Clifford Chance
Contentious Commentary - March 2017
16 March 2017
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:
- Grammar controls interpretation
- Securitisation generates charitable donation
- SARs can be made for any reason
- No implied term restricting lenders' marketing rights
- LIBOR rigging claim fails
- Wide settlement blocks later claims
- Subject to contract hard to override
- Legal advice privilege restricted
- Financial collateral requires legal control
- Chosen law prevails over mandatory local laws
- BRRD measures override chosen law
- One-sided jurisdiction clause upheld
- Disclaimers exclude tortious liability
- Parent not liable for subsidiary
- Brokers liable for paying away funds
- Use of disclosure documents strictly controlled
