Litigation Notes

A litigator's yearbook: 2019 (England and Wales)

Upcoming webinar - Class actions in England and Wales: Shareholder actions - The Lloyds/HBOS litigation

On Monday 9 December (1-2pm UK time), Harry Edwards, Ceri Morgan and Sarah Penfold will deliver a webinar for Herbert Smith Freehills clients and …

Upcoming webinar - Litigation update

On Wednesday 27 November (1-2pm UK time), Anna Pertoldi, Maura McIntosh and Jan O’Neill will deliver a webinar for Herbert Smith …

How far can you act in your own self-interest? The role of good faith in commercial contracts

Article published - Redrafted DBA Regulations: a promising basis for reform

As explained in this previous post, a proposed redrafted version of the regulations governing Damages-Based Agreements (DBAs) has recently been …

Launch of our new Public Law blog

Herbert Smith Freehills has launched a new Public Law blog, which you can find at https://hsfnotes.com/publiclaw or via the “More blogs” link above. The …

Insurance issues in class actions - new webinar and "handy client guide"

Herbert Smith Freehills has today released the fourth in our series of webinars on class actions in England and Wales, looking at insurance issues in …

Pre-contractual statements: When can they come back to bite you?

Parties may say all sorts of things when negotiating a contract. Where sophisticated commercial parties are involved, most pre-contractual …

Article published - The new Singapore Convention: some practical issues to consider now

As has been well publicised, the new Singapore Convention seeks to establish a global enforcement regime for settlement agreements resulting …

Article published - GDPR in the context of litigation

Among the extensive discussion of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) over the past two years, one area where there has been a marked lack of …

Launch of Asia Pacific Guide to Privilege 2019, including England and Wales chapter

Our Asia Pacific Guide to Privilege has recently been launched, including a new chapter on England and Wales and a question added to each of the other …

What does your contract mean? How the courts interpret contracts

All too often, a term might seem perfectly clear to the parties when the contract is agreed, but a dispute later arises as to how it is meant to apply in …