10/7/2021 12:00:00 AM Restrictions on winding-up petitions lifted but – what next? By Ajay Fournillier A long-awaited partial lifting of the existing restrictions on the presentation of winding-up petitions came into force on 29 September...
9/29/2021 11:14:02 AM Enforcing arbitral awards against a State – a further hurdle By Howard Kennedy Part of the success of arbitration as a dispute resolution mechanism is surely down to the relative ease of enforcing arbitral awards...
9/28/2021 12:16:59 PM Trouble brewing - the court dismisses Nero's application to strike out a landlord's challenge to its CVA By Rebecca Stratton In the recent case of Nero Holdings Limited v Young [2021] EWHC 1453 (Ch), the tenant's application for the landlord's challenge to a...
9/23/2021 4:49:55 PM Extravagant, exorbitant and oppressive: When will interest in a commercial contract fall foul of the rule against penalty clauses? By Robyn Watson Annie Long This question has been revisited by the courts in the recent case of Ahuja Investments Ltd v Victorygame Ltd [2021] EWHC 2382 (Ch). In...
9/9/2021 3:29:38 PM Could the wait be almost over on Lugano? And why does it matter anyway? By Robyn Watson Could the wait to find out if the UK's application to accede to the Lugano Convention soon be over? The truth is, that while there is...