Australia
ExpertsDirect
The methodology used by a valuation expert, and his personal friendship with one of the parties, was cause for concern.
ExpertsDirect
Unilateral documents, including handwritten notes, will not generally attract legal professional privilege.
Roche Legal
Evaluating the merits of a potential claim early and carefully is critical to saving time, stress, and money.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
The judge rejected the Optus claim that legal professional privilege was attached to the Deloitte report.
Cooper Grace Ward
The options you might have if you don't agree with the decision of the court.
Sydney Criminal Lawyers
No courtroom in Australia requires references to transgender defendants to be by their preferred pronouns.
Bermuda
Conyers
In order for a foreign judgment to be enforced in the BVI, it must either be: (1) registered and recognised as enforceable under the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act 1922; or ...
Brazil
Tauil & Chequer
O "Brasília em Pauta" é um boletim semanal preparado pela equipe de Contencioso de Brasília, contendo os principais casos a serem julgados pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF)...
Canada
Stikeman Elliott LLP
In Banman v. Ontario ("Banman"), the Ontario Superior Court (the "Court") considered the new preferable procedure criterion of the certification test under the amended...
Blaney McMurtry LLP
Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of November 20, 2023.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
In its recent decision in Pridmore v Drenth, the Court of Appeal confirmed that a breach of a statutory condition must occur at the time of an accident in order to ground a coverage denial.
Fasken
The Ontario Court of Appeal has decided an important case about what can happen when a party to litigation accesses the other side's privileged communications.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
In Vento Motorcycles, Inc. v. United Mexican States, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (ONSC) upheld an arbitral award rejecting a claim for breach of obligations under the North American Free Trade Agreement...
Bishop & McKenzie
In the recent decision of Law Society of Alberta v Higgerty, 2023 ABKB 499 ("Higgerty"), the Court of King's Bench of Alberta allowed for the appointment of a receiver and manager under the Judicature Act, RSA 2000...
Sotos LLP
On October 24, 2023, the court approved a $23.34 billion settlement agreement in two class actions requiring the Government of Canada to compensate the victims of its systemic discrimination...
China
AnJie Broad Law Firm
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Hong Kong
Mayer Brown
The long-awaited Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance Cap 645 (Ordinance) will come into force on 29 January 2024.
India
IndusLaw
In a landmark decision, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has expanded the scope of Anticipatory Bail, allowing High Courts and Sessions Courts to grant this protective measure even when the FIR is registered in a different state.
Majmudar & Partners
In Unibros v. All India Radio, India's Supreme Court set aside an arbitral award that allowed a claim for damages without any proof of the claimant having suffered injury...
JSA
On October 4, 2023, a 2 (two) judge bench of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the case of Union Bank of India v. Rajat Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd and Sunview Assets Pvt Ltd. held that the powers of the Supreme Court ...