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Think carefully about how you serve proceedings if you may need to enforce abroad
The High Court has refused recognition / enforcement of a Belgian judgment where the proceedings were validly served under Belgian law but did not come …
Proceedings can be served at UK establishment of overseas company despite claim not arising from that establishment
The Commercial Court has held that proceedings can be served on an overseas company at the registered address of its UK establishment, under …
Planned huge increases to court fees expected to come into effect next Monday
Following approval of the relevant draft legislation by the House of Lords this evening, it is expected that the government's planned increases to civil …
Article published: Mediation for in-house lawyers
Alexander Oddy and Jan O’Neill of Herbert Smith Freehills’ London office have published an article in PLC Magazine: Mediation for In-house …
Settlement held to release further phone hacking claims that were not known about at the time
The High Court has struck out claims for phone hacking on the basis that they were compromised by settlement agreements previously agreed between the …
Herbert Smith Freehills fraud bulletin published
Our trusts, fraud and asset tracing group has published its bi-annual fraud update, which includes the following articles: Freezing …
Jackson reforms will not be extended to insolvency proceedings from this April as planned
The government has today announced that it is scrapping its plans to end the insolvency exception to the Jackson reforms from April this year (as we …
Company ordered to disclose documents in the control of its controllers
The Commercial Court has ordered a company to disclose documents in the hands of third parties (an individual and another company in the same group) on …
Establishing "good reason" for breach of order following change of solicitors may require waiver of privilege
The High Court has extended a witness statement deadline, where a party was in breach of the previous timetable, but refused to vacate …
Contractual entitlement to "reasonable access" to documents was not subject to requirement to justify request for access
The High Court has granted a seller's application to inspect certain documents of its former subsidiaries pursuant to a contractual term …
US Supreme Court weighing proposals to curtail scope, burden and uncertainty of discovery in US Federal Court
Joe Falcone has published an article in Financier Worldwide addressing proposed amendments to the US Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which govern civil …
Insurance Act receives royal assent
The Insurance Act yesterday received royal assent, paving the way for the most significant change to English insurance contract law in over 100 years. …
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