A report of our Patent Strategies round table event on 30th June 2015 Once the preserve of R&D departments and a specialist group of patent attorneys, patents have hit the headlines over the last decade not only through the high profile litigation between mobile phone companies but also through the...

While changes to the offside rule and a clampdown on diving have been the most talked about changes to playing rules, the new football season also brings significant changes to the Football League’s insolvency rules. Suppliers and fans alike should be aware of what these changes mean to the £multi-billion...

With continued pressure on global equity markets and interest rates remaining at rock bottom, the market for alternative investments is booming. As a consequence, investment fraud is also on the rise. In an attempt to provide an air of legitimacy, fraudulent operations, offering investments in areas such as art, fine...

This is the latest in our on-going sanctions briefings relating to Ukraine and Russia; this publication updates our previous briefing of 18 August 2014. Since our August 2014 update, both the EU and US have extended the restrictive measures in place against Russia, increasing the scope of the sectoral sanctions...

On 1 April 2016, a new body was established within the Treasury to support financial sanctions implementation. The government has said that the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) will “provide a high quality service to the private sector, working closely with law enforcement to help ensure that financial sanctions...

On 8 July 2016 the Serious Fraud Office secured court approval of the UK’s second ever deferred prosecution agreement (“DPA”), following the first such agreement concluded with Standard Bank in November 2015. In a private hearing Lord Justice Leveson approved the terms of the SFO’s DPA with ‘XYZ Limited’ –...

On 29 July 2016, judgment was handed down in the much-anticipated case of Energy Solutions EU Ltd v Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. The result, that Energy Solutions is entitled to damages as a result of errors made by the NDA in the evaluation process, will be welcomed by suppliers to the...

In our last update we reported on the applicable circumstances and willingness of the English court to help judgment creditors in the enforcement process, by requiring a non-resident foreign director of a debtor company (who was personally present in the jurisdiction at the relevant time of application) to attend court...

Welcome to the latest edition of Osborne Clarke’s Asset Tracing and Enforcement Update. In this edition, we discuss a recent European court (CJEU) judgment that supports the ability to rely on freezing orders against third parties, in other EU Member States, that were not involved in the original proceedings. This...