Conflict of Laws

MARCH 29, 2023

In fact, Kea had originally advanced a cause of action for abuse of process, claiming that the alleged fraud was an abuse of process of the Kentucky Court. It was not for the English court “to police or to second guess the use of courts of or law in foreign jurisdictions” (at [97]).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 21, 2022

This blog provides a preliminary analysis of the decision in Minister for the Environment v. 2021 Federal Court Decision . In May 2021, the Court dismissed the application for an injunction. The Minister subsequently appealed the decision. The Full Federal Court heard the appeal in October 2021.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The result of the authors’ analyses of Nigerian appellate courts’ cases bordering on the jurisdiction of Nigerian courts in actions in personam arising from causes of action which accrue outside the territorial jurisdiction of the courts is particularly eye-opening. 5] Chukwuma Okoli, (n. 4) above. [6]

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court.

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