ArticleSplit Payment MechanismOn 1 July 2018 the split payment mechanism was introduced into the Polish VAT system as another measure against VAT fraud. PolandTaxTaylor Wessing
ArticleNo Calling On Performance Bonds Unrelated To The Contract Which The Dispute Has Arisen FromIn Ryobi Tactics Pte Ltd v UES Holdings Pte Ltd and another and another matter [2019] SGHC 11, the Court considered whether a performance bond could extend to a contract or project other than the contract or project pursuant to which the performance bond was given.SingaporeLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationRHTLaw Taylor Wessing
ArticleCan A Fitness For Purpose Term Be Implied In A Professional Services Contract?The HC also found that there was no such implied term in fact. SingaporeReal Estate and ConstructionRHTLaw Taylor Wessing
ArticleRadar - December 2016: Commercial AgencyThere were a number of interesting cases on the Commercial Agency Regulations and the Directive from which they are derived.United KingdomCorporate/Commercial LawTaylor Wessing
Article"Failure To Prevent" As A Mechanism For Corporate Criminal LiabilityEarlier this month, the court approved the SFO's third and largest ever Deferred Prosecution Agreement (‘DPA'), which will require Rolls Royce Plc to pay over £600 million in fines and costs to various agencies.United KingdomCriminal LawTaylor Wessing
ArticleLaw At Work February 2017 - Hot TopicsThe Ministry of Justice's new online database has now gone live, meaning that in future, employment tribunal decisions will be easily searchable.United KingdomEmployment and HRTaylor Wessing
ArticleBrexit: What Next For Restructuring And Insolvency Law?These views are limited to English law and do not apply to credit institutions and insurance undertakings, which are subject to their own regimes in the UK and across the EU.United KingdomInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringTaylor Wessing
ArticleCan You Obtain An Administration Order With Retrospective Effect?An administrator was appointed over a company out of court and the administration extended on a handful of occasions.United KingdomInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringTaylor Wessing
ArticleInsolvency Clawbacks: Monies Paid And Returned Prior To InsolvencyA recent judgment (German FCJ, 10 September 2015, IX ZR 215/13) deals with the question whether the recipient of a payment may be subject to a clawback claim if he returned the received amount...United KingdomInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringTaylor Wessing
ArticleRequesting A Creditor Meeting To Remove A LiquidatorThe case provides guidance for liquidators as to the appropriate exercise to conduct when deciding whether the threshold of 25% in value of creditor claims has been reached...United KingdomInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringTaylor Wessing
ArticleWhen Can Secondary Proceedings Be Commenced Under The European Insolvency Regulations?Secondary proceedings under the European Insolvency Regulations can only be opened where the debtor has an "establishment" at the relevant time. United KingdomInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringTaylor Wessing
ArticleDinosaur Heading For ExtinctionThe General Court has upheld a Board of Appeal decision that a figurative mark representing a dinosaur was similar to an earlier dinosaur mark, and that there was a likelihood of confusion between the marks. United KingdomIntellectual PropertyTaylor Wessing
ArticleLimited (Or No) Disclosure On Validity In The UKOne feature of UK patent litigation is the potential for disclosure of documents by the parties, under the Civil Procedure Rules (CPRs). United KingdomIntellectual PropertyTaylor Wessing
ArticleSamsung V Apple: English High Court Decision Today – Three Samsung Patents InvalidJustice Floyd has today given two judgments in the case of Samsung Electronics Co Limited v Apple Retail UK Limited and others, concerning three patents owned by Samsung which were alleged to be infringed by Apple's 3G devices including models of iPhone and iPad. United KingdomIntellectual PropertyTaylor Wessing
ArticleSchütz V Werit - Replacing Parts In Patented ProductsThis recent patent decision of the Supreme Court provides guidance about when replacing a part might be treated as the infringing act of ‘making’ a patented product. United KingdomIntellectual PropertyTaylor Wessing
ArticleWhen Will The Courts Take Into Account Benefits Obtained By A Claimant In Assessing Damages?In January 2016, we reported on the Court of Appeal judgment in Fulton Shipping Inc of Panama v Globalia Business Travel SAU of Spain [2015] EWCA Civ 1299 which offered some useful guidance...United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationTaylor Wessing
ArticleDraft ePrivacy RegulationThe Commission has published a draft Regulation to replace the ePrivacy Directive.United KingdomPrivacyTaylor Wessing
ArticlePosition Of Sub-Lessors On The Dissolution Of The Head LessorThe application, brought by the sub-lease holders, concerned the vesting of a 999 year head lease recently disclaimed by the Crown following dissolution of the lessee in 2000.United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionTaylor Wessing
ArticleThe Foreign Domiciled And Tax – No Light IHT ReliefIn the Summer Budget 2015, it was announced that significant changes would be made to the taxation of foreign domiciled individuals resident in the UK.United KingdomTaxTaylor Wessing
ArticleMichael Jordan Recovers The Name Jordan In Chinese CharactersAfter the appeals again were rejected by the High Court, Jordan brought the cases to the Supreme Court requesting a retrial. WorldwideIntellectual PropertyTaylor Wessing