Top 10 Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration Headlines from Offshore In a culture where gossip is news, where questions are met with indignation instead of answers, and where, by law, the Ministers' definition of "public good" cannot be questioned, facts and fiction are readily and frequently intermingled in the Government's announcements and news releases. The introduction of the Injuries Board (formerly known as the Personal Injuries Assessment Board) by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (the “2003 Act”) changed dramatically the way personal injury claims are processed in Ireland. The Injuries Board (formerly known as the Personal Injuries Assessment Board) is a statutory body, which came into force under the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act, 2003, (the “2003 Act”). Rule 12 (1) of Order 31 of the Irish Rules of the Superior Courts, which govern procedures in the High Court, states: As the term implies, 'concealed asset recovery' involves the recovery of wealth from a dishonest obligor – where such wealth has been laundered, camouflaged or hidden. According to the CAFT/GAFIC Antigua & Barbuda Ministerial Report dated 23 June 2008 on Mutual Evaluation / Detailed Assessment Report on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism, the Attorney General is the individual charged with the responsibility for coordinating requests from overseas regulators and enforcement agencies. Mauritius has positioned itself as a jurisdiction for international arbitration. It might surprise, and it should worry, the average businessman to see the impressive variety of different jurisdiction clauses in a typical multi-contractual relationship. The recent House of Lords decision in Chartbrook v Persimmon, with Lord Hoffman delivering the leading judgment, confirmed that the rules for contractual interpretation remain... "Fraud is infinite in variety; sometimes it is audacious and unblushing; sometimes it pays a sort of homage to virtue, and then it is modest and retiring; it would be honesty itself if it could only afford it." | 
