“Commercial Awareness Is Global.”
By: Ainsley Brown The claims advanced by Olint, though ultimately would proven to be groundless is very important because it, gave us a brief glimpse into the subtleties of judicial politics. Before I go any further some context by way of an example I believe would be useful. The words with all due respect, seem quite mundane or you could
By: Ainsley Brown The House of Lords, with its Judicial Council of the Privy Council hat on, as Jamaica´s court of final appeal, handed down a judgment that is set to have repercussions well beyond the interests of the parties involved. In fact the consequences of his judgment go beyond just banking or investing but engages commercial dispute resolution, specifically
By: Carsten Lexa, LL.M. The German Federal Council (Deutscher Bundesrat) does not like the European Private Company (EPC). With resolution of Oktober 10, 2008 the Federal Council criticises the conditions for the EPC, set out in the proposal for a “Regulation regarding the European Private Company Statute” by the European Commission of June 2008. The Federal Council has two main issues
By: Ainsley Brown Could there be a homecoming for Webb Ellis? Now this is a story I could not resist, I just had to do it. Yes, finally a true rugby story on the site. According to the Times, England or I should say the Rugby Football Union (RFU) as confirmed that it will be summiting a bid to host
By: Ainsley Brown I have been wanting to do an Australian themed story for a long time, not least because of the global mandate of the site but also I am just a big fan of the land of Auz – I guess it´s just the rugby player in me but truth be told I am a bigger fan of
By: Ainsley Brown NON!! says its owners .The French luxury goods, LVMH has denied that it is in talks to sell its 66% stake in Moet Hennessay to Diageo. According to the Times LVMH, has denied that it is in talks with Diageo, the world´s largest drinks company, to sell its 66% stake in Moet Hennessy. It was reported that
By: Carsten Lexa, LL.M. In the European Union, each of the 27 Member States provides regulation for different types of companies. Because of this diversity it is becoming increasingly difficult to know all the differences between the different types. Especially because the European Court of Justice has allowed the utilization of companies set up in one of the Member States
29th April 2009 By Charles Wanguhu Corruption only offers two instances for regulators to step in: at the looting stage where the individuals may seek bribes, dispose of public resources or subvert funds. In an ideal world they are then charged and any monies returned. The second stage is at the laundering stage, where the monies are placed into the
By: Ainsley Brown Switzerland´s second largest bank, Credit Suisse, in a sign of generosity – oh sorry, let me re-phrase that – in a sign of commercial awareness and good customer relations, has decided to compensate clients who suffered losses as a result of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. It is the first investment bank to put forward such a
By: Ainsley Brown Linklaters can now breath a huge sigh of relief has it got only what can be only called a light tap on the wrist – to say a slap would be too harsh- by being order to pay £5. That was not a type o, there are no zeros behind that 5. A former client of the firm,