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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
1 March 2023
ClientEarth v Shell PLC: A new era for ESG and climate change litigation that’s turning up the heat for company directors
ClientEarth has now issued its threatened derivative action against Shell plc in the High Court of England and Wales. The claim, apparently bolstered by significant institutional investor support (making up 12 million shares in the company), shows that the growing trend in ESG and climate-related litigation is here to stay, and businesses must prepare for a green energy transition.
18 January 2023
Trust and Estate Disputes Quarterly Round-Up: Q4 2022
This quarterly contentious trust and probate litigation update provides a summary of a cross-section of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period October 2022 - December 2022.
17 January 2023
Civil Fraud Quarterly Round-Up: Q4 2022
This quarterly civil fraud update provides a summary of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period October - December 2022.
11 January 2023
Has the privilege ship sailed for parties who attempt to mislead the court following Lakatamia Shipping Co authority?
The power to override privilege is an exceptional remedy, one that was used in the case of Lakatamia Shipping Co Ltd and others v Su and others [2022] EWHC 3115 (Comm), in which the court ordered the release to a claimant of correspondence between the defendant and his lawyers, applying the fraud or iniquity exception to legal professional privilege. This was a case of exceptional circumstances in which the defendant had carried out one of the most serious campaigns of contempt before the English courts.
9 October 2020
Civil Fraud Quarterly Round-Up: Q3 2020
A Civil Fraud quarterly round-up (3rd quarter 2020)