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PACE POLANSKI
KHRAPUNOV V. JSC BTA BANK [2018] EWCA 819 In 2005 the House of Lords, by a bare majority, ruled that a claimant who was not prepared to come to England to give evidence at his defamation trial because he feared extradition to another country if he did, could be allowed to give his evidence via a more...
Unfinished business: the Qatari commercial dispute that landed a Cayman Islands Judge in conflict
The Privy Council in Almazeedi v Penner and another (Cayman Islands) [2018] UKPC 3 have stressed the fundamental nature of the right to a fair trial by an independent and impartial tribunal. Almazeedi is a working example of how and when a Judge’s decision may be overturned on appeal due to the more...
21 Mar 2018 12:57
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov [2018] UKSC 19JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov [2018] UKSC 19 (Lords Mance, Sumption, Hodge, Lloyd-Jones and Briggs) is an important judgment in the fields of conspiracy, contempt and conflict of laws. In particular: · Lords Sumption and Lloyd-Jones provide an illuminating overview of the economic torts in more...
End Of The Road for LIBOR Rigging Claims; or Just a Detour?
The Court of Appeal's decision in Property Alliance Group v RBS [2018] EWCA Civ 355 is a decisive victory for RBS over PAG. However, the door has undoubtedly been opened for other potential claimants. While the CA also made some significant findings on the bank's advisory duties and implied more...
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