Topic: Governing law and jurisdiction

Our litigation and disputes team have written a briefing note, discussing the recent English Court of Appeal judgment in Unicredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC.

The latest version of our International Arbitration Report produced by the global International Arbitration team has just been released.

The disputes team have written an article discussing an interesting recent Court of Appeal decision regarding non-assignment clauses

The High Court considered the evidentiary standard a party must satisfy when seeking to rely on Civil Procedure Rule (CPR) 6.33(2B)(b) as the basis for serving a claim form out of the jurisdiction.

On 23 November 2023, the UK government published its response to the consultation paper on the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters.

Catch up on important legal developments in the past 4 months.

English High Court declined to exercise jurisdiction over claims against Dyson related to the alleged forced labour practices of a Malaysian supplier.

Injunctive relief may only be granted in support of foreign proceedings if the claimant establishes that the DIFC Courts have jurisdiction over the respondent under a statutory gateway. If that is established, relief should be granted on established discretionary principles.

Discussing the Court's decision in Payward Inc and Others v Chechetkin [2023] EWHC 1780 (Comm).

Discussing the latest decision in the Tulip Trading v van der Laan litigation.