Clifford Chance

Contentious Commentary - August 2015

17 August 2015

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:

• Subsequent events determine the extent of any loss
• Buyer must pay for goods itconsumed despite title not passing
• Recovery of success fees not in breach of ECHR
• Loss of right to rescind also defeats damages claim
• No good faith in contractual performance
• Principal entitled to agent's papers
• Termination invalid for giving too much notice
• If it looks like a performance bond, it probably is a performance bond
• Contracts mean what they say
• Letters of credit are located where the sum due is payable
• Icelandic insolvency blocks
• English proceedings
• Limited supervision in service of claims
• Italian local authority escapes derivatives transaction
• Mitchell decision revoked because of Denton's change in law

 

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