Jonathan Robb
Jonathan Robb focuses his practice on commercial dispute resolution, representing clients across a variety of industries (including financial services, technology, energy and construction) at different levels and divisions of the English Courts as well as before international adjudication and arbitral tribunals. Jonathan also boasts significant experience in regulatory and corporate investigations and white-collar crime matters.
All Aboard the Omnibus Claim Form
By Jack Thorne and Jonathan Robb on Sep 10, 2024
Posted In Court Judgment, United Kingdom
In Adams and others v Ministry of Defence,[1] the High Court has recently followed the Court of Appeal judgment in Morris and others v Williams & Co Solicitors (a firm)[2], in confirming that multiple claimants can bring proceedings via a single Claim Form, provided that the test of convenience is satisfied. The English Courts have...
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Commercial Court Orders Disclosure in Wake of Fraud Summary Judgment
By Jack Thorne and Jonathan Robb on May 22, 2024
Posted In Court Judgment, United Kingdom
In the case of Lowry Trading Limited and anor v Musicalize and ors [2024] EWHC 773 (Comm),[1] the Commercial Court demonstrated its willingness to use the various tools at its disposal to compel disclosure and/or the provision of information, particularly where there is a subtext of fraud. Background The Claimants operate investment businesses. They claim...
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Collateral Waiver: When Voluntary Disclosure Has Unintended Consequences
By Jack Thorne and Jonathan Robb on May 22, 2024
Posted In Court Judgment, United Kingdom
In Alexander Gorbachev v Andrey Grigoryevich Guriev [2024] EWHC 622,[1] the Commercial Court held that the claimant’s voluntary disclosure of a privileged chronology originally produced by its barrister gave rise to a collateral waiver of: (i) an updated draft of that chronology; as well as (ii) all documents containing, recording or otherwise evidencing the claimant’s...
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Clearview AI Inc Overturns Regulatory Intervention at First Instance
By Jack Thorne, Pilar Arzuaga and Jonathan Robb on Feb 14, 2024
Posted In Court Judgment, Regulatory/Compliance, Technology, United Kingdom
Clearview AI Inc.’s facial recognition technology has been subject to regulatory scrutiny from the privacy sector worldwide, including the UK Information Commissioner who issued the US company with monetary penalty and enforcement notices (the Notices) for alleged violations of GDPR/UK GDPR (the Regulations). In a judgment dated October 17, 2023 (the Judgment), the UK’s First-tier...
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