Five years on: the evaluation of the WAMCA and the future of Dutch collective action litigation – call for more efficiency and clarity...
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The German government has introduced a draft bill to update its national Product Safety Act (Produktsicherheitsgesetz – ProdSG).[1] This...
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A claim which was launched against an online marketplace in August in the English High Court had the potential to test the boundaries of...
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We recently wrote about the prospect of future reform of the UK product liability framework (here), which may see the UK’s product...
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I. Introduction With the adoption of the new EU Product Liability Directive 2024/2853 (the Directive) in December 2024, EU Member States...
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The High Court has reaffirmed a number of key principles for managing costs in large-scale group litigation, following a two-day hearing...
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On 29 August 2025, the Federal Court of Australia (the Court) confirmed that four ICSID awards rendered under the Energy Charter Treaty...
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On 18 July 2025, the European Union adopted its 18th sanctions package in response to Russia’s continued war against Ukraine. Alongside a...
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As discussed in our previous update, in August 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) removed...
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The European Union’s (EU) approach to corporate sustainability regulation has entered a period of profound reassessment. In response to...
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Introduction In 2024, Italian public prosecutors (especially, the Milan one) increasingly focused their attention on the issue of labour...
The Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) has announced a wide-ranging initiative of the Council of Ministers aimed at enhancing...
The German justice system is continuing to become more digital. One of the further planned innovations to achieve this is a proposal by...
The UK Supreme Court has declined to grant permission to appeal the strike out of representative actions brought by shareholders against...
In our previous blog, we considered the risks under the current legal regime in the UK to employers, trustees and providers arising from...
The recent fallout in global markets as a result of US President Trump’s trade tariff announcements may recall, to the minds of UK...