Asia: Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration

The level of money involved in professional sports has meant a major increase in formal litigation to resolve disputes,

Insurers may pay out multiple settlements if the first settlement does not extinguish the right to seek further damages.

Responding to the upsurge in workplace disputes in recent years, the Chinese government has issued new regulations to establish dispute resolution structures within the companies themselves.

Whilst not fatal to a determination, it is wrong as a matter of law to strictly apply the Cardno test.

A Norwich Pharmacal order is a type of disclosure order requiring the provision of information. It may be used to help a potential claimant to identify a wrongdoer to sue, to obtain information to facilitate a decision whether or not to sue or to trace the movement of assets.

The obligation on parties to provide full and frank disclosure continues throughout the proceedings until the dispute has been resolved.

The accepted practice can only be determined by reference to agreed or determined facts.

In any litigation or court case, Civil or Criminal, the lawyer-client relationship is intricate. It is part exercise in teamwork and part close relationship requiring...

The Indian legal system permits the transfer of criminal trials in exceptional circumstances, primarily to ensure that justice is not only done but also seen to be done Under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC), ...

High Court held that fees on a government-owned corporation were not a tax but an "internal financial arrangement".

In the landmark case of Democratic Republic of the Congo & Ors v FG Hemisphere Associates LLC [2011] HKEC 747 the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong (the Court) for the first time in its history sought clarification of provisions of Hong Kong’s Basic Law from the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (the SCNPC) on behalf of the Chinese Government.

Some of the provisions of the federal Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 and the federal Freedom of Information (Reform) Act 2010 ("Information Acts"), passed earlier this year, are about to come into effect. This article summarises some of the main changes.