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DAC Beachcroft expands health law team

International law firm DAC Beachcroft has enhanced its health, care and public law capabilities through the addition of Charlotte Harpin and Matthew Alderton as partners

New poll shows support for opt-out claims

A recent poll indicates strong public support in Scotland for implementing opt-out collective legal claims to enhance consumer access to justice

Tesla v InterDigital: Supreme Court revives FRAND claim over 5G patent licensing platform

Supreme Court allows Tesla to challenge Avanci's patent pool rates as not FRAND.

AXA Insurance v HMRC: Supreme Court clarifies when group litigation test case rulings can be overridden

Supreme Court permits departure from binding test case ruling shown wrong in law.

Jackson v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police: EAT dismisses whistleblowing appeal

EAT upholds tribunal's rejection of former officer's 19 alleged whistleblowing disclosures to IPCC.

The Kingdom of Bahrain v Shehabi: Supreme Court allows spyware hacking claim to proceed

Divided Supreme Court rules foreign states cannot claim immunity for remote computer hacking.

R v Sheikh: Supreme Court restores convictions in landmark domestic abuse ruling

Supreme Court clarifies foreseeability test under Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004.

Drelle v Servis-Terminal: Supreme Court allows bankruptcy petitions based on unrecognised foreign judgements

Supreme Court rules foreign judgement debts can found UK bankruptcy petitions without recognition.