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Weekly law digests

11 May 2018
Issue: 7792 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Arbitration

Dreymoor Fertilisers Overseas PTE Ltd v Eurochem Trading GMBH [2018] EWHC 909 (Comm), [2018] All ER (D) 17 (May)

The claimant company’s challenge to the jurisdiction of an arbitrator in a dispute concerning alleged corrupt arrangements in the sale of fertiliser products failed. The Commercial Court held that the arbitrator had had jurisdiction in both of the arbitrations under consideration, and his partial final award would be allowed to stand.

Conflict of laws

Dell Emerging Markets (EMEA) Ltd and others v Systems Equipment Telecommunications Services S.A.L. [2018] EWHC 702 (Comm), [2018] All ER (D) 14 (May)

The Commercial Court granted an application by the claimant companies, which included Dell Computer SA, for an anti-suit injunction to restrain the defendant distributor company (SETS) from continuing Lebanese proceedings for the alleged breach of an international distribution agreement (the agreement). The court ruled that the test for an anti-suit injunction had been met in relation to Dell Computer SA and that the fact that the agreement, which contained an English exclusive jurisdiction clause, would be regarded

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Partner and associate join employment practice

NEWS
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
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