We use cookies to customise content for your subscription and for analytics.
If you continue to browse Lexology, we will assume that you are happy to receive all our cookies. For further information please read our Cookie Policy.
Lexology logo






  Request new password

Search results

Order by most recent / most popular / relevance

Results: 11-20 of 28

Recent developments for the fourth quarter 2011

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Canada, China, Denmark, European Union, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • March 15 2012

The end of the year and beginning of a new year is always a busy time for us, as it is for most of our clients

What does "consent not to be unreasonably withheld" mean in a commercial agreement?

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 7 2012

The UK High Court in Porton Capital Technology Funds v 3M UK Holdings Ltd & 3M Company 2011 EWHC 2895 (Comm) recently considered the meaning of the phrase "which shall not be unreasonably withheld" in the context of a requirement to obtain a party's consent in a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA

Endeavours in commercial contracts

  • LK Shields
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 15 2011

Most parties who have been involved in any sort of commercial negotiations leading to written contracts will be reasonably familiar with the terms "best endeavours" and "reasonable endeavours", used in circumstances where it is not possible to give an absolute contractual commitment

The UK's Financial Reporting Council opens consultation on gender diversity on boards

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 24 2011

The Financial Reporting Council in the UK (the FRC) has opened a consultation on whether the UK Corporate Governance Code (the Code) should be amended to include a requirement on listed companies to publish their policy on the issue of gender diversity on boards and to report on the progress made in achieving the objectives set out in this policy on an annual basis

Recent developments for the first quarter 2011

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Australia, China, Costa Rica, France, India, Ireland, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • May 10 2011

This letter is from the Global Equity Services ("GES") group in San Francisco, Chicago and New York

Director liability for environmental clean up

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 8 2011

On 3 March 2011, Mr Justice Edwards in the High Court held that the courts do not have jurisdiction to pierce the corporate veil and impose so called "fall back" liability on directors personally for environmental cleanup

UK Supreme Court provides helpful guidance on the characterisation of unlawful distributions of a company's capital to shareholders

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 22 2011

A regular feature of corporate reorganisations is the transfer of assets (including shares) by one company in a group to another group company as part of a change in corporate ownership

Assessing compensation for termination of a commercial agent's agreement: the law after McQuillan v McCormick

  • A&L Goodbody
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 19 2010

The application of the "compensation" principle in the European Communities (Commercial Agents) Regulations 1994 and 1997 (the Regulations) has the potential to cause an injustice in the case of a principal who gives proper notice of termination of the agency, in that there is no guidance given in the Regulations on the calculation of the "compensation" due to the agent in such circumstances

Inadvertent waiver of events of default

  • LK Shields
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 22 2010

The past couple of years in Ireland have seen lenders adopt a 'wait and see' approach to a large number of borrower defaults, but such tactics can be fraught with danger, particularly in light of a recent UK court decision

Can parties choose an alternative governing law to opt out of the applicability of the Commercial Agency Regulations?

  • Matheson
  • -
  • Ireland, United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 15 2010

In a recent High Court case in England, it was held that even where parties choose a non-EU governing law in an agreement, the Commercial Agency Regulations (and indeed any other mandatory EU laws) must be followed

Current Search

Suggested Facets

Author

Firm Name

Jurisdiction

Workarea

© Copyright 2006-2013 Globe Business Publishing Ltd | Cookies | Disclaimer | Privacy policy