https://www.bizcommunity.com/223/547.html United Kingdom Corporate & Commercial Law news 15 Corporate & Commercial Law news - United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/223/547.html en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:46:54 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/changes-to-uk-sanctions-designations-list-what-african-operations-need-to-know-404979a With effect from 28 January 2026, the UK will transition to a single, authoritative list for sanctions designations. 1-262595 Tue, 21 Oct 2025 15:40:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/mozambique-wins-uk-lawsuit-against-privinvest-over-tuna-bond-scandal-038735a Mozambique has substantially won its $3.1bn lawsuit at London's High Court against Emirati-Lebanese shipbuilder Privinvest for allegedly paying bribes in relation to the decade-old "tuna bond" scandal. 1-250397 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 07:11:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/146/547/242531.html Mozambique has dropped a substantial part of its claim against Emirati-Lebanese shipbuilder Privinvest over the "tuna bonds" scandal, just days after settling its case against Credit Suisse, London's High Court heard on Thursday, 5 October. 1-242531 Thu, 05 Oct 2023 14:15:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/638/238282.html The UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, 10 May, that it was too late for Nigerian claimants to sue two Shell subsidiaries over a 2011 offshore oil spill they say had a devastating long-term impact on the coastal area where they live. 1-238282 Wed, 10 May 2023 14:49:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/647/228939.html A subsidiary of commodity trading giant Glencore on Tuesday, 21 June, formally pleaded guilty in a London court to seven counts of bribery in connection with oil operations in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and South Sudan. 1-228939 Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:52:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/223/825/208618.html A recent decision by the UK Supreme Court on Frand licences may initially appear to favour owners of standards essential patents and stimulate global Frand licensing, but could in the longer term have the opposite effect. 1-208618 Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:36:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/307/177781.html France recently passed an amendment to its Agriculture Bill. It prohibits any product that is largely based on non-animal ingredients from being labelled like a traditional animal product. This essentially bans product names such as "vegetable steak", "soy sausage", or "bacon-flavoured strips". 1-177781 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 10:17:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/223/66/172638.html LONDON, UK: Britain's competition regulator provisionally ruled Tuesday that a planned takeover of pan-European satellite TV giant Sky by Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox entertainment group was "not in the public interest". 1-172638 Wed, 24 Jan 2018 10:56:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/162/165597.html LONDON, UK - British American Tobacco is being investigated for possible fraud regarding company activities in Africa, it announced on Tuesday. 1-165597 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 08:45:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law United Kingdom https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/223/364/164287.html LONDON, UK: Former Barclays chief executive John Varley appeared in a London court on Monday, 3 July 2017, over fraud accusations, the first time a boss of a global bank has faced charges arising from the 2008 financial crisis. 1-164287 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 13:45:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Corporate & Commercial Law United Kingdom