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Peter Dodge discusses the potential for increased litigation and the themes that may emerge ‘Uncertainty tends to produce litigation. When the courts clarify principles of law, experienced litigants such as lenders and insurers can then compromise claims on the basis of that clarification.’ It is a truism that cyclical falls in property prices following periods …
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Karishma Jasani Paroha, Gareth Cremen and Michael Judin investigate product liability legislation in South Africa ‘Consumers will be entitled to rely on the fact that consumer products will be reasonably suitable for the purposes that they were originally intended for, and will be of good quality, in good working order and free of defects.’ The …
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Julian Copeman and Heather Gething review the impact of the Prudential judgment ‘The disclosure of documents in English litigation is an important tool that allows the court to do justice between the parties with “all the cards on the table”. It therefore serves the general public policy that cases should be decided by reference to …
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Ben Holland and Guy Pendell look at the judgment in Dallah and the tough line taken on the enforcement of New York Convention awards in England ‘Dallah appealed that the tribunal’s decision ought only be subject to a limited enquiry by the English courts in accordance with the general pro-enforcement policy behind the New York …
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Dipti Hunter and Alexander Oldershaw examine the viability of the sophisticated investor defence ‘The ability to invest in standard financial products is, on the whole, restricted so that there is always going to be a prima facie presumption of some level of sophistication that many investors will find it hard to usurp.’The Court of Appeal …
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Mike Wells and Donald McDonald consider recent cases on evidence and privilege ‘Documents that appear pertinent at first sight may, in fact, be irrelevant as a matter of law and so rendered inadmissible. A familiar example of irrelevance as a matter of law is the inadmissibility of evidence as to the parties’ subjective intentions for …
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Jonathan Arr explores recent decisions in the area of set-off ‘Certain types of set-off (including equitable set-off) can be usedot only as a defence to a claim, but also, even where litigation isot in view, to reduce or eliminate monies owed to another party.’In his classic treatise on set-off, Rory Derhamotes that this area of …
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Tim Hardy investigates practical considerations in the light of the decision in Oceanbulk ‘It is trite law that statements made in the course of genuine settlementegotiations are subject to without prejudice privilege, and evidence of those statements is only admissible in limited circumstances.’The Supreme Court, in Oceanbulk Shipping & Trading SA v TMT Asia Ltd …
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Andrew Waters highlights the lessons to be learned from RBS v Hicks & Gillett ‘Where an interim injunction is to be mandatory in effect, more stringent conditions are applied by the court because the risk of harm to the innocent party, should the injunction be wrongly granted, is considered to be greater than if the …
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