ArticleThe Taylor Wessing Insurance And Reinsurance Review Of 2014Our Annual Insurance and Reinsurance Review summarises the key case law developments in insurance and reinsurance throughout the past year.United KingdomInsuranceTaylor Wessing
ArticleAustrian Supreme Court Clarifies "de Facto" Managing Director's Liability For Wrongful TradingIn a recent ruling, the Austrian Supreme Court has defined de facto managing directors and their obligations and liabilities in connection to wrongful trading.AustriaInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringTaylor Wessing
ArticleChallenging Fees Agreed By UK AdministratorsThe administrators appointed to Hellas Telecommunications instructed Slaughter & May to act during the course of the administration and agreed their fees. United KingdomInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringTaylor Wessing
ArticleMamo TCV Contributes To Taylor Wessing's Offshore Security Enforcement GuideMamo TCV has contributed to Taylor Wessing's Offshore Security Enforcement Guide, 2016 further cementing its status as to the "go-to" Maltese law firm for several foreign international firms.MaltaFinance and BankingMamo TCV Advocates
ArticleAn Introduction To The 2017 FIDIC SuiteThe FIDIC conditions of contract have been in widespread use internationally for decades and are the contract of choice for many international process plant and infrastructure projects particularly in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.WorldwideReal Estate and ConstructionTaylor Wessing
ArticlePRIIPS – Key Information Documents For Packaged ProductsThe Regulation on Key Information Documents for Packaged Retail and Insurance-based investment products is of interest to a range of stakeholders.United KingdomInsuranceTaylor Wessing
ArticleDefaulters Have No Place To HideDubai If you own property in Dubai and have repeatedly failed to meet your obligations by way of service charges, it's time to mend your ways.United Arab EmiratesReal Estate and ConstructionTaylor Wessing
ArticleNew EU Directive "On Green Claims": Penalties And High Requirements For The Substantiation And Communication Of Green ClaimsA new draft of a Directive by the EU Commission on so-called green claims (Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on green claims) provides for detailed requirements...European UnionEnvironmentTaylor Wessing
ArticleRCR Update - May 2019Welcome to the latest edition of RCR update summarising what we think are the more interesting recent legal developments in restructuring and corporate recoveryEuropean UnionInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringTaylor Wessing
ArticleOLG Hamburg On The Inadmissibility Of Issuing Pharmaceutical Prescriptions Over The InternetIn its reference decision of 15 August 2023 (Ref.: 5 U 93/22), the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg ruled on the issuing of prescriptions for prescription-only medicines...GermanyFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesTaylor Wessing
ArticleDutch Government Aims To Improve Access To WHOA Scheme By Reducing Court FeesThe Dutch Minister of Justice has recently proposed a legislative bill that drastically reduces court fees in WHOA proceedings. NetherlandsInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringTaylor Wessing
ArticleChief Rules In The NetherlandsThe Amsterdam District Court has decided that H&M infringed the trade mark rights of Jeans Centre by selling sweaters on which the sign CHIEF was displayed in large capitals...NetherlandsIntellectual PropertyTaylor Wessing
ArticleGrant Of Injunction To Restrain Adjudication Where The Claim Is Made By An Insolvent CompanyEarlier this year, in the case of Bresco Electrical Services Limited (in liquidation) v Michael J Lonsdale (Electrical) [2019] EWCA Civ 27, the UK Court of Appeal dealt with the issues of whether an adjudicator has the jurisdiction ...SingaporeInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringRHTLaw Taylor Wessing
ArticleConfiscation Following Unlawful Re-Use Of Company NamesIt is a criminal offence to continue trading using the name of a company which has gone into insolvent liquidation (a prohibited name).United KingdomCriminal LawTaylor Wessing
ArticleRescission Of Winding Up Orders – Extension Of TimeCre8atsea Limited (the Company) was wound up by the court in March 2013 in respect of a petition originally presented in November 2011.United KingdomInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringTaylor Wessing
ArticleEnglish High Court: Varian Medical Systems AG v Elekta Ltd & AnorThis was a practice management decision on 12 October 2016 by Mr Justice Birss relating to disclosure obligations of defendants. United KingdomIntellectual PropertyTaylor Wessing
ArticleDownload: Reputation ManagementWe look at some of the legal tools around reputation management from the perspective of defendants and claimants, including the impact of the Defamation Act 2013, and the use of privacy injunctions.United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationTaylor Wessing
ArticleHospitality In The NewsYour latest instalment of articles and opinion from across the Hospitality sector.United KingdomMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentTaylor Wessing
ArticleDomicile, Tax And Trusts – Reforms AfootAs announced in the Summer Budget 2015, the UK Government is changing the way in which long-term UK resident foreign domiciled individuals are taxed...United KingdomTaxTaylor Wessing
ArticleWasted Costs And Disclosure OrdersThe liquidators of two companies wound up in the Cayman Islands (SICL and SHL) sought disclosure of documents relating to those companies from PwC in BermudaWorldwideInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringTaylor Wessing