Clifford Chance
Contentious Commentary - December 2014
11 December 2014
The latest edition of "Contentious Commentary", a newsletter that provides a summary of recent developments in litigation. The newsletter is produced by lawyers in the litigation and dispute resolution practice at Clifford Chance.
This edition covers the following key issues:
- Equity follows the law
- Act of state does not block torture claims
- Unsuccessful Part 36 offerer still awarded costs
- Crown act of state blocks detention claims
- Parties must have a chance to question arbitrators' grounds for decision
- Disclosed documents cannot be used overseas
- Service allowed on English branch for unrelated claims
- Limited ability to assist foreign insolvencies
- Anti-suit injunction protects insolvency distribution
- Governing law trumps insolvency law
