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Dexia SA v Comune di Torino: English court upholds swap contracts after Turin's two-decade hedging strategy unravelled by low rates

The Commercial Court grants sweeping declaratory relief as Turin's challenge to interest rate swaps fails in full.

Coghlan v Lexlaw: the High Court sends a warning about deciding cases on unpleaded arguments

A summary judgement appeal is remitted after a judge decided a case that nobody had actually pleaded.

Roland Berger v Perrin: why a Stockport home address can anchor a £45m Middle East dispute in London

The Commercial Court refuses to stay proceedings despite the dispute's centre of gravity lying in the Middle East.

MA v FA and Ors: high court findings expose the architecture of transnational marriage abandonment

A husband planned a robbery in Pakistan to trap his wife there, the High Court has found.

Transatlantica Commodities v Eurochem Trading: when late is not the same as done

The Commercial Court dismisses a shipowner's appeal, confirming that an unfulfilled voyage obligation cannot be remedied by a later, different one.

Elbuzidi and Alharati v FCDO: the high court tightens the screws on government disclosure in torture rendition claims

The High Court has ordered a phased disclosure regime that could expose thousands of classified documents.

Edgware Road v Tera Westend: when both parties behave badly, the one that lies loses

High Court dismisses landlord's forfeiture appeal after finding it spent rent deposit funds and gave false evidence about it.

Huws Gray v Gentleman: a non-compete clause that prevented nothing was worth nothing

High Court strikes down builders merchant's non-compete covenant as unenforceable, exposing multiple drafting failures.