11/11/2025
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Individuals and families come to us with wide ranging situations
Court Cases
11/10/2025
Cost awards currency question answered by UK Supreme Court
The court rejected arguments that decisions on which currency to award costs should factor in currency fluctuations or who funded the litigation.
11/07/2025
Australian decision highlights need for timely deregistration of security interests
Under the NPIA, OneSteel acquired the right to receive the beneficial rights in the Hoffman Seaview Notes
11/07/2025
Supreme Court ruling raises Indian contracts challenge risk
The Supreme Court set aside a previous judgment by the High Court regarding a long-running dispute over the sale of property.
11/06/2025
Hogan Lovells wins before the Constitutional Court end to disproportionate restrictions on PHVs and protection of innovation in mobility
The Court held that these measures, in addition to reproducing effects already declared unconstitutional by previous judgment no. 56/2020
11/05/2025
Macfarlanes secures preliminary issue win for Prysmian in collective action over energy bills
Ms Spottiswoode alleges that purchasers of high-voltage (underground and subsea) power cables paid increased prices as a result of the infringement.
10/31/2025
Irish court rules ‘no basis for judicial criticism’ of AI use
The case concerns a cryptocurrency influencer, Eduardo Farina
10/31/2025
TotalEnergies fined for greenwashing in its advertising in French ruling
The Paris court found that Total Energies had engaged in 'misleading commercial practices'
10/30/2025
A great leap forward: Expanding the definition of family violence in Singapore
This is a welcome and necessary step forward in our society
10/28/2025
Withers represents Equatorial Guinea at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
In April 2023, Equatorial Guinea and the Marshall Islands agreed to submit the dispute to a Special Chamber of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea.
10/24/2025
Domestic abuse: exceptional or everyday?
Domestic abuse is an everyday issue, so the everyday culture needs to be one of listening to
10/24/2025
New public access to court documents pilot to start in January 2026
As a general rule, documents must be filed within 14 days
10/22/2025
Hong Kong Court clarifies adequacy of notice via SMS in arbitrations
The court, however, expressed caution over the potential shortcomings of using SMS.
10/16/2025
Carey Olsen obtains significant judgment in the BVI Commercial Court for Access Bank plc
The decision is a further example of Carey Olsen's established track record in complex cross-border disputes and its commitment to delivering results for its valued clients.
10/15/2025
Charles Russell Speechlys acts in landmark Greensill trial – pyrrhic victory for Credit Suisse as no relief granted against Softbank
The decision is a notable example of where the Court has established that the test was satisfied but ultimately declined to award a remedy
10/14/2025
Hong Kong court backs SMS as valid notice in arbitration hearings when delivered properly
The borrower then challenged the enforcement of the award, citing, among various other arguments, that proper notice of arbitration had not been given as dictated by the HKAS arbitration rules.
10/10/2025
Securing the BVI's first recorded judgment on an interim damages order under part 17 of the CPR.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appellants' appeal against a US$16.5m interim damages order
10/06/2025
Australia’s dispute resolution reputation on the line following long-running legal saga
The decision highlights the difficulty in bringing claims for procedural fairness and bias.
10/02/2025
DRC appeal ruling puts arbitration spotlight on France and New York Convention
The court pointed to long-standing case-law dated 2 May 1966 that this prohibition is not applicable to international contracts concluded as per international trade usages.
09/30/2025
BVI Court of Appeal: Statutory demands and contractual compliance
The Commercial Court noted that the maturity of the Notes meant that Geminis was obliged to pay the debt, and the absence of a default notice did not negate this obligation.