ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Litigation against major corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters has proven extremely tough. A civil law breakthrough came in 2021, with the ruling of a Dutch court against Shell. In Smith v Fonterra , decided by New Zealand’s Supreme Court this week, we have perhaps the biggest common law breakthrough.

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Litigating Litigation Laws Tort 75

Conflict of Laws

MAY 18, 2023

The UK Supreme Court ruled that the cause of action in the aftermath of the 2011 Bonga offshore oil spill accrued at the moment when the oil reached the shore. The jurisdiction and applicable law in the specific case of Bonga spill litigation have been closely followed inter alia by Geert van Calster here.

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LexForti

JUNE 4, 2021

Furthermore, the aforementioned provision also stipulates that the suit may also be filed before the court within the local limits of the opponent, wherein a part or the whole of the cause of action is witnessed to arise. Where part or whole of the cause of action arises. In the case of A.B.C. Laminart Private Limited v.

Cause of Action 52

Cause of Action Court Entertainment Constitutional Law 52

LexForti

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The general principle that amendment of pleadings cannot be allowed so as to alter materially or substitute cause of action or the nature of claim applies to amendments to plaint. Law of Limitation. Problems associated with Amending Pleadings in a Civil Suit. The reason was stated as. 19] Baldev Singh v. Manohar Singh.

Diligence 52

Diligence Cause of Action Court Litigation 52

Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Characterisation identifies in cross-border litigation the nature or category of a particular cause of action (for instance contractual, tortious, proprietary, corporate, matrimonial), so that the correct connecting factor can be employed.

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