Clifford Chance
Contentious Commentary - September 2012
12 September 2012
The latest edition of "Contentious Commentary", a newsletter that provides a summary of recent developments in litigation. The newsletter is produced by lawyers in the litigation and dispute resolution practice at Clifford Chance.
This edition covers the following key issues:
- Bond restructuring scheme fails
- Bond restructuring scheme approved
- Agent has apparent authority to pass information
- The importance of contractual words
- Piercing the corporate veil does not create a contract
- Hedging and speculation overlap
- Borrowing does not infringe a freezing injunction
- Anti-suit injunction refused for dirty hands
- Disclosure ordered in jurisdiction dispute
- State-owned entities' assets not available to meet state's debts
- Act of state doctrine restricted
- Plans for implementation of the Jackson reforms
- Claims will not be struck out for exaggeration
- Inhouse lawyers who move escape conflict rules
