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High Court refuses specific disclosure of documents held by party's solicitors on terms of protective order issued by US court
The High Court has held that a third party's documents were not within the defendant's "control" for the purposes of disclosure where they were not in …
High Court declines to approve parties' costs budgets, describing them as disproportionate and unreasonable
The High Court has declined to make a costs management order, saying that both parties' budgets were disproportionate and unreasonable but the court had …
High Court finds party not in breach of "unless order" for e-disclosure as result of errors in list
In a recent decision the High Court held that a party was not in breach of an "unless order" for e-disclosure as a result of the mistaken omission of …
Article published on dispute resolution in Africa
Stéphane Brabant, John Ogilvie and Paula Hodges have published an article in PLC Magazine which addresses the key points that investors should consider …
Recent decisions on when third parties can be required to disclose information under Norwich Pharmacal jurisdiction
On two occasions in recent months the courts have considered the extent to which a third party must have been (innocently) involved in wrongdoing before …
European Parliament committee backs proposed Common European Sales Law
In a vote last week, the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament approved by a large majority the European Commission’s proposal for a …
Article published on enforcing English judgment debts against companies in financial difficulty
In the absence of a statutory insolvency regime, the English courts have historically adopted a "first past the post" approach to the enforcement of …
High Court finds litigation funder was entitled to terminate funding agreement
In a rare decision on termination of a litigation funding agreement, the High Court has held that the funder validly terminated the agreement under a …
Court of Appeal confirms implied fiduciary duty in joint venture arrangement
The Court of Appeal has recently upheld a first instance decision in which the court implied a fiduciary duty into a joint venture arrangement, including …
High Court applies English law to questions of privilege in applications under Insolvency Act 1986
In the context of joint liquidators' applications for documents "belonging to" the company or "relating to" its affairs (under sections 324 and 326 …
High Court imposes severe sanction for failure to file costs budget
Where a claimant failed to file a costs budget by the required date, the court (Master McCloud) ordered that the claimant should be treated as …
Court of Appeal finds company in liquidation not prevented from claiming against directors on basis fraud attributable to company
The Court of Appeal has unanimously upheld an order refusing to strike out a claim by a "one-man" company in liquidation, which had been the …
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