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Nov 22, 2023
The wide remit of a section 423 Insolvency Act claim
It is well known that courts are extremely reluctant to “pierce the corporate veil” and disregard the fundamental principle of...
Nov 19, 2023
The English High Court delivers judgment in Municipio De Mariana v BHP Group UK Ltd and Ors [2023] EWHC 2030 (TCC)
The High Court has recently delivered a judgment in the ongoing litigation regarding the collapse of the Fundão Dam in...
Nov 15, 2023
High Court reiterates need to prove reliance on implied misrepresentations
The High Court has dismissed claims against Credit Suisse relating to its sale of a collateralised debt obligation (“CDO”) “as...
Sep 22, 2023
High Court refused to grant permission to ClientEarth derivative action against Shell directors
The High Court has confirmed its earlier decision to refuse climate-change activist ClientEarth’s application for permission to continue a derivative...
Sep 20, 2023
Law Commission publishes final report of the Arbitration Act 1996
The Law Commission has published its eagerly anticipated report into the Arbitration Act 1996 (“Act”), following a Ministry of Justice...
Aug 15, 2023
Unpleaded issues – a taxonomic approach?
Pleadings form a bedrock of our adversarial system of civil litigation. The law requires pleadings to mark out the parameters...