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UK Court of Appeal allows private LIBOR claims to proceed
An issue which has in recent years been on the agenda of financial regulators globally is the potential manipulation or fixing of the London InterBank …
English & Hong Kong Courts refuse to infer common law duty of care in mis-selling claims involving non-advisory contracts
An English Court of Appeal case heard recently confirmed that the English courts will be unwilling to infer a common law duty into non-advisory contracts …
Consultation on Proposed Amendments to the US Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Regarding Discovery
The US Federal Judicial Conference's Advisory Committee on Civil Rules (the "Advisory Committee") has proposed a series of amendments to the US Federal …
Time is money – limitation periods in the context of provision applications
In general, when someone dies their Will (assuming it is valid) is the final arbiter of where that person's money and other property go. However, …
A lost cause? The breadth of limitation periods and undertakings not to bring further proceedings in the private wealth context
A number of our recent blog posts have looked at Hong Kong estates disputes. The case of Ho Sin Ying v Chan Yui Ling and Maryo Development Limited …
Court takes strict line on solicitor's duty to follow client's instruction to draft will
A proposed beneficiary under a Will loses out because a solicitor fails to prepare that Will. Can that beneficiary make a claim against the …
Contract may be made in more than one country for purposes of establishing jurisdiction
The English High Court has held that a claimant had a good arguable case that a contract was made in both England and Texas and that this was sufficient …
Indonesian First Instance Court rules that contracts written in English language are void
The West Jakarta District Court ruled recently that an Indonesian law governed loan agreement between an Indonesian borrower and a foreign lender was …
Astro v Lippo: the next chapter – Singapore Court of Appeal rejects enforcement of awards against non-signatories to the arbitration agreement
The long-running dispute between Astro, a Malaysian media giant, and Lippo, an Indonesian conglomerate, has reached the end of the latest heavily …
Japan: Yet more potential labour law reform
Following the recent election in Japan, the government is examining ways of introducing more flexibility in employment contracts. Steven …
Hong Kong: The need to get winding up petitions right
The Court of First Instance in Hong Kong recently provided a timely reminder that the jurisdiction to wind up a foreign company is an exorbitant one …
Hong Kong High Court considers the scope of exception to a provisional liquidators' implied duty of non-disclosure
The High Court in Hong Kong recently examined the circumstances in which a liquidator was able to depart from their implied duty not to disclose …
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