LexForti

AUGUST 9, 2021

There are various types of third-party funding in international arbitration, such as litigation funding, success based legal fee arrangement, loan agreements, insurance policy, etc. TPF helps cover the cost of litigation, especially in arbitration proceedings where disputes involve monetary amounts in generous quantities.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Qualified immunity is a “broken legal doctrine,” but reforming rather than abolishing the legal principle, which provides officers with a defense against being sued for violating constitutional rights, will promote police accountability, argues Brian Morganelli in a white paper published by the Institute for American Police Reform (IAPR).

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 30, 2024

It outlines trends, legislative changes, and Supreme Court precedents since 1996, with a focus on judgments involving the United States and China. In particular, it examines the recognition of ancillary judgments in divorce cases, concluding that they fall under article 118 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 23, 2023

The monograph predominantly examines 19 Indonesian court decisions on choice of law in international commercial contracts during the period, 2000-2020. Conversely, Chapter One also acknowledges the book’s limitations, namely, that it only covers the express choice of law in international commercial contracts.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 7, 2024

By Du Tao* and Jingwei Qiu** With the increasingly close personnel exchanges and deepening economic cooperation between Mainland China and Hong Kong, the number and types of legal disputes between the two regions have also increased. Articles 7 to 11 and 20 to 27 are procedural provisions.

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Conflict of Laws

JULY 9, 2021

When confronted with international parallel proceedings due to the existence of a competent foreign court having adjudicative jurisdiction, the seized foreign court located in common law jurisdictions seems to see it as no offence to Chinese courts by granting anti-suit injunctions to restrain Chinese proceedings.

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LexForti

JUNE 4, 2021

One of the most vital concerns that a legal practitioner is essentially seen to deal with, that is with respect to any particular dispute or one that has arisen out of a legal relationship between the respective parties subsequently brings into consideration the forum which has/will/have the territorial jurisdiction to entertain such a dispute.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Divided into 13 chapters, the book provides a contextualised understanding of legal transformation on key aspects of the Indian conflict-of-law rules on jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments or arbitral awards.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 12, 2020

By Zhengxin Huo, Professor of Law, China University of Polit’l Science and Law; Associate Member of International Academy of Comparative Law; Observer of the UNESCO 1970 Convention. Against this background, the lawsuit before the Chinese court is more important in terms of legal analysis. Introduction.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 30, 2022

Key takeaways: Despite the fact that the elaboration of a judicial interpretation appears to have been put on hold, China’s Supreme People’s Court has now resorted to conference summaries, which are not legally binding but have a practical impact, to express its views in recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Whilst doing so, it makes a contribution to the question of whether the de-judicialisation taking place in Italy and elsewhere, as well as in the international legal system, can be considered a step in the right direction. role of lawyers and their suitability to perform the function of rebalancing the asymmetries in the parties’ power.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Litigation against major corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters has proven extremely tough. A civil law breakthrough came in 2021, with the ruling of a Dutch court against Shell. In Smith v Fonterra , decided by New Zealand’s Supreme Court this week, we have perhaps the biggest common law breakthrough.

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LexForti

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Considering this principle, parties in a civil suit enjoyed unrestricted access to modify their pleadings under Order VI Rule 17 of the Indian Civil Procedure Code, 1908. Keywords- Amendment of Pleadings, Civil Procedure Code 1908. Introduction. It defines a Pleading broadly `as a plaint or a written statement. [1]

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In addition to summarising relevant principles and scholarly views, the authors discuss case law whenever possible and identify deficiencies and anticipate difficulties in the existing law. For those who are particularly interested in unified or harmonized global PIL Chapter 6, still rather short (pp.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 15, 2022

Dodge (Professor, University of California, Davis, School of Law). Should courts in the United States refuse to recognize and enforcement Chinese court judgments on the ground that China does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures compatible with the requirements of due process of law?

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LexForti

JUNE 2, 2022

The Apex Court itself identified these outrageous costs as one of the major reasons responsible for the hindrance to the growth of arbitration [12]. Common law traditions that are being followed in India have been acquired from the UK but still the doctrines of “maintenance” and “champerty” have not been followed strictly here.

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LegalTalkNetwork

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Per the usual, there was a lot more going on than we could possibly cover but we did manage to feature highlights from the best volunteers and minds in the legal profession. ABAMidYear @ABAesq @BarPresidents @LaurenceEsq pic.twitter.com/aKfxmEQMV1 — Legal Talk Network (@LegalTalkNet) January 25, 2019. hails from Butte, Montana.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 21, 2021

From the publisher’ site : About Climate Change Litigation. This book investigates and discusses the respective issues arising in the current discourse on climate protection from different legal perspectives (including international law, European law and national public and civil law).

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 18, 2023

The UK Supreme Court ruled that the cause of action in the aftermath of the 2011 Bonga offshore oil spill accrued at the moment when the oil reached the shore. On 10 May 2023, the UK Supreme Court has ruled in one of the cases in the series of legal battles started against Shell in the English courts in the aftermath of the Bonga spill.

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Fordham Law News

MARCH 24, 2021

Supporters of the “race to the bottom” theory claim that Delaware, by relying on incorporation fees and franchise taxes for a substantial share of its revenues, [3] is incentivized to offer managerial-oriented corporate law, as directors decide where to incorporate. [4] When European Court of Justice’s decisions such as Centros Ltd.

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Conflict of Laws

JULY 14, 2022

Judicial mediation is a unique dispute resolution mechanism in Chinese civil procedure. Wherever civil disputes are brought to the court, the judge should, based on parties’ consent, mediate before adjudicating. Zilin Hao, Anjie Law Firm, Beijing, China. Judicial Mediation Settlement can be classified as ‘Judgment’.

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Conflict of Laws

JULY 11, 2021

From the Italian Recovery and Resilience Plan to the guidelines of the Italian Ministry of Justice, the urgency of a reform to strengthen out-of-court dispute resolution procedures clearly emerges. In this article, the author argues that these court orders are against the above-mentioned Legislative Decree.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Climate litigation in Germany has achieved another major victory. On November 30, 2023, the Higher Administrative Court Berlin-Brandenburg ruled in DUH and BUND v. Germany of the Federal Constitutional Court, the focus of the decision is not on fundamental rights, but on administrative questions of climate governance and enforcement.

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