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Commercial law

Diageo DV Limited v Nio S.R.L. (in liquidation)

The Commercial Court held that an SPA clause gave the English courts exclusive jurisdiction and restrained Italian proceedings brought by Nio.

  • Exclusive jurisdiction clauses
  • Anti-suit injunctions
  • Damages for breach of jurisdiction agreement
  • Summary judgment
  • Declaratory relief
  • Exclusive-jurisdiction-clauses
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Intellectual property

Acer Incorporated & Anor v Nokia Technologies OY

The Court of Appeal held that Nokia’s disputed licence term was not RAND and ordered the case management stay only if that term was removed.

  • Rand licensing
  • Standard essential patents
  • Case management stay
  • Cross-licensing
  • Declaratory relief
  • Rand-licensing
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Intellectual property

Acer Incorporated & Anor v Nokia Technologies Oy

The Court of Appeal held Nokia’s adjustable licence offers were capable of acceptance as RAND licences, so the RAND claims had no real prospect of success.

  • Standard essential patents (seps)
  • Rand/frand licensing
  • Jurisdiction
  • Case management stay
  • Arbitration
  • Declaratory relief
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Intellectual property law [2026] EWCA Civ 564

Acer Incorporated & Anor v Nokia Technologies OY

Acer Incorporated & Anor v Nokia Technologies OY [2026] EWCA Civ 564 (12 May 2026)

Court of Appeal upheld jurisdiction over RAND claims but granted a stay, holding Nokia’s adjustable interim licence offers were objectively RAND and accepted by refusal only.

  • Standard-essential patents (seps)
  • Rand/frand licensing
  • Jurisdiction
  • Case management stay
  • Arbitration vs. court determination
  • Declaratory relief
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Commercial law [2026] EWHC 1049 (Comm)

The Hellenic Republic v Wilmington Trust (London) Ltd

The Hellenic Republic v Wilmington Trust (London) Ltd [2026] EWHC 1049 (Comm) (06 May 2026)

The High Court held that Greece validly exercised its purchase option for GDP-linked securities and correctly calculated the Call Price under Condition 6.1.

  • Sovereign debt restructuring
  • Interpretation of financial instruments
  • Declaratory relief
  • Trustee obligations
  • Calculation of market price
  • Implied terms
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Intellectual property

Amazon.com, Inc & Ors v Interdigital VC Holdings, Inc & Ors

The English court has jurisdiction over Amazon's RAND and competition claims because, properly characterised, they relate to UK patents and markets; service under CPR r.63.14 and permission to serve out were valid; InterDigital's undertakings and arbitration offer do not provide a licence or certainty and do not remove the UK jurisdictional hook; no alternative forum is clearly or distinctly more appropriate; and a forum non conveniens or case management stay is refused.

  • Patents
  • Standard essential patents (seps)
  • Rand/frand licensing
  • Jurisdiction
  • Forum non conveniens
  • Service of process
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Property law [2026] EWHC 975 (Ch)

Horsman & Ors v His Majesty's Attorney General & Anor

Horsman & Ors v His Majesty's Attorney General & Anor [2026] EWHC 975 (Ch) (30 April 2026)

The High Court held that a BVI company merger operated as a universal succession, vesting English land in the surviving company without prior registration.

  • Universal succession
  • Foreign company mergers
  • Land registration
  • Trust property
  • Lex situs
  • Vesting of property
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Property law [2025] EWHC 3642 (Comm)

Hanson v Hanson

Hanson v Hanson [2025] EWHC 3642 (Comm) (22 April 2026)

The High Court held that the claimant owned a Ferrari 575 outright and was entitled to delivery up, and that he and his son jointly owned a motorhome.

  • Ownership of goods
  • Torts (interference with goods)
  • Declaratory relief
  • Damages
  • Joint ownership
  • Sale and purchase of vehicles
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