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Hogan Lovells boosts Italian legal team

Hogan Lovells has appointed Luca Perfetti as partner, enhancing its regulatory and public law capabilities in Italy

Government abandons plan for election delay

The UK Government’s retreat on council elections impacts local government reorganisation plans significantly while raising concerns

Rudan Business Holding v Tridan Trusted Advisors: when costs budget variations will and won't be allowed

High Court rules on threshold tests for costs budget revisions in unfair prejudice petition.

Wolfe James v HSBC UK Bank: limitation, constructive trust and the boundaries of fraud claims

Court of Appeal confirms time ran from 2013 in disputed loan account fraud case

Annulling a debtor-initiated bankruptcy: lessons from Nilsson v Jones [2026] EWHC 319 (Ch)

High Court annuls bankruptcy order on discretionary grounds where Austrian assets were irrecoverable and creditors faced likely detriment.

Brightwaters Energy v Eroton: English court appoints receivers to enforce Nigerian judgement

The High Court grants a receivership order over Nigerian oil revenues, finding sufficient English law connexion despite complex cross-border enforcement obstacles.

Freezing injunctions: power, asymmetry and the shifting merits threshold

Recent appellate decisions have clarified, and perhaps unsettled, the law governing freezing injunctions. From the “good arguable case” threshold to risk of dissipation, full and...

SJ Interview: Ben Aram

Ben Aram is UK Managing Partner at Kennedys and co-head of its Corporate & Commercial division. A solicitor specialising in international arbitration and commercial litigation,...