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Report: Recent reduction in UK Commercial Court Litigation volumes
A recent independent report by London-based litigation analytics specialists Solomonic has highlighted a fall in the number of litigation actions taking place in the UK’s commercial courts, following steady growth in the preceding five previous years. The commercial courts had fast become the court of choice for litigants from Europe and farther afield, but the dual impacts of undecided post-Brexit legislation and the more recent Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic has seen litigants seek alternative jurisdictions. The Solomonics report indicates that between April 2019 and March 2020, 198 cases were heard in London’s commercial courts, a 9% decline compared to the previous year. Litigants from EU countries formed 13.6% of all litigants, down from 16.5% two years ago. In contrast, statistics compiled by litigation consultants Portland show that the number of litigants from Singapore and Kazakhstan has risen almost 200% since 2018/19. UK... Read More
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Apple facing Group Action claim over MacBook Pro display deficiencies
Global tech giant Apple is likely to face a group-action claim over multiple problems and failures of the displays on its popular MacBook Pro range. Apple, one of the ‘big 5’ global technology companies and the first US company to be valued at over $1 trillion, is the defendant in a complaint filed in a California district court that alleges a number of breaches of state and federal consumer protection laws, in addition to fraudulent concealment. Lead claimant Mahan Taleshpour is suing Apple on behalf of American consumers who have purchased a MacBook Pro from the model years of 2016 to date. Taleshpour claims that Apple was aware of - and decided to cover up - a design defect in the connection cable between the MacBook Pro's base and display. It is alleged that this manufacturing defect results in the cable... Read More
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Covid-19 Crisis: Largest Class Action Claim to Proceed Remotely
The ongoing coronavirus Covid-19 crisis continues to impact on UK civil litigation hearings with a recent High Court decision meaning that the largest ever class action claim can proceed remotely. Whilst such remote hearings may be seen as a means to an end during the current lockdown conditions, once such hearings become the ‘new normal’, the impact on how civil litigation claims are conducted is likely to be huge. Read More
