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Private LIBOR claims - an uphill battle for claimants

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 17 2013

The ongoing regulatory investigations into the manipulation of LIBOR have prompted much speculation about the possibility of claimants bringing

UK Supreme Court clarifies the balance-sheet insolvency test

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 16 2013

The Supreme Court has delivered a judgment providing welcome clarification on the construction and effect of section 123(2) of the Insolvency Act

The UK Supreme Court rules on the ability to set aside transactions in the case of trustees' errors

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 15 2013

Where trustees have undertaken transactions with unintended consequences (usually unwanted or unexpected tax consequences), they have been able to

Court of Appeal confirms mental element of deceit

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 15 2013

The Court of Appeal has considered the mental element required for a successful claim in deceit, or fraudulent misrepresentation, finding that there

Court rejects business rates mitigation scheme

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 14 2013

The High Court has today rejected arguments on behalf of Public Safety Charitable Trust Limited (PSCT) that it was entitled to charitable relief from

Service of EU proceedings in England: receipt by fax sufficient to seise foreign court

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 14 2013

The High Court has decided that receipt by fax at the Foreign Process Section (FPS) of the English court of proceedings commenced in another member

Singapore courts confirm their 'zero-tolerance' policy in respect of agreements that have an illegal object

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 13 2013

In a judgment handed down on 3 May 2013, the Singapore High Court confirmed that it will not allow a plaintiff to enforce rights under an agreement

Errors by trusteessetting aside transactions

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 9 2013

Where trustees have made errors, in some circumstances, they have been able to make use of the "Hastings Bass rule" to make an application to the

Round-up of UK employment law developments in April 2013

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 9 2013

Employers may need to distance themselves from discriminatory remarks made by shareholders who are closely connected to or wield influence over the

Collective agreement clause could not be construed as giving employer choice of two pay rates

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 8 2013

Overturning the EAT, the Court of Appeal has construed a contractual clause in a collective agreement, which provided that the employer would