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6/8/2023 2:22:30 PM Confidentiality vs public interest: public interest outweighs confidentiality when the fairness of the conduct of arbitration at issue By Catherine Lewis The English High Court has recently considered the extent to which the public interest in public judgments outweighs the confidentiality...
4/19/2023 3:00:18 PM Allianz Insurance Plc v University of Exeter – English Court finds that WWII bomb damage is excluded from insurance coverage By Mark Pring Katherine Varney Authors: Mark Pring, Katherine Varney and Lauren Wylie In this case, the claimant sought insurance cover for physical damage and related...
6/7/2022 12:06:09 PM Disputes in the Metaverse: Moving from BIM to meta-models in the construction industry By Soham Panchamiya What is BIM? Building Information Modelling or BIM is a process for creating and managing information on a construction project...
3/25/2022 8:39:42 AM UAE continues to boost its mediation offering - signing the Singapore Convention and more By Soham Panchamiya On 29 April 2021, the UAE issued a new mediation law, which created a robust mediation framework and implemented a number of...
2/9/2022 9:52:54 AM Interesting case on the consequences of non-compliance with PD 57AC (trial witness statements) By Thomas Firth-Jones In Prime London Holdings 11 Ltd v Thurloe Lodge Ltd [2022] EWHC 79 (Ch), the court considered the scope of its powers when dealing with...
7/23/2021 2:58:40 PM Judgment Enforcement - Claiming Against Accomplices to Asset Dissipation under English Law By Daniel Newbound A developing area of English Law is the use of economic torts to bring damages claims against individuals or corporate vehicles who...
7/14/2021 9:27:08 AM Direct witness examination by a foreign court in Germany By Daja Apetz-Dreier Martin Seiler The process of global digitalization has significantly accelerated in recent years. In particular, the Covid-19 pandemic and related...
5/24/2021 1:12:37 PM LugaNO: EU Commission against UK’s accession to the Lugano Convention By Daja Apetz-Dreier Julia Hoeren In the wake of Brexit and the end of the transition period, a number of topics have arisen in the area of international civil procedure...
5/10/2021 12:00:00 AM Obligation of UK-based plaintiffs to provide security deposit in German court proceedings By Daja Apetz-Dreier Martin Seiler Two recently published German court decisions deliver guidance on the current legal situation regarding a potential obligation of...
4/22/2021 12:00:00 AM Exclusion Clauses - More Rom Com than Horror Movie ? English court cuts down attempted fundamental breach revival By Daniel Newbound Exclusion clauses used to have a pretty bad name in English law. Viewed as potentially exploitative in the hands of big businesses, some...
3/30/2021 12:00:00 AM Clash of the Senates – Important differentiation for German law damage claims in relation to defective real estate By Daja Apetz-Dreier Martin Seiler Defect-related damage claims regarding real estate under German law are to be calculated differently depending on whether they arise out...
3/17/2021 2:24:09 PM English law - excluding contractual benefits also excludes wasted expenditure claims ? By Daniel Newbound A recent English law High Court decision may surprise some commercial parties because it indicates that allowing a contractual term which...
2/17/2021 12:00:00 AM Hard feelings regarding Brexit: International civil procedure law By Daja Apetz-Dreier Julia Hoeren On 31 December 2020, the transition period ended following the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU), however there are still...