Walker Morris has appointed Rupert Bent as a partner and head of intellectual property (IP). Bent was previously head of IP litigation at Pinsent Masons. In that role, Bent advised on the full range of contentious IP disputes, including patent, trademark, copyright, design right and passing-off disputes, as well as non-contentious issues including licensing and […]
By Graham Reid In England, when a tenant fails to keep a property in the appropriate state of repair, its landlord can recover damages. Damages are, in principle, limited by statute so that they cannot exceed the amount (if any) by which the value of the reversion is reduced by reason of the breach of the […]
Many North American asset managers domicile investment funds with a Delaware-Cayman master-feeder fund, which then invests globally via Luxembourg portfolio acquisitions structures. This briefing summarises some key characteristics of such structures, as illustrated in the following, simplified chart… Click on the link below to read the rest of the Ogier briefing.
Neil Hudgell Solicitors is helping a mother to sue Stockport Council for failing to maintain safety standards at a park where her five-year-old daughter fell from a 30-year-old slide onto solid surfacing, fracturing her skull. Ella Reger lost her balance and fell from the top of the 2m-high slide at Clarendon Road Park, in Hazel […]
By Alec Christie Today, 12 September 2014, marks six months since the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) became effective. Following on from our earlier update ‘Privacy top 10: things you think you know about privacy — but don’t’, in this ‘top five’ we count down the top five privacy issues and client concerns we have seen in […]
Karanovic & Nikolic, in a bid to continue to support contemporary Serbian art and artists, presented a selection of contemporary works of art to select clients and friends on 4 September 2014 at its Belgrade office. The selection is on display in the conference facilities of the firm and will remain there for for the […]
Karanovic & Nikolic, in a bid to continue to support contemporary Serbian art and artists, presented a selection of contemporary works of art to select clients and friends on 4 September 2014 at its Belgrade office. The selection is on display in the conference facilities of the firm and will remain there for for the […]
On 19 January 2014, a China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) subsidiary signed an agreement with a subsidiary of Australia’s Paladin Energy that CNNC would acquire a 25 per cent stake in Langer Heinrich Mine owned by Paladin with $190m (£117m). On 15 July, CNNC struck a deal with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China […]
On 22 August 2014, Ningbo Zhongyi Petro Chemical Technology Co (ZYPCT) was successfully listed on the National Equities and Exchange Quotations (NEEQ) system. A Ningbo-based team from Dacheng led by corporate head Jiang Yinglei advised ZYPCT on the listing. This is the first NEEQ project handled by attorneys from Ningbo as well as from Dacheng’s […]
Parmjit Singh, head of the India group at Eversheds, has commented on the news of India stepping up its privatisation programme. Singh said: ‘Prime minister Modi is confidently stamping his authority on the direction that India will take economically over the next five years and beyond. ‘Following a successful visit to Japan last week and […]
The Bermuda government recently approved an amendment to Bermuda’s trust legislation, giving the court a new statutory jurisdiction to remedy the negative effects or consequences of acts or omissions made by settlors, trustees or other fiduciaries, otherwise known as the ‘Rule in Hastings-Bass’. Operative on 29 July 2014, the Trustee Amendment Act 2014 (TAA) expressly […]
Parmjit Singh, head of the India group at Eversheds, has commented on the news of India stepping up its privatisation programme. Singh said: ‘Prime minister Modi is confidently stamping his authority on the direction that India will take economically over the next five years and beyond. ‘Following a successful visit to Japan last week and […]