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On August 16, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) issued a Concept Release in which it proposed mandatory audit firm rotation as a method to enhance auditor independence, objectivity and professional skepticism.

We are pleased to present the latest edition of Tax Street – our newsletter that covers all the key developments and updates in the realm of taxation in India and across the globe for the month of September 2024.

Exactly how the international business of Spanish and Portuguese law firms will be impacted by Brexit is, as yet, unclear.

Arbitration, as a preferred mode of dispute resolution, is grounded in the principles of party autonomy, efficiency, and finality. It offers a private, flexible, and expert-led alternative to traditional litigation. However, the credibility of arbitration ultimately hinges on one critical foundation: the impartiality and independence of the arbitrator. Any compromise, actual or perceived, on this front erodes trust in the process and undermines the legitimacy of the final award.

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) recently commissioned law firm Linklaters to conduct an independent assessment of the function...

The dispute in this case was, in reality, between the holders of Class A notes issued by the defendant issuer on the one hand and the holders of the subordinated notes in Classes B to E on the other.

"One of the few reported judgments relating to the NEC form of contract" as the Con LR Editors remark. It concerns the relationship between HGCR Act adjudication provisions and the dispute resolution provisions of the (amended) NEC contract used for a sewage works project.

Third-party funding (TPF) has become an increasingly significant feature of international arbitration, driven by the rising costs of resolving complex commercial disputes and the growing maturity of the funding industry. Recognising this development, Nigeria's Arbitration and Mediation Act 2023 (AMA) expressly permits third-party funding in arbitrations seated in Nigeria by abolishing the common law torts of maintenance and champerty in this context and introducing a statutory disclosure regime.

A round-up of recent Construction industry updates.

In a dispute over professional fees which the claimant surveyors referred to adjudication, the respondent client submitted that there was no adjudication agreement and that the adjudicator had no jurisdiction.

See “YCMS v Grabiner” under Keating Chambers Reported Cases on exceeding slip rule by recalculation, invalidating adjudicator’s decision.

134 law firms participated in this year's Index of Pro Bono. Of these, 127 firms provided data on the levels of pro bono engagement among their lawyers.

In 2022, the SAMR published 24 penalty decisions on alleged monopoly agreements and abuses of market dominance and concluded 741 merger review cases.

We start our review of 2009 with two high-level decisions concerning the interpretation of contracts, highlighting the growing flexibility of at least some judges in this respect.

Camden sought to challenge the adjudicator’s jurisdiction on the ground that he had been improperly appointed by RIBA. Makers had contacted RIBA to request the appointment of the adjudicator actually appointed.

Melville Dundas Ltd v George Wimpey UK Ltd [2007] 1 WLR 1136 HL - The first decision by the House of Lords on the payment provisions of the HGCR Act. By a majority of 3-2, the appeal of the appellant employer succeeded, the contractor had previously been successful; n the Court of Session. The contractor had gone into receivership, entitling the employer to terminate the (JCT 1998) contract, but the contractor claimed interim payments due in the absence of a withholding notice.

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