At common law, according to rules of statutory interpretation, procedural law takes immediate effect and, for
pending suits where liability has not been determined, retroactive.
Not exact matches
I have one bankruptcy in my portfolio
where it appears the company primarily filed to eliminate lease obligations, but also had another large
suit pending so maybe that changes things.
Typically the situation may arise — as it did in the first of this type of case: A v A (maintenance
pending suit: provision for legal fees)[2001] 1 FLR 377,
where a wealthy husband, who controls the couple's cash, can make it hard for his wife to raise cash to pay her lawyers before there is a final capital order.
As the article explains, out of the 19 civil
suits, there are ten injury lawsuits
pending against this midtown development for the super-rich,
where sales of apartments range as high as a cool $ 90 million.