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                        <title>Organisations must take action as corporate enforcement evolves</title>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
                                                        <dc:creator>Hayley Lund</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Frankie Cowl</dc:creator>
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                        <description><![CDATA[Partner Hayley Lund and counsel Frankie Cowl share with Law360 their thoughts on the rapid evolution of the UK’s corporate investigations landscape. As enforcement agencies become increasingly collaborative and active, and technology continues to transform, the article considers why now more than ever it is imperative that organisations take stock and implement measures that seek]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Partner Hayley Lund and counsel Frankie Cowl share with Law360 their thoughts on the rapid evolution of the UK’s corporate investigations landscape. As enforcement agencies become increasingly collaborative and active, and technology continues to transform, the article considers why now more than ever it is imperative that organisations take stock and implement measures that seek]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>New litigation opportunities for international businesses in Germany</title>
                        <link>https://european-disputes-blog.weil.com/germany/new-litigation-opportunities-for-international-businesses-in-germany/</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
                                                        <dc:creator>Britta Grauke</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Gero Pogrzeba</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Finn-Valentin Kolitsch</dc:creator>
                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://european-disputes-blog.weil.com/?p=20275</guid>
                        <description><![CDATA[Recently established Commercial Courts are creating new litigation opportunities for international businesses operating in Germany. While the Commercial Court in Munich is already operational, the Frankfurt (a.M.) Commercial Court is set to launch shortly. To mark the occasion, judges from the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt (a.M.) introduced clients and lawyers to the new forums]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Recently established Commercial Courts are creating new litigation opportunities for international businesses operating in Germany. While the Commercial Court in Munich is already operational, the Frankfurt (a.M.) Commercial Court is set to launch shortly. To mark the occasion, judges from the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt (a.M.) introduced clients and lawyers to the new forums]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Sovereign litigation: attaching against state assets</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 13:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
                                                        <dc:creator>Jamie Maples</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Sarah Chaplin</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Rhys Williams</dc:creator>
                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://european-disputes-blog.weil.com/?p=20269</guid>
                        <description><![CDATA[Litigating against sovereign states can raise complex issues of sovereign immunity. A number of recent judgments of the English courts have touched on these issues, including In the Matter of the State Immunity Act 1978 and an Arbitration Between CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. &#38; Others v. Republic of India. In that case, the Commercial Court held that]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Litigating against sovereign states can raise complex issues of sovereign immunity. A number of recent judgments of the English courts have touched on these issues, including In the Matter of the State Immunity Act 1978 and an Arbitration Between CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. &#38; Others v. Republic of India. In that case, the Commercial Court held that]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Arbitration Act 2025 receives Royal Assent, amplifying London’s prominence as leading arbitration hub</title>
                        <link>https://european-disputes-blog.weil.com/england-uk/arbitration-act-2025-receives-royal-assent-amplifying-londons-prominence-as-leading-arbitration-hub/</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 17:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
                                                        <dc:creator>Hayley Lund</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Frankie Cowl</dc:creator>
                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://european-disputes-blog.weil.com/?p=20262</guid>
                        <description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the Arbitration Act 2025 (the “AA 2025”) received Royal Assent. The AA 2025 introduces significant modifications to the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “AA 1996”) in a bid to modernise and streamline the arbitral process in England and Wales, and to amplify London’s foothold as a leading arbitration hub. Although London is already]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the Arbitration Act 2025 (the “AA 2025”) received Royal Assent. The AA 2025 introduces significant modifications to the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “AA 1996”) in a bid to modernise and streamline the arbitral process in England and Wales, and to amplify London’s foothold as a leading arbitration hub. Although London is already]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Key international takeaways from Shell Dutch Court of Appeal decision</title>
                        <link>https://european-disputes-blog.weil.com/eu/key-international-takeaways-from-shell-dutch-court-of-appeal-decision/</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
                                                        <dc:creator>Hayley Lund</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Amy Waddington</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Sarah Chaplin</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Charlotte de Vitry</dc:creator>
                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://european-disputes-blog.weil.com/?p=20252</guid>
                        <description><![CDATA[Milieudefensie v Shell In 2021, the Hague District Court ruled that, by 2030, Shell had to reduce its emissions by 45% relative to 2019 levels. The decision attracted significant commentary in both the legal and mainstream international media. Last month, Shell won its appeal and its reduction obligation was set aside. But how relevant is]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Milieudefensie v Shell In 2021, the Hague District Court ruled that, by 2030, Shell had to reduce its emissions by 45% relative to 2019 levels. The decision attracted significant commentary in both the legal and mainstream international media. Last month, Shell won its appeal and its reduction obligation was set aside. But how relevant is]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Skeletons in the closet: will the UK follow the US approach to misconduct discovered during M&#038;A due diligence?</title>
