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Conflict of Laws
OCTOBER 29, 2021
In FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Lady Brownlie [2021] UKSC 45 (“ Brownlie II ”), the Supreme Court held as a matter of ratio by a 4:1 majority that consequential loss satisfies the ‘tort gateway’ in Practice Direction (“ PD ”) 6B, para. Three main reasons were given. Economic torts? Background. PD 6B, para.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 2, 2023
At the same time, the dispute also raises broader questions about whether and when it is appropriate to resolve mass tort cases – that is, lawsuits brought by a group of people who have been harmed in a similar way, such as in a plane crash or by a defective product – through the bankruptcy system. The first is whether Harrington, as the U.S.
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Conflict of Laws
MARCH 24, 2025
3] Where the anti-suit application is to restrain foreign proceedings brought in breach of an arbitration or choice of court agreement, ordinarily it would be granted unless strong cause is shown by the respondent. [4] Subsequently, Asiana also pursued actions against GGS and the directors of the Gate Gourmet Group.
SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
The night after the jurys verdict, Shockleys attorney learned that the jury foreman had written a fictionalized autobiography in which he, as the main character, murdered the drunk driver who had killed his wife to get revenge after the driver only received probation. Shockley was convicted and sentenced to death.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 31, 2021
Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. Such candies include the main active ingredient linked to the psychedelic effects of cannabis – the plant from which marijuana is derived.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 30, 2022
Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. However, my students and I often discuss the remarkably wide range of torts that comes with All Hallow’s Eve.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Michael Smith brought tort claims against New Zealand’s seven largest GHG emitters, which are collectively responsible for one-third of all New Zealand GHG emissions. He argued the defendants’ activities amount to torts of public nuisance and negligence, and also raised a novel claim asserting that the defendants have a climate duty.
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