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Unilateral jurisdiction clauses may not always be effective

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • 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

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

Unilateral election clauses the Tungkum case

  • Dentons
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 27 2012

Clauses allowing a party to unilaterally elect to have a dispute resolved by either arbitration or litigation have become increasingly popular in finance documents in recent years

Unilateral jurisdiction clauses may not always be effective

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • 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

Litigation & arbitration: top things you need to know - October 2012

  • Olswang LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 31 2012

The new Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson, has confirmed that the Jackson reforms will come into force in April 2013, scotching rumours that the legislative process would not be completed in time

General counsel update - 27 September 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • 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
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  • 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

The Eurozone and commodity contracts 1

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 18 2012

The possibility of one or more countries exiting the European Monetary Union has been well publicised

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • July 11 2012

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

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