Court Report

Articles

Various Claimants v Mercedes-Benz Group AG: High Court reins in claimants' costs in landmark Pan NOx litigation

Courts apply strict scrutiny to disproportionate legal fees across expert evidence and ADR phases

AOX v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care: High Court dismisses article 3 investigative duty claim over hospital sexual abuse

Neither the Secretary of State nor NHS England was obliged to commission an independent inquiry.

Beyond GM v Secretary of State: High Court quashes precision breeding regulations over labelling powers error

Minister proceeded on a false legal premise, rendering the decision to make the 2025 Regulations irrational, Mr Justice Johnson has held.

Broadfield Law v Barnes: Court of Appeal confirms certainty requirement for contentious business agreements

Hourly-rate retainers that leave clients unable to calculate their exposure do not qualify as contentious business agreements, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

B v B: High Court declines marital status declaration where customary Cameroonian marriage gives rise to void marriage under English law

A fictitious identity, disputed ceremonies and a Cameroonian customary marriage were at the heart of a complex Family Division ruling handed down on 3 June...

O'Sullivan v Trading 212: County court delivers stark warning on proportionality as claimant ordered to pay £96,350 in costs

A share trading dispute worth approximately £5,000 has generated over half a million pounds in combined legal costs, prompting a rare and pointed judicial rebuke.

Association of Independent Meat Suppliers v Food Standards Agency: High Court quashes slaughterhouse inspection charges

FSA charging methodology unlawful on multiple grounds, Mrs Justice Dias rules

Tanner Courrier v HKA Global: English court upholds service out despite Delaware disclosure failure

Non-disclosure of a Delaware interim injunction ruling was material but not fatal, the High Court has held, with costs the appropriate sanction.