Against their wishes, James and Jennifer Crumbley will not be allowed to attend their son’s hearing to determine whether he will have a chance at parole or will spend the rest of his life in prison for a deadly school shooting. Without explaining why, a judge this week denied the Crumbleys’ request to attend their […]
On Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30thth march the Court will hear the case of Jalla and another v Shell International Trading and Shipping Company and another, on appeal from [2021] EWCA 63. This case concerns the Bonga oil field, 120km off the coast of Nigeria, where Shell extracts oil using a mobile oil rig. On […]
In this post, David McKie and Dany Bitar, partners and associates respectively in the litigation team at CMS, preview the decision awaited from the Supreme Court in JTI POLSKA Sp. Zoo and Ors v Jakubowski and Ors. Overview This leapfrog appeal was heard by the Supreme Court on 28 February 2023. The case concerns whether […]
(Updates with PIMCO declining to comment) By Naomi Rovnick, Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro and Chiara Elisei LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) – Lawyers from Switzerland, the United States and UK are talking to a number of Credit Suisse Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bond holders about possible legal action after the state-backed rescue of Credit Suisse by UBS […]
On appeal from: [2018] EWCA Civ 2026 This appeal arose out of a contractual dispute between Ukraine and the Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc (“the Trustee”), acting on behalf of the Russian Federation (“Russia”). In 2013, Ukraine issued Eurobonds (“the Notes”) with a nominal value of US $3 billion and carrying interest at 5% per […]
Legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner said on Friday that former President Donald Trump is “one step” closer to an indictment from the Department of Justice (DOJ). Kirschner began his 30-year legal career as a prosecutor for the US Army before moving on to a position in the US Attorney Office Homicide Section […]
The Huskies returned both Azzi Fudd (knee) and Geno Auriemma (personal absence) and looked like they had turned the corner after starting the season again boggled down by injuries and absences. UConn shot a season-high 62.3 percent from the field against the Red Storm that January night in Elmont, NY Yet, when the teams met […]
On appeal from: [2021] EWCA Civ 91 Under the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (the “VAT Act“), “newspapers” are “zero-rated”, meaning Value Added Tax (“VAT“) is not charged on them. The question in this case is whether, between 30 August 2010 – 4 December 2016 (the “relevant period“), zero-rating extended beyond print newspapers to digital […]