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26 March 2024
The Bill is intended to restore the previous status quo in which litigation funding agreements were distinct from damages-based agreements and were not required to comply with additional...
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01 March 2024
The Financial Action Task Force ("FATF") has announced that the UAE has been removed from its 'grey list' following substantial improvement in the stringency of its...
Insights and Analysis
28 November 2023
Consent of the parties to arbitrate lies at the core of international arbitration – this consent predominantly takes the form of an arbitration clause agreed upon by the parties in a...
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10 November 2023
A wide-ranging mechanism allowing for easier reciprocal enforcement of judgments in mainland China and Hong Kong will come into force on 29 January 2024. The new enforcement regime should...
Insights and Analysis
18 October 2023
A recent decision of the DIFC Court of Appeal has significantly narrowed the DIFC Court’s jurisdiction to grant injunctions, including worldwide freezing orders, in support of...
Insights and Analysis
12 September 2023
Two recent Hong Kong decisions by the Hong Kong court have brought mixed messages for holders of offshore Chinese bonds structured through keepwell arrangements. On the one hand, the...
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28 July 2023
UK Supreme Court judgment requires litigation funding agreements to comply with additional conditions.
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19 May 2023
In the latest development regarding the validity and enforceability of keepwell deeds in the "Peking Founder” litigation, a Hong Kong court has awarded more than US$164 million...
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19 April 2023
The Hong Kong Court of Appeal has overturned a first instance judgment that had held that the longstanding use of "letters of no consent" to preserve monies held in bank accounts...
