The use of arbitration is, to a considerable extent, driven by the emergence of the UAE as the regional business hub of the Middle East. Given the cultural differences between the Middle East and the Western world, the best bet is to resolve disputes arising between parties from these two parts of the world by …
There have been two very interesting appeal court decisions recently arising out of the same incident of an engine room fire on board the vessel ‘MV Far Service’ (the vessel) in July 2002. The first stems from the Scots court proceedings raised by Farstad Supply AS (Farstad), the owners of the vessel against contractors Enviroco …
International structures as used by multinational companies may typically include limited partnerships or general partnerships. If the Netherlands is involved in international structures, the partnerships may be set up in such a way that they qualify as transparent for Dutch tax purposes. Further, partnerships could be used to manage the recognition of taxable income (for …
There have been several recent cases and developments in the law of defamation that have affected the realm of permissible comment and opinion in publications, whether in the media or in a business context. In defamation law this is the defence of fair comment.
Over the past 12 months there has been much debate in the dilapidations world surrounding procedural aspects of making or defending dilapidations claims. While, to some followers of this debate, it might be unfortunate that discussions have centred around procedural rather than substantive issues, a knowledge of appropriate procedures for dilapidations is important nonetheless. Not …
Ireland was initially slow to realise the potential of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to deliver meaningful and cost-effective outcomes for commercial enterprises involved in disputes. Things changed dramatically with the inception of the Commercial List of the High Court (known colloquially as the Commercial Court) in 2004, which built into its procedural rules a facility …
The 1973 European Patent Convention (EPC) harmonised patent law throughout the contracting states and was a very significant achievement. The contracting states include all the member states of the EU and some other European countries.
When insolvency law and arbitration meet, the question arises as to how the commencement of the insolvency proceeding affects the ability to arbitrate, the arbitration agreement, the arbitration proceeding and the setting aside proceeding, as well as the recognition and enforcement of the arbitral award.
In recent months we have assisted on several high-value software licensing transactions, all of which involved long debates about the ‘perpetual’ nature of the licences granted. This prompted us to revisit the important lessons to be learned from the judgment recently handed down in BMS Computer Solutions Ltd v AB Agri Ltd [2010], which all …
The Indian IT industry is one of the success stories of the Indian economy, and a large number of American and European corporations have been relying on Indian IT expertise to fulfill their IT needs, both in terms of software development as well as IT-enabled services. According to a report issued by the National Association …
