Topic: Governing law and jurisdiction
Subscribe to Governing law and jurisdictionCommercial Litigation Round-Up – April 2024
April 30, 2024
A brief round-up of important recent cases, procedural developments and hot topics for businesses to help in-house counsel stay up to date.
English Court grants final anti-suit injunction in support of Paris seated ICC arbitration
March 08, 2024
Our litigation and disputes team have written a briefing note, discussing the recent English Court of Appeal judgment in Unicredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC.
International Arbitration Report: Issue 21 out now
February 15, 2024
The latest version of our International Arbitration Report produced by the global International Arbitration team has just been released.
Case review: non-assignment clauses and transferring the right to arbitrate by operation of law
January 17, 2024
The disputes team have written an article discussing an interesting recent Court of Appeal decision regarding non-assignment clauses
Court considers evidentiary standard for service out of the jurisdiction where permission not required
January 04, 2024
The High Court considered the evidentiary standard a party must satisfy when seeking to rely on Civil Procedure Rule (CPR) 6.33(2B)(b) as the basis for serving a claim form out of the jurisdiction.
UK to sign Hague Convention 2019: what do I need to know?
December 20, 2023
On 23 November 2023, the UK government published its response to the consultation paper on the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters.
Commercial Litigation Round-Up – December 2023
December 19, 2023
Catch up on important legal developments in the past 4 months.
Court declines jurisdiction over claims against UK company for alleged harms by third party supplier
December 18, 2023
English High Court declined to exercise jurisdiction over claims against Dyson related to the alleged forced labour practices of a Malaysian supplier.
DIFC: injunctive relief for foreign proceedings only where DIFC Court has jurisdiction over respondent
October 12, 2023
Injunctive relief may only be granted in support of foreign proceedings if the claimant establishes that the DIFC Courts have jurisdiction over the respondent under a statutory gateway. If that is established, relief should be granted on established discretionary principles.
Court refuses to enforce foreign arbitration award against cryptocurrency exchange user
September 29, 2023
Discussing the Court's decision in Payward Inc and Others v Chechetkin [2023] EWHC 1780 (Comm).