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The Coronavirus Act (2020) (‘Act’) passed in March 2020 has affected the rights and remedies of landlords and tenants, including for instance changes to possession proceedings and the forfeiture of leases. This article describes updates in connection with the Act. Forfeiture of commercial leases To protect commercial tenants from the […]

Seeking corrections to an arbitral award- Implications for extending time to set aside awards under Singapore law On receiving an arbitration award a party can apply to the tribunal for a correction of the award. Doing so can entitle it to additional time for applying to set aside the award. […]

The difficulty in challenging an arbitral tribunal’s findings on the effect of decisions in earlier proceedings before Singapore’s court Due to the complex nature of certain contracts or transactions, or because of the choices made by the parties, a dispute can be dealt with in more than one forum. If […]

IMPLICATIONS FOR MEDIATING INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL DISPUTES (UPDATE) On 12 September 2020, the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, also known as the Singapore Convention (‘Convention’) came into force. The Convention opened for signatures just over a year ago, on 7 August 2019, and very rapidly gained […]

Our clients were the parents of two young children, both of whom were born in the UK, yet had no nationality. Our clients had met each other in 2007 whilst studying in the UK, and then became married in 2013, against the will of their families abroad. As a result […]

The Case Re: The High Commissioner for Pakistan in the United Kingdom v Prince Mukarram Jah, His Exalted Highness the 8th Nizam of Hyderabad and others – Claim No. HC-2013-000211 This is a unique matter pertaining to historical funds of an erstwhile king from pre – independent India left behind […]

BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW SYSTEM The UK government has released details on the new UK immigration system post Brexit and expected to come in to force from 01st January 2021. The new system is focused on skilled workers, and is applicable to both EU and non-EU migrants. A reduction […]

Some Background Travelodge is a budget hotel operator (and UK’s largest independent hotel brand) with about 590 hotels, principally in UK and also in Ireland and Spain. The Travelodge Group owners are investment bank Goldman Sachs, Luxemburg based Anchor Holdings and its investors include US hedge funds Avenue Capital and Golden […]

In today’s modern world of technology and world wide web, copyrighted works (“content”) are often shared across multiple jurisdictions through various modern digital technologies and most of the times without the consent and/or knowledge of the content owners. What are the international protections of copyright in India and United Kingdom? […]