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Social Money Ltd v Attwells Solicitors LLP ([2024] EWHC 3288 (Ch)) - an unusual case where a defrauded lender pursued a claim against the borrower’s solicitors rather than his own. | Weightmans
The recent case of Social Money Ltd v Attwells Solicitors LLP ([2024] EWHC 3288 (Ch)) presents an intriguing example of a claim that hinges on alleged breaches of contractual undertakings and breach of trust. This judgment offers valuable insights into the complexities of solicitor obligations, especially in transactions involving fraudulent actors and ambiguous undertakings.
Compensatory damages principles in civil and common law jurisdictions: requirements, underlying principles and limits
This is an Insight article, written by a selected partner as part of GAR's co-published content. Read more on Insight Introduction: compensatory damages Compensatory damages, sometimes also referred to as actual damages, are designed to repair the damage a claimant has suffered or is expected to suffer. By contrast, the aim of punitive damages is to punish and deter certain behaviour.
Funny Boy: A Labor of Love
My book Funny Boy, the biography of gay Muppet performer Richard Hunt, began as a labor of love – as well it should have. When I was a kid in the ’80s, in America’s rust belt suburbia, the Muppets were everywhere: television, movies, books, records, toys. They were part of the very fabric of my life (I even slept on Kermit-print sheets.). I rediscovered the Muppets about twenty years later when I was living in Brooklyn, trying to find my footing as an independent adult.
Ein positives Signal für den Standort Deutschland
Recht und KapitalmarktStreitbeilegung Die Modernisierung des deutschen Schiedsverfahrensrechts soll den Standort stärken. Die Modernisierung des deutschen Schiedsverfahrensrechts soll den Standort stärken. Das deutsche Schiedsverfahrensrecht wurde zuletzt 1997 neu kodifiziert. Seitdem sind nur einzelne Vorschriften punktuell überarbeitet worden.
Environmental Groups Have Sued Large German Companies To Reduce Their Products’ CO2 Emissions | JD Supra Original
Takeaways Environmental groups have sued four large German companies, seeking to alter their products and activities to comply with climate goals far stricter than those set by German law. The cases derive in part from a decision last year by Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court, which found a major environmental statute unconstitutional in part, saying its near-term emissions were too lax, thereby constraining the options of future generations to combat climate change.
Q&A: arbitration with an insolvent party | Lexology
This article discusses some of the main considerations that arise when a party considering arbitration or already engaged in arbitration files for insolvency, or has its counterparty file for insolvency, under German insolvency law. Q&A Is an insolvency administrator bound by an arbitration clause agreed to by the insolvent party?
Financial Relief Under the CARES Act for US-Incorporated Subsidiaries of Foreign Companies | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
Need for speed - revised DIS Rules for Expedited Proceedings | Lexology
Introduction Speed is one factor that prompts parties to opt for arbitration. However, in reality, arbitration can last years or, in extreme cases, decades. To avoid this, many arbitral institutions have established rules for fast-track arbitration.
Katie Waldman should resign
Tuesday night, the Unite Party trampled on the students of this university once again by failing to recognize the most qualified applicants for several committee seats. It instead appointed members of its own party who will simply vote and act as told by their party leadership, not in the interest of the students. Unite repeatedly voted not to open the floor to nominations so that those who were the most qualified couldn’t be considered.
The Hand Poked Tattoos of MKNZ
Skip to content I met MKNZ when we were both in art school in the the early 2000s. At the time she was mostly painting and doing printmaking. We’d see each other at parties, but that was about the extent of our relationship. Twelve years later, our paths crossed again. MNKZ had become a very popular tattooer on Instagram. I had become interested in documentary filmmaking and tattooing, and started following her on social media. I was amazed with the work that she was producing.
DEEP CURATION: A NEW, DIALOGIC POETRY READING – SpokenWeb
First of all, we no longer write in black but in white stones (Klara du Plessis) Even solidity mineral stone in hand (Aaron Boothby) my mother bade me not bring any more stones home (Erin Robinsong) Let me see you leave with your posture of stones (Canisia Lubrin) Four weighted excerpts. Adjacent and entangled. Four poets on stage, standing at their mics. In dialogue with one another through their verse. Listening. Short snippets and complete poems. A script of contemporary poetry. A reading.
Family and the field: Expectations of a field-based research career affect researcher family planning decisions
Field-based data collection provides an extraordinary opportunity for comparative research. However, the demands of pursuing research away from home creates an expectation of unburdened individuals who have the temporal, financial, and social resources to conduct this work. Here we examine whether this myth of the socially unencumbered scholar contributes to the loss of professionals and trainees.
SpokenWeb | SGW Poetry Reading Series
Between 1965 and 1974 members of the Sir George Williams University (SGWU, now Concordia University) English Department in Montreal hosted a series of poetry readings that was conceived as an ongoing encounter between local poets and the avant-garde poetics of some of the most important writers from the United States and the rest of Canada.
SpokenWeb | Margaret Atwood and Alden Nowlan at SGWU, 1967
I should apologize to begin with for my voice. I don't usually sound quite this much like Tallula Bankhead. I have the Montreal plague. The first poem is called "This is a Photograph of Me," and it's the first poem in The Circle Game. Reads "This is a Photograph of Me" The next poem is called "Camera," and is dedicated to somebody I knew who liked to take pictures. Now some more recent poems, which I should explain were mostly written in the United States when I was living there recently.
SpokenWeb | The Literary Audio Symposium
From a range of relevant perspectives, The Literary Audio Symposium will enable the collaborative formulation of answers to core questions surrounding the preservation, digital presentation and critical use of humanities-oriented spoken audio materials, and temporal media holdings of cultural significance, in general.
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