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Bahamas
ParrisWhittaker
As experienced shipping lawyers we're regularly involved in complex legal disputes involving ship owners, charterers, lenders, port authorities and others.
British Virgin Islands
Harneys
How do litigants mitigate the risk of their confidential information becoming public during proceedings in the British Virgin Islands? The Eastern Caribbean Civil Procedure Rules...
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
In the case of In the Matter of Orient TM Parent Ltd (Unrep, Grand Court, 27 July 2022), the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands dismissed with indemnity costs the petitioners...
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.
Maples Group
All persons carrying on or desiring to carry on insurance business (including reinsurance business) in or from within the Cayman Islands...
Harneys
There was an arbitration agreement between the parties that provided for arbitration of "any and all disputes…arising in connection" with issues regarding disclosure of the late settlor's...
Cyprus
Harneys
The new Civil Procedure Rules introduced in September 2023 and the amendment of section 32 of the Courts of Justice Law, L. 14/1960, effected in December 2023 form part of these reforms.
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.
Herbert Smith Freehills
The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has refused to enforce an AAA-ICDR award because the arbitrator failed to give reasons for her decisions on key issues (A v. B and Others [2024] HKCFI 751).
Herbert Smith Freehills
The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has dismissed a challenge to an interim order granted by an arbitrator to restrain court proceedings in mainland China against non-parties...
Herbert Smith Freehills
The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has provided further clarity on when awards can be set aside for failure to deal with an essential issue, dismissing a challenge on the basis...
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...
United Arab Emirates
Awatif Mohammad Shoqi Advocates & Legal Consultancy
In a significant update to the regulation of labour relations, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE) has been authorized to make decisions in individual labour disputes.
Worldwide
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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