Pakistan's state electricity purchaser told the U.K.'s top court Monday that English courts may only restrain foreign proceedings involving a London arbitration award when those proceedings seek to set aside the award or otherwise affect its validity worldwide.
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Star Hydro Seeks To Halt Pakistan Suit Over Arbitral Award

By Eddie Beaver

Pakistan's state electricity purchaser told the U.K.'s top court Monday that English courts may only restrain foreign proceedings involving a London arbitration award when those proceedings seek to set aside the award or otherwise affect its validity worldwide.

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HMRC Can Levy Exit Tax On Trust's £142M Gains, Court Rules

By Josh White

Britain's tax authority can collect an exit tax charged on over £142 million ($190 million) in gains from a real estate company and on over £330,000 in assets from a family trust, provided that the tax is paid in a five-year installment plan, a London court ruled.

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Accord Challenges Novartis Blood Pressure Patent At Trial

By Ronan Barnard

Accord told a London court Monday that protections for Novartis' blood pressure medication should be revoked, arguing that the patent does not pass the required legal tests.

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PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION

CBRE Denies 'Biased' Valuation In Skyscraper Rent Fight

By William Janes

Real estate investment giant CBRE has hit back at allegations that it had wrongly withheld rental income from the owner of the Finance Tower in Belgium on the basis of a "biased" valuation of the skyscraper obtained by lenders who pressured surveyors.

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INSURANCE

Wright Hassall Not Liable For £13M Housing Loss, QBE Says

By Max Austin

Wright Hassall bears no liability for a failed housing project because the developer's claimed £13 million ($17 million) loss resulted from the developer's mismanagement, not Wright Hassall's legal advice, the law firm's insurer has said.

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ARBITRATION

Ukraine Denied Reparations In Crimea Maritime Fight

By Joyce Hanson

A Permanent Court of Arbitration tribunal concluded in a dispute over energy and fisheries resources that Russia violated certain obligations under international law in waters surrounding Crimea, but it declined to award Ukraine any reparations in the decision that both sides characterized Monday as a win.

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EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS

Tesco OK To Fire Staffer Who Took Damaged Air Fryer

By Jamie Lennox

A tribunal has held that Tesco Stores Ltd. did not discriminate against an employee by sacking him for taking a damaged air fryer, ruling that the worker had failed to prove that his dismissal was influenced by negative stereotypes about Romanians.

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Teacher Revives Claim Duress Caused Sexual Texts

By Max Austin

A former assistant head teacher won a second shot to pursue her wrongful dismissal claim after an appellate judge ruled Monday that a tribunal neglected evidence she acted under duress evidence when she sent a sexual text to a child.

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