01/11/2023
Singapore court overturns injured worker waiver claim
The court ruled that the waiver agreement had no contractual effect, although it also allocated 15% of the responsibility for the accident to Azmi.
01/11/2023
The court ruled that the waiver agreement had no contractual effect, although it also allocated 15% of the responsibility for the accident to Azmi.
12/27/2022
This excludes provisional liquidators appointed for corporate mismanagement and asset preservation purposes over otherwise solvent companies.
12/23/2022
In the legal dispute before the German court, Becker asserted claims against Pocher for a segment in a television show which had aired in October 2020.
12/19/2022
Bedell Cristin represented the Respondent and was successful in its application to have the Claim dismissed.
12/15/2022
The ruling concerns an application made by a claimant in ongoing complex and high-value Commercial Court proceedings
12/13/2022
Absent the availability of prohibited transaction relief such as the QPAM Exemption, many transactions effected by investment managers on behalf of plans (and “plan assets” entities) could be prohibited under ERISA.
12/08/2022
Mr Holbrey was employed under two zero hours contracts with the States Employment Board.
12/07/2022
Not only was this the first time that a disqualification order had been granted by the Royal Court
12/07/2022
Both decisions also illustrate the importance of a company wishing to refer a dispute to arbitration making a request for a referral in its first statement to the Court on the substance of the dispute.
12/05/2022
The Court of Appeal held that the terms of the agreement were neither vague nor uncertain and were clearly identified and understood by the parties.
12/05/2022
In a 3:2 majority, the Supreme Court held that the remedy should not be out of all proportion to the detriment suffered without good reason and alternative remedies could also be available. English cases are persuasive in the offshore jurisdictions.
11/29/2022
This decision highlights that a party will not be precluded from calling on a bank guarantee solely because arbitral proceedings are on foot and that the commercial purpose of a bank guarantee will be central to any decision concerning an injunction to re
11/25/2022
The Court confirmed that if an expert strays materially from their duties of independence, impartiality and objectivity, their evidence may be excluded altogether.
11/24/2022
The objectives of transparency and disclosure regimes are often at odds with individual rights and interests but it is often believed that such laws only move in the direction of ever-increasing transparency.
11/22/2022
The judgment followed General Tamara Ćapeta’s opinion of April 7, 2022, that the first-instance judgment against Volotea and other plaintiffs contained errors of law.
11/17/2022
The approach which the BVI Court takes to disputed debt petitions has been well established
11/10/2022
Despite Weiss having robust defences to prevent IP theft from outside the organisation, between 2015 and 2018, Weiss Technik UK was subject to an internal attack by rogue employees.
11/09/2022
The case, in the matter of Nicolas Criniti Pty Ltd (in Liquidation), serves as a stark reminder for contractors and subcontractors of the difficulties associated with recovering amounts due under a construction contract where the contractual counterparty
11/04/2022
This decision confirms that an order resulting from an application to set aside a statutory demand is final and no leave is required to appeal it.
11/01/2022
It remains to be seen what practical impact the MoJ’s letter will have on the decisions of the UAE courts