Is The Principle Of Finality “Losing Its Appeal”?
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, for Herbert Smith Freehills On 27 April 2011, the US Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision (AT&T Mobility LLC v Concepcion (563 US ____ (2011) 17)), concluded that due to the...
View ArticleThe ‘Kanematsu Case’ in Light of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice’s...
Pinheiro Neto Advogados Ana Carolina Beneti Ricardo Dalmaso Marques (a) Introduction 1. The Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (“STJ”) was called, in September 2010, to decide on a compelling matter:...
View ArticleEnforcement of New York Convention Awards in the UAE (Part II): THE DIFC as...
Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla As explored in some detail in Part I of this blog post, recent UAE supervisory court case law has heralded a new era of enforcement of international awards in strict...
View ArticleDIFC Court of Appeal confirms the DIFC’s status as host jurisdiction for...
Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla In a recent ruling of the DIFC Court of Appeal (see Case CA-005-2-14, ruling of the DIFC Court of Appeal of 3rd November 2014), Justice Sir David Steel affirmed the...
View ArticleAbout the Ostrich, the Micula Brothers and other European Fables
‘By putting its head in the sand, the ostrich can see no problems, and if it can’t see any problems, they don’t exist”[1] To what extent can legal systems differ? Can these differences be legitimate...
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