As part of our periodic updates, here is an overview of recent developments of relevance to participants in the real estate finance market across certain key jurisdictions in Europe....more
New “range of factors” test suggests broad use in future civil matters and fairer, more nuanced outcomes. The High Court has applied the new fact-sensitive “range of factors” test in Harb v Aziz to determine whether a...more
Recent decision adopts less formal, more expansive test for the defence of illegality in English law. Overview - The UK Supreme Court has rejected a formal “reliance” test to determine whether a defendant to a...more
The UK Supreme Court has rejected a formal “reliance” test to determine whether a defendant to a civil claim can rely on the claimant’s wrongdoing to defeat the claim, replacing it with a more fact-sensitive “range of...more