A company (M) applied for an order for security for costs as a condition of the grant of permission for the respondent Ukrainian state energy company (N) to appeal against the appointment of a receiver. M had obtained judgment for US$25 million against N in 2011 which it had been unable to enforce. M became … Continue reading MERCHANT INTERNATIONAL CO LTD v NATSIONALNA AKTSIONERNA KOMPANIIA NAFTOGAZ UKRAINY (2016)
Tag: Civil Procedure
MONARCH AIRLINES LTD v YAQAB (2016)
A permanent anti-harassment injunction was granted against an airline's former cabin attendant who had launched a campaign of intimidation against the company's employees following the failure of his unfair dismissal claim. The applicant airline company applied for a permanent anti-harassment injunction against the respondent former employee. The respondent had worked for the airline as a … Continue reading MONARCH AIRLINES LTD v YAQAB (2016)
(1) ANTONIO CALIENDO (2) BARNABY HOLDINGS LLC v (1) MISHCON DE REYA (A Firm) (2) MISHCON DE REYA LLP (2016)
The fact that a professional negligence claim had been brought on a factual premise which was fundamentally false and which the claimants knew to be false was sufficient to take the case out of the norm, justifying an order that the defendants' costs should be awarded on the indemnity basis. The court was required to … Continue reading (1) ANTONIO CALIENDO (2) BARNABY HOLDINGS LLC v (1) MISHCON DE REYA (A Firm) (2) MISHCON DE REYA LLP (2016)
FLOREAT MERCHANT BANK LTD v VS ONE AS (2016)
CIVIL PROCEDUREDISCLOSURE : STRIKING OUT : TRIAL DIRECTIONS A claim, defence and counter claim were struck out two weeks before a trial date where the parties had failed to progress the case or comply with directions. Two previous trial dates had been vacated, and while the defendant was largely culpable for failing to provide disclosure, … Continue reading FLOREAT MERCHANT BANK LTD v VS ONE AS (2016)
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