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  • Bird & Bird
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  • Hong Kong, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 31 2010

In Chunilal v Merrill Lynch, a UK national originally based in London but who had lived and worked in Hong Kong since 2003, wanted to claim a discretionary bonus from his employer, a company registered in the US state of Delaware

Solicitors' higher rights of audience in England and Hong Kong

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Hong Kong, United Kingdom
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  • March 31 2010

New regulations coming into effect on 1 April provide a single route for solicitors to qualify to appear in the higher courts in England and Wales

Footy fixture lists attract copyright

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Hong Kong, United Kingdom
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  • April 30 2010

Mouth-watering footy fixtures may come as a matter of routine for sports fans, but their preparation involves very significant labour and skill, so the court found

Interpreting terms of settlement agreements: new exception to the "without prejudice rule"

  • Jones Day
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  • Hong Kong, United Kingdom
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  • February 28 2011

We previously reported on the English Court of Appeal decision in Oceanbulk Shipping & Trading SA v TMT Asia Limited 2010 EWCA Civ 79, which considered the important issue of whether established exceptions to the "without prejudice rule" should be extended to cover precontractual negotiations for the purpose of interpreting the terms of a settlement agreement

Hong Kong employee seconded to England could bring unfair dismissal claim

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • Hong Kong, United Kingdom
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  • January 17 2011

In Pervez v Macquarie Bank Ltd (London Branch) and another the EAT has held that an employee of a Hong Kong bank, seconded to London, is entitled to bring proceedings for unfair dismissal and discrimination in the English employment tribunals

The Ryan Giggs saga: injunctions against the press

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Hong Kong, United Kingdom
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  • May 26 2011

Recent English court proceedings involving a football star obtaining an injunction in the United Kingdom against Imogen Thomas, a reality television show contestant and former Miss Wales, and a local newspaper has gained widespread public attention both locally and internationally

Enforcement of sovereign debt - a familiar but very different story

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Argentina, European Union, Greece, Hong Kong, United Kingdom
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  • October 10 2011

If, as some fear, the current European sovereign debt crisis does come to a tragic conclusion then one of the many issues the resulting chaos may potentially throw-up is the ability of investors to enforce or attempt to enforce debt securities which have been issued by a defaulting sovereign state

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

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

Recent litigation developments

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Hong Kong, United Kingdom
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  • July 18 2012

The government announced on 10 July that the planned additional sanction to reward claimants' Part 36 offers will be subject to a tapering off mechanism for higher value claims

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