Macfarlanes

Nov 09, 2023

The arbitrability of just and equitable winding up petitions: Privy Council judgment

By Chloe Edworthy Mark Edwardes Jones

FamilyMart China Holding Co Ltd (Respondent) v Ting Chuan (Cayman Islands) Holding Corporation (Appellant) (Cayman Islands) [2023] UKPC...

Oct 23, 2023

By Chloe Edworthy Christopher Charlton Nikolas Ireland

Republic of Mozambique (acting through its Attorney General) (Appellant) v Privinvest Shipbuilding SAL (Holding) and others (Respondents)...

Jul 27, 2022

By Lois Horne Chloe Edworthy

The English High Court has again addressed the question of how parties can exclude the right of appeal on a question of law in respect of...

Jul 19, 2022

By Simon Day Chloe Edworthy Riley Forson

The Court of Appeal has granted permission for a significant group action to proceed against one of the world’s largest mining concerns,...

May 19, 2022

By Mark Lawrence Chloe Edworthy Riley Forson

The English High Court has made it clear that there is no automatic right to an oral hearing where a party seeks to challenge an arbitral...

Oct 11, 2021

By Lois Horne Amy McLeish

The recent changes to the restrictions on winding-up petitions will have been disappointing to commercial landlords (see our previous...