Commercial Litigation EP19: General update

In this 19th episode of our series of commercial litigation update podcasts, we look at developments in a range of areas, including environmental litigation, privilege, claims against cryptocurrency exchanges, and force majeure. This episode is hosted by Maura McIntosh, a professional support consultant in our litigation team, who is joined by Julian Copeman, a partner, and Gary Horlock, a senior associate. Below you can find links to our blog posts on the developments and cases covered in this podcast. • High Court refuses permission for climate-change activist shareholder to bring derivative action on behalf of Shell plc against its directors https://hsfnotes.com/litigation/2023/05/17/high-court-refuses-permission-for-climate-change-activist-shareholder-to-bring-derivative-action-on-behalf-of-shell-plc-against-its-directors/ • Supreme Court finds no continuing nuisance simply because polluting substance remains on claimants' land https://hsfnotes.com/litigation/2023/05/18/supreme-court-finds-no-continuing-nuisance-simply-because-polluting-substance-remains-on-claimants-land/ • Litigation privilege not restricted to parties to litigation, and other helpful points regarding privilege https://hsfnotes.com/litigation/2023/04/18/litigation-privilege-not-restricted-to-parties-to-litigation-and-other-helpful-points-regarding-privilege/ • Privilege not lost where email containing legal advice found on employee’s work laptop https://hsfnotes.com/litigation/2023/05/03/privilege-not-lost-where-email-containing-legal-advice-found-on-employees-work-laptop/ • Data class actions: claim for misuse of private information could not be brought as “opt-out” representative action https://hsfnotes.com/litigation/2023/05/23/data-class-actions-claim-for-misuse-of-private-information-could-not-be-brought-as-opt-out-representative-action/ • High Court sets aside interim proprietary injunction against cryptocurrency exchange Binance https://hsfnotes.com/litigation/2023/05/04/high-court-sets-aside-interim-proprietary-injunction-against-cryptocurrency-exchange-binance/ • Force majeure: general assertions as to impact of Covid-19 and Brexit not sufficient to defeat summary judgment application https://hsfnotes.com/litigation/2023/05/15/force-majeure-general-assertions-as-to-impact-of-covid-19-and-brexit-not-sufficient-to-defeat-summary-judgment-application/