Law360, London: A US$790m shareholders’ lawsuit against Tesco could be headed to trial after a judge in London ruled on 28 October 2019 that investors held an interest in shares that were devastated by a false accounting scandal.

Law360, London: Tesco has asked a London judge to trim the amount of damages Lidl can seek to recover from the British supermarket giant for infringing the German discounter's trade marks through its loyalty pricing program, arguing that its use of the Clubcard logo had damaged its own brand too.

Law360: Tesco Stores Ltd won part of its appeal on 31 July 2025 challenging a tribunal's findings about what constitutes equal work, as an Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) judge agreed that the panel had made mistakes in its comparison of female and male employees' roles.

CASE HUB ARCHIVED–this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the decision of 20 December 2017; it is no longer maintained. See further, timeline, commentary and related cases. Case facts Outline UK merger investigation into the anticipated acquisition by Tesco plc of Booker Group plc. The transaction involves horizontal overlaps in grocery retailing as well as other non-horizontal overlaps. Latest developments On 20 December 2017, the CMA unconditionally cleared the transaction following its phase 2 investigation, confirming its provisional findings. Parties Tesco plc is a UK-based grocery and general merchandise retailer and is the largest grocery retailer in the UK as well as selling general merchandise, clothing, petrol, mobile telephone services and banking services. In the UK, Tesco operates over 3,500 stores (including supermarkets and convenience stores). Tesco operates stores in 12 countries in Asia and Europe. Tesco also owns Tesco Bank, Tesco Mobile (a MVNO operating in the UK) and dunnhumby (a customer science company providing services to retailers and brands). Booker Group plc (Booker) is a UK based wholesale operator. Booker is the largest food

IP analysis: In Lidl Great Britain Ltd and another v Tesco Stores Ltd and another, the Court of Appeal has held that the High Court, in striking out part of Tesco’s invalidity counterclaim, had failed to properly consider Tesco’s pleaded facts and inferences. If these were properly considered Tesco’s bad faith counterclaim had a realistic prospect of success. Therefore, if this litigation proceeds to trial, the High Court will now need to consider if Lidl’s trade mark for a wordless-version of its main logo was registered solely to extend the scope of protection of Lidl’s registered mark for its logo which included Lidl’s brand name. Trial will also consider whether a number of Lidl’s EU trade marks (EUTMs) for the wordless mark had been registered solely to prevent Lidl from having to provide proof of use of its earlier UK wordless mark. Written by Connor Griffith, associate, and Bonita Trimmer, consultant, at Browne Jacobson LLP

MLex: Later in April, the UK’s highest court will consider whether English judges can decide whether the licensing rates offered by patent pools are fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND), in a case brought by Tesla against InterDigital and Avanci. The court's decision could open up a new front in patent litigation.

This flowchart sets out the test for allowing an appeal in family proceedings and orders that can be made. To access detailed practical guidance on the steps in the flowchart including relevant overviews, Practice Notes, precedents, procedural guides, client guides, legislation,

The Court of Appeal considered the correct criteria to be applied and the exercise of the court's discretion upon an application to be joined as a party to the proceedings in Re B (a child) (care proceedings: application for joinder) [2012] All ER (D) 26 (Jun) under the Children Act 1989.

Ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union that means annuities must apply gender-neutral rates from 22 December 2012. See Association belge des Consommateurs Test-Achats ASBL v Conseil des ministres.

In order to have testamentary capacity a testator must understand: (1) the effect of his wishes being carried out (2) the extent of the property which he is disposing of and (3) the nature of the claims on him.

Private Client: This case addresses key issues in probate disputes concerning testamentary capacity, undue influence, and lost Wills. The High Court upheld a 2014 Will that excluded one of the deceased's children, despite challenges regarding capacity, knowledge and approval, and undue influence. The court reaffirmed three significant principles: (1) merely having a condition affecting capacity is insufficient to invalidate a Will - evidence must demonstrate lack of capacity at execution; (2) undue influence claims require proper particularisation and strong evidential basis, particularly when alleged against non-benefiting professionals; and (3) probate can be granted without the original Will if evidence shows it existed at death but was subsequently lost. The judgment also emphasises that elderly or unwell testators can make valid Wills, provided they meet the Banks v Goodfellow test. Practical implications written by Oliver Wooding of St John's Chambers.

“testamentary document” means a will, a draft of a will, written instructions for a will made by or at the request of, or under the instructions of, the testator, and any document purporting to be evidence of the contents, or to be a copy, of a will which is alleged to have been lost or destroyed