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Jan 16, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Maya Ffrench-Adam |Ian T. Meredith
In our earlier alert on third-party funding (TPF) and the UK Supreme Court’s decision in PACCAR, we discussed the initial industry reaction, subsequent litigation, and legislative reform proposals (at the time, through the remit of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (DMCC Bill) - introduced by the former, Conservative UK government under then Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak).
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Maya Ffrench-Adam |Ian T. Meredith
In our earlier alert on third-party funding (TPF) andthe UK Supreme Court's decision in PACCAR, we discussed the initialindustry reaction, subsequent litigation, and legislative reformproposals (at the time, through the remit of the Digital Markets,Competition and Consumers Bill (DMCC Bill) - introduced by theformer, Conservative UK government under then Prime Minister, RishiSunak).
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
natlawreview.com | Whitt Steineker |Nancy Puleo |Lauren Schaefer |Maya Ffrench-Adam
Skip to main content January 13, 2025 Volume XV, Number 13 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
natlawreview.com | Maya Ffrench-Adam
In our earlier alert on third-party funding (TPF) and the UK Supreme Court’s decision in PACCAR, we discussed the initial industry reaction, subsequent litigation, and legislative reform proposals (at the time, through the remit of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (DMCC Bill) - introduced by the former, Conservative UK government under then Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak).
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
klgates.com | Maya Ffrench-Adam |Ian T. Meredith
In our earlier alert on third-party funding (TPF) and the UK Supreme Court’s decision in PACCAR, we discussed the initial industry reaction, subsequent litigation, and legislative reform proposals (at the time, through the remit of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (DMCC Bill) - introduced by the former, Conservative UK government under then Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak).
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May 15, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Maya Ffrench-Adam |Aurelija Grubytė |Niall J. Lavery
Two decisions this year in the United Kingdom concerning Leicester City Football Club (Leicester City) and Newcastle United Football Club (Newcastle United) show that competition law may be becoming a more prevalent part of the beautiful game. In the Leicester City case the parties involved were found to have breached the Chapter I prohibition of the Competition Act 1998 (Competition Act) by colluding to restrict competition in the sales of Leicester City branded clothing, including replica kits.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Clare L. Tanner |Jonathan Lawrence |Maya Ffrench-Adam
The England and Wales Court of Appeal recently handed down its
first judgment relating to a restructuring plan under Part 26A of
the UK Companies Act 2006: Re AGPS Bondco Plc [2024] EWCA Civ 24. Restructuring plans were a 2020 innovation in UK insolvency law, as
described in our earlier alert. At first instance, the judge had
exercised his discretion to sanction the restructuring plan and
effected a cross-class cramdown (CCCD) of creditors.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Clare L. Tanner |Jonathan Lawrence |Maya Ffrench-Adam
The England and Wales Court of Appeal recently handed down its first judgment relating to a restructuring plan under Part 26A of the UK Companies Act 2006: Re AGPS Bondco Plc [2024] EWCA Civ 24. Restructuring plans were a 2020 innovation in UK insolvency law, as described in our earlier alert. At first instance, the judge had exercised his discretion to sanction the restructuring plan and effected a cross-class cramdown (CCCD) of creditors.
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
klgates.com | Ian T. Meredith |Maya Ffrench-Adam
The PACCAR Judgement
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom’s (Supreme Court) ruling in R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) (Appellants) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and others (Respondents) [2023] UKSC 28 (PACCAR), handed down on 26 July 2023, has been a subject of keen interest in the past six months by both litigation funders and their clients.
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Aug 4, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Arthur Artinian |Georgina Rigg |Maya Ffrench-Adam
On 1 August, the UK government announced that it would extend use of the
EU's Conformité Européene (CE) mark for certain
products placed on the market in Great Britain
indefinitely.
This is an abrupt change from the intended plan of phasing out
use of the EU's CE mark and replacing it with a new British
version known as the UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) mark by the end
of 2024.
What are the CE and the UKCA marks?
