In another busy week, the English courts have been asked to determine whether the London Stock Exchange should provide confidential information to an AIM-listed litigation funder, the circumstances in which an arbitrator should be removed from their position, and if a six year old order for committal should be set aside.
The English courts continue to hand down judgments on issues as diverse as the enforcement of foreign judgments, the use of electronic bundles during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the approach to specific disclosure applications. Check out the latest Commercial Disputes Weekly to find out what’s been happening.
In this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly find out when you can rely on without prejudice statements to rebut allegations of fraud, when the court will order a payment on account of costs and a salutary lesson on the risks of refusing to mediate.
Confused about how to determine what the proper law of an arbitration agreement is? Well in this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, find out how the Court of Appeal has tried to bring some clarity to the issue.
What happens where you’ve been ordered to give disclosure but your regulator won’t let you comply with that order? Find out in this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, which also covers an interesting judgment on the 2007 Lugano Convention, and a warning on the importance of complying with service provisions.
Two recent cases on expert evidence take centre stage in this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, looking at the obligations that experts owe their clients, and the admission of expert evidence in relation to an application to enforce an arbitration award.
Check out how the English courts are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic with this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, plus an important decision on the enforcement of foreign judgments and the Court of Appeal’s construction of a clause in a gas pipeline agreement.
Check out the Supreme Court’s latest judgment on the scope of the Recast Brussels Regulation with this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, plus decisions on the doctrine of illegality and a de minimis principle in commercial contracts.
This week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly covers a number of recent cases in the maritime sector, including a rare care in which the Admiralty Court set aside an order for sale, as well as a significant decision on the powers of the English court in support of arbitration
This week the Commercial Disputes Weekly covers a significant WFW case concerning the enforcement of adjudication awards, as well as a warning to directors and officers on the importance of complying with court orders.