                        <link>https://european-disputes-blog.weil.com/us/skeletons-in-the-closet-will-the-uk-follow-the-us-approach-to-misconduct-discovered-during-ma-due-diligence/</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 14:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
                                                        <dc:creator>Hayley Lund</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Rosalind Meehan</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Craig Watson</dc:creator>
                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://european-disputes-blog.weil.com/?p=20249</guid>
                        <description><![CDATA[In light of the SFO Director Nick Ephgrave’s vocal support for implementing whistleblower incentives in the UK, this begs the question, what other US policies might the SFO look to replicate in the UK? One which we explore in this article is the Mergers &#38; Acquisitions Safe Harbor Policy (“M&#38;A Policy”) introduced by the US]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[In light of the SFO Director Nick Ephgrave’s vocal support for implementing whistleblower incentives in the UK, this begs the question, what other US policies might the SFO look to replicate in the UK? One which we explore in this article is the Mergers &#38; Acquisitions Safe Harbor Policy (“M&#38;A Policy”) introduced by the US]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Witness statement, or witness’s statement?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
                                                        <dc:creator>Christopher Marks</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Sarah Chaplin</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Charlotte de Vitry</dc:creator>
                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://european-disputes-blog.weil.com/?p=20245</guid>
                        <description><![CDATA[Recent judgments indicate the English courts’ increasing impatience with non-compliant trial witness statements in the Business and Property Courts Factual trial evidence in the English Business and Property Courts was overhauled nearly four years ago with the introduction of Practice Direction 57AC. Subject to certain exceptions, the new regime sought to do away with verbose,]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Recent judgments indicate the English courts’ increasing impatience with non-compliant trial witness statements in the Business and Property Courts Factual trial evidence in the English Business and Property Courts was overhauled nearly four years ago with the introduction of Practice Direction 57AC. Subject to certain exceptions, the new regime sought to do away with verbose,]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Explainer: obtaining evidence from the US and/or England &#038; Wales, for use in foreign civil proceedings</title>
                        <link>https://european-disputes-blog.weil.com/england-uk/explainer-obtaining-evidence-from-the-us-and-or-england-wales-for-use-in-foreign-civil-proceedings/</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                                        <dc:creator>Jamie Maples</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Craig Watson</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Katie Williams</dc:creator>
                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://european-disputes-blog.weil.com/?p=20241</guid>
                        <description><![CDATA[2023-2024 was another record year for the London Commercial Court with 64% of litigants who appeared before the court hailing from jurisdictions outside of the UK.[1]  Even ostensibly domestic civil disputes are now likely to possess multiple international elements or touch points. This can include witnesses and documentary evidence (held physically or in data centres)]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[2023-2024 was another record year for the London Commercial Court with 64% of litigants who appeared before the court hailing from jurisdictions outside of the UK.[1]  Even ostensibly domestic civil disputes are now likely to possess multiple international elements or touch points. This can include witnesses and documentary evidence (held physically or in data centres)]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Injunctive Relief in German Civil Cases – No Longer Possible Without an Oral Hearing?</title>
                        <link>https://european-disputes-blog.weil.com/germany/injunctive-relief-in-german-civil-cases-no-longer-possible-without-an-oral-hearing/</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
                                                        <dc:creator>Britta Grauke</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Gero Pogrzeba</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Daniel Matijevic</dc:creator>
                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://european-disputes-blog.weil.com/?p=20234</guid>
                        <description><![CDATA[Background German civil procedural law and, in particular, its application by the courts, have up until now offered sufficient flexibility to enable applicants to obtain preliminary injunctions without conducting an oral hearing – a special characteristic that is not found in many other jurisdictions. This is one of the reasons why, in the past, parties]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Background German civil procedural law and, in particular, its application by the courts, have up until now offered sufficient flexibility to enable applicants to obtain preliminary injunctions without conducting an oral hearing – a special characteristic that is not found in many other jurisdictions. This is one of the reasons why, in the past, parties]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>UK Ratifies Hague Judgments Convention: Too Early to Judge?</title>
                        <link>https://european-disputes-blog.weil.com/england-uk/uk-ratifies-hague-judgments-convention-too-early-to-judge/</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 09:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
                                                        <dc:creator>Christopher Marks</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Sarah Chaplin</dc:creator>
                                                        <dc:creator>Rhys Williams</dc:creator>
                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://european-disputes-blog.weil.com/?p=20226</guid>
                        <description><![CDATA[On 27 June 2024, the UK government ratified the 2019 Hague Judgments Convention on the ‘Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters’ (the “Judgments Convention”). The Judgments Convention will enter into force in England and Wales on 1 July 2025 (it will not apply in Scotland and Northern Ireland). The ratification]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[On 27 June 2024, the UK government ratified the 2019 Hague Judgments Convention on the ‘Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters’ (the “Judgments Convention”). The Judgments Convention will enter into force in England and Wales on 1 July 2025 (it will not apply in Scotland and Northern Ireland). The ratification]]></content:encoded>
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