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Share purchase agreements – the new and the old revisited
In El Makdessi v Cavendish Square Holdings BV and another [2013] EWCA Civ 1539, the Court of Appeal in the UK held that clauses in a share purchase agreement providing that, if the seller breaches restrictive covenants, the buyer's obligation to pay deferred...
Adoption by the European Parliament of the new public procurement directives and concession contracts directives
On 15th January 2014, the European Parliament has adopted the two new public procurement directives to replace the Utilities Directive and the Public Sector Directive together with a separate proposed directive on the award of concession contracts. It is expected that...
Personal Injuries – Court Procedures
This is a follow on from our personal injuries blog post of the 12th of December 2013 which sets out the Injuries Board procedure, it sets out the Court procedures for personal injuries claims after a claim has been released by the Injuries Board.
If either side rejects the Injuries Board Assessment, or the Injuries Board decides not to make an assessment, it will issue an authorisation. This is essentially a permission to issue Court proceedings.
The first step is to issue a Personal Injuries Summons. This is the injured party’s claim and sets out (1) the circumstances of the incident giving rise to the claim, (2) the reasons in law why the defendant is to blame and why he should be liable to pay compensation. and (3) the details of the injuries suffered and the effect of those injuries on the person defendant
Monetary jurisdiction of District & Circuit Courts to increase from 3rd February 2014
As and from 3rd February 2014 the new monetary jurisdictions will be as follows: - the jurisdiction of the District Court in civil proceedings will increase from €6,384 to €15,000 - - the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court in civil proceedings will increase from...
HAPPY CHRISTMAS
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