Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Asia-Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, etc. | 15 Sep 2016
Further to our earlier post highlighting material from our recently updated Guide to Dispute Resolution in Asia Pacific, we now feature in part 2 the…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Japan | 25 Jun 2015
タイの新しいクラス・アクション法 タイの民事訴訟法は、不法行為や契約違反、労働権の侵害 を含む民事上の権利侵害に対して、大規模な原告グループ によるクラス・アクションの提起を可能とするために改正され ました。今回の改正は、14 年にもわたってクラス・アクションに…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Japan | 11 Nov 2014
日本では、過重労働から生じる健康障害や生産性の低下について意識が高まりつつありますが、先般政府が打ち出した経済改革の一環として、残業手当を…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Japan | 11 Nov 2014
There has been increasing awareness in Japan of the health implications and unproductivity caused by excessive overtime work. As part of recent…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Japan | 4 Aug 2014
Practitioners and arbitral institutions alike are constantly looking for ways to smooth and improve the arbitral process. The latest contribution to…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Africa, Japan | 7 May 2014
The prospect of increased Japanese investment in Africa has been in the news in 2014. January saw Prime Minister Abe's visit to Ethiopia, Ivory Coast…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Japan | 31 Jul 2013
The use of target cost contracts has increased in recent years as employers have sought means to incentivise contractors to bring in projects within…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Japan | 3 Apr 2013
In difficult economic times, procuring security for performance of obligations will be a significant concern for many parties to the construction…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Japan | 11 Jan 2013
A distribution agreement is a contract under which a seller (the "distributor") markets and distributes products which it has purchased from a…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Japan | 17 Dec 2012
Disputes between parties to a construction project are relatively commonplace. Many can be resolved without great difficulty, but this is not always…