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The Commercial Court has delivered a judgment which will have important implications in the context of commodity finance and, in particular, the use of warehouse recei..
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Many finance contracts contain general provisions regarding compliance with “mandatory” laws. What actually constitutes a mandatory law in the field of international s..
As the crackdown on economic crime continues, it is no surprise that the number of complaints regarding bank account closures is growing.
Harriet Campbell and Galina Usorova consider how a number of recent high-profile world-wide freezing orders have been set aside because of the claimants’ failure to di..
Last month, the Law Commission published its final report on the system of voluntary disclosures under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, which offer the National Crime A..
The English Court will generally only grant freezing orders if you can show that your opponent will try to dissipate their assets, so as to evade enforcement of any la..
The High Court has granted summary judgment on a claim for payment under two loan agreements. In granting judgment, the court considered (but ultimately rejected) the ..
The Commercial Court has found that a clause in a bank's terms and conditions stating that: "All transactions are subject to all applicable laws, rules … and, where re..
With the potential repeal of the EU Service Regulation, parties to litigation in the EU may need to consider other ways to serve legal proceedings abroad.
A number of recent cases in the Court of Appeal and Commercial Court have examined the meaning of standard terms in ISDA contracts.
England has for many years been a leading centre for international disputes, with foreign parties often trying to litigate in London. One of the ways in which English ..
На протяжении многих лет Англия была ведущим центром международных споров. Иностранные стороны и сейчас часто пытаются судиться в Лондоне. Одним из способов установле..
Last month saw an important ruling in relation to a benchmark misrepresentation claim which is likely to provide significant comfort for banks.
Spring is in the air but two recent Court of Appeal cases confirm that the chilling effect of a post-judgment freezing order can continue, no matter how long ago it wa..
Contractual Estoppel has been described as giving "super-charged effect to bank boilerplate clauses". But to what extent did last year's Court of Appeal judgment in Fi..