whether it can compel foreign businesses to hand over documents held overseas. Supreme Court Judges unanimously disagreed with a 2018 High out ruling that Section 2 notices could have extra-territorial reach. The US firm had previously [...]
Supreme Court rules Grant Thornton owes Manchester Building Society £13.4m June 18, 2021 The Supreme Court has backed a £32m negligence claim from Manchester Building Society against its former auditor Grant Thornton in a landmark ruling that could make it easier to bring claims against professional advisers. The Supreme Court said Grant Thornton had incorrectly told the building society that its accounts could be prepared using a rule [...]
Sigh of relief within legal community as Supreme Court upholds non-compete clause after four year battle July 23, 2021 Following an epic four year legal battle, consumer action law firm Your Lawyers won this morning a Supreme Court action against rival firm Harcus Sinclair (HSLLP). The case was closely monitored by many ,law firms in the City and across the country. The UK Supreme Court ruled today that a non-compete clause which HSLLP gave [...]