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Reminder of the Principles of Assignment

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In this Insight, Katharine Tulloch takes a look at the case of Grove Construction (London) Limited v Bagshot Manor Limited [2025] EWHC 591 (TCC) which provides a welcome reminder of the care which should be taken when...more

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Standard terms provide resistance against "last shot" doctrine

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While the “last shot” generally wins the contractual “battle of the forms”, the Court of Appeal confirmed that, exceptionally, careful drafting of a party’s standard terms could create an overarching “master agreement”...more

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English High Court Tackles Jurisdiction, New York Law Indentures and English Law Intercreditor Agreements

In Part 8 proceedings in Citibank, N.A., London Branch v Oceanwood Opportunities Master Fund, the English High Court grappled with an Indenture governed by New York law and an Intercreditor Agreement (ICA) governed by English...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases

Berkheimer v. HP Inc., Appeal No. 2017-1437 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 8, 2018) - In Berkheimer v. HP Inc., the Federal Circuit reviewed the District Court’s summary judgment finding that certain claims of a patent were invalid as...more

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Court Of Chancery Rejects Jurisdiction Based On Contract Interpretation

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As this decision explains, the Court of Chancery will not have jurisdiction based on the claim an injunction is needed to force a defendant to comply with the proper interpretation of a contract....more

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California High Court Rules that Contract Principles Govern Who Decides the Availability of Class Arbitration Under an Arbitration...

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On July 28, 2016, in Sandquist v. Lebo Automotive, Inc., the California Supreme Court (the “Court”) held that the underlying arbitration agreement, as interpreted under California contract principles, should determine whether...more

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UK Litigation in a Post Brexit World

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As in so many other areas, the effect of the decision to leave the European Union in the referendum on 23 June 2016 on litigation in England and Wales in still highly uncertain. There are a number of issues that the UK...more

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Brexit - Flexit Clauses

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There has been plenty of commentary about how the Brexit debate is impacting corporate, commercial, finance and real estate transactions. In the media there have been reports of “market jitters” surrounding the possibility of...more

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