There is no guarantee that the Company can maintain any particular legal or regulatory status
in any particular jurisdiction at any time.
Not exact matches
But, starting from these lower levels of market liquidity, corporate bonds seem to have witnessed a decline
in liquidity
in many
jurisdictions -
at least according to this
particular metric.
Our findings come from assessments of performance
in math, science, and reading of representative samples
in particular political
jurisdictions of students who
at the time of testing were
in 4th or 8th grade or were roughly ages 9 10 or 14 15.
The current debate follows the discussion
in many
jurisdictions last year as to whether it is a good thing or a bad thing for people to spread the word that checkpoints are
in place
at a
particular time and place.
I want to look
in particular at van Breda, which deals
at length with
jurisdiction simpliciter and with forum non conveniens, with a discussion of real and substantial connection and a sideways glace
at enforcement of foreign judgments (not yet
at issue
in this case, of course.)
It was common ground that,
in terms of the judgments regulation, Art 5 (1)(b) the English courts did not have
jurisdiction unless, according to English law, the cider was «delivered»
in England,
in particular on shipment
at Liverpool.
As noted above, the European Commission's brief makes two basic arguments, the first substantive and the second procedural: (1) that the jurisdictional limits of the
ATS should be defined by reference to international law,
in particular that the US should allow universal civil
jurisdiction only
in cases where universal criminal
jurisdiction would normally apply; and (2) that the US's exercise of universal civil
jurisdiction must be constrained by the procedural limits imposed by international law,
in particular by an exhaustion requirement.
Some
jurisdictions — Ontario and the federal, for example — have offered free and more or less current access to primary law for years, with some depth of historical content and ability to manipulate searches to locate the law
at particular points
in time.
For example, when
particular property or records are
at issue, often the person
in question will «interplead» the property placing it
in the
jurisdiction of a court to resolve and out of their hands.
Caution should be exercised, however, as a decision to waive privilege for the purposes of a Commission investigation is likely to give rise to wider collateral waiver issues
in other
jurisdictions, particularly those that do not recognise any concept of limited or qualified waiver whereby a party can agree to waive privilege vis - à - vis one party for a
particular purpose but
at the same time continue to exert that privilege against all others.
Duncan also has experience of offshore litigation, with expertise regarding offshore contract and commercial law,
in particular the
jurisdiction of Jersey, Channel Islands, where he has taught Jersey and comparative contract law for many years
at the Institute of law, Saint Helier.
He has dealt
in particular with cases concerning the application of the ECHR to commercial, investigatory and tax matters and the interaction of international and domestic proceedings, often
in several
jurisdictions at once and particularly involving urgency and interim relief.
Whilst dispute resolution is our core strength, the team is dedicated to assisting its clients
in growing and maximising business opportunities, while
at the same time minimising risk exposure,
in particular focusing on the appropriate drafting of commercial contracts, both for DIFC entities and those wishing to opt
in to the
jurisdiction of the DIFC.
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, Daimler A.G. v. Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746 (2014), limited that rule, holding that a company can be sued on any matter only where it is «
at home» (i.e. has a headquarters or near equivalent secondary headquarters, or if it is organized under that
jurisdiction's laws), and otherwise can only be sued
in a place that has a significant connection to the subject - matter of the
particular lawsuit.
Andres is able to work seamlessly with local counsel
in foreign
jurisdictions and has built up an extensive network of local counsel contacts whom he can call upon as necessary to ensure clients are receiving advice from local counsel best suited for the matter
at issue
in a
particular jurisdiction.
Lord Rodger relied upon Bankovic v Belgium (Application 522507 / 99)(2001) 11 BHRC 435, where the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held
at para 65 that the scope of Art 1 is «determinative of the very scope of the contracting parties» positive obligations and, as such, of the scope and reach of the entire convention system of human rights» protection» and «article 1 of the convention must be considered to reflect this ordinary and essentially territorial notion of
jurisdiction, other bases of
jurisdiction being exceptional and requiring special justification
in the
particular circumstances of each case».
What happens when the law
in a
particular subject (let's say a private law subject so we've the prospect of provincial variations),
at a
particular time
in the
jurisdiction where the law... [more]