UK LITIGATION REVIEW 2020 3
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the inaugural Shearman & Sterling UK
litigation review.
Our aim in producing this review is to highlight important
and interesting English commercial cases from the last
year: those that have brought about a development in
the law or are notable examples of the way in which the
law is applied to particular facts.
We cover the usual topics that any litigator or litigant in
the English courts should know about (e.g., contract,
procedure) but also a number of more specialist areas
that are particularly topical at present e.g., competition,
insolvency, data protection. Finally, we could not
discuss UK litigation over the past year without
mentioning the impact of COVID-19 and, of course, there
is always something to say about Brexit.
Most of the judgments that are covered were handed
down within the past 12 months. We have, however,
taken some licence by including slightly older cases
from 2019 where they are of particular importance, or
relevance to other cases from within the last 12 months.
We hope you find the review interesting and welcome
any feedback, comments or questions that you may
have (details of your key Shearman & Sterling UK
litigation contacts are on the preceding page).
October 2020
