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Successful challenge to English court jurisdiction over claims against UK domiciled parent company in relation to acts of subsidiary abroad
Two companies in the Shell group (domiciled in the UK and Nigeria respectively) have successfully challenged the jurisdiction of the English court to …
Court of Appeal considers meaning of requirement to notify insurers "as soon as possible" after event likely to give rise to a claim
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that an insurer could not rely on a condition precedent relating to notification to avoid liability under a public …
Supreme Court rules approval of Parliament needed to trigger Article 50
In a landmark constitutional law ruling, the Supreme Court today held (by a majority of 8 to 3) that the UK Government cannot trigger Article 50 of the …
Terminating your contract: When can you call it quits?
Parties to commercial contracts may wish to exit their contractual arrangements for all sorts of reasons. In many cases, they will have included in their …
Court awards additional sum to compensate successful party for exchange rate loss on legal costs
In assessing the costs to which a German claimant was entitled on having succeeded in its patents claim in the English High Court, the …
Turkish Court of Appeal takes restrictive view of English jurisdiction clause
A decision of the Turkish Court of Appeal has important implications for parties to agreements with a Turkish element (such as a Turkish …
Court of Appeal considers where harmful event occurred for the purpose of jurisdiction in economic tort claim
In a claim alleging conspiracy and unlawful interference in the claimant's business by cutting off supplies, the Court of Appeal has held that the …
High Court considers requirements for demand under a guarantee
In a recent decision, the High Court enforced a demand guarantee against a guarantor who claimed that sums due had not been demanded in accordance with …
Court of Appeal finds party in repudiatory breach of contract due to repeated late payments
The Court of Appeal has recently found that a shipowner was entitled to terminate for repudiatory breach where the hirer was in persistent breach of an …
High Court decision illustrates danger of using "all" in a negative clause
In a recent decision, the High Court had to consider the proper construction of a term which entitled the parties to rescind "if all of the Conditions …
Court of Appeal decision confirms high threshold for fraud requirement in a common law derivative action in the LLP context
A recent Court of Appeal decision provides a useful reminder of the limited scope of the exceptions to the rule in Foss v Harbottle in common law …
Commercial Court considers interpretation of clause excluding consequential or special losses
The Commercial Court has considered the proper construction of the phrase "consequential or special losses, damages or expenses" in a ship-building …
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