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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.
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.
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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.
Conflict of Laws
JANUARY 10, 2022
Given the power of Big Tech Companies, their enormous financial resources, cross-jurisdictional reach and their global impact on users’ privacy, there are two main litigation challenges for successfully bringing a privacy claim against Big Tech. The claimant sought to apply the cases on the tort of misuse of private information by analogy.
Conflict of Laws
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Panels of this kind were the main reason why the fire at Grenfell Tower in London had spread so rapidly. For claims in tort in relation to goods that have caused personal injury, the relevant choice of law rules favoured application of the law of the place of injury.
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.
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 16, 2022
Cassirer’s heirs make three main arguments. Second, Congress enacted the FSIA in light of the background principle of federalism that state law, including state choice-of-law doctrines, should apply to state causes of action, and nothing in the statute indicates any intent to deviate from that principle. In Richards v.
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