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Injunctive relief in support of foreign proceedings: don't fall at the first hurdle

Published on 09 Jan 2013. By Dan Wyatt, Partner

Following RPC Commercial Litigation Blog post "Granting interim relief in support of foreign proceedings: the expediency test revisited",...

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Whose claim is it anyway?

Published on 05 Dec 2012.

COURT HAS WIDE DISCRETION WHEN ADDING, REMOVING AND SUBSTITUTING PARTIES

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Granting interim relief in support of foreign proceedings: the expediency test revisited

Published on 03 Dec 2012. By Dan Wyatt, Partner

Will the English courts grant claimants a worldwide freezing order ("WFO") or other interim relief in support of foreign proceedings, even if a defendant has no assets in the jurisdiction?

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Guardian Care Homes v Barclays Bank PLC – LIBOR manipulation: update

Published on 09 Nov 2012.

SERIOUSLY ARGUABLE CASE ON LIBOR-FIXING SURVIVES INTERLOCTUTORY STAGE

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Illegality – it's a question of proportionality

Published on 07 Nov 2012.

The recent case of ParkingEye v Somerfield Stores Limited saw the Court of Appeal grapple with the impact of illegality in contracts.

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Counterclaims and Part 36 offers

Published on 23 Aug 2012.

Picture the situation, your client is the Defendant in proceedings where it has asserted a large Counterclaim.

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The danger of sitting on your right to appeal

Published on 23 Aug 2012.

Two recent Court of Appeal cases have illustrated that the courts will take a strict approach to unsuccessful litigants who bring appeals out of time.

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When should open justice be curtailed? Russian oligarchs learn the answer

Published on 07 Aug 2012. By Simon Hart, Partner, Head of Commercial Disputes

It is an important principle of civil justice that proceedings are ordinarily conducted in public in open Court.

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Beware of "settling" for standard form settlement wording

Published on 16 Jul 2012.

The recent decision of the Court of Appeal in the case of Kazeminy v Siddiqi1 highlights the potential pitfalls that await parties who rely on standard form settlement wording to settle complex multi-party disputes.

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HMRC scores own goal in insolvency ruling regarding the Football League

Published on 26 Jun 2012.

In HMRC v The Football League Ltd1 the High Court delivered judgement on the controversial "football creditor rule" operated by The Football League.

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A Defendant's Assets - What About Their Pension Fund?

Published on 23 May 2012.

In the recent case of Blight and others v Brewster1, the High Court allowed a judgment debt to be enforced against part of a defendant's pension fund.

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Some Other Good Reason - Default Judgment and the Court's Discretion

Published on 30 Apr 2012.

The Court can set aside default judgment where either: (a) the defendant has a real prospect of successfully defending the claim; or (b) it appears to the court that there is some other good reason why the judgment should be set aside or varied or the defendant should be allowed to defend the claim.

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