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Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, Hong Kong | 6 Jun 2022
Hong Kong appellate court sets aside fine discounts for decorator cartelists
Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the territory’s competition watchdog to annul cartel fine reductions against several construction companies, holding that the businesses are jointly and severally liable for the conduct of their subcontractors.
RPC | Hong Kong | 15 Mar 2022
Court of Appeal lays down law on challenging costs orders nisi
In Chan v Kwong, the Court of Appeal allowed the plaintiff's appeal against the dismissal by a trial judge of her claim for adverse possession and ordered that the case be retried before another judge. That is a matter for another day. Of more interest, for now, is the Court of Appeal's observations on the plaintiff's challenge to the judge's costs order.
McCann FitzGerald LLP | Ireland | 26 Jan 2021
High Court gives Guidance on Awarding Costs in Cases of Public Importance with a Strong Commercial Element
The High Court recently confirmed that under the revised legal costs regime, where the proceedings concern matters of public importance, courts can…
PRO Compliance | USA | 10 Jun 2020
Fifth Circuit ponders patent settlement incentives in Impax appeal
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has questioned Impax Laboratories and the Federal Trade Commission on what can be legally conceded in settling patent litigation.
PRO Compliance | United Kingdom | 29 Apr 2020
CMA fights over appeal costs rules
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority should not pay legal costs for companies that successfully appeal against its decisions, unless the agency has acted “unreasonably or in bad faith”, the enforcer has said.
Hill Dickinson | United Kingdom | 17 Jun 2019
When success isn’t a success
In a recent unfair prejudice petition (Ashdown and Ors -v- Griffin and Ors [2018]) concerning a company known as Advertising Bins Ltd (AdBins), the…
Taylor Wessing | European Union, United Kingdom | 20 Mar 2019
Holiday sickness absence (and what employers can do about it)
At this time of year, everyone starts to dream of their summer holiday - but, according to the travel industry, false holiday sickness claims have…
CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz | Serbia | 21 Jan 2019
New amendments to Law on Court Fees - the grand return of ADR?
On 23 December 2018, Serbian Parliament passed the Act on Amendments of the Law on Court Fees that is applicable as of 1 January 2019. As of this…
Studio Legale Previti | European Union, Italy | 15 Jan 2019
Vimeo to pay €8.5mln damages to Mediaset
With a ruling issued on 10 January 2019 the Commercial Court of Rome ruled in favor of R.T.I (a Mediaset Group Company) in the lawsuit against the US…
K&L Gates LLP | Poland | 14 Jan 2019
Higher court fees as a part of the proposed “great reform of civil proceedings” in Poland
The Minister of Justice in his speech regarding the “great reform of civil proceedings” announced among other things, a reduction or even liquidation…
