02/08/2022
New English court witness statement rules have positive early effect
Many practitioners had reservations about allowing written witness statements, fearing the move would lead to lawyers drafting testimony to show it in the best possible light.
02/07/2022
Only Goldman Banker Standing Trial for 1MDB Finally Headed to Court
Malaysia did not allow the film to be shown in the country, deeming it too risqué.
02/04/2022
The dispute arose in connection with a company placed under business rescue proceedings
02/03/2022
Dr Forrest said he had also written an open letter to Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg in November 2019, urging him to take more action.
02/02/2022
Lord Briggs said it was “both absurd and unworkable” for an RTM company from one block of flats to manage the facilities it shared with other blocks.
02/01/2022
The catalyst for Tulip's claims came in February 2020
01/31/2022
With more than USD 800 million in dispute and a long list of defendants, the case has been prominently featured as one of the The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases.
01/30/2022
Norscot had obtained third party funding (“TPF”) and, in light of its success, owed the funder a success fee of three times the funding provided.
01/27/2022
Cayman court clarifies principles applicable to stay of execution pending appeal
In this case, the defendant argued that there was a risk of dissipation of the funds by the plaintiff if it was paid before the appeal was heard and that they would be unable to recover this if the appeal was successful.
01/26/2022
Former UBS investment adviser charged with stealing $5.8m from client
The SEC’s complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, charges Nino with violations of the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws
01/26/2022
ClientEarth sues UK government over net zero strategy
Despite the targets, the government’s own baseline projections suggest the UK’s emissions in 2037 will be more than double the legally-required levels in the Climate Change Act.
01/21/2022
The saga involves a handful of law firms, a Cayman Islands-based fund, the Kuwaiti government, questions of political intrigue, and many millions of dollars.
01/19/2022
At a general meeting on Tuesday, Tongaat Hulett chair Louis van Zeuner said that the company was also planning action against Deloitte.
01/19/2022
The criminal trial of Pierin Vincenz is set to open next week, offering a revealing glimpse into a 16-year CEO tenure at Raiffeisen and illustrating how the long-standing CEO was able to shift influence from cooperative member banks as well as his own boa
01/10/2022
The Court analogized the alleged interference with the SPAC shareholders’ redemption rights to the shareholders’ right to vote.
01/07/2022
More than 800 million Swiss francs ($873 million) in the case have been blocked since 2012, mainly at Geneva’s Lombard Odier.
01/07/2022
It is specifically seeking communications and information from board meetings at Katerra – a U.S.-based construction firm that included Softbank’s Vision Fund as a major investor.
01/07/2022
The Republic of Cameroon also argued that this case constituted a clear abuse of right of ICSID proceedings and also contested the authenticity of a number of documents that Claimant produced during the proceedings.
01/04/2022
The claim, allegation, or information is factually impossible or clearly erroneous,” the arbitrators wrote in their ruling.
01/03/2022
The appeals court adopted that theory after U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in Manhattan had dismissed investor claims in 23 separate cases from the decade-old litigation.