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A defendant owns a British Virgin Islands company, which controls a majority stake in a publicly listed Japanese company. A claimant obtains an ex parte interim freezing order and gives the usual cross-undertaking in...

Regulatory investigations and investigation costs are a signifi cant source of indemnity claims for FI and D&O insurers. Whilst rarely used, there is a mechanism available which allows the subject...

The WRC recently determined that a former CEO, chairperson and founder of a company who had been unfairly dismissed was entitled to compensation of €440,000

On 2 August 2017, the Industrial Court of Mauritius (Industrial Court) awarded a historic amount of MUR 100,000 [± USD 3,000] as security of costs. This decision is significant in three respects.

Directors face potential criminal liability should they use a registered prospectus or advertisement which is untrue.

On 8 December 2022, the Constitutional Court ("CC")of South Africa handed down a judgment in the patent case of Villa Crop Protection (Pty) Ltd v Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH...

Judgments of "Consequential Hearings" are often not interesting.

In the recent case of Shell Egypt West Manzala GmbH, Shell Egypt West Qantara GmbH v Dana Gas Egypt Limited (formerly Centurion Petroleum Corporation), the Commercial Court considered whether the wording "final, conclusive and binding" in an arbitration clause operated to exclude the right to appeal an arbitral award on a point of law under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996.

The Supreme Court denied permission to appeal in Financial Conduct Authority v Seiler [2024], following the Court of Appeal's dismissal of the FCA's appeal. The FCA was found to have acted unreasonably in failing to call key witnesses and in its conduct during proceedings, leading to an order to pay costs.

If you're lucky, the failure of that tax avoidance scheme that seemed like a good idea when the sharp-suited silver-tongued salesman sold it to you many years ago has no worse consequence...

In Diamond Glass Enterprise Pte Ltd v Zhong Kai Construction Co Pte Ltd and another appeal [2022] SGHC(A) 44, the Appellate Division of the High Court had the opportunity to address, among others, the position of the law on liquidated damages in Singapore.

Over the summer the Competition Appeal Tribunal (the "CAT") handed down what we expect to be the first of many decisions under the Subsidy Control Act 2022 (the "SCA"): The Durham Company Limited...

Massachusetts' highest court has ruled that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act does not shield Meta from liability claims alleging that Instagram's design features are intentionally addictive to children. The decision narrows the scope of Section 230 immunity by distinguishing between liability for third-party content versus liability for platform design choices that contribute to harm, potentially opening the door for similar lawsuits against social media companies nationwide.

Section 9 provides that where an employer proposes to create collective redundancies, it must, with a view to reaching agreement, initiate consultations with employees' representatives.

This paper examines the conditions under which decisions handed down by the Unified Patent Court in relation to classic European patents validated in a State that is not a party to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, as is the case of Spain, may be recognised and enforced in such country.

The verdict in a recent Victorian case raises the question as to whether jury trials are appropriate in a modern society.

Over the years, class action plaintiffs' counsel has attempted to argue that this section of the CPA is intended to provide protection only to plaintiffs and not defendants.