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High Court orders disclosure despite risk of prosecution for criminal contempt under US law
The High Court has ordered a party to litigation to allow the inspection of an attachment to a Deferred Prosecution Agreement entered into with the US …
Court of Appeal clarifies jurisdiction to order disclosure in support of freezing injunctions
Very often, when seeking to obtain a freezing injunction, the true extent of the defendant's assets is unclear. Complex and opaque offshore corporate or …
Commercial Court stays claim against guarantors pending arbitration relating to underlying debts
The Commercial Court has granted a stay of proceedings against guarantors, despite the guarantees containing an exclusive jurisdiction clause …
High Court implies duty of honesty and integrity into vehicle recovery contract
In a recent decision, the High Court has implied a duty of "honesty and integrity" into a vehicle recovery contract: D&G Cars Ltd v Essex Police …
Choice of English law / jurisdiction will not always mean a dispute will be heard in England and English law applied
Two recent Court of Appeal decisions are a reminder that an exclusive English jurisdiction clause and choice of English law clause will not always ensure …
High Court highly critical of claimant's costs budget
The court has criticised the claimant's costs budget in a construction claim as "unreliable, disproportionate and unreasonable" and has set new …
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 …
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