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Herbert Smith Freehills updates essential guide to disputes clauses in China contracts
Herbert Smith Freehills has launched the latest edition of its practical guide, "Governing law and dispute resolution clauses for China-related …
HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS – SMU ASIAN ARBITRATION LECTURE
Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon: Adjudicator, advocate, or something in between? Coming to terms with the role of the party-appointed arbitrator The …
A jurisdiction clause in favour of a foreign court cannot operate to stay an unfair prejudice petition in a Hong Kong court
In the recent case of Joseph Ghossoub v Team Y&R Holdings Hong Kong Ltd and others, the Hong Kong High Court considered issues of third party rights, …
HSF's Hong Kong office leads the way on Mediation
From our market leading research on how blue-chips are using ADR to our lead role in a recent landmark convention on "Shaping the Future of International …
Hong Kong: Paternity leave laws in force from 27 February 2015
The Hong Kong Legislative Council has finally introduced laws to entitle private sector male employees to paternity leave. From 27 February 2015, …
The New Frontier: Singapore launches the Singapore International Commercial Court offering a new forum for dispute resolution in Singapore
At the Opening of Legal Year 2015 on 5 January, the Singapore International Commercial Court ("SICC") was officially launched by the Chief Justice of …
Hong Kong: Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Ordinance 2014 in force and Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Ordinance 2014 delayed
The Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Ordinance 2014—Ordinance No. 19 of 2014 came into force on 12 December 2014. The amended ordinance can be found here. …
UK: High Court upholds contractual clause precluding banks' liability for negligent advice in swaps mis-selling claim
In Crestsign Limited v (1) National Westminster Bank Plc and (2) The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, the UK High Court upheld contractual clauses (known as …
UK Court of Appeal confirms extra-territorial reach of contempt proceedings
In Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Co and another v Al-Sayed Bader Hashim Al Refai and others [2014] EWCA Civ 715, the English Court of Appeal …
English Supreme Court rejects Green & Rowley's permission to appeal application in its interest rate swap mis-selling case against RBS
In our previous post we reported that, in Green & Rowley v RBS, the English Court of Appeal rejected the claimant's argument that RBS' common …
English Court of Appeal confirms wide jurisdiction in divorce case
The English Court of Appeal in Sekhri v Ray ([2014] EWCA Civ 119) confirmed that a husband and wife were both legally domiciled in England, despite …
The accuracy of witness testimony and the psychology of investigations
Cognitive psychology might not be the first topic that comes to mind, either for in-house or external counsel, when planning an investigation. However, …
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