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• Hard Negotiation or Economic Duress? High Court Gives Guidance

  • Posted30 May 2022

  Businesspeople who personally guarantee corporate debts may feel they are under such extreme pressure to do so that they have no choice. As a High Court ruling showed, however, only...

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• Incorporation of English Jurisdiction Clause Arguably ‘Went Without Saying’

  • Posted12 May 2022

  In a novel decision of interest to the international trading community, the High Court ruled it arguable that an English jurisdiction clause was incorporated in a petroleum supply contract notwithstanding...

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• Risk of Industrial Action is a Fact of Business Life – Court of Appeal Ruling

  • Posted3 May 2022

  Strike action that grounded an airline’s planes did not amount to an ‘extraordinary circumstance’ that justified passengers being denied compensation after their flights were cancelled. In reaching that conclusion, the...

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• Media Contract Dispute – COVID-19 Pandemic Was a ‘Force Majeure Event’

  • Posted11 April 2022

  The suspension of live sporting events during the COVID-19 pandemic was a force majeure event that justified early termination of a media rights contract. The High Court so ruled in...

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• COVID-19 – Premier League Triumphs in $200 Million TV Rights Dispute

  • Posted21 March 2022

  The COVID-19 pandemic caused grave disruption to the 2019/2020 Premier League season – but it did not fundamentally change the format of the competition. That was the conclusion the High...

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• When it Comes to Corporate Takeovers, Judges Have Shareholders’ Backs

  • Posted24 February 2022

  Some corporate takeovers are controversial while others are not, but, either way, judges perform a vital role in ensuring that every shareholder gets a fair deal. A proposed change in...

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