Appeal case highlights perils of personal guarantees It is now common practice for directors to enter into personal guarantees when securing funding...
One Court of
Appeal case highlighted the risk: Saunders v Edwards (1987) The Times, 24 March.
Not exact matches
I will refer in particular to three criticisms
highlighted in the report: the slowness to remove foreign national prisoners from the UK, the concern with the high rate of
appeals brought against UKBA's decisions which are decided against the Agency, and the large number of unresolved immigration
cases still awaiting decision.
And while the U.S. attorney's office can re-try the
case, the
appeals court decisions
highlight the limits of what the court can do to prevent corruption.
The importance of understanding the identities of the parties to an agreement was
highlighted in the recent
case of Sino Channel Asia Ltd v Dana Shipping and Trading PTE Singapore Court of
Appeal (Civil Division).
The
case, Wilson v SRA, in which the client suffered a serious psychological injury working for the State Rail Authority is a
highlight of his career and a landmark
case, in which a full bench of the NSW Court of
Appeal overturned a previous decision of that same Court.
On Friday, it didn't take long (after this blog was first to
highlight the issue because I had been following the «Posner
case» in detail over the years) before the
appeals court ruling affirming Judge Posner's claim construction of the» 647 patent was discussed everywhere, and that was good.
Several of his
cases have been
highlighted in North Carolina Lawyers Weekly and the
case of Stillwell v. Gust v. Stillwell, 557 S.E. 2d 627 was published by the North Carolina Court of
Appeals.
Contrary to the
highlighted language in the statute, the Wisconsin District IV Court of
Appeals, whose district includes Dane County Circuit Court, took jurisdiction over the Clean Wisconsin
case.
The confusion is understandable, given that barely two years have elapsed since the act came fully into force and that the Court of
Appeal has yet to pronounce upon the key areas of controversy, but nonetheless
highlights critical access to justice issues that went unobserved and unnoticed under the previous legislative regime which thirty years» of
case authority had fully illuminated.
A recent
case heard before the Court of
Appeals for Ontario
highlights the importance of unambiguous language in termination clauses, as any ambiguity will render the clause unenforceable.
The actual opinion relates to evidentiary issues resolved on
appeal, but the post
highlights a bizarre and startling set of facts in the
case that are worth repeating.
Court News Ohio TV (CNO - TV) includes
highlights of recently decided
cases from the Ohio Supreme Court, the courts of
appeals, and the Ohio Court of Claims; previews of upcoming
cases before the Ohio Supreme Court; announcements of proposed rule changes; features on court programs; profiles of judges and court officials; and other news and information.
The
case also
highlights the practical importance to registrants of a focused defence, given that the professional was ultimately responsible for about $ 75,000 in tribunal costs, and additional
appeal costs, reflecting in part her repeated jurisdictional arguments.
However, what is clear (and what the Court of
Appeal once again
highlighted in this
case), is that a promise to perform an existing contract is not fresh consideration.
Recent
case highlights include acting for the CMA in its defence of the paroxtine «pay for delay» decision in the Competition
Appeal Tribunal; acting for Gazprom in one of the world's largest commercial arbitrations relating to transit of gas through Ukraine (where the sums in dispute exceed USD 80 billion); and acting for Bahrain in an inter-state WTO dispute concerning economic sanctions imposed on Qatar.
The need for this has been
highlighted most poignantly in the recent
case of Owens v Owens (2017) EWCA Civ 182, ironically heard by the Court of
Appeal on Valentine's Day this year, in which a wife was refused the grant of decree nisi and her appeal dismissed on the basis that the contested allegations of her husband's unreasonable behaviour were at best f
Appeal on Valentine's Day this year, in which a wife was refused the grant of decree nisi and her
appeal dismissed on the basis that the contested allegations of her husband's unreasonable behaviour were at best f
appeal dismissed on the basis that the contested allegations of her husband's unreasonable behaviour were at best flimsy.
The study also develops a substantiation assessment framework and
highlights the implications of Drake's Harm / Evidence model for investigating maltreatment and for understanding judicial decision - making in
appealed maltreatment
cases.