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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

General counsel update

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

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

General counsel update: 31 May 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Argentina, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • May 31 2012

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

General counsel update: 28 February 2012

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

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

West Tankers: the saga continues has West Tankers found a way around the ECJ's judgment, enabling it to frustrate the Italian proceedings that it earlier failed to injunct?

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Italy, United Kingdom
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  • April 20 2011

On 6 April 2011, in the latest instalment of the West Tankers dispute, the Commercial Court in London upheld an earlier order for enforcement of a declaratory award which found that West Tankers Inc ("West Tankers") had no liability to Allianz SpA and Generali Assiurazione Generali SpA (the "Insurers"), who are currently pursuing court proceedings against West Tankers in Italy

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

Arbitration, anti-suit injunctions and the Brussels Regulation

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • March 27 2009

In Allianz SpA (formerly Riunione Adriatica Di Sicurta SpA) v West Tankers Inc 2009 C-18507 (unreported), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that anti-suit injunctions are incompatible with Regulation 442001EC (the Brussels Regulation) on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters

The Front Comor: an end to anti-suit injunctions?

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union, Italy, United Kingdom
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  • December 31 2008

The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has now delivered her opinion on a question referred to the ECJ by the House of Lords earlier this year in the case of the “Front Comor” concerning the use of anti-suit injunctions by the English Courts

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