23 Jan, 2024 English High Court dismisses ClientEarth’s Judicial Review claim against the FCA By Chloe Edworthy Rachel Richardson Riley Forson Madeleine Brown +1 more... Show less On 13 December 2023, the English High Court denied ClientEarth’s renewed application for permission to bring a judicial review...
17 May, 2023 English High Court denies ClientEarth's "world-first" climate-related derivative action against the directors of Shell By Lois Horne Chloe Edworthy Riley Forson On 12 May 2023, the English High Court denied permission to ClientEarth to proceed with a substantive application for permission to...
12 Jan, 2023 Court of Appeal finds that those instructing lawyers in litigation will likely need to reveal their identities By Lois Horne Michael Freedman Madeleine Brown Loreley Financing (Jersey) No. 30 Limited v Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited & Ors (RFI). [2022] EWCA Civ 1484 is a unanimous...
16 Mar, 2022 Shell faces “world-first” climate pressure via a proposed derivative action By Lois Horne Chloe Edworthy Activist shareholder, ClientEarth, has sent a letter before action to the board of Shell alleging breaches of the directors’ duties to...
11 Oct, 2021 High Court confirms that landlords can still resort to court proceedings to recover unpaid rent By Lois Horne The recent changes to the restrictions on winding-up petitions will have been disappointing to commercial landlords (see our previous...
09 Apr, 2020 Directors - furlough, but don't forget By Dominic Sedghi Adam Campbell The Government has confirmed that, as office holders, salaried company directors qualify for its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Under...
01 Apr, 2020 Coronavirus has made AGMs much, much harder By Dominic Sedghi Harry Coghill Public companies are rapidly having to deal with the difficulty of holding their annual general meeting (AGM) under the social distancing...
27 Mar, 2020 Signing and witnessing in the time of Covid-19 By Dominic Sedghi Lockdown and social distancing restrictions in the UK and elsewhere have made it significantly more difficult for businesses to execute...