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Corporate fraud, investigations and asset recovery update
Our summer fraud update has been published, with articles on the following: Delaying asset disclosure under worldwide freezing orders: No more pulling …
Who 'owns' a bribe - the recipient or victim?
The Court of Appeal has given judgment in Sinclair Investments (UK) Limited v Versailles Trading Finance Limited & Others ([2011] EWCA Civ 347), …
High Court revisits the jurisdictional scope of freezing injunctions against third parties
It has long been held that the English court has power to grant a freezing injunction against a third party (against whom no claim lay), provided that it …
Herbert Smith secures victory for BSkyB in landmark litigation against EDS
Herbert Smith's dispute resolution team has secured a major victory for BSkyB against IT supplier EDS (now part of Hewlett-Packard) in a claim for …
House of Lords rules on auditors’ liability in fraud case
In a decision handed down just before the end of term, auditors have won an important House of Lords ruling limiting their liability in cases where a …
Think carefully before refusing to mediate
The court may penalise a party in costs even if it takes the view that any mediation would have been unlikely to succeed: Attorney General of Zambia v …
House of Lords rules in favour of banks served with injunctions
The House of Lords has today held in HM Commissioners of Customs and Excise v Barclays Bank plc [2006] UKHL 28 that a bank, when served with a freezing …
Court of Appeal lays down new guidelines on seeking permission to enforce worldwide freezing orders overseas: the Dadourian guidelines
The Court of Appeal has laid down new guidelines on how the court should exercise its discretion when considering whether to permit a party to enforce a …
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