Commercial

Mastercard v Merricks—Henry Warwick QC & Jack Castle report on an important year for collective proceedings & representative actions

The commercial mediation market grew by 38% in the 12 months leading up to March 2020, the start of the pandemic, with approximately 16,500 commercial mediations performed in the UK, according to a biannual audit by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR).

Profession remains resilient in the face of COVID-19

Proposals to allow electronic versions of bills of lading, bills of exchange and other documents have been launched by the Law Commission.

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council—Assessment on the application of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to accede to the 2007 Lugano Convention, has been published in the Official Journal.

The EU Commission has confirmed rumours that it opposes UK accession to the Lugano Convention, in a blow to UK businesses and consumers.

Art, antiques, & antiquities: Racheal Muldoon reviews the key changes to UK-EU trade post-Brexit

Restoring competition in the digital market is essential for enhancing consumers’ confidence in e-commerce, says Dr Jing Wang

47% more judgments handed down than previous year

The Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law (CERIL) has reported that a CERIL Working Party conducted a survey on issues of international jurisdiction for individual legal cross-border actions that ‘derive directly from public collective insolvency proceedings and are closely linked with them’.