Disputes Quick Reads

The sting and the tale

Andrew Howell and Natalia Faekova unpack an extraordinary case. A Mexican billionaire's strong fraud claim. Former Israeli intelligence operatives hired to target the defendant's solicitor. Secret recordings over wine and dinner. A judge who called it 'anathema to civil litigation' but may have been 'too lenient'.

19 November 2025

Opening the doors: how the January 2026 pilot will transform access to court documents

During an LSLA lecture on transparency and open justice, Mrs Justice Cockerill, recently appointed as Deputy Head of Civil Justice, outlined a pilot practice direction (PD) that will place select court documents squarely in the public domain via a new, public-facing side of the electronic court file (CE-File).

21 October 2025

Collective actions impacting big tech - Ireland set to test the boundaries in ICCL v Microsoft

11 June 2025

Wirral Council v Indivior plc: Court of Appeal upholds strike out of opt-in representative action securities claim

30 January 2025

What are the litigation trends in 2025?

22 January 2025

Changes to the privilege rules between companies and shareholders

6 December 2024

Victory for energy companies/defeat for the environment?

14 November 2024

Failure to prevent fraud offence to come into force in September 2025

14 November 2024

Non-Disclosure Agreements - updated guidance from the SRA

8 November 2024

Essex Cricket Club charged by Cricket Regulator

30 October 2024

UK introduces mandatory reimbursement rules to combat APP fraud

15 October 2024

Important environmental ruling?

16 July 2024

Notice of Claim: What constitutes 'reasonable detail'?

5 July 2024

Introduction of football regulator on hold for now

24 May 2024

Proposed changes to the rules on ADR

20 May 2024

Internal investigations - raising the bar

1 May 2024

New SFO Director announces bold plans to tackle fraud

21 March 2024

What are the litigation trends for 2024?

1 February 2024

ClientEarth v FCA: Challenging Regulator Decisions

12 February 2024

First of its kind judicial guidance on the use of AI in the courts

14 December 2023

Witness familiarisation - does it affect the court's assessment of witness credibility?

13 December 2023

Court of Appeal confirms mandatory ADR is here to stay

4 December 2023

The use of AI in Trial Witness Statements post-PD 57AC

23 October 2023

CAT to hear the first application for a collective settlement approval order

17 October 2023

Law Commission's report on digital assets: what's next?

2 October 2023

Pre-Action Protocols – what is different?

12 September 2023

Failure to prevent fraud – a new offence?

14 August 2023

Supreme Court rules that APP fraud victims cannot rely on Quincecare Duty

4 August 2023

The Law Commission's Consultation Process on the Arbitration Act 1996 – taking stock

21 July 2023

What does the latest decision of the CAT in the Mastercard/Visa proceedings mean for class actions?

10 July 2023

Disputes Quick Read: ClientEarth refused permission to pursue directors of Shell

1 June 2023

CJC costs review – what will change?

1 June 2023

Embargoed judgments – dos and don'ts

16 May 2023

Disputes Quick Read – developments in the fixed costs regime

3 May 2023

Disputes Quick Read: Service by email – are the rules any clearer?

20 April 2023

Disputes Quick Read: Breaking the north/south divide?

5 April 2023

Disputes Quick Read - What do practitioners think about making alternative dispute resolution (ADR) compulsory?

8 March 2023

Disputes Quick Read: What are the litigation trends for 2023?

2 March 2023

Disputes Quick Read: further guidance on witness statement preparation rules

14 February 2023

Disputes Quick Read: A cautionary tale – settlement agreement (un)wittingly releases all claims for fraud

13 February 2023

Disputes Quick Read: Why the UK should join the Hague Judgments Convention 2019

8 February 2023

Disputes Quick Read: extensive information orders granted against crypto exchanges following hack

19 January 2023

Disputes Quick Read: A new approach to giving evidence? WhatsApp with that?

3 October 2022

Disputes Quick Read: Ethereum Merge - what legal issues arise?

22 September 2022

Disputes Quick Read: New obligations on cryptobusinesses to report under the UK sanctions regime

9 August 2022

Disputes Quick Read: Disclosure - What information can be redacted?

25 July 2022

Disputes Quick Read: what claims exist when a smart contract is breached?

6 July 2022

Disputes Quick Read: New gateway for serving Norwich Pharmacal Orders and Bankers Trust orders out of the jurisdiction

Welcome news for those pursuing fraud claims in the English Courts

28 July 2022

Disputes Quick Read: Disclosure Pilot Scheme – here to stay

21 July 2022

Disputes Quick Read: Defining the duty - the limits of the responsibility assumed by professionals

27 July 2022

Disputes Quick Read: Climate change litigation – successful challenge to government's Net Zero Strategy

29 July 2022

Disputes Quick Read: Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 – now in force

17 June 2022

Disputes Quick Read: an important reminder of the duty to disclose electronic documents in native format

13 June 2022

Disputes Quick Read: ENRC prevails in claim against former solicitor

26 May 2022

Disputes Quick Read: Climate change litigation update – McGaughey v Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited

31 May 2022

Don't lose your keys: Bitcoin developers do not have a duty to assist owners in recovering lost cryptocurrency

4 April 2022

Disputes Quick Read: The new witness statement preparation rules – a year on

5 April 2022

Disputes Quick Read: ClientEarth v Shell – climate change litigation shifts focus to UK companies

31 March 2022

Disputes Quick Read: High Court rules that failure to provide adequate data security is not a positive act

21 September 2021

Disputes Quick Read: Key changes to the Disclosure Pilot Scheme

13 September 2021

Disputes Quick Read: Judicial Review and Courts Bill – unpacking the UK government's proposed amendments

6 September 2021

Disputes Quick Read: Will litigants be compelled to participate in alternative dispute resolution?

2 August 2021

Disputes Quick Read: Freezing injunctions – maximum custodial sentence imposed for breach

21 July 2021

Disputes Quick Read: The online future of civil justice – the end of the legal profession or the end of legal drudgery?

15 July 2021

Disputes Quick Read: Will the courts change forever post-COVID?

26 May 2021

Disputes Quick Read: One Blackfriars administrators cleared of misfeasance

5 May 2021

Disputes Quick Read: Not your prerogative – the Independent Review of Administrative Law reports its recommendations on judicial review

21 April 2021

Disputes Quick Read: Amendments to the Disclosure Pilot Scheme – a step in the right direction

31 March 2021

Disputes Quick Read: UK Supreme Court rules on the territorial extent of the SFO's powers

26 February 2021

Disputes Quick Read: No dropping anchor – parent company liability for environmental claims

24 February 2021

Disputes Quick Read: What lawyers need to know about new witness statement preparation rules

20 January 2021

Disputes Quick Read: Should you still choose the English courts to have jurisdiction in your international contracts after Brexit?

12 January 2021

Disputes Quick Read: Privilege lost in the EU post-Brexit (with exceptions)

23 November 2020

Disputes Quick Read: Law on interest applicable to US dollar awards reaffirmed

16 October 2020

Disputes Quick Read: Care required when drafting SPA claim notices

23 September 2020

Disputes Quick Read: Why the modernised LCIA rules are a welcome update

7 October 2020

Disputes Quick Read: The importance of proper service

26 May 2020

Disputes Quick Read: government guidance for contracts impacted by COVID-19

12 May 2020

Disputes quick read: Mandatory changes to Statements of Truth

18 May 2020

Disputes Quick Read: The latest on Unexplained Wealth Orders

7 May 2020

Disputes Quick Read: COVID-19 and supply chain disruption – key issues

9 April 2020

Disputes Quick Read: High Court orders parties to explore options for 5-week remote trial

15 April 2020

Disputes Quick Read: Tomlin Orders – ensuring the confidentiality of settlement terms

27 April 2020

Disputes Quick Read: UK's OFSI fines Standard Chartered Bank £20 million for sanctions breaches

21 April 2020

Disputes Quick Read: A different approach to witness evidence

11 March 2020

Disputes Quick Read: Coronavirus - a growth in virtual courts?

17 March 2020

Disputes Quick Read: Embracing remote hearings – the experience to date

26 March 2020

Disputes quick read: climate change activism by litigation

26 February 2020

Disputes Quick Read: Commercial Court's arbitral power shift

21 February 2020

Disputes quick read: pilot error?

13 February 2020

Disputes Quick Read: Court stays evictions during COVID-19 – is this lawful?

2 June 2020

Disputes Quick Read: Will the civil justice system change forever post COVID-19?

16 June 2020

Disputes Quick Read: Privilege waiver warning

2 July 2020

Disputes Quick Read: Retailers reign supreme in Visa and Mastercard proceedings

9 July 2020

Disputes Quick Read: The contra proferentem rule reconsidered?

21 July 2020

Disputes Quick Read: Disclosure – out of control?

10 November 2021

Disputes Quick Read: Scope of duty and the SAAMCo counterfactual following Manchester Building Society

3 December 2021

Disputes Quick Read: Facilitating transactions in cryptoassets - Lord Leggatt and the point of commercial law

24 November 2021

Disputes Quick Read: Privy Council clarifies the law on freezing injunctions in aid of foreign proceedings

8 October 2021

Disputes Quick Read: Climate change litigation – what's the latest?

10 January 2022

Disputes Quick Read: Court decisions on the Disclosure Pilot Scheme – the 2021 roundup

20 January 2022

Disputes Quick Read: Climate change litigation update

8 March 2022

Disputes Quick Read: Assumption of responsibility - tax schemes and investors

22 March 2022

Disputes Quick Read: Dealing in crypto? Be careful what you call it

7 April 2022

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