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Bermuda
Kennedys Law LLP
Irrespective of whether the protector's role is wide or narrow, it will occasionally be the case that the protector strays beyond the scope of the powers conferred upon him.
Kennedys Law LLP
If the settlor's intention is to give the protector the wide role as espoused in Piedmont, it is important to address this specifically in relation to provisions requiring the protector's consent.
British Virgin Islands
Conyers
In 2023, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and other Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Member States implemented significant revisions to the Civil Procedure Rules.
Appleby
On 25 April 2024, the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court delivered a significant judgment, which is likely to be widely welcomed as reinforcing...
Conyers
A successful party to a buy-out order made in the course of unfair prejudice proceedings can find themselves in a difficult position, at the hands of an uncooperative respondent.
Walkers
In a recent judgment, CIF v (1) DLG and (2) GIY (BVIHCM2023/0050) the BVI Commercial Court (the Hon. Justice Gerhard Wallbank)...
Ogier
Charles Dickens's description of the fictional case of Jarndyce v Jarndyce in Bleak House has created a reputation for the legal system of interminable delay and expense...
Ogier
商业诉讼通常看起来都是一个漫长而昂贵的过程，无论是作为起诉方还是抗辩方。
Cayman Islands
Harneys
In the recent decision of Taiping Trustees Limited v Valley Stone Industry Fund Ltd, the Cayman Islands Grand Court provided a timely reminder that public policy factors should not be taken into account.
Cyprus
A.G. Erotocritou LLC
As one of the very few common law jurisdictions within the European Union, Cyprus has become well-established as a commercial, corporate and tech hub over the past few years.
Hong Kong
Mayer Brown
The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA) finally settled the question of legality of the No Consent Regime (NCR) in its recent judgment in Tam Sze Leung v. Commissioner of Police [2024] HKCFA 8 – confirming...
Herbert Smith Freehills
Without prejudice ("WP") privilege protects a party's genuine attempt to settle a dispute by preventing communications made in that connection from being admitted as evidence in court.
Ireland
Dillon Eustace
The Supreme Court, in Delaney v The Personal Injuries Assessment Board, the Judicial Council, Ireland and the Attorney General [2024] IESC10, has upheld the legality...
Jersey
Gatehouse Chambers
Dispute Resolution analysis: The Court of Appeal has rejected 40 years of "received wisdom" among company law practitioners and has held that a limitation period of either twelve or six years...
Baker & Partners
The Court of Appeal of Jersey has held that a Jersey statutory provision is not compatible with a human right protected by the European Convention on Human Rights.
Luxembourg
Bardehle Pagenberg
An appeal against a decision of the judge rapporteur can be admissible if it is the subject of the appeal whether the judge rapporteur was entitled to issue the decision under appeal.
Mauritius
Appleby
The case revolved around a bank loan which had been made as part of a wider series of transactions in relation to a share sale agreement. The main question was whether the loan...
United Arab Emirates
K&L Gates
The Dubai International Financial Centre's (DIFC) Court of Appeal has recently confirmed, in CA 001/2024, that a provisional award granting interim measures...
Worldwide
Rouse
Geopolitical tensions have risen in recent years in several countries, including Russia, Azerbaijan and Lebanon.
O'Neal Webster
The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) was established by The West Indies Associated States Supreme Court Order 1967 (UK) (the Supreme Court Order), which gave effect to Section 6...
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