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Legalities of Third-Party Funding in India: The Road Ahead

LexForti

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. Existing Indian Legal Jurisprudence. In understanding TPF in Indian laws, it is desirable to understand common law doctrines of Maintenance and Champerty.

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The Characterization and Applicable Law of Cultural Objects in Conflicts of Laws: Is a Mummy a Person or a Property?

Conflict of Laws

by Zhen Chen, PhD researcher in the Department of Private International Law, University of Groningen, the Netherlands (ORCID ID: [link] ) [1]. The parties had different opinions on the legal nature of the mummy contained in the statue. The parties had different opinions on the legal nature of the mummy contained in the statue.

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The Chinese villages win a lawsuit in China to repatriate a Mummified Buddha Statue hold by a Dutch Collector —What Role has Private International Law Played?

Conflict of Laws

—What Role has Private International Law Played? 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. Email: zhengxinh@cupl.edu.cn. Summary of Facts.

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Who’s Afraid of Punitive Damages? – Conference in Augsburg, Germany

Conflict of Laws

It evidently has not stopped claimants from seeking enforcement of punitive damage awards in other civil law legal systems. In his paper on “Compensation, Punishment, and the Idea of Private Law”, Lukas Rademacher (University of Kiel) explained the idea of punitive damages and its compatibility with German private law.

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Out now: the Swiss IPRG in English

Conflict of Laws

Information and text provided by Niklaus Meier, co-head of the Private International Law Unit at the Swiss Federal Office of Justice. The Swiss Federal Act on Private International Law (FAPIL), adopted in 1987, has had – and still has – a huge influence throughout the world. Walter König, 11 Mich.

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Explained: Validity of Stamp Paper [6 Months or 3 Years?]

LexForti

Any transaction gets legal validity, once being executed on a stamp paper of proper value. It brings legal authenticity to any valid agreement. Be it an agreement or a documented business transaction; if legal sanctity need to be added, one should execute it on the legal stamp paper. SCHDULE-I-Indian-Stamp-Act.

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Amendment of Pleadings | Order VI Rule 17 [CPC]: A Critical Analysis

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Maitreyi Choalla, a student of Gujarat National Law University explains the nuances of Amendment of Pleadings under Order VI, Rule 17 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908. In most cases, a country’s judicial system is designed to uphold the rule of law. Keywords- Amendment of Pleadings, Civil Procedure Code 1908. Introduction.