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Bahamas
ParrisWhittaker
The important role of expert witnesses in persona.l injury cases – indeed, many civil claims – is one that cannot be overestimated...
British Virgin Islands
Conyers
A successful party to a buy-out order made in the course of unfair prejudice proceedings can find themselves in a difficult position, at the hands of an uncooperative respondent.
Walkers
In a recent judgment, CIF v (1) DLG and (2) GIY (BVIHCM2023/0050) the BVI Commercial Court (the Hon. Justice Gerhard Wallbank)...
Ogier
Charles Dickens's description of the fictional case of Jarndyce v Jarndyce in Bleak House has created a reputation for the legal system of interminable delay and expense...
Ogier
商业诉讼通常看起来都是一个漫长而昂贵的过程，无论是作为起诉方还是抗辩方。
Harneys
In the recent decision of CF v DLG, the BVI Commercial Court held that a two-step process is to be preferred over the use of "wrap up orders" in Norwich Pharmacal proceedings.
Cayman Islands
Harneys
The recent decision of the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal (CICA) in Minsheng Vocational Education Company Limited (Minsheng) v Leed Education Holding Limited (the Education Group)...
Appleby
In a recent judgment of Chief Justice Ramsay-Hale, the Grand Court confirmed again the Cayman Islands' availability as a jurisdiction for the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards.
Harneys
The recent decision of Kawaley J of In the Matter of s.5 of the Foreign Arbitral Awards Enforcement Act (the Judgment) serves as both a practical guide to the regime...
Walkers
On 28 March 2024 the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by Minsheng Vocational Education Company Limited against an injunction enjoining Minsheng from purporting to enforce certain share charges.
Guernsey
Ogier
Saisie (meaning "to seize") is a court-driven, Guernsey customary law process, governed by the Saisie Procedure (Simplification) (Bailiwick) Order, 1952. It is a three-stage...
Hong Kong
Withers LLP
Collaborative Law was first developed in 1990 by Stuart Webb, a lawyer from Minnesota as a "settlement only" process for family law representation.
Herbert Smith Freehills
Without prejudice ("WP") privilege protects a party's genuine attempt to settle a dispute by preventing communications made in that connection from being admitted as evidence in court.
Jersey
Walkers
A nation state can be trustee of a Jersey law express trust, even though it has state immunity against being sued for breach of trust or otherwise being held accountable...
Luxembourg
Bardehle Pagenberg
Under Rule 363.2 of the Rules of Procedure, orders given pursuant to Rules 360, 361 and 362 of the Rules of Procedure are final decisions...
United Arab Emirates
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
On 22 March 2024, the highest court of the Dubai International Financial Centre (‘DIFC') rejected an appeal, ruling that a provisional award issued by a foreign...
Norton Rose Fulbright
In Al Sadeq v Dechert LLP & Ors [2024] EWCA Civ 28, the Court of Appeal provides landmark clarifications to the scope of the iniquity exception...
Worldwide
Carey Olsen
In the April edition of The Hong Kong Lawyer, litigation partner Tim Haynes and counsel Xia Li discuss how offshore jurisdictions are at forefront of creating...
Harneys
In a decision made on 15 March 2024, the Dutch Supreme Court denied the reinstatement of a US$116 million Netherlands Arbitration Institute award to Dutch developer Geosolutions...
Winston & Strawn LLP
On March 8, 2024, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) released statistics on applications it processed under the Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance...
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