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2 weeks ago | 
mondaq.com | Laura C. Bridgewater |Timothy Ballingal |Daniel Fisher |Madeleine Brown
M Macfarlanes LLP More We are a London-based law firm, built and shaped around the needs of our clients. Our blend of expertise, agility and culture means we have the flexibility to meet our clients’ most challenging demands and to champion innovation.
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3 weeks ago | 
mondaq.com | Simon Day |Fred Snowball |Elizabeth Preston-Whyte |Madeleine Brown
In a judgment that will have far-reaching consequences, theCourt of Appeal has upheld the English High Court's decision tostrike out the representative proceedings brought by Wirral Council(as the administering authority of the Merseyside Pension Fund)against Indivior PLC and Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC.
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1 month ago | 
lexology.com | Laura C. Bridgewater |Lorna Emson |Alexandra Green |Michael Sholem |Helen Harvey |Madeleine Brown | +1 more
The FCA has today confirmed that it has shelved its proposals to publicise live enforcement investigations. This announcement follows unprecedented criticism from almost all stakeholders including industry and lawmakers. Read our previous article on Naming and shaming: the FCA stands firm.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Chloë Edworthy |Rachel Richardson |Riley Forson |Madeleine Brown
Businesses are aware that the climate impacts of their actions
are increasingly attracting the attention of litigants, as we have written about.
A closely related subject that has perhaps received less
attention in the legal press to date is litigation relating to
impacts on nature and consequent loss of biodiversity.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Chloë Edworthy |Riley Forson |Madeleine Brown |Rachel Richardson
Climate litigation attracts a good deal of attention at
conferences and in the legal press, with many discussions circling
around the question of whether the "noise" in the legal
industry is disproportionate when compared with the number of cases
brought. In this article we assess the current state of affairs
– what cases have been brought and what impact have they
had?
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Simon Day |Emma Radcliffe |Greg Dowell |Madeleine Brown
In July 2024, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (the Tribunal) partially allowed a strike-out application, whilst agreeing to certify, a class action brought by BSV Claims Limited (BCL) against a group of cryptocurrency exchanges for losses allegedly caused by collusion to delist the Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) cryptocurrency.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Francis Bond |Madeleine Brown
Following on from recent successes in Northern Ireland, the
National Crime Agency (NCA) announced on 5 August 2024 that it has
successfully concluded a six-year investigation which began with an
Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) and culminated in the forfeiture of
two high-value properties linked to the wife of convicted
Azerbaijani banker Jahangir Hajiyev.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Chloë Edworthy |Simon Day |Riley Forson |Madeleine Brown
In a series of recent environmental disaster decisions, the UK Supreme Court and Court of Appeal have found that:it is at least arguable that a UK parent company could be responsible in law for harm that occurs in the local jurisdiction of its subsidiaries; andthat the trial in relation to any such harm can be heard before the courts of England and Wales, notwithstanding that the harm happened thousands of miles away.
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Jan 23, 2024 | 
blog.macfarlanes.com | Chloë Edworthy |Rachel Richardson |Riley Forson |Madeleine Brown
On 13 December 2023, the English High Court denied ClientEarth’s renewed application for permission to bring a judicial review application over the decision of the Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) to approve the prospectus of Ithaca, an oil and gas exploration company.[1] Permission was first denied on the papers in April 2023. This latest decision provides additional insight on the Court’s approach to the issues.
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Jan 23, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Chloë Edworthy |Rachel Richardson |Riley Forson |Madeleine Brown
On 13 December 2023, the English High Court denied ClientEarth’s renewed application for permission to bring a judicial review application over the decision of the Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) to approve the prospectus of Ithaca, an oil and gas exploration company. Permission was first denied on the papers in April 2023. This latest decision provides additional insight on the Court’s approach to the issues.
