In a recent alert, we highlighted the United Kingdom (UK) benchmark manipulation cases of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo from 2015 and 2019, respectively. Hayes was the first banker to be jailed in the LIBOR scandal....more
The Supreme Court has recently handed down its much-anticipated judgment in the ‘Motor Finance litigation’. The three joined appeals had become one of the most closely followed cases of this year and last. Overturning the...more
Last week the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that, as a result of the UK Supreme Court's decision in R v Hayes/Palombo, a number of convictions arising from allegations of manipulation of well-known key...more
On 23 July 2025 the Supreme Court handed down a judgment confirming the approach public authorities should take when deciding whether to disclose information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), where there may...more
Improper inducement or legitimate distribution fee? The UK Supreme Court’s landmark ruling clarifies the rules on intermediaries that are common to the supply chain of almost all financial services....more
The UK Supreme Court has handed down its judgment on the conjoined appeals involving two lenders who challenged the decision of the Court of Appeal that a car finance broker could not lawfully receive a lender's commission...more
Recent months have seen a number of significant sanctions developments, giving rise to changes in the international compliance landscape. In this article, we collect the key issues and set out our analysis of what this means...more
This alert discusses two recent significant developments at either end of the UK sanctions spectrum, covering off designation (a recent Supreme Court decision providing important guidance as to the assessment of...more
Sanctions necessarily target individuals and materially impact their freedom to travel, do business and even own houses. Do the various guarantees of human rights offer a defence to these draconian restrictions? On 29 July...more
On 1 August 2025, the UK Supreme Court delivered its much anticipated judgment on the appeal from the Court of Appeal’s decision in the UK motor finance commission litigation — being the joined cases of Johnson v. FirstRand...more
We report this week on one of the first court decisions dealing with transgender issues since the publication of the Supreme Court’s ruling in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers (FWS). ...more
On 1 August 2025, the Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited judgment in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, Wrench v FirstRand Bank Ltd and Hopcraft & Anor v Close Brothers Ltd – reported together as [2025] UKSC 33....more
The judgment brings clarity regarding the fiduciary duty and unfair relationships. The consumer finance sector now awaits the FCA’s plans for a new redress scheme covering commission arrangements....more
In a landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand ([2025] UKSC 33), part of the broader Hopcraft appeals, the UK Supreme Court has ruled that car dealers who arrange finance do not owe fiduciary duties to their customers. This...more
THE SUPREME COURT HAS REJECTED TWO OF THE THREE CLAIMS IT WAS ASKED TO DECIDE, AND UPHELD THE OTHER BASED ON ITS SPECIFIC FACTS - OVERVIEW - In a landmark decision which will be closely scrutinised by the finance...more
The Court ruled that the post-sale context can be relevant when establishing similarity between trade marks....more
Lenders in the retail market will be familiar with the Etridge protocol, which (in summary) requires them to ensure that the guarantor of a loan must first obtain independent legal advice, in order to minimise the risk that...more
On 2 June 2025, the Civil Justice Council, a statutory body charged with advising on reform of the civil justice system in England and Wales, published its final report to the UK government on third-party litigation funding...more
Case 1: Brown v Ridley and Another - The Supreme Court has clarified that a reasonable belief of ownership for any 10 year period is sufficient to claim adverse possession....more
In URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21, the Supreme Court has dismissed URS' appeal on all four grounds in its decision handed down on 21 May 2025. The case will be remitted to the TCC to determine the...more
1. DEVELOPERS WIN AGAIN AS SUPREME COURT REJECTS A "VOLUNTARINESS PRINCIPLE" - The Supreme Court has delivered its judgment in the litigation between developers and designers over structural defects in high-rise buildings,...more
The UK Supreme Court’s (Court) decision in URS Corporation Ltd v. BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21 resolves key questions around the recoverability of remediation costs where the developer no longer owns the property and has no...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a statement outlining key considerations for a potential consumer redress scheme, as part of its review into motor finance commission arrangements, following the pending...more
On June 2, 2025, the Civil Justice Council (“Council”)—a public body that reviews and makes recommendations to the UK Government about the English civil justice system—published its much-anticipated report on litigation...more