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Negotiating a bond or guarantee

  • Fenwick Elliott Solicitors
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 23 2011

This month in our sister newsletter Dispatch, we reported on the case of Kookmin Bank v Rainy Sky SA & Others where the Supreme Court preferred the Buyers’ construction of a bond because it was consistent with the commercial purpose of the instrument

General Counsel update - legal guide edition 32

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • November 29 2012

A summary of major developments in key areas

General counsel update - 27 September 2012

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

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

A summary of major developments in key areas

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia, European Union, Indonesia, Myanmar, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 7 2013

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and institutional bodies have published the following guidance in relation to corporate governance and

The case of the agent with hire authority

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 21 2011

We all know about agents

Preview 2013 (UK law)

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • 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

Causes of action in tort - Linklaters Business Services v Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd & Others

  • Fenwick Elliott Solicitors
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 16 2010

In 1996, Linklaters took a 25-year tenancy of the building at One Silk Street, London EC2, which had been refurbished the previous year

Mistake and rectification of contracts: two recent cases

  • Bird & Bird
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 13 2010

Two recent cases have highlighted when the court will allow rectification of a contract following mistake

Proposals for sentencing in fatality cases

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 7 2008

In December’s briefing, we reported on fines totalling £260,000 being imposed by Nottingham Crown Court on F J Chalcroft Construction Ltd following its plea of guilty to two counts of failing to discharge its duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Resolving disputes in a downturn

  • Bird & Bird
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 24 2009

Whilst much has been written on the so-called "green shoots" of global recovery, there is little doubt that disputes connected with the "credit crisis" will endure long after a return to growth