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Contract may be made in more than one country for purposes of establishing jurisdiction
The High Court has held that a claimant had a good arguable case that a contract was made in both England and Texas and that this was sufficient to come …
Court of Appeal upholds procedural orders despite risk of compliance breaching French blocking statute
A judgment handed down on Tuesday has confirmed that the English court is unlikely to refrain from making procedural orders against French parties to …
New Part 36 costs sanction refused where claimant beat own offer made shortly before trial
In the first case we have seen addressing the new costs sanction introduced by the Jackson reforms for claimants' Part 36 offers made on …
High Court comments on "obvious case" for departing from costs budget
In ordering a defendant to make an interim payment on account of the successful claimant's costs, the High Court has awarded a sum considerably higher …
High Court refuses non-party application for witness statement exhibits that were not on court file
The High Court has held that it has no inherent jurisdiction to order non-party access to witness statement exhibits, and documents put to witnesses in …
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 …
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