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The Government is consulting on whether to reform the law on corporate liability for economic crime.
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the UK government imposed broader and stricter financial and trade sanctions against Russian nationals and businesses “for the purposes of encouraging Russia to cease actions which destabilise Ukraine, or undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine”.
The English court has recently sanctioned a scheme of arrangement in respect of a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands. The court had to consider whether the company concerned had a sufficient connection with this jurisdiction to enable the court to sanction the scheme and consider the impact of the Russian sanctions on certain classes of creditors.
Richard Harrison looks at how those involved in Court proceedings in England might work around an irritating, frustrating and certainly expensive new development.
A new Practice Direction (57 AC) has been introduced dealing with witness statements for trial in the majority of proceedings in the Business and Property Court. This article looks at some of the issues.
Brexit has not gone away and it is not at all certain that a deal will be done before the end of the transition period on 31 December. We explain the implications of a no-deal Brexit on commercial contracts and provide practical steps that a business should take to protect from the risks.
In the current unprecedented and uncertain circumstances of the coronavirus induced economic and social lockdown, canny lawyers need to be able to advise from both sides. They may be instructed at different points in a supply chain and have to deploy apparently inconsistent arguments.
A receiver is an individual (or those acting jointly) appointed by a creditor that holds a charge over the assets of a debtor to take custody of the charged assets, manage those assets and receive the income from them. Usually, a receiver will also have the power to sell the assets and to apply the proceeds of sale in satisfaction of the secured debt.
The Inheritance (Provision for Families and Dependants) Act 1975 (“the Inheritance Act”) enables some limited exceptions to the principle of testamentary freedom and provides an option for redress for those dissatisfied with the dispositions made to them in a will.
Successful challenges to arbitral awards are rare. The case of K -v- A [2019] EWHC 1118 (Comm) is one of those highly rare cases where a Gafta Award was subject to a successful challenge.
Richard Harrison looks at the paradox of drafting comprehensive, careful and effective witness statements.