Litigation Notes

High Court finds time does not stop running for limitation purposes when a company enters administration

Drafting contracts - key lessons from 2024

Our Corporate team’s recently published annual contract law update briefing considers a number of interesting contract law cases from …

Court considers conflicting dispute resolution provisions in reinsurance contracts

Two recent decisions show the need to pay careful attention to dispute resolution clauses in market standard contracts.

High Court considers whether "success fee" is payable by client to investment bank in respect of capital raise

The High Court found that the contract was ambiguous and the fee was contrary to commercial sense, given the client's parent affiliates ultimately …

Court of Appeal finds contractual cap had to be applied to each party's liability before set-off

High Court had no jurisdiction over claims under contracts containing English jurisdiction clauses as the defendants were not parties to those contracts as undisclosed principals

Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 28: General update

High Court finds party did not waive contractual right to terminate despite continuing to perform contract for six months

Contractual construction vs rectification: High Court judgment illustrates the contrasting approaches

Material Adverse Effect clause not triggered by geotechnical event at mine between signing and completion

Agreements to agree: High Court finds pricing mechanism subject to agreement rendered sale of goods contract partially unenforceable

Court of Appeal dismisses US investment bank's success fee claim in connection with the public offer of shares in Indian bank

The decision illustrates the need for contracting parties to take care in drafting terms involving lists