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SFO V ENRC: Landmark privilege decision by Court of Appeal

10 September 2018

The Court of Appeal has handed down its much anticipated decision in the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited (“ENRC”) appeal. In a judgment that will leave many lawyers breathing a heavy sigh of relief, the Court of Appeal overturned large parts of Mrs Justice Andrews’ first instance decision.

SFO v ENRC landmark privilege case: no appeal but the story continues…

10 October 2018

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has confirmed that it will not appeal the Court of Appeal’s landmark ruling that documents created during an internal investigation by Eurasion Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) were protected by litigation privilege and do not have to be disclosed to the SFO. However, the story does not end there because in a new twist, ENRC has applied for a judicial review of the SFO’s investigation into criminal allegations of corruption and financial wrongdoing by ENRC.

Economou v de Freitas defamation case: appeal dismissed

28 November 2018

In what the leading judge called a case with “unusual and tragic facts”, the Court of Appeal has dismissed Alexander Economou’s appeal against the first instance decision that his defamation claims should fail.

USOC condemns unofficial use of Olympic hashtags

24 August 2016

Alex Kelham has commented in an article for World Sports Law Report which discusses the unofficial use of Olympic hashtags.

Spam using Lewis Silkin's name

19 February 2014

It has come to our attention that there are emails circulating purporting to be from Lewis Silkin, whether in reference to the firm or a Barrister called Lewis Silkin.

Sports Q&A - Are clubs allowed to ban their players from using social media?

27 September 2018

This month’s question was inspired by comments from Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola, about his first choice left back, Benjamin Mendy. During a press conference over the summer, Guardiola suggested that Mendy should, “forget a little bit the social media and improve a few things”. Mendy, who has a huge following on both Instagram and Twitter, vowed to “listen to the manager”...though he remains incredibly active online.

Playing with fire: user-generated content on Twitter (Brands & IP Newsnotes - issue 5)

23 June 2017

The strange world of Twitter, where brands engage with their customers at their peril. The main lesson learned from the recent #WalkersWave Twitter promotion is one that brands have heard before: the British public love nothing more than a piss-take.

Use of disclosed documents to threaten new proceedings was a breach of court rules and may amount to a contempt of court by the solicitor and client

12 December 2017

The Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) provide that using documents disclosed in existing proceedings (except for the specific purposes allowed) breach the rules. CPR 31.22 provides various exceptions to when a document disclosed in a set of proceedings may be used. Any use outside of the rules could also amount to a contempt of court. Both the client who relied on the solicitor’s advice and the solicitor may be equally vulnerable to the contempt proceedings where there is no evidence of deliberate or reckless misconduct by the solicitor.

Lewis Silkin has advised the Harbour Group on its acquisition of US textiles and furniture company Thibaut Inc.

15 February 2018

Lewis Silkin has advised its client the Harbour Group on its acquisition of US based company, Thibaut Inc.

Investigative powers of the U.S. Grand Jury in prosecuting intellectual property crimes

05 August 2024

Earlier this year, a federal grand jury indicted a former Google engineer, Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, for allegedly stealing AI trade secrets to benefit two China-based companies he was secretly working for. According to the indictment, Ding allegedly stole over 500 files containing confidential information about Google’s AI hardware infrastructure and software. He has been charged with four counts of theft of trade secrets, and faces up to ten years in prison and a US$250,000 fine on each count if convicted.