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Court grants stay of proceedings where arbitration option exercised in related finance contract

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 24 2011

In Deutsche Bank v Tongkah Harbour, the UK Commercial Court was asked to consider a suite of contracts dealing with the financing of a gold exploration and mining business

General counsel update: 28 February 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Hong Kong, Spain, United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 28 2012

This is the twenty-eighth in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Dispute resolution clauses lessons to be learnt from recent case law

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 1 2011

Complex transactions will often consist of a number of separate agreements often containing differing dispute resolution clauses

Review of 2009 and preview of 2010

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 15 2010

The transition from 2009 to 2010 sees some significant legislative chapters closing, notably the Companies Act 2006, Rome I and II, the Banking Act 2009 and the Lisbon Treaty

Preview 2013 (UK law)

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 15 2013

2013 will herald some significant changes to the UK legal arena, notably in the corporate area in relation to executive remuneration and narrative

Unilateral jurisdiction clauses may not always be effective

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 12 2013

Dispute resolution clauses that give one party the right to choose where disputes will be resolved are not uncommon, particularly in finance

Unilateral jurisdiction clauses may not always be effective

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • November 13 2012

It is not uncommon, particularly in a finance context, for an agreement to give a wider choice to some parties than others to decide where disputes will be resolved

General counsel update - 27 September 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Indonesia, Myanmar, Spain, United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 27 2012

This is the 31st in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Middle East exchange

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 23 2012

This edition focuses on some of the key legal developments which have taken place in Saudi Arabia in the last few weeks, in particular the new arbitration law and the real estate mortgage law

Court of Appeal upholds anti-suit injunction against a non-party to an arbitration clause

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 22 2012

In Joint Stock Asset Management Company Ingosstrakh Investments v BNP Paribas SA 2012 EWCA Civ 644 the Court of Appeal has upheld an anti-suit injunction against a non-party to an arbitration clause on the grounds that Russian proceedings being pursued by that non-party were vexatious and oppressive

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