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A tool that French law does not like: English Court refuses to grant anti-suit injunction in support of French-seated ICC arbitration
France, United Kingdom - September 20 2023 The decision in SQD v QYP [2023] EWHC 2145 (Comm) underlines that parties should ensure that arbitrations are seated in England or another…
Fraud not "some kind of open sesame" in Privy Council appeal to set aside judgment
United Kingdom - September 5 2023 An Appellant was unsuccessful in his bid to set aside judgment on the basis of fraud as the Board of the Privy Counsel dismissed his claim as an…
Binance successfully challenges interim proprietary injunction over deposited cryptoassets
United Kingdom - May 24 2023 In Piroozzadeh v Persons Unknown and Others [2023] EWHC 1024 (Ch), the cryptocurrency exchange Binance successfully applied to discharge an…
Singapore Court of Appeal Sends Acceleration of Interest Payment Clause To The Penalty Box
United Kingdom - April 24 2023 Commercial contracts commonly include clauses providing for liquidated damages, accelerated repayment or late payment interest in the event one party…
Case Note: Anupam Mittal v Westbridge Ventures II Investment Holdings [2023] SGCA 1 - Examining the law governing arbitrability at the pre-award stage
United Kingdom - March 8 2023 The Court of Appeal ("CA") in the case of Anupam Mittal v Westbridge Ventures II Investment Holdings [2023] SGCA 1 ("Anupam Mittal") had to determine…
High Court favours English jurisdiction in bribery claim brought by Kuwaiti pension fund
Kuwait, United Kingdom - February 28 2023 The High Court recently rejected an application, brought by two defendants to an alleged bribery claim advanced by a Kuwaiti pension fund, that the…
High Court rejects Group Litigation Order in FSMA litigation as it would not further the Overriding Objective
United Kingdom - January 30 2023 In a recent decision in Edward Moon & Ors v Link Fund Solutions, Mr Justice Trower dismissed an application by two groups of claimants, declining to…
Hong Kong - Parties agreed settlement terms without formal settlement agreement
Hong Kong - January 19 2023 In MSB International Ltd v Lok & Anor, the Court of First Instance of the High Court found that the parties had agreed a full and final settlement of…
Great Peace confirmed: High Court decides that test for common mistake is settled
United Kingdom - December 22 2022 The High Court has clarified the test to void a contract for common mistake in John Lobb S.A.S v John Lobb Ltd, confirming that the four part test…
No need for late night panic: Court of Appeal decides that midnight e-filing is permissible
United Kingdom - December 22 2022 In Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd v JJH Enterprises Ltd, the Court of Appeal recently considered the short, but important, procedural question of…
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