A costly warranty *

United Kingdom - April 3 2013
Making a tort misrepresentation claim on the basis of warranties given in a share purchase agreement can be one way of sidestepping the contract…

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New security for sub-licensees? *

United Kingdom - February 25 2013
The conventional view in the UK has been that a sub-licensee has no greater rights than his sub-licensor and so a sub-licence ends when the…

Co-authors: Ellen Hughes-Jones, Ben Goodger.

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VTB Capital -v- Nutritek (UK Supreme Court): a convenient veil drawn over a difficult question *

United Kingdom - February 11 2013
On 6 February 2013 the UK Supreme Court refused to allow the doctrine of 'piercing the corporate veil' to be used to bind a shareholder to a contract…

Co-authors: Mark Deem.

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After the event insurance--a drink at the last chance saloon *

United Kingdom - January 23 2013
This is the first in a series of notes explaining a number of fundamental changes to the rules relating to funding of legal proceedings in England…

Co-authors: Mark Deem.

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Bank guarantees: Court of Appeal decides that on demand will almost always produce a demand bond and not a true guarantee. *

United Kingdom - January 3 2013
Guarantees of performance are often required in commercial transactions. A crucial distinction must be made between guarantees which enable a claim to be…

Co-authors: Mark Deem.

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