Candey Ltd, the appellant, acted as a solicitor for Peak Hotels & Resorts Ltd (“PHRL”) between April 2014 and March 2016 in respect of worldwide litigation and various other matters. One such matter was an action in the High Court
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This Week in the Supreme Court – week commencing 19th December 2022 – UKSCBlog
On Wednesday 14th December the Supreme Court will hand down two judgments. The hand-downs will take place at 9:45 a.m. in Courtroom One:
- Stanford International Bank Ltd (In Liquidation) v HSBC Bank PLC, on appeal from [2021] EWCA Civ
Guest v Guest [2022] UKSC 27 – UKSC Blog
In this post, Tobias Seger, an Associate at CMS, comments on the Supreme Court’s decision in Guest v Guest [2022] UKSC 27, handed down by the Supreme Court on 19 October 2022. This case concerns the proper approach to granting
Tory Lanez Faces a New Felony Charge As Megan Thee Stallion Assault Trial Begins [UPDATED]
Updated as of 12/6/2022 at 4:55 pm ET:
Another one [DJ Khaled voice]. Just a day after Tory Lanez was released from house arrest, he was also hit with a new felony charge in
Shanghai Shipyard Co. Ltd v Reignwood International Investment (Group) Company Ltd – UKSCBlog
In this post Aleksandra Gajewska, an Associate, and David McKie, a Partner at CMS, preview the decision awaited from the UK Supreme Court in the matter of Shanghai Shipyard Co. Ltd v Reignwood International Investment (Group) Company Ltd.
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This Week in the Supreme Court – week commencing 5th December 2022 – UKSCBlog
On Wednesday 7th December the Supreme Court will hand down judgment in REFERENCE by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland – Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Northern Ireland) Bill [2022] UKSC 32. This will consider the issue ‘Is clause
Trump’s Presidential Run Faces Legal Challenges Over His Role in Jan. 6 ‘Insurrection’
(Bloomberg) — Donald Trump faces an unprecedented effort to disqualify him from being on the ballot again over his role in the Jan. 6 attacks on the US Capitol, raising the specter of legal chaos in the 2024 election long
Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v NHS Lothian Health Board (Scotland) 2022 UKSC [28] – UKSCBlog
On appeal from: [2020] CSIH 14
This appeal concerns the correct approach to evidence and the burden and standard of proof in the context of historic claims for the recovery of input Value Added Tax (“VAT“). Input tax
Government Control Over the Flow of Information: Lord Sumption Speaks Out Against the Online Safety Bill in the Latest Episode of Law Pod UK
Author: Rosalind English
The Online Safety Bill is currently making its way through the House of Commons, having reached the report stage in July. The bill’s concept of “legal but harmful” is controversial, and has attracted criticism from high places,
Reference by the Lord Advocate of devolution issues under paragraph 34 of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998 – UKSCBlog
During the course of today and tomorrow, the UK Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Lord Advocate’s Reference in relation to the Scottish Independence Referendum Bill (the “Bill”). The Court has been asked to determine whether it would