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Company remains shareholder following dissolution

United Kingdom - September 26 2017 The English Court of Appeal has recently decided that a corporation that held shares in a company remained a shareholder notwithstanding the…

Scott Abel, Scott Barker, David Broadmore, Jan Etwell, Bridie McKinnon, Peter Niven, Myles O'Brien, Willie Palmer, Kelly Paterson, David Perry, Susan Rowe, Matthew Triggs

Hadley v Baxendale not always the touchstone in defining consequential loss

United Kingdom - December 1 2016 The UK High Court in Star Polaris LLC v HHIC-Phil Inc [2016] EWHC 2941 (Comm) considered the meaning of 'consequential or special losses, damages or…

Scott Barker, David Broadmore, Sherridan Cook, Bridie McKinnon, Peter Niven, Willie Palmer, Kelly Paterson, Olly Peers, Susan Rowe

UK Supreme Court clarifies and reduces ambit of “reflective loss” principle in “one of the most important company and commercial law decisions of the last thirty years”

New Zealand, United Kingdom - July 24 2020 The Supreme Court in Sevilleja v Marex Financial Ltd [2020] UKSC 31 has brought much needed clarity to the legal basis and scope of the so-called…

Scott Barker, David Broadmore, Annie Cao, Bridie McKinnon, Peter Niven, Willie Palmer, Kelly Paterson, Olly Peers, Susan Rowe, Luke Sizer

Hong Kong Court explores dishonesty test

Hong Kong, New Zealand - August 20 2019 The Hong Kong Court considered the test for dishonesty in Galleria (Hong Kong) Limited v DBS Bank Limited [2019] HKCFI 1877. For some years prior to…

Scott Barker, David Broadmore, Bridie McKinnon, Peter Niven, Willie Palmer, Kelly Paterson, Olly Peers, Susan Rowe

Supreme Court denies James Hardie class action defendants’ attempts to be removed from proceeding

New Zealand - May 15 2019 Defendants involved in the James Hardie Group class action have failed in the Court of Appeal (James Hardie Industries PLC v White [2018] NZCA 580)…

Scott Barker, David Broadmore, Bridie McKinnon, Peter Niven, Willie Palmer, Kelly Paterson, Olly Peers, Susan Rowe