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  • A v B 1

    United Kingdom 17.12.2002
    A decision of an Adjudicator is binding until superseded by litigation or arbitration. The defending party could not rely on rights of set off in the enforcement proceedings (for liquidated damages) as...
  • Oil and gas standard contracts go on line

    United Kingdom 17.12.2002
    The oil and gas industry standard contracts developed under the CRINE initiative and now administered by LOGIC are now available on-line through the LOGIC website (www.logic-oil.com). Until now, the contracts...
  • Update on work permits for non-nationals in Russia

    Russia 17.12.2002
    New regulations on work permits for non-nationals in Russia are due to be published shortly. The Federal Migration Service has already ceased using a fast track method of issuing work permits for foreign...
  • Pension Green Paper and tax simplification

    United Kingdom 17.12.2002
    The Government has this afternoon published their long awaited Green Paper and proposals on tax simplification following the Pickering Review in the summer. Unfortunately much of the detail is left to...
  • Real estate things you once knew but may have forgotten - Building leases and alienation

    United Kingdom 16.12.2002
    It is easy to overlook the fact that a landlord's ability to control alienation (here meaning assignment, underletting, charging or parting with possession) as provided for under the tenant's covenants...
  • Fishing in discovery?

    United Kingdom 13.12.2002
    The recent case of Highberry v Colt Telecom reaffirmed the principle that an application for an administration order is not a "trial", and should usually be capable of being decided on the basis of written...
  • Recent changes to the Takeover Code

    United Kingdom 13.12.2002
    The Panel announced at the end of August amendments to the Takeover Code to bring dual listed company transactions within the Code and to clarify the rules governing inducement fees. Dual Listed Company...
  • UK Thin Capitalisation rules may be in breach of EC Law

    United Kingdom 13.12.2002
    The European Court of Justice ("ECJ") has handed down its decision in Lankhorst-Hohorst GmbH v Finanzamt Steinfurt, which was concerned with whether Germany's thin capitalisation rules were in contravention...
  • Anti-counterfeiting: Burden of proof

    United Kingdom 13.12.2002
    The Court of Appeal has clarified the nature of the defence of reasonable belief of non-infringement under section 92(5) of the Trade Marks Act 1994, in the case of S –v- London Borough of Havering,...
  • Evans v The Trustees of the DBC Pension Fund 2

    United Kingdom 12.12.2002
    Reference: Unreported Mr Evans was dismissed by DBC. He later claimed that he should have been allowed to claim ill-health retirement prior to dismissal. Following a complaint by Mr Evans, the trustees...