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Weekly law digests

01 June 2018
Issue: 7795 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Conflict of laws

Atlas Power Ltd and others v National Transmission and Despatch Company Ltd [2018] EWHC 1052 (Comm), [2018] All ER (D) 132 (May)

Notwithstanding that the relevant agreements to arbitrate were governed by the law of Pakistan, where the parties had chosen London as the seat of the arbitration concerning a dispute over sums allegedly owed, and where the arbitrator had confirmed that, the Commercial Court held that the claimant Pakistan-registered companies were entitled to a final anti-suit injunction to restrain the defendant national grid company, owned by the Government of Pakistan, from challenging a partial final award made in the London arbitration by way of proceedings in Pakistan or in any jurisdiction other than England and Wales. The court rejected the contention that the courts in Pakistan had concurrent supervisory jurisdiction.

Costs

Lord Ltd v HSBC Bank plc [2018] EWHC 860 (Comm) [2018], All ER (D) 07 (May)

The defendant HSBC Bank’s application for security for costs against the claimant company succeeded, in a dispute in which the claimant alleged that

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

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Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
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