marcuscleaver · UniCredit Bank v RusChemAlliance [2024] UKSC 30 A multi-billion Euro agreement was left in the balance after Russia invaded Ukraine and sanctions were imposed. The Supreme Court was left to decide whether English courts had jurisdiction to impose an injunction that would halt
marcuscleaver · [2023] UKSC 50-52 This week on the podcast we cover three cases relating to private international law, trusts, and the tort of negligence. uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com
marcuscleaver · Skatteforvaltningen v Solo Capital Partners LLP [2023] UKSC 40 The Danish tax authorities tried to recover refunds that, they allege, were obtained fraudulently. Should their claim be allowed to proceed in the English and Welsh courts? uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com
marcuscleaver · R (Marouf) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] UKSC 23 A Palestinian refugee was unable to come to the UK because she was registered with the wrong UN agency. As part of her judicial review claim the court considered the
marcuscleaver · FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Brownlie [2021] UKSC 45 After Sir Ian Brownlie QC was killed in a fatal accident in Cairo his widow looked to bring an out of jurisdiction claim in contract and tort law. uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com
marcuscleaver · R (KBR, Inc) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2021] UKSC 2 In a recent investigation the Serious Fraud Office wanted to access documents held abroad by a U.S. company. Does the department have the power to reach across the Atlantic for
marcuscleaver · Enka Insaat Ve Sanayi AS v OOO Insurance Company Chubb [2020] UKSC 38 A fire at a Russian power plant led to the insurance company raising questions about the quality of the construction work. While there is an arbitration agreement in the contract
When it transpired that a ship had been sunk on purpose the insurers went after the bank that had refinanced the vessel in a bid to get their money back. One of the questions asked was whether the English courts had jurisdiction over this case
When the married couple in this case decided to split up there was a question about whether their young daughter should return with her father to Israel or remain in London with her mother. As the case progressed the central issue became the use of
What happens when the will of a totalitarian regime comes up against the English legal system? How can that system maintain its integrity in the face of such manifest injustice? In this case that concerns a jurisdictional dispute we get answers to those questions and