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Spotlight on Commodities Disputes – Civil Fraud

Spotlight on Commodities Disputes – Civil Fraud

Taking a look at six recent commodities cases involving fraud to identify key areas of risk and ways to mitigate it.

Articles | November 07, 2023

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Court provides guidance on role of solicitors overseeing disclosure process

Court provides guidance on role of solicitors overseeing disclosure process

Discussing the decision in IBM United Kingdom Ltd v LzLabs GmbH & Ors [2023] EWHC 2142 (TCC).

Articles | November 01, 2023

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Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 receives Royal Assent

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 receives Royal Assent

Discussing the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, featuring the new failure to prevent fraud offence, which received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023.

Articles | October 27, 2023

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Alternative dispute resolution strategies

Alternative dispute resolution strategies

A quarter of a century since the Woolf Reforms introduced ADR, this article considers where the courts are now, and how businesses' strategies need to adapt.

Articles | October 25, 2023

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Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Failure to prevent fraud offence – Update

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Failure to prevent fraud offence – Update

Our investigations and white-collar crime team have commented on the next round of consideration of the new failure to prevent fraud offence, proposed as part of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill.

Articles | October 20, 2023

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Court of Appeal considers undertakings to court given in settlement agreements

Court of Appeal considers undertakings to court given in settlement agreements

Court of Appeal overturned the High Court’s decision in Smith v Blackhouse refusing to accept certain undertakings in a settlement agreement as undertakings to the Court because they were too wide and uncertain.

Articles | October 17, 2023

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DIFC: injunctive relief for foreign proceedings only where DIFC Court has jurisdiction over respondent

DIFC: injunctive relief for foreign proceedings only where DIFC Court has jurisdiction over respondent

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.

Articles | October 12, 2023

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Denton tests apply when determining application to set aside default judgment

Denton tests apply when determining application to set aside default judgment

Court of Appeal clarified that the tests for relief from sanctions set out in Denton v TH White Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 906 (Denton) also apply to an application to set aside default judgment.

Articles | October 09, 2023

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Use of AI in litigation: A quick look at today and the future

Use of AI in litigation: A quick look at today and the future

The role of AI in litigation is receiving increasing focus. In this briefing, we take a quick look at some ways in which AI is already used in the conduct of litigation and how it will be used in the future.

Articles | October 05, 2023

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