New Zealand’s highest court has reinstated a High Court injunction restraining proceedings globally, in a hotly contested fraud dispute which has already sparked action in England and Wales, Jersey and Kentucky.

The CAT’s ruling that Apple abused its dominant position in the app market could be worth up to GBP 1.5 billion and is a first victory for a UK collective action at trial.

This week’s round-up sees more former public servants in demand, as a number of disputes practitioners take a step up in the US and Dubai.

Conor Doyle of Conyers explains that recent court decisions will have a real impact on how litigation is conducted in Bermuda.

The long-awaited Arbitration Act 2025, which updates the previous 1996 Act in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, will come into full force on 1 August.

The long-awaited final report calls for light-touch regulation of third-party funding, and the drawing of a statutory distinction between it and damages-based agreements.

A class action which was announced last year, accusing the tech giant of abusing its position in the UK advertising market, has arrived at the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

The country’s leading civil judge has promised more legal clarity on digital assets and AI liability in the UK, while the legal services minister has pledged an additional GBP 1.5 million for legal technology.

This week’s people and firms compendium includes developments across firms, arbitration centres and disputes consultancies.

Ruling frees English and Welsh courts from EU precedents post-Brexit and represents a small victory for Mastercard and Visa in their defence of a collective overcharging claim.

England and Wales’ Commercial Court remains a popular jurisdiction to file fraud claims for international and domestic parties alike, while crypto-asset litigation is rising, according to analysis of court data by Stewarts and a data firm.

A commodities and trade litigator with substantial experience in shipping matters has joined Watson Farley & Williams from Hill Dickinson in Singapore.