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Court of Appeal rejects "sliding scale" approach to level of security for costs when real risk of non-enforcement established
The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal against the High Court's decision to reduce the amount of security for costs a Russian-resident claimant was …
New podcast - English governing law and jurisdiction clauses after Brexit
On the new Herbert Smith Freehills Podcast channel, Anna Pertoldi, Maura McIntosh and Tom Henderson discuss what businesses need to know about the …
No duty on solicitor to inform opponent of error in service
The High Court has held that there was no good reason to validate service retrospectively where the claimant's solicitors had served proceedings on …
No privilege for advice on how to "cloak" dismissal on basis of discrimination as dismissal for redundancy
In a recent decision, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) found that an email containing advice from an in-house lawyer was not protected by privilege …
Court of Appeal overturns decision granting very broad non-party access to court documents
The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court Master's order granting non-party access to the entirety of the hard copy trial bundles in a case …
Court of Appeal confirms offer relating to proposed claim by amendment was not valid Part 36 offer
The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court decision that an offer to settle was not valid under CPR Part 36 as it related only to a claim put forward …
Court of Appeal finds ISDA jurisdiction clause trumps 'theoretically competing' clause in separate agreement governing wider relationship
Consistent with recent authority, the Court of Appeal has given primacy to an English jurisdiction clause in an ISDA Master Agreement (overturning the …
High Court applies high threshold test to injunctions against public bodies
In a recent decision, the High Court rejected an application for an interim injunction restraining publication of a decision to impose sanctions on an …
Court of Appeal re-opens gateway for service of claims against foreign parties in respect of transactions defrauding creditors
Disagreeing with the High Court, the Court of Appeal has ruled that a claim by a creditor under section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 falls within the …
Court of Appeal gives wide interpretation to common law gateways for service out of the jurisdiction
The Court of Appeal has given a wide interpretation to the interaction between the "necessary or proper party" gateway and the relatively new gateway …
Court of Appeal applies rigorous approach to assessing purpose element of claims to set aside transactions defrauding creditors
Despite evidence that a defendant knew he was facing potential proceedings which could bankrupt him, at the time he transferred assets to his son, the …
Two-year pilot of new disclosure rules to commence 1 January 2019
New rules to govern disclosure of documents in litigation before the English courts were unveiled yesterday, having been approved by the Civil Procedure …
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