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Post-pandemic development of Scottish civil justice continues down digital path
United Kingdom - August 30 2022 Over the last two years, we have written a number of updates on actual and proposed changes to how civil litigation is conducted in the Scottish…
CJEU gives precedence to Spanish court judgment over English Commercial Court judgment enforcing arbitral award
European Union, Spain, United Kingdom - July 8 2022 On 20 June 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") delivered a "preliminary ruling" that an English Commercial Court judgment…
The Commercial Court takes a pro-arbitration approach to res judicata and its application in arbitration proceedings
United Kingdom - June 17 2022 In Union of India v Reliance Industries Ltd [2022] EWHC 1407 (Comm), Sir Ross Cranston (sitting as a High Court judge in the Commercial Court) found…
Scotland’s direction of travel remains towards digital civil justice: but practitioners continue to act as a brake
United Kingdom - March 3 2022 Last year, the Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) launched a consultation on proposed new rules which would result in virtual hearings becoming…
Genuine ambiguity only: when are post-contract actings relevant to interpretation?
United Kingdom - March 3 2022 The Court of Session has reaffirmed the well-established principle that a court will not, generally, look to post-contract actings as an aid to…
